• Gardens

    Saturday Snapshots

    I worked outside most of the day today…….pulling up lots of grass that suddenly appeared in the corner garden and tackling the front garden.  I thought I would share some photos with you……. This is the corner garden I triumphantly removed the stump from several weeks back.  The jasmine plant I put here is doing well…..loving the new home.  And the violets too.  Bottom right corner you can see the sunflowers.  Here is another shot…… These are the sunflowers I planted from the seeds I received from The Great Sunflower Project I had posted earlier.  I hope some of you sent off for them and yours are growing too.  And check…

  • Gardens,  Miscellaneous

    A Day Outside

    I had to venture out yesterday and took the opportunity to take a short drive down the Colonial Parkway.  I didn’t run into many blooming dogwoods….there were a few but not at locations where I could get some photos.  I will try again in a couple of days and will hopefully run across many more.  While I had the camera on hand, I took a few photos I wanted to share……. I love odd shaped trees and this one caught my eye…..see how blue our sky was on April 8th!  🙂 When we got home…….I snapped a few outside the house………my dogwood tree a closeup of one of the blooms…… a…