Tag Archives: Flora

Lilac lovelies (and a bonus bug)

Just the other day my photo friend the Meanderer commented on my post of the becalmed dogwood and asked about the lavender splash of color in the background, wondering if it was a lilac bush.  It certainly was, and as … Continue reading

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Serenity Sunday: Dogwood becalmed

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post with the totally-unrecognizable dogwood blossoms being buffeted about by the breezes, here is my favorite of the shots I made of them during one of their brief moments of relative calm.  It’s a Pagoda … Continue reading

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Drafty Dogwood

Most of you may have noticed that I’ve been getting behind again on opening, viewing, and commenting on your recent offerings.  I have an excuse (of course).  Those of you who have been following me for a while will recall … Continue reading

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Fun with flora and fauna

For the past few days, I have been enjoying the emergence and maturation of a new crop of blossoms in our garden.  And—no great surprise here—it seems that the closer I look, the more I see.  I have a friend … Continue reading

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Catkin cascade

Our teeter-totter weather is continuing its crazy fluctuations, but at last it’s tempting to say that the cold may finally be behind us.  My still-hesitant confidence is bolstered by the fact that, although it was only three degrees (F) above … Continue reading

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Finally—festive Fothergilla flowers

I’d like to dedicate this post to CD on the festive occasion of our 41st wedding anniversary! One of the latest of our garden’s cast of characters to flower out in this crazy spring is our Fothergilla, whose leaves fairly … Continue reading

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Hello, Holly!

More flowers are flowering, more buds are bursting, and more leaves are leaping forth.  Yesterday I took a close look at the new growth on one of our holly bushes that lives below the big oak.  So much is happening … Continue reading

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Dear Daphne

Things are progressing very well these days, though it still gets cool at night.  Many awakening plants appear eager to take advantage of the warming changes that have finally come to pass.  About a week ago our Daphne flowering shrub … Continue reading

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Hosta luego, Jack

In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that I have some new spring floral images to share and that I would post them later (the Spanish word for “later” is “luego”).  Here are two.  It rained overnight, and yesterday morning when I … Continue reading

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Weather woes, watchfulness, and wishes

Well, it has happened.  Yesterday turned dark, gloomy, and cold again, and by the time morning arrived, we had the first recorded official snowfall in May in 46 years.  There wasn’t all that much—about an inch—and it was very wet … Continue reading

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