Showing posts with label Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Garden. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

May Winds Down....

It is fast approaching the end of May and I have not been out in my garden yet! The spring bug that hit me last month lingered like a relentless suitor. It is a relief to be past all of that.

The Lilacs have bloomed and faded, paving the way for the perennial beds to begin their summer showcase of color. There are plants to transplant or simply dig up because of the threat of a heavy coup in an unplanned area.

My Dogwood is in bloom and I expect it to last through the next week. I received the tree as a gift from four of my sisters when I graduated from college 5 years ago. It is a slow grower but I am savoring the blossoms every year as more blossoms show up on its branches. Such a wonderful reminder of how great and wonderful our God is to shower us each season with natural beauty. It is there in abundance when we look for it. Here is a picture of the Dogwoods offerings this year.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Ode to the Cottonwood Tree....or snow in July!

Cottonwood oh Cottonwood...lend me your ear...
Please go from here...
 And take your white fluffs with you...
My grass is covered...again today!
You have over stayed your welcome...
Two weeks I say...
It is time for you to go!

Everything is covered...all my soil...

All my plants....

Look at this grass...green just this morning....now white as snow!
 
We splurged on a lush hanging basket that is
...Now a mere scraggly mess!
Oh how I wish I owned thee
 So I can get to the heart of the matter
 And cut you back to your roots and...
 Send your seedlings back to the river banks....
 So you can fill the banks with shade for others
.... Who can appreciate your majestic command ...
Over the soil that truly needs you!


Reviewing: All Booked Up by Melody Carlson

 ...from the publisher.... Empty nester and widow Riva Owen lives in the Victorian house that's been in her family for three generations...