Gallery 10 - My (New) Indiana Home in Spring |
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Our third spring ... |
A little "corner" of my garden |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
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Two Blooming Trees |
Blooming Maple |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
I'm
not sure what these trees are called - I think some call them Magnolia
trees and some call them Tulip trees - but the real Tulip trees have
a greeny orangey flower that is shaped more like a tulip. Anyway, whatever
they are, they have been absolutely GORGEOUS this spring. Took mine
a little longer to bloom out than the ones in town. :) |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
Another little corner of my garden |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
Bonnie's Butterfly |
Another little corner of my garden |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
Blooming Northern Magnolia Tree |
April Cat |
Evening Daffodil |
Blooming Forsythia |
Tree Buds |
Nesting Robin |
Opening Tulips |
Dropping Blooms |
Spring on the Farm |
Spring on the Farm |
Spring on the Farm - here are my peonies coming up. I've weeded and heeded and manured and bone-mealed them for our first two years - even watered them last summer during the drought. I wonder if they'll bloom this year? |
Spring on the Farm |
Spring on the Farm |
Prospering Peonies 2008 - woo hoo! Thanks to my neighbor and a coworker for the great advice! |
Prospering Peonies 2008 |
May Evening - Benny's vegetable garden |
My Columbine 2008 |
Prospering Peonies 2008
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Horse Hitch Flower Bed 2008 - Benny and I enlarged and edged this flower bed one sunny Saturday - and I about got sunstroke. We haven't had many sunny days in May! Been great for planting though.
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Thriving Clematis 2008. Benny inadvertently chopped it off last year while weed eating. He came in and said sheepishly, "I chopped off your pretty clematis." Turned out to be good for it during the drought!
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My Shade Garden 2008 - I relocated lots of violets and planted some new perennials. |
My Shade Garden 2008
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Thriving Clematis 2008
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Prospering Peonies 2008 |
Single Peonies 2008
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| Our fourth spring ... |
Benny's Dream 2009 |
April's Harvest 2009 |
Magnolia Tree |
Magnolia Tree 2009
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Magnolia Tree 2009 |
Benny's Wagon |
Getting ready for Kate and Annie |
Windmill 2009
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Springtime Hazelhound |
Benny's Wagon |
Companionship |
Companionship
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Benny's Refinishing Project |
Benny's Refinishing Project |
Vinca and Violets |
Benny's Refinishing Project
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Bleeding Heart 2009 |
Bleeding Heart 2009 |
Front Flowerbed |
Kitchen Window Bush and Flowers |
Vinca |
Phlox and Bleeding Heart |
Phlox and Bleeding Heart |
Bleeding Heart |
Bleeding Heart |
Red Things |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie arrive |
Kate and Annie: Belgian Mule Team Pulling Wagon |
Kate and Annie: Belgian Mule Team Pulling Wagon |
Kate and Annie: Belgian Mule Team Pulling Wagon |
Kate and Annie: Belgian Mule Team Pulling Wagon |
Kate and Annie: Belgian Mule Team Pulling Wagon |
Kate and Annie: Belgian Mule Team Pulling Wagon |
Kate and Annie: Belgian Mule Team Pulling Wagon |
Bonnie and Kate |
Finally out to pasture |
Finally out to pasture |
Finally out to pasture |
Finally out to pasture |
Butterball meets the Mules |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
I unexpectedly lost my job this spring, so I had some extra time to do some heavy duty spring cleaning and landscaping inbetween job-hunting. It was great! I hadn't really had a week's vacation for almost two years and I had never had an uninterrupted period of more than 3 days to stay at home and work on the house since we moved here in 2005. I did get to stay home for a month during Benny's heart surgery in January 2006 for which we were both grateful - but that was different. |
Jeanne's hard work spring cleaning |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Jeanne's hard work mulching |
Living Wreath |
Living Wreath |
Kitchen in May |
Living Wreath |
Cardinal Spooker |
Jeanne's hard work spring cleaning |
Jeanne's hard work spring cleaning |
Jeanne's hard work spring cleaning |
Benny's new shelves |
Jeanne's hard work spring cleaning |
Jeanne's hard work spring cleaning |
Jeanne's hard work spring cleaning |
Jeanne's hard work spring cleaning |
Jeanne's hard work spring cleaning |
I was on the east coast for two weeks to visit family - when I returned my peonies were in bloom. |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Memorial Day 2009 |
Peonies 2009 |
Peonies 2009 |
Peonies 2009 |
Peonies 2009 |
Peonies 2009 |
Peonies 2009 |
Peonies 2009 |
Peonies 2009 |
Kate and Annie get a pedicure |
Kate and Annie get a pedicure |
Kate and Annie get a pedicure |
Kate and Annie get a pedicure |
June Roses |
Half Barrel Planter |
Front Porch June |
Summer Kitchen Flower Bed |
Summer Kitchen Flower Bed |
Garden Fairy and Strawberry |
Annabelles |
Annabelles |
Kitty asleep on picnic table |
Young Weeping Willow |
Hydrangea Wreath |
No pix of birds this spring - I moved the feeder out under the tree so I could hang the hummingbird feeder by the kitchen window. However, I actually held a cedar waxwing and a kinglet sparrow in my hand all in the same day. We'd had quite a storm the night before - and it blew these babies out of their nests. Fortunately they were ready to fly. The tiny Kinglet was perched on the coils of our garden hose - surveying the world, while the parents hovered nearby. I don't know if it was the right thing to do - but I picked him up and put him up on a tree branch (we have a cat). He seemd to appreciate being up higher. He was as small as a hummingbird (I know because I picked one up a few years ago that had gone into torpor when Buddy caught him. I removed him from Buddy's mouth and he revived and flew away). The waxwing let me pick him up - but suddenly discovered he could fly quite well - so maybe I helped him! And later the same day, I saw a young mourning dove standing uncertainly under the feed - he also could fly quite well! |
Horse Hitch Flower Bed - daisies and delphiniums |
Horse Hitch Flower Bed - daisies and delphiniums |
Horse Hitch Flower Bed - daisies and delphiniums |
Horse Hitch Flower Bed - daisies and delphiniums |
Outside Our Kitchen Window |
Outside Our Kitchen Window |
Living Wreath and Garden Angel |
Front Porch View |
Daisies Galore |
Daisies Galore |
June 10 - Saw my first lightening bug of the season last night! Sure hope the little guy finds some company soon. |
Rear View Roses |
Back Porch Decor |
Garage Sale Finds |
Garage Sale Finds |
Garage Sale Finds |
Garage Sale Finds |
Garage Sale Finds |
Garden Decor |
Back House View |
Garage Sale Finds |
Garage Sale Finds |
Garage Sale Finds |
Japanese Irises |
Back Porch Planter |
Mail Box Lilies |
Japanese Lilies |
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