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Tag Archives: Spring
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
Webnesday (5)
Last Sunday we were in the garden doing YardWork again, pulling unwanted grasses out by the roots while the ground was still soft from recent rains, when CD suddenly called me over to where she was working and said that … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
