FOTD – May 6 – Wild Strawberries and Day Lilies Long ago, when we were first planting the front garden, I bought a couple of pots of wild strawberries. They actually make strawberries. Very tiny, very sweet, and usually the birds… Read More ›
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DAFFODILS STILL BLOOMING
FOTD – April 15 – Daffodils are still blooming I was really surprised to see the daffodils still blooming this afternoon. Not even wilted. And it looks like we are going to get two (TWO!) tulips! They are budding, but not… Read More ›
I’M OLD. NO I’M NOT. YES YOU ARE.
The sun was shining through the blinds and shades in the bedroom. It had been beautiful yesterday. Today promised to be another bright, sunny day. I opened the window. The softness of the air confirmed it. Usually, I go back… Read More ›
FIRST FLOWERS FOR OUR GARDEN – PHOTOS BY OWEN KRAUS
FOTD – March 26 – Crocuses in the Sunshine Owen saw the buds this morning on his way to work, but they were still closed. When he got home this evening, they were open. We have flowers! I went all… Read More ›
WAITING FOR SPRING
FOTD – March 22 – It’s spring, almost It felt like spring today and I think that in other places, there are flowers. Nothing at all here. We are so much in the shade, our flowers are always later than… Read More ›
FOTD – TULIPS IN THE SPRING (TRA LA)
FOTD – March 21 – Tulips Waiting for it to warm up enough to plant outside, the tulips which I finally dead-headed this morning are in their pot. As soon as it warms up a bit more, Owen is planning to… Read More ›
SOLOMON’S SEAL – AN EARLY SPRING FLOWER
FOTD – February 21 –SOLOMON’S SEAL Solomon’s Seal was a wildflower, but I love it and I took bunches of it from the woods and planted them along the other side of my driveway. They still grow wild, but I… Read More ›
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
FOTD – February 18 – Mums I love mums. They are the flower that you plant in August and will bloom right through Thanksgiving — if you are a bit lucky with the weather. These are all mums I got in… Read More ›
COLUMBINE
FOTD – January 28 – Columbine When we first moved here, we planted a couple of columbine. Unlike most of our flowers, these have multiplied and fill the garden in May. All of ours are “hot pink” or something close… Read More ›
FOTD – TULIPS OF MANY COLORS
FOTD – February 9 – TWO LIPS I have tulips. I used to grow tulips. I think the skunks ate the bulbs because one year, they stopped coming up and we do have a lot of animals that like eating… Read More ›
HERALDING SPRING: CROCUSES
FOTD – January 27 – Crocus It has been snowing all day and it’s supposed to snow all night, though we aren’t supposed to get a lot of snow. That we are apparently saving for next week when they think we’re… Read More ›
#FOTD – THE DAYS OF WHINE AND ROSES
#FOTD – January 24 – THE DAYS OF WHINE AND ROSES, OR HOW I WHINED MY WAY THROUGH LAST SUMMER AND I HOPE I DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A COMPLETE MENTAL BREAKDOWN THIS SUMMER (JUST SAYING) Last summer, I think… Read More ›
