"Only man is vile"

But at least "every prospect pleases" so there'll be no dwelling on the vileness. Later in the week, if the forecast is to be believed, Austin will mimic the climate of "Greenland's icy mountains." Thank you, Bishop Heber. Heber also wrote the words to Holy, Holy, Holy, which is news. At any rate, passing once again over the vileness of man, every prospect does please. Every Grand Primo and paperwhite narcissus remains in bloom, probably because the temperatures have stayed cool and the sun has not been hot. Our "snowy" flowers, good old Ice Follies and charming little Avalanche are bursting forth, as is Minnow, and not one has been picked by a poacher (thus far). In bloom are two blue Dutch hyacinths and one pink one. The single jonquils are packed with buds, with no signs of bud blast. Gardengeekgirl seems to grow a lot of what we grow, at least in the yellow, white, and yellow-and-white bulb department, including Thalia, Baby Moon, April Tears, Flower Record, and Geranium (although not Actaea), which will show themselves later. We probably bought many of ours from Park originally, too (check back in the late summer), back when not many catalogues were informative or stocked bulbs for spring flowers in zones 8 and 9.