Everything is starting to bloom here and I am having a great time with my new camera-) I have been brave producerdave, and took the camera off automatic-)
This is the time of year I make Hubby insane. Boston is waking up and I'll stop numerous times, on our walk along the "Emerald Necklace" to snap blossoms, birds, turtles, whatever catches my eye. "You took apple blossoms last Spring! How many apple blossom pics do you need?"
Not just yet for the Mountain Laurel, give it a couple more weeks and I will get a nice shot for you. They are everywhere here-)
Lisa
Yay! My grandparents lived at the end of a long road and it was completely lined by Mountain Laurel. It was SO pretty!... For those of you who don't know, Mountain Laurel is the state flower of Connecticut.
BTW, Lisa, Have you read the blurb about Waterbury in the current edition of Forbes? =8<{} it's quite an article.
MyNameIsStopThat, You just made my day. I thought Iwas the only person "daft" enough to photograph the vastly underappreciated dandelion.
I love them. They begin as a disk of sunshine, end with a beautiful silvery moon, you can eat them, you can make wine from them, and even use them in healing.
A weed is just a perenial growing in the "wrong" place.
Unless you're my husband, and then a weed is anything that is green and must therefore be sprayed with a wide array of herbicides until there is no chance that anything will grow back. Ever.
I liked that particular dandelion because it had managed to find a way to grow out of an impossibly small crack between the brick wall and the pavement. I love all things that survive, particularly when the odds are against them. (I hear him coming now... toting his canister of deadly spray...)
I love them. They begin as a disk of sunshine, end with a beautiful silvery moon, you can eat them, you can make wine from them, and even use them in healing.
A weed is just a perenial growing in the "wrong" place.
Anne
Anne, One of my favorite sayings, but I am a monster in the garden-)
I love daffs Dani! There is a place here in Northfield that has a huge expanse of all kinds of daffodills. This weekend is the peak of bloom. We also have the world famous Cricket Hill Peony gardens here in Thomaston. They are not in blossom yet. Both places are great photo ops.
I'm bummed I missed my wife's orchids while I was away!
The abutilons are still in full bloom though!
Dave
I love Orchids, I have a Den-Phal Hybrid and a Ladyslipper that has not bloomed in the last two years. Tried my hand at growing them in glass but failed.
Unless you're my husband, and then a weed is anything that is green and must therefore be sprayed with a wide array of herbicides until there is no chance that anything will grow back. Ever.
I liked that particular dandelion because it had managed to find a way to grow out of an impossibly small crack between the brick wall and the pavement. I love all things that survive, particularly when the odds are against them. (I hear him coming now... toting his canister of deadly spray...)
I hardly ever use herbicides so I do a lot of pulling weeds-)
I have a tulip coming up in the woods that I must have discarded years ago-) It is beautiful red...and a survivor-)
Lisa, email me about your orchids. I'm really good with them.
Do you have any Peonies? Those are my faves! I'll be so happy to be up there in June- Peonie season! I'm going to try to get my dh to plant some around the house so I can enjoy them when I'm there.
What do you use for Deer deterent? Besides a rifle, I mean. M
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