OMGoodness! Thank you everyone for the kind words, and also for all the acorns!
These are last season's tulips (obviously). I dug them once they were spent, and then planted them again in the fall. I'm not seeing even a small sign of them yet, but it's early and I do have hopes.
again everyone! Here's wishing you all a wonderful weekend, and for us people up where the storm will hit tomorrow, easy over!