So many flowers popping up in the garden. Something new every day. Like this pretty blue columbine. The yellow flag, Iris pseudacorus, just opened this week. Peony ‘Dancing Butterfly’ Peony ‘Nymph’ The Goldmoss Stonecrop Sedum blossomed this week. And the pretty white geraniums did, too. The lovely peony ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ opened this week, as well. [...]
My mower came home from the mower hospital yesterday. Much as my leg ached, I just had to get out and mow. So I did. Loved being outside for a change. The peonies and irises are adding so much color to the garden. Here are a few pictures I took while mowing. I *always* take [...]
The forecast is for a lot of rain the next seven days. I took advantage of the one sunshiny day to get outside, enjoy the garden, and mow the yard. Under the apple trees, there is a large and spreading colony of wild blue phlox, also called wild Sweet William in these parts. The bridal [...]
My niece and her husband raise chickens and goats. Yesterday, we drove up to their house and picked up our order of 20 chickens for the freezer. While there, DH took this picture of the 2 day old goats. So cute! Mama goat had four little girls! One did not survive, but these three seem [...]
Last Wednesday was warm and breezy and lovely. Today, not so much. Temps hovered around 34* all day. And it snowed, along with some sleet. DH took some pictures for me. I stayed inside where it is warm. The columbine looks no worse for the wear after having snow and sleet pelt on it today. [...]
A lovely day to be outside! DH cleaned up around some of the daffodils and daylilies today. This tiny little daffodil is called ‘Minnow.’ ‘Minnow’ The garden is full of daffodils right now, with more coming on. The warm weather the first part of the week really brought them out. Now we’re headed into a [...]
Even though today was gray and chilly, these pictures from Saturday are encouraging. Spring is here, regardless of the temperatures today. The dark purple crocus are blooming. Glory-of-the-Snow Peony shoots are up! More crocus… And Spring Beauties… And dogwood promises… And snowdrops… The first ‘Von Sion’ daffodil is almost open… Tiny Tete-a-Tete daffodils are only [...]
The first whiff of these daffodils gave me all kinds of springtime happiness. DH put a bud vase of daffs on my desk. What a nice surprise on Monday morning! “The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.” ~Gertrude S. Wister I so [...]
Wednesday, DH and I were able to get out into the garden for a bit. It was a little cool, but sunny. The light purple crocus are up, but the day was too cool for them to open, so they were just peeking out. The daffodils are leaping sunward. These are ‘Von Sion’ daffodils. The [...]
Sunday afternoon DH and I toured the yard, looking for bits and pieces of spring. Here is what we found. Lots of daffodils coming up. The green spikes are so refreshing after months of brown and gray. And white. Yes! Lovely, green moss on the bricks in the veggie garden. Come hot summer weather, this [...]
