Green Thumb Sunday

A few more Spring Blossoms.

PJM Rhododendron

daffodils

Dicentra 'Gold Heart' Bleeding Heart

Hellebore (can anyone identify this?)

Another peek at some of the rest of the indoors Amaryllis bulbs...

:-)

Photo Friday

ABC Wednesday - L is for Loquacious

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Once upon a time, in a high school English class, my best girl friend and I were challenged to increase our vocabulary. We shared two words. I took the word 'loquacious.' It was my responsibility to remember the meaning and for reminding her when she needed help. (What was the word for which she was responsible and for which I needed help? I don't remember!) ha!

This week's letter is
Spring has sprung, The grass has riz, This week's word - 'Loquacious' is!

Wordy, full of excessive talk? Yes! This Spring is quite (delightfully) loquacious. Just peruse the photos below!

Wild Ginger (wildflower) from Aunt MEA

Bloodroot - wildflower - from Aunt MEA

Trout Lily (wildflower in abundance)

Spring Beauty (also an abundant wildflower)

Checkered Lily


Pulmonaria 'Baby Blue' at left, 'Trevi Fountain' at right,
unnamed daffodils

Hellebore

Libularia 'The Rocket'

Virginia Bluebells are making their appearance

Variety of Spring Bulbs

Even a little insect gets in the act!

Hyacinth

Happy Spring!
SG

Green Thumb Sunday - Easter Sunday

A New Acquisition:

'Crown of Thorns'

Happy Easter.
Blessings.

Garden Blogger's Muse Day - April 1, 2010

Blood Root (from my Aunt MEA) blooms today.

Now infant April joins the spring,
And views the watery sky,
As youngling linnet tries its wing,
And fears at first to fly;
With timid steps she ventures on,
And hardly dares to smile,
Till blossoms open one by one
And sunny hours beguile.

But finer days are coming yet,
With scenes more sweet to charm,
And suns arrive that rise and set
Bright strangers to a storm.
Then, as the birds with louder song
Each morning's glory cheer,
With bloder steps she speeds along,
And loses all her fear.

In wanton gambols, like a child,
She tends her early toils,
And seeks the bud along the wild,
That blossoms while she smiles,
Or, laughing on, with naught to chide,
She races with the Hours,
Or sports by Nature's lovely side,
And fills her lap with flowers.

---John Clare

Happy April 1st!

Happy Garden Blogger's Muse Day! If you'd like to see others that are participating, please visit Carolyn Gail at Sweet Home and Garden Chicago.

Making Up For Lost Time? Or Not??

Oh dear! I'd forgotten what I was wearing this early evening when I'd asked my neighbor to take a photo! ha!! Oh well, I'm celebrating because I achieved a goal today of raking, shredding and hauling to the ravine in the "way back," the rest of the leaves I'd wanted to finish today.

So far, the front yard is finished (except for an out-of-the-way pile I can get later), the south side of the house is nearly finished, the Woodland Walk is finished, the backyard beds and the yard in-between is finished, and now the bed next to my neighbor's shed is finished!! Hurrah!

Oh yes, there's still quite a bit more to do... but it will wait until next week when we return from visiting our daughter, terrific son-in-law, and our two wonderful grandchildren! ;-)

If I didn't have this shredder, I couldn't live here.

ta-dah!

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17

Happy Easter, Friends and Family!

These are better photos of 'Raspberry Splash' pulmonaria,

shown on Monday's post.

Have a wonderful weekend.

(Oh, Happy Spring....!)

Kudos!

Kudos (!) to the developer of

'Raspberry Splash' Pulmonaria

This little fellow has grown and is blooming before all his cousins!
This is its second year in the garden.
He stopped me in my tracks this afternoon!
:-)

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