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 […]
Between rain and not feeling well, I have missed a lot of garden time this year. Yesterday, I went out and sat in a chair to watch DH pull weeds. It was a sunny day, though a tad chilly in the shade. I “supervised” cleaning under the carport and some garden bed clean up. DH […]
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 […]
I love this time of year. Green leaves and colorful flowers are coming up all over the garden. Growing faster than seems possible. The first iris of the season bloomed on April 9. ‘Baby Blessed’ is a dwarf reblooming iris. The Southern Oak is sprouting fresh new leaves. DH cleaned the veggie garden beds and […]
Last Saturday, while we were in the garden, I spied this bumble bee checking out each of the ‘Tete-a-Tete’ daffodils. Looks happy, doesn’t she? If you live in Illinois, and enjoy taking pictures of honey bees and bumble bees, check out the Bee Spotter site. You can add to a scientific study of bees in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is it fair to jump straight from Christmas joy to spring joy, skipping the January/February days of grey? The first crocus last year was found in our yard on March 3. You can’t imagine how we scour the yard for these little guys…the first one up is a reason to celebrate! This picture was taken […]
Just a couple of pictures from the yard. This one shows the beautiful colors of a small oak tree. And this one shows a little autumn haze in the air and the long shadows at the end of the day. A peaceful time in the garden. The weather has been, for the most part, beautiful. […]