Despite all the moaning about the weather and how cold it has been for the last few weeks, the complaining is often followed by the refrain, ‘but thank goodness I am not in Boston’. We have had snow, frozen rain, and other unidentifiable frozen precipitation, but not the feet of snow that have fallen on Boston.
![Minus four degrees Fahrenheit the other morning](https://jennyrosecarey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0301.jpg)
At last today, it was not snowing and the temperature climbed above freezing so I could get out into the garden with my camera. Despite the general white snow covering there were a few beacons of color that stood out as bright beacons of hope for the coming spring.
Bright red twigs of the Coral Bark Maple – Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’
![Pruning the Coral Bark Maple produces more of the new young redder twigs. The family name for this tree is 'The Lobster Tree'](https://jennyrosecarey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0315.jpg)
![Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard' putting on a brave show despite the snow](https://jennyrosecarey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0436.jpg)
![Still blooming after several months is the Witch Hazel -Hamamelis x intermedia 'Rochester'](https://jennyrosecarey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0339.jpg)
Love seeing the signs of life (and color) in the garden. Thanks for sharing and for bringing some cheer to my day!