i have lots and lots of daff photos. probably because each spring, i have lots and lots of daffs. so here are some more, along with snowdrops. snowdrops first, because they shouldn’t still be blooming.

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no tulips as yet, but stay tuned - it looks like we only lost a few bulbs of the fifty-odd we put in last fall. and a note about bulbs: fifty may sound like a lot, and when you’re planting them, it feels like a lot (even when you have an obliging partner to dig up swaths of beds for you), but when they come up, they don’t look like a lot. so, likely we’ll be putting more bulbs in this fall, for next spring. i can hardly wait!

unfortunately it was overcast this morning when i took the photos, and i’m working on my laptop on the couch with a dog in my lap - otherwise i’d tweak the colors for more punch. but it’s a pretty accurate representation of what’s happening in the yard these days…

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azalea budding Close	azalea budding
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from the front yard. some things, they still be a-blooming. and the bees fall asleep.

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nick’s t-10

kent island

i have to wonder why roses are so difficult to grow in a garden, when they’re all over the sand dunes on block island…

note: browsers kill the color of the photo. to enjoy fully, download the larger image and open in an appropriate application.

(i think i’ve used that title before… so here’s the bon air rose garden. on the first, click for the high-res image, and waaaaait for the download. the others are just mouseovers for photoshop amusement.)

i have flowers in my garden that are neither azaleas nor rhododendron.

 
 
i particularly like the bug hiding in the iris. can you see him?

i used to scoff at the utility of camera phones. until i started taking surreptitious photographs of other people’s shrubbery. alas, merrifield doesn’t seem to carry this variety. *sigh*