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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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Webnesday (4)

Luck favors the bold, and if spiders like to pose for portraits, luck was certainly with this one a few days ago.  Shortly after my last Webnesday post, while studying the nooks and crannies in our little rock wall behind … 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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Webnesday (3)

I have several nice new spring floral offerings, but I’ve decided to wait a day or so and present them a bit later than I’d originally planned, in order to bring you this special little sweetie.   In contrast to my … 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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Veni, vidi…Vinca!

It didn’t reach the predicted high temperature today.  Sigh.  It probably won’t again tomorrow.  Sigh.  But apparently our periwinkles (Vinca major) are impatient for more favorable conditions.  So am I, as you may have noticed.  Many more blossoms have appeared, … Continue reading

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