Because I was fighting a bad toothache since the weekend, I hadnt gone out in the yard until this afternoon - Good Grief, have things taken off! The Lilies are about six inches high, the first few shoots are leafing out at the base of our favourite Rose, the Saskatoon bush is full of fuzzy "baby-pussie-willow" buds, and the brown husks are off the buds on the hydrangea - should be opening in a day or two.
BTW, I didnt mis-spell "pussie-willow" - when I typed it correctly, it came out as "baby-censored-willow" - LMAO!!!