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Spring at last !
… spring showers are on the way …
Walking in the rain one spring day …
… Rather than a rain gutter, rain sings in this tipsy rain chain …
I made this chrome rain chain with a double strand of chain,
some small funnels from eBay, vintage cookie cutters,
all linked together with jump rings.
The sound is shear magic in the rain …
… rain is welcome here.
I love the sound of it, on the roof, on the pavement …
Love the way it brings up the tulips in the Spring …
… two tone tulips are my favorite …
… and Kennilworth ivy in bloom warms my heart …
Last year, I wondered what tulip petals tasted like …
I tried them with hummus and geranium petals.
Crisp, but a little goopy like okra.
… the lilacs …
… antiques, that must be 100 years old, now belong to me for a time …
One is a soft violet that dries well …
… I learned to hang them on the fireplace screen …
Another antique lilac is a frothy white, see it on the top right?
Top left is quince, bottom left blue bell, and bottom
right is mountain laurel. All four flowers were bonuses
for moving to the Blue Ridge
… and always, pansies …
like miniature stained glass windows …
Cousins to the violets that we use in as many ways as I can think of …
I've got a pretty big crop of them under the deck,
and
it's raining violets in my dreams!
… and sweet muscari …
I've moved muscari many times, closer and closer to the front door
Margeaux approves!
… more mountain laurel …
Soon a fairy tale parade of wild flowers will appear along the
Shenandoah River
… Dutchman's breeches, blue bells, trillium …
… and, all these flowering branches I discovered along the river!
My husband has learned to pull over quick!
The red/black rosettes are Paw-Paw flowers …
I ate my first paw-paw fruit last year and saved the seeds.
Sent many of them to gardening friends …
When I saw this meadow one year, we stopped and took a photo.
"Flower fairies come at dawn,
dance and play,
and then they're gone."
And then, there is the kitchen garden
In Spring we plants our vegetables into beds that are full of buckwheat.
Looks pretty through the summer
and seems to stop early blight.
Our kitchen garden is surrounded by woods.
We get about 6 hours of sunlight a day.
So, we try all sorts of tricks like growing miniature vegetables, lots of herbs and greens, and things that tolerate shade, like berries.
here's what I do with old vines
They creep over every fence, but now and then
I cut them and roll them into a bird's nest.
Here's my instructions on Sue Langley's Flea Marketing Gardening site.
We figure you can never have
too many flower pots!
THIS HUGE RESIN FLOWER POT … Cat approved …
was freshened up with pink, orange, ivy, tan,
and plaster white chalk paint …
Put the pink and orange colors on the raised areas and rims,
put the greenish white colors on the rest of it …
Took one hour to paint, no need to stay in the lines …
Jesse wants to trade a stick for it.
As an artist I've learned
to toot my own horn!
And let folks know whenever one of my images gets published!
So I'd like to wish you a Happy Easter for 2017 …
And let you know that the bunny and chick are available
on gorgeous rainbow glitter cards from Leanin' Tree Greetings …
And remember, always, that …
… and …
… be warm and safe as winter turns into Spring !
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summer past
We went into town for a look around …
… and saw the old town in her summer bunting. 
… and the tourists having a good time … as they do … 
Makes us smile to see such frivolity on a summer day …
We gathered our lilies, the two colors we grow, to make this photo …
… picked beautiful peas and raspberries … ate them on the spot …
We don`t ask a lot from our small plot, and are always so grateful …
A fence protects our small treats from … see the rascal?
The porch at the old house got lots of touch ups this summer …
… and strings of bells to scare away roosting pigeons …
The log room at the old house is the only room
there with an airconditioner that works quick.
Drip, drip, the air conditioners roar and drip all around town.
Do you ever plant ferns under them like we do?
Ah, cool ferns and big leaved violets make cool glades for small ones …
So we keep walking through these forests studying beauty…
… and take beauty with us into our dreams …
Time for a treat! Care to share?
T H A N K Y O U for visiting this beautiful day!
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