Daffodils are coming up. Is spring far behind?

Daffodils are up and the buds are getting bigger day by day.  In case you don't remember what they look like, I am posting some pictures from last year.

Such a simple flower, easy to take care of, deer won't eat it, gophers won't eat it either (actually it is poison so they are wise not to eat them).  Here in Grants Pass Real Estate they start coming up in January and just keep coming. We have had rain, freezing weather, a little snow, lots of frost, some warm sunny weather and through it all they keep coming.  Each year there are more of them.  They are lovely.  What's not to like?  Nothing apparently.  

I posted some of my early blooming daffodils last year, but I did not get around to posting these that come on later.  We have blooming daffodils for almost two months.

                            

Nice to be with you again.  So long for now from Grants Pass Real Estate.  

God bless.

chuck

SNOW!

 We had our first snow of the year recently.  On February 10th, 2011 I woke up to about 6 inches of snow at my house.  As I drove to town the snow got less and less until in Grants Pass there was only about an inch.  The home base for Grants Pass Real Estate is about 8 miles west of Grants Pass.  So at my house and in Merlin and Selma and Cave Junction we got snow.  Grants Pass and near Grants Pass had only a little.  By the afternoon, the snow was off the roads and by Saturday the 12th the snow had melted entirely (except for the snowman who hung in there for a few days more).

The snow was wet and stuck to the  trees which made for some lovely pictures.

                                                                                                                                             When I was a  kid, I grew up in Iowa and we had snow and then more snow and more snow throughout the winter.  It was fun for a while but soon got old.  Here in Grants Pass Real Estate we get snow once or twice a year and it doesn't hang around long.  So it remains fun to have snow.

What  could be better than to have enough snow for fun and beauty and yet have it go away before it becomes a bother?  That is winter in Grants Pass Real Estate.

So long for now.

chuck

Merry Christmas to You.

No snow yet this year, but here are pictures from other years.

Snow here is fun as we don’t get it often and when we do it usually doesn’t stay long. We can build a snowman, have a snowball fight, and slide down the hill on our toboggan and usually by that time the snow has melted off the roads.

I believe that we yearn for a White Christmas because new snow looks pure and it thus represents the purity of Christ, the pure expression of love from God to us.

Luke Chapter 2 verse 10-11 “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”

May the joy and peace of Jesus Christ’s presence envelope you now and throughout the New Year.

So long from Grants Pass Real Estate.

chuck