Take courage, friends, signs of spring are starting to emerge. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net.

Tuesday dawn …as seen from the Severn Yachting Center, Southwest Branch of the Severn River; photographed by Linda Tjossem.

Eddie Murray, a familiar dog in downtown Mathews when walking with his people Rob and Julie Riddle, sends the message that he will be back on Saturday when the cold weather breaks.

This geranium has been blooming since summer and continues with full blooms on Annie Goin’s porch, Susan.

“Rijnveld’s Early Sensation,” is blooming for Cheryl Battle of Bavon. Can spring be far behind?

Gene and Janet Gomez of Gloucester have an indoor garden with a blooming gesneriad obtained at a show in Richmond.

Amaryllis in bloom, sent by Linda Hodges of Mathews.

The students in Rebecca Slater’s second grade class at Petsworth Elementary are enjoying the huge red blooms of this amaryllis, with a 20-inch stalk, which has blossomed in he...