Our high temperature yesterday was 14 degrees. This morning it's minus 15. The landscape is white and so bitterly cold that even my Lhasa Apso (a Tibetian bred dog) sat down halfway around his walk yesterday and refused to go any further. I carried him home then finished taking down the remaining Christmas decorations. Suddenly the house feels "blah" (you know the feeling), like the indoors is competing with the outdoors in a sterility contest. Maybe I need to move some of those greenhouse blooms out where I can see them?
Then, last night (as if I willed it) I dreamed I was in the middle of a mid-summers garden with birdsong all around and these little gems flitting from flower to flower:
I can't wait.
Thank you dream weaver for the lovely infusion of color...
I woke refreshed, my world seeming so much less monochromatic.
Lovely dream! I had a dreadful dream I was stuggling in water downunder in Queensland - poor me but even more so poor-poor Aussies.
Still hibernating/ Tyra
Posted by: Tyra | January 11, 2011 at 09:37 AM
I always feel terribly blue after putting away my Christmas decorations. I'm in the process of doing just that - I'll hope for sweet dreams of hummingbirds and butterflies! Lovely post.
Posted by: Ginny | January 11, 2011 at 11:28 AM
What a beautiful dream, and your photo is gorgeous as always. :)
Posted by: Racquel | January 11, 2011 at 02:44 PM
Dreaming of hummingbirds and summer--my kind of dream. Go away winter. :)
Posted by: Grace | January 11, 2011 at 04:01 PM
Hummingbird dreams, how lovely. I am kind of stuck on that minus 10....geez!!!
We didn't lose power, hooray! Shoveled the driveway today with my husband, he did the majority of it.
Posted by: Janet | January 11, 2011 at 05:15 PM
Dang that is some brutal cold! Your dog is funny and wise.
What a lovely dream, and your picture is gorgeous.
I wish our tree could have stayed up through January, but it was live and had been up a month already... all that color was a welcome sight in the living room. Especially with the tans, browns and grays (now encrusted with ice) outside.
Posted by: Sweetbay | January 11, 2011 at 05:59 PM
Great dream, great photo.
Posted by: Victoria | January 11, 2011 at 06:13 PM
Dreams of springtime are so necessary on cold winter days. I love the picture of the humming bird and the passion flower in your last post.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 11, 2011 at 06:42 PM
Yes, the outside world is a bit drab this time of year, now isn't it? I tried to go to the Franklin Park Conservatory today to escape, but then the snow storm started. Boo hoo! Right now I have my seed and garden catalogs are all around me, trying to bring back spring.
Posted by: RobinL | January 11, 2011 at 07:31 PM
Lovely dream and photo. It is terribly cold here too, but at least the days are growing longer.
Posted by: Kala | January 12, 2011 at 08:45 PM
I'm hoping I will have that dream tonight! Thanks for planting the idea...
Posted by: PlantPostings | January 12, 2011 at 09:01 PM
What a great picture! I know what you mean about the indoors and outdoors both looking blah. Hopefully it won't be too long before the garden starts to wake up and the hummingbirds return.
Posted by: Catherine | January 14, 2011 at 05:01 PM
I felt very sad to be packing up my Christmas decorations this year. They were so cheerful. Thank heavens for all the birds brightening up our days. I counted 10 cardinals yesterday. That's a record for us. There've been lots of bluejays too. The little birds are lovely and much appreciated too, but those bright colors are so welcome.
How beautiful to dream of hummingbirds! Your photo is a sight for winter weary eyes. Glorious!
Lucky you to find that gorgeous passion vine!
Posted by: kerri | January 16, 2011 at 08:16 PM