Flowers and a Freeze

I wore two sweatshirts and a jacket over my jeans on my walk tonight as it was very windy and cold. I found a few flowers to photograph along the way.

I believe this tree in bloom is a Red Buckeye.

Here are the tree blossoms from a closer view.

The next three photos are flowers and plants in a flower bed at the park.

While I was photographing the flowers above, one of the fellows who works for our local parks and recreation department showed up. He brought long sheets to cover the flowers in the beds. The weather man is predicting a hard freeze for us here tonight with temperatures at 31 degrees or perhaps colder. The flowers must be covered to keep the freeze from killing them. You can see the parks and recreation employee in the photo below getting ready to cover the flowers.

Walking through the neighborhood on the way home, I saw these pretty hanging pots of flowers next to this white fence. There is a peony bush on the ground below the hanging pots. The peony bush has buds on it, but it is not yet in full bloom. I hope these folks bring their pots inside and cover the peonies to protect them from the freeze.

If you look closely in the open section of the fence, you can see a big golden dog in the back yard. He barked at me the whole time I was taking photos and walking by this house. I guess he didn't want me to take his picture!

Back home on my front porch stoop, there is one brave morning glory growing in the pot. I have not yet planted my morning glories because I wanted to wait and make sure we were past all chance of freezes and frost. This one is a volunteer. It came up on its own from seed that must have fallen from last year's vine. Don't worry, I covered it up to keep the freeze from getting to it. I hope to plant my morning glory seeds later this week.

I didn't take a picture of my daisies in the back yard at home, but they are budding and will be blooming soon. I went out and covered them tonight too, hoping to protect them from the freeze.