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i love my peonies... |
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they're kind of extra special because they go from bud to bloom overnight... |
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the same heat that brings them to life is what ultimately shortens their show. |
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i wish it wasn't like that... |
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but it's another life lesson i suppose... |
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love it while it's here, |
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because a storm could appear out of nowhere |
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and all of the beauty will just fall to the ground. |
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appreciate your peonies... happy sunday xox |
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i've been on my hands and knees all week plucking weeds, laying down mulch, moving baby plants from here to there. i love baby plants. |
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of course you know i'm a softy, so some weeds get to stay if they're pretty. i love wildflowers. |
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we've had this pile of river rock leftover from a project last summer. it's on the grass. it needs to move. so i used it as a border for some of the garden. there was a pretty brown snake sunning in the pile so i scooped it up and made a little home for it in a bucket until Elsie got home from school. i love snakes. |
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the "lawn" is either dead or it's covered in dandelions, rocks or wild strawberries. i love berries. |
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i'm trying to get all this done before the blackflies arrive. i do not love blackflies. |
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i've had to cover my hostas with netting. either the deer or maybe the bunnies had munched them down to nothing. the nets are working... so glad because, i love hostas. happy gardening! xox |
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it's that time of the year again, the house is scented lilac. |
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i hate to snip stuff from the garden, but i get over it pretty quick. what's nicer than fresh flowers? |
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well actually... i love me some baby trees a lot too. i have transplanted over 100 onto our 1 acre lot. |
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when we landed here almost 5 years ago... things were looking bare. the yard was wide open... |
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i think people snickered and judged. pffff.... look at those silly little trees... |
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...crazy chick with her little itty bitty trees... well...with patience and faith they are getting big and beautiful. some are over 6 feet now... my own forest to be. |
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it takes time, but stuff happens and it all fills in and spreads out... |
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yesterday the butterflies and dragonflies arrived. gotta love those dragonflies. they. eat. mosquitoes. enough said. |
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one of my all time favorites. bleeding heart.... whoever came up with this design must have been a helpless romantic. |
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i swoon |
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they make me smile. poppies and irises are on the way. daisies too.... yay! xox |
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you must move slowly, take your time to weed out what isn't meant to be. |
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if i'd been in a mad rush to pull and dig i would have missed these tiny lupins. it's their first time here and i am so glad for them to stay... thankfully i saw them before they were mistaken for clover. |
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i would have destroyed this pretty little web... perhaps the spider would have ended up in my hair...eww. |
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my garden will never be perfectly pruned, my lawn will never be without weeds. these wild strawberries are everywhere... and i know the bunnies and birds will enjoy them later. |
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clumps of these sweet blossoms have managed to seed themselves in the oddest places and i haven't the heart to pull them while they are looking so spectacular. |
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this petite tulip is growing all alone looking a bit like the runt of the bunch, but i know that if i just let it do it's thing it will be bigger and better next year. |
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gardening just makes you take the time to appreciate the unexpected. all the time we've lived here i never knew that this tree flowered. i stood in the yard looking at it and said out loud, "who knew?" |
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when you slow down and look closely at things you see the good you've done. planting seedling evergreens means you have to be very, very patient. but sure enough, every spring they get a bit bigger... |
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i plopped these pussy willow cuttings in a wet corner ...two years ago... and now they are finally starting to feel at home. |
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Allie loves the company. she is happiest in the garden too. she takes after her mama... she was a neighbourhood cat that the girls and i affectionately called Garden Gal. |
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...be gentle in the garden. accept that it doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. make up your own rules. one of mine is to let it stay where it is as long as it isn't bothering anyone. this lily of the valley is coming up in the middle of a hosta. i'm not touching it... |
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this wild violet is cozy in it's hiding spot. i'll leave it be... |
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i love to garden. it's dirty and not easy, but it just calms me down every time... and it's not on my chore list, because it is my pleasure! |
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time to do another catch up! my sweet, loving, funny, talented, clever, stylish, beautiful and totally cool girl turned 13. thirteen. we now have 2 teenage daughters... give me strength... and patience... and any additional superpowers to get me through this. |
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she requested a pineapple upside-down cake... so out came nanny's recipe. funny how food is such a connection to memories. it was as yummy as hers... why the heck did i wait so long? |
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friends and family poured on the love. she deserves it all and so, so much more. if only they all knew her as well as we do. she is simply amazing. one in a million. |
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little cousins came to celebrate the day with us... they are getting too big, too soon and i don't like it! |
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my purple spring arrivals know how to get me in the mood... time to dig and play in the dirt. |
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this mama got a clothesline for mother's day!! i was so happy that i had to grab my camera... |
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...not just once either... i love it. i love it. i love it. |
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baby bright green sprouts and happy daffodils. |
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oliver is catching on to just chillin' while i play in the garden. he makes for good company. xox ...so there it is... days of may. so far, so good. xox |
