Home at Last

The first week after I turned in my keys at school was not a good one for gardening. We had horrible wind for two days and it was chilly. Not the best for planting flowers. So I was content with my beloved violets blooming.

There were only these few stems that weren't damaged with our 7 degree mornings in April on my flowering almond. I think it may be time to dig this one out and replace it with another one.

Every spring this bright Basket of Gold explodes with this mound of sunshine.

And now I need to be outside getting some flowers in their summer homes.

I'll leave you with these happy faces with wishes for a delightful week ahead.

♥♫

Violets

I just read the most amazing post at Rose Cottage Garden and Farm and had to add a picture of more of my violets.

After school fun

I have fun after school (when it is nice outside) working in the garden. I am still gathering tumble weeds and loading them up to discard in the dumpster. There are so many weeds to deal with because of the water war here in Colorado. Farmers can't use their irrigation wells without augmentation; and without the water, the fields grow weeds. It is not pretty seeing the abandoned fields...

Blooms and new leaves

A close up for your enjoyment :)


Most of the buds are now open on my flowering almond. I just love this bush when it blooms in the spring. The rest of the time it has narrow green leaves, nothing special. I guess we all have our 'best' season.

Our locust tree is leafing out and with today at 82 degrees, it won't be long until the foliage is full size. Of course that means the weather is going to change in a few days, just when we are planning on going to the Rockies game on Friday evening. Then it's going to be in the 60's, with rain showers forecast!

playing with the camera again

Well, how can the tulips be standing tall and the birdbath be tilting so much? It can't be my technique or angle, can it? Anyway, it lets you see the garden I enjoy every time I go out the front door. In the background is the ramp we poured a few summers ago when my mom came to stay with us when she broke her leg. We've enjoyed being "handicapped accessible" for both families.

Tulips

These are the pink tulips I've been taking pictures of the last week or so. They really are bright inside and such a surprise since one would expect delicate pink inside! Yesterday Sarah and I got some cleaning done in the garden while the sun was out. The news said we've had six weekends in a row that have been cool and wet. I sure was thankful for her help because my broken arm last summer really put a damper on my garden activities.

Verse for today

John 1:16
From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another.


Flowering almond, from April 28

We had snow early Monday morning, so when I went out to leave for school, this is what I saw. My tulips were covered with snow, and it was April 25!


Later in the week I took this picture:


And today, the tulips are looking very pink and happy. With the cool weather we are having, they will last longer. It seems like we are either COLD or HOT and go from winter to summer in a day or two.


Of course, Sarah had to upload the pictures I took on her camera and file them for me, but I got them onto the blog. AFTER moving the codes I have them in the order I wanted them to be shown in. I don't get how the sequence I wanted wasn't what appeared in my first preview. But, I got it fixed!