I decorate the front porch with 2-4 variants of this hanging basket every year

 I can hardly wait for the first tomato!

 Teddy is my first cat who likes catnip

 This is to honor Sophie and Sam and all my wonderful dogs of the past (although they much prefer the veggies)

 Forsythia on their way to transplant in Samsonville

 The street rehab left us with a triangle near the front door (Sophie sniffs that quasi-tacky butterfly every time she goes out on her leash; she mistakes it for a flower)

These chives are the first sign of spring annually

 Next week: rototilling and seed planting! But right now, the power in back in S'ville...so away we go.