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Wordless Wednesday – Magnolia
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged Magnolia × soulangeana, spring shrubs, Wordless Wednesday
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Silent Sunday – Helleborus
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged gardening, Helleborus, shade garden, Silent Sunday
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Wordless Wednesday – Fresh Air & Sunshine
Posted in Country Living, My Photos
Tagged Earth Day, fresh air, laundry, sunshine, Wordless Wednesday
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IAVOM – Narcissi
The lawn is greening with warming days and plentiful rain, and the first Narcissi are blooming in my yard, hurrah!
In the background of the first photo, you can see N. Jetfire’ and from elsewhere (out of view) I picked for this vase: N. ‘Ice Follies’, N. ‘Peeping Tom’ and (I think?) N. ‘Sailboat.’ Additionally, a stem of Hellebore niger with old and new blooms, branches of shrub honeysuckle (Lonicera tartarica) and black birch (Betula lenta) still hanging around since mid-winter!
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to see what others are sharing this week.
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
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IAVOM – Hope Springs
I picked all the nearly open daffodils (Narcissus ‘Jetfire’ and ‘February Gold’) in my yard before the recent snowstorm dumped over five inches of heavy ‘wintery-mix’ upon us (shared in a post yesterday). Luckily, it seems that most of the daffodils and other various flowering bulbs survived. Will it be our last storm of the season? One can only hope.
The vase is a vintage creamer that was my MIL’s. Coincidentally, the prop is a coaster given to us by my BIL. It kind of sums up life beyond a ‘certain age.’ Humor gets us through.
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to see what others are sharing this week.
Silent Sunday – April Snow
Posted in Country Living, My Photos
Tagged April Snow, bird feeding, Silent Sunday, snowfall, winter
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Wordless Wednesday – Surface Tension
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Tagged nature photography, surface tension, Tulip, water droplets, Wordless Wednesday
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IAVOM – Japanese Quince
Forced Japanese quince blossoms (Chaenomeles japonica) catch the late afternoon light. The low hedge I took them from is along the walkway outside the window. I keep the vicious thing trimmed short, otherwise it would overtake the walk and its sharp thorns draw blood from every passerby.
A windfall twig of black birch (Betula lenta) with catkins found on a walk is also included. I love the wintergreen scent of the broken stems, and sometimes chew a twig as a breath freshener. This tree’s cambium was widely used to make birch beer, resulting in its being over-harvested, from which it is only just recovering.
I know Cathy likes props, so here’s my sweet Annie resting nearby, also enjoying the sun’s warmth.
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for hosting the weekly meme In A Vase on Monday. Click the link to see what other gardeners are creating this week.
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Tagged Betula lenta, black birch, Chaenomeles japonica, In a Vase on Monday, Japanese quince
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