New Walkway for Spring

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Eliza Waters

We’re very grateful and proud of the work our son did refurbishing our front and back flat-stone walkways. Previously, they looked like shifting tectonic plates, now restored for easy stepping. Good hardscaping complements a garden!

Narcissus ‘Lieke’
Primula veris
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Wordless Wednesday – Maple Samaras

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Eliza Waters
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IAVOM – Spring Mix

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Eliza Waters

Daffodils are in peak form this week and I’ve selected several cultivars to feature in this week’s vase. Joining them are a few clusters of primula (P. veris) and stems of forsythia, Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica) and spicebush viburnum (Viburnum carlesii).

Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to see what others are sharing this week.

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Silent Sunday – Daffodil Heaven

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Eliza Waters
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Wordless Wednesday – Magnolia

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Eliza Waters
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Silent Sunday – Helleborus

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Eliza Waters
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Wordless Wednesday – Fresh Air & Sunshine

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Eliza Waters
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IAVOM – Narcissi

Posted on April 14, 2024 by Eliza Waters

The lawn is greening with warming days and plentiful rain, and the first Narcissi are blooming in my yard, hurrah!

In the background of the first photo, you can see N. Jetfire’ and from elsewhere (out of view) I picked for this vase: N. ‘Ice Follies’, N. ‘Peeping Tom’ and (I think?) N. ‘Sailboat.’ Additionally, a stem of Hellebore niger with old and new blooms, branches of shrub honeysuckle (Lonicera tartarica) and black birch (Betula lenta) still hanging around since mid-winter!

Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to see what others are sharing this week.

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Silent Sunday – Bloodroot

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Eliza Waters
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IAVOM – Hope Springs

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Eliza Waters

I picked all the nearly open daffodils (Narcissus ‘Jetfire’ and ‘February Gold’) in my yard before the recent snowstorm dumped over five inches of heavy ‘wintery-mix’ upon us (shared in a post yesterday). Luckily, it seems that most of the daffodils and other various flowering bulbs survived. Will it be our last storm of the season? One can only hope.

The vase is a vintage creamer that was my MIL’s. Coincidentally, the prop is a coaster given to us by my BIL. It kind of sums up life beyond a ‘certain age.’ Humor gets us through.

Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to see what others are sharing this week.

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