Well it just POURED yesterday morning. Torrential. But, in the afternoon the guys arrived to do the final work. Cleaning the walks, patching and trimming the grass, testing the sprinklers. Even if it’s raining the sprinklers will run twice a day for a few weeks. Roger has had a test run on the “system”. By […]
Category: Garden
Garden Thoughts…
We went up to White Salmon, Washington, this past weekend to see George, Jennifer and Fanny. As usual, we were generously and lovingly cared for with three brilliant meals cooked by George. On Saturday we piled into the car and went on the Hood River/White Salmon garden tour. The gardens were lovely, the views were […]
Queen of the Garden
The tree peony is Queen of the garden again ths year. It bursts so fast–3 warm hours and the buds are blown into plate-sized flowers. A lovely plant:
When Lilacs Last by the…
(cottage studio) door yard bloomed… (I was thinking of sneaking over and cutting a branch when I suddenly realized–they’re on “my” property!!!) Lilacs always remind me of the midwest, where they thrive because of the cold winters. Growing up I had an overly-active sense of smell and lilacs used to grab my whole face and […]
Clematis
The clematis at Court Street is in full bloom, even though the weather is totally hideous. and because this is such a happy plant we planted one at Ebb Street on the new pergola last fall. Two weeks ago is looked on its last legs but this week, sweetly, there are two little flowers. Maybe […]
Cherry City Revisited
They used to call Salem the cherry city. Today I went down to look at the trees on the Mall in front of the Capitol building. Hard to describe or even photo how it feels to stand under all these flowers:
Urban Daffs
And then look at these guys, insisting on growth, loooking like a mysterious little crop circle, a faerie ring, outside a store downtown:
DAFFS
ANOTHER beautiful day in the Capital City! Look what sprung up by the back door of the studio:
It snowed this morning…
but when I got home from the gym today the very-same camellia that fell over on the car in the December storms was blooming. I actually don’t think you can kill a camellia–even with a chain saw. Spring is here!!
On The Way 