I’m looking forward to the first greens of spring03.16.08

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In honour of both St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) and Spring (March 20th) falling on the same week I thought it was appropriate that I post some photos of the type of greenery and flower buds that I hope to begin seeing sometime in the next two to three weeks.

Our gardens are still covered in [...]



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Flowers of Spring02.24.08

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My garden is still blanketed in a heavy coat of snow. There’s perhaps two or two and a half feet of snow across my whole backyard including the garden beds. I’m actually happy about that.
Why? Well most winters around here it snows a little bit and then it warms up, the snow melts, [...]



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Perfect Beauties02.03.08

JoinI’m jonesing for Spring …

Can you tell?
In just three or so months, sometime in April or early May, these absolutely lovely fringed tulips will bloom in my garden. I can’t wait.
I adore these purple beauties.

I also enjoy photographing them. I think almost every picture I’ve taken of any of my fringed tulips has turned out [...]



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Lovely blue01.23.08

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This is a photo of Johnson’s Blue Geraniums. It’s a hardy perennial geranium.

I posted about this flower recently and I said that my geraniums have been looking more purple than blue lately.
I took the photo above a in May last year. Perhaps these geraniums are bluer in the cool spring [...]



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