Remember the old commercial, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature."? Well, there is some foolishness going on in my part of the country and I think that mother is responsible. The sun is rising on another cold and snowy day in Dec. (not really) More like January. (Wrong again.) Well, February then. (No, not February either.) Would you believe these pictures were taken on March 27th, 2011. Soon to go down in history as the Battle of the Gods. The god of Winter is having a tug-of-war with the goddess of Spring. And the poor little hyacinths are caught in the crossfire. The hostas were fooled by several days of 70 degree weather. They grew about 2 inches per day and were well above ground when they were buried by 4 inches of heavy wet snow. The tulips are confused but hopefully they will get their wits back in time to show up for the REAL Spring. The Magnolias are used to getting knocked off their branches by Mother Nature. It could be wind, rain, or