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Spring is my favorite season

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I absolutely cannot believe how much the garden has grown! We’ve pretty much had rain, and thunder storms for the past 24+ hours here in Toronto and the plants are just loving it!

I’d swear that last Friday or so when I checked the garden the Hosta’s were up, but only showing a few inches of pointy swirled growth. Now the leaves have grown and unfurled and the plants look full and lush! The Hosta’s are each at least a foot and a half in diameter and as the leaves grow more of course they’ll spread out.

It just amazes me how fast the plants can grow. The German Iris’ look like they are developing buds and two of my clematis have tons of flower bud and might even have flowered today. I didn’t peek at them today so I can’t say for sure but I wouldn’t be surprised if there are clematis blooms out there.

I think that because of the amazing growth of plants and the fact that we go from snow cover, to dull dead plants to vibrant green with blooms in the such a small space of time is why Spring is my favorite season. There’s just so much going on. Close your eyes and your bound to miss something!






Do you get a kick out of reading your horoscope?

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Almost everyone has read their horoscope at one time or another. Some people read theirs every day. If you want to get a kick out your horoscope you should visit the Guru Monkey and read their version of your weekly horoscope. I’m pretty sure that you’ll at least get a laugh.

They don’t claim to offer correct horoscopes. In fact they say that their weekly horoscope might only be accurate for one person in the world. The intro to the site says they have a gifted staff of psychic astrologers dedicated to bring you as close to possible of taking the guess work out of life. I’m sure that’s all tongue in cheek.

I’m a Virgo and my weekly horoscope tells me that I should go out and buy some shoes because I need shoes. However I’m supposed to ignore the first pair that interest me for some reason. Well I already went on a shopping spree this week (see my main blog) but I didn’t even look at shoes. Maybe I did ignore a pair? The horoscope also informs me that I should go back to school. Now that is something I’ve been toying with. Hmmm maybe they do have psychic astrologers.

Have you checked your weekly horoscope on the Guru Monkey Yet? Let me know how accurate they are eh?

Tulips reverting?

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Wordless Wednesday

Red Tulip

Believe it or not, this is a tulip!

I don’t recall planting this type of tulip. What I think has happened is that my Texas Flame fringed tulips might have started to revert back to one of the types of tulips that they were created from.

Perhaps the tulips have been spreading and this tulip, and the ones near it, are actually new bulbs? There’s a group of 6 or so of them mixed in with the Texas Flames, and that’s why I think they might have reverted back to one of their parent species.

Either way, it’s a beautiful tulip isn’t it?

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