2.16.13

Just a few short weeks ago, I had given up on having an actual winter. Even my trees were budding and my wonderful day lilies and daffodils were sprouting. I was even thinking about digging in the dirt a little and separating some of the bulbs. Every time I went to the store--almost all the stores I patronize--bulbs were for sale. Surely I could find room for just one more? Then the snow came. 

 Oh, no! I wondered if I should cover the dear little things, like we do in Florida when frost threatens. But I decided to wait and see.
We have the plastic plant pots and the chop sticks to keep the dog from running over

them. The plan is to have the flowers bordering our pathway from the drive to the house. See how determined they are to grow? If I had to make a kid do a science fair project, I would have him track the temperature of different growing things. As you can surely see, the motivated plant has made the snow recede. There were little rings around all of the bulb plants and they seemed determined to grow despite the blanket of snow. We had lingering snow spots through the yard for almost a week. Next year I will try to notice where the snow melts first and look for the blue flag, crocus, and violets warming up for spring.

4.16.12

TEA TIME MONDAY has been moved to TEA TIME TUESDAY!

I had HomeSon's camera with me the day I took these dogwood pictures. The pictures came out clean and clear but in a RAW file. I had to get him to translate them into jpg so I could mess with them and show them to you.  I think I would make the first one into a greeting card.

And when I get some of that Bubble Jet stuff, I will use this for some quilt labels. Maybe. There are so many photos that show my love of this area of the world it will be hard to choose.

4.14.12

Rhododendron? Maybe. I am not sure. Took these pictures at one of the churches I pass on the way home from points south.

Although I have no purposely placed irises, my own day lilies look like they are hale and hearty and may bloom this year. My husband has cared for all the flowering things in our yard.  I think he has the makings of a gardener. Hope to share those day lily pictures when we have blooms. Come back tomorrow and see our WILD IRISES--a bonus for having a more "natural" landscape.

4.13.12

No, we do not have any azaleas on the property. But, if we want to leave our area and go ANYwhere, we pass this beautiful stand of pinks.

 We also get to look at various wild indigenous orange azaleas.

And these I saw near the pinks. They remind me of a wedding dress. Easter week was full of flowers around here and even though there was FROST on our car yesterday morning, I have more flowers to show you tomorrow.