Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Spring Thoughts

I wandered around in the yard today…
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Usually around my birthday (which was a few days ago) I feel lucky to have a few daffodils blooming…
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This year the daffodils are already bloomed and the blooms are dried up…but these narcissus are blooming like crazy!  These I dug up from my great grandma’s home site years ago and planted them all around my home and even in the woods.  These flowers will grow anywhere!
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And I was tickled to find the hydrangea sprouting!  I got it last year and it had a beautiful blue bloom on it when I planted it, but no further blooms. It was pretty scrawny too, and it got too dry a few times, but apparently it survived!
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Sure hope it blooms this year!
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Any time I go out in the yard my two yellow kitties follow me around, just begging me to take their pictures!
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My son made this swing out of a board from the garage when he was 10 or so…he used to swing on it nearly every day…I have to smile when I see it out there swinging in the breeze.  My boy is 18 now!
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The lilac bush is going to have beautiful blooms in a few more warm days.  It rained all day today but after a few more days of sunshine, it will be wonderful!
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I planted about 200 of these grape hyacinths over the past few years…I can only find about 10 of them scattered around the yard. 
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This might be why I can’t find more of them…the cats tromp all over the yard!
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Although this cat certainly looks innocent!
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I never seem to have trouble growing dandelions though!  Happy spring!
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3 comments:

  1. So lovely to see the signs of spring in your garden Ellen. I'm really enjoying autumn and planning planting bulbs, thanks for reminding me to get onto it!!

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  2. I have to confess that I have not even opened my back door for 3 weeks so I have no idea what is happening in my garden! I did peek out the kitchen window and see green so it appears that I need to get out there this weekend, do some garden clean up (I always leave anything with a seed head standing to dry for the birds) and see what surprises there are for me. I hope I see my hydrangea bush starting to green up, too!

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  3. Thanks for posting your lovely pictures of spring. I miss having a yard. At least I can live vicarously through your pics.

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