A sign???

The Northwest Flower and Garden Show is just around the corner - as you can see by this here postcard I received from a California artist I am on the mailing list for. This postcard is lying on the dining hutch, waiting to be input into my schedule. Do you see the little dark blob on the right side?

Here's a closer look...

I posted earlier this month about the ladybugs hatching inside our house and flitting about, driving the cats bonkers. It's not been a mass hatching like previous years - just a slow and steady 2 or 3 new ones each day. Steve asked me how did I know it was new ones and not just the same ones? I guess I need to go research the expected lifespan of a ladybug.

It's just so appropriate that the ladybug presented itself here on the postcard for the show that is all about Spring here in the Northwest. The February flower show is like a respirator - it gives us Seattleites a hit of much needed oxygen to get us through the last of the gray and dreary winter and helps us survive until actual Spring.

I hope the flower show makes your schedule this year!