ABC Wednesday - T is for Tulip

Parrot Tulip!

This photo was taken May 14, 2013.

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SG

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OHMYGOODNESS! It's Been Six Years!

I missed my own Blog-versary!  My very first post "aired" May 21, 2007.  Here's the link!  Enjoy!  :-)

May 21, 2007

:-)
SG

Wildflower Wednesday turns into Tardy Thursday!!

How long has it been since you visited Clay and Limestone?  Gail is a fun gardener and blogger and began this meme "awhile back!"  You should click the blossom below to visit her site.  You'll find many bloggers participating in this meme.  Visit their sites!  You may be inspired to create a post, too.  :-)

 

As for me, I'm featuring a photo of part of my growing "collection" of 

Dutchman's Breeches!

 Dicentra cucullaria

(photo taken April 21, 2013)

Perhaps you can tell their diminutive size by the oak leaf on the ground.

Their preference is dappled sunlight of woodlands, in a fertile loamy soil with abundant organic matter. This plant develops early and can resist moderate frost without damage.

The nectar of the flowers attracts long-tongued bees primarily, including bumblebees, Mason bees, Miner bees.

 The following photos of this "same" collection were taken April 21, 2008

Aren't they so sweet?  

SG

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ABC Wednesday - S for Shed!

We spent the past few days with our daughter, son-in-law, and their family.  Mr. Shady and S.I.L. worked so hard!!!  They created a shed, from the ground up!  Yes, the basic shed has been built, but there is quite a bit of finish work to be done:  shingles, painting the pressed wood, covering with siding,  etc., etc.

But take a look for yourself!

Step-by-Step

Day One

 

 

 Day Two

 

Day Three (working around rainfall)

 

 

 

 

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Good times!

SG

Abc Wednesday - Q

is for

 Q is for Quiet


. . .(Shhhhhh) . . .

Oops!  I think he spotted us!

 (Baltimore Orioles enjoy a treat of orange halves and grape jelly)

ABC Wednesday features Q this week.

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Enjoy your day!
SG
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Garden Bloggers' Muse Day

Visit Carolyn at Sweet Home and Garden Carolina.  She began Garden Bloggers' Muse Day while living in Chicago.

I'm going to treat you to another of James Whitcomb Riley's poems.  I recently purchased, at auction, a book co-authored by Riley and Bill Nye, published by Thompson & Thomas, Chicago, 1900.

A Hint of Spring

'Twas but a hint of Spring --- for still

The atmosphere was sharp and chill ---

Save where the genial sunshine smote

The shoulders of my overcoat,

And o'er the snow beneath my feet

Laid spectral fences down the street.

My shadow even seemed to be

Elate with some new buoyancy,

and bowed and bobbed in my advance

With trippingest extravagance,

And when a bird sang out somewhere,

It seemed to wheel with me, and stare.

(Eastern Phoebe in Dad's tree)

Above I heard a rasping stir ---

And on the roof the carpenter

Was perched, and prodding rusty leaves

From out the choked and dripping eaves ---

And some one, hammering about,

Was taking all the windows out.

Old scraps of shingles fell before

The noisy mansions' open door;

And wrangling children raked the yard,

And labored much, and laughed as hard

And fired the burning trash I smelt

And sniffed again --- so good I felt!

Once we pass through this most recent cold spell, we can surely expect Spring to remain true!

And doesn't it indeed feel GOOD?  :-)  SG

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ABC Wednesday -P stands for Peculiar!

ABC Wednesday Meme involves the weekly illustration of the alphabet;  A to Z.  Click on these words to view post by others.

It stands to reason that such a Phenomenon could be called Peculiar.  Yet, in this case, one might describe the Performance of this Particular Plant as Particularistic!

In any case, the Plant under Perlustration is our sweet Trillium recurvatum .  (Click these words to view information courtesy of Wikipedia.)

This Pluralistic-acting Plant has a fascinating history in my woodland backyard.

Beginning our "Partnership" in Spring 2007, this trillium was sporting 5 leaves and 5 flower Petals (as opposed to the customary three of each).    I apologize that I do not have a photograph!!!

(You will also notice slight variations in the plant leaves and flower petals from year-to-year.)

In April 2008, it sprouted with 4 leaves and bore 4 flower Petals. 

(left: beginning of month;  right: end of month)  Click on the photos to enlarge!

 In April 2009, the plant's Performance included the Perfunctory 3 leaves and 3 Petals.

(left:  end of April,  right:  first of May)

In April 2010, the plant's Pursuance brought forth 4 leaves and 4 flower Petals.

April 2011's Production included 4 leaves and 3 Petals.

Last year's (April 2012) aPPearance brought forward 3 leaves (and 3 petals - of which I didn't obtain a Photo). 

The following Photos, were taken recently, documenting this year's growth . . . 

Emergent - April 23, 2013                             April 29, 2013  

. . . looks like there's an addition to the "family!"  I'm assuming it's the Parent Plant that has the four leaves and four flower Petals
 (you can see the four divisions) and the "baby" has the exPected three of each.  :-)

Happy Spring!
Shady (not-yet-in-the-shade) Gardener

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