The First Harbinger of Spring in Coweta County Georgia!

By
Real Estate Broker/Owner with Richard Weisser Realty

Early Daffodils in Coweta County Georgia!One of the reasons that I moved to the South was to escape the dreadful winters north of the Mason-Dixon Line! As a youth I learned that shoveling snow was NOT something that I enjoyed doing.

So I headed for the warmer climate of Georgia, with its shorter, milder and wetter winters. And for most of the nearly four decades that I have been here, I have been very satisfied with my decision.

But the last few winters here in Dixie have been colder and snowier than usual. It was almost as if my past had crept up on me and found me! We had our third snow of the year a week ago today!

But yesterday depression was transformed into exhilaration as I beheld patches of daffodils blooming around the neighborhood! And just as William Wordsworth was moved to pen words to paper over two hundred years ago, so was I!

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils; (W. Wordsworth)

Spring has sprung in Coweta County Georgia!

Comments (15)

Ed Silva
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

Oh to see even the brown grass in my yard. There has to be a 2 foot crust of ice and snow in the gardens where my daffodils are probably turning over for their next snooze. Maybe by the end of May. Thanks for the positive thought.

Feb 16, 2011 11:38 PM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

Richard, I have seen sporadic signs of the daffodils starting to inch their way out of their long slumber. Way too early for this section tho...

Feb 16, 2011 11:54 PM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Good morning, Richard....I love the poem "Daffodils" by Wadsworth....this finishes the first stanza:

"Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

Feb 16, 2011 11:58 PM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Our temperatures here in the Raleigh area are very similar to yours and yesterday was just spectacular! With temperatures predicted to reach the 70's this weekend those daffodils will be in full bloom!

Feb 17, 2011 12:12 AM
Connie Goodrich
Keller Williams Realty - McKinney, TX
CRS ABR (McKinney Realtor)Texas

It is nice to see some color enter our landscapes again.  Gorgeous photo Richard!  Like you, we have experienced a highly unusual winter with a blanket of snow, days of school closings, etc.  We are ready for the spring and all the explosions of beauty!

Feb 17, 2011 12:15 AM
Steve Loynd
Alpine Lakes Real Estate Inc., - Lincoln, NH
800-926-5653, White Mountains NH

I think the snow is trying to follow you Richard, since you have been south so long I'll leave you with this reminder.

Feb 17, 2011 12:24 AM
Mike Jaquish
Realty Arts - Cary, NC
919-880-2769 Cary, NC, Real Estate

Richard,

You said it, brother!  Looking for 75 degrees here tomorrow, and the Mrs. is hoping to take a vacation day.

When was the last time up north you had a picnic lunch by a lake in February??

Feb 17, 2011 12:30 AM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Fifteen Years Experience in Brevard County

Patience is called for during winter - even Georgia winters. You could come on down to Florida though!

Feb 17, 2011 12:31 AM
Richard Weisser
Richard Weisser Realty - Newnan, GA
Richard Weisser Retired Real Estate Professional

Ed...

I have several relative in CT and they are as tired of the snow as you! THX

Michael...

This surge of warm air just might do it! Thanks.

Barbara...

It's one of my favorite poems! Thanks.

Craig...

Same here, I think everything will be blooming by Sunday! Thanks.

Feb 17, 2011 12:59 AM
Sussie Sutton
David Tracy Real Estate - Houston, TX
David Tracy Real Estate for Buyers & Sellers

ILOVE DAFFODILS!

I had forgotten how pretty they are. Since I don't have a green thumb I have to resort to looking at other peoples flowers, flower magazines.

Feb 17, 2011 06:47 AM
Gay E. Rosen
Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty - Larchmont, NY
As Real as Real Estate Gets!

Hi Richard - great photo... still too soon in New Rochelle but cannot wait...  Best, Gay

Feb 17, 2011 06:58 AM
Mary Douglas
United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado - Red Feather Lakes, CO
REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

Richard, I can't wait to see the daffodils again they are one of the happiest flowers.  I wonder if they seem happier because they are on of the first ones to bloom in Spring and they so raise up our spirits!

Feb 17, 2011 10:03 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Isn't it glorious that we are seeing signs that the worst of winter is behind us? 

Feb 17, 2011 11:59 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Spring has sprung in your area Richard.  WE are right behind you...about 10 weeks or so!

Feb 17, 2011 12:24 PM
Teral McDowell
Referral Patners LLC - Murphy, TX

Gorgeous daffodils! I haven't seen mine yet but I see the Iris is popping through the ground. I hope the frozen days of Texas didn't kill the daffodils; I'll have to come pick yours :)

Feb 17, 2011 02:19 PM

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