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Today is the vernal equinox - the first day of spring. My Hellebores have been blooming for two months now - not waiting for the day!
Woodbine Beach, Winter Station installation, entitled, "Revolution". OCAD U.
Ben Chang, Anna Pogossyan, Amr Alzahabi, Carlos Chin, Iris Ho, Tracee Jia, Krystal Lum, Adria Maynard, Purvangi Patel, Judiette Vu
Star of Bethlehem- Ornithogalum umbellatum is a total garden thug in my yard. Popping up in the flower beds and the lawn. I have no idea how they spread so quickly. Since they come up in the flower beds, they are hard to remove without disturbing the plants I want. These are trying to take over a stand of Coreopsis by our front walk.
Yes, they are pretty but so invasive! They were here when we moved in and in 11 years I have not been able to get rid of them!
Finally it seems there will be no more snow or cold weather! Our winter had a warm spell followed by unusually cold weather and many of my plants have suffered. I lost my lovely Rising Sun Redbud and it seems all of my lavender has died. Add to it all that the deer ate and it's sad but there's still a lot of beauty.
Coming into bloom now! I have 2 of these trees and this one is loaded with flowers. I'll get a picture of the tree when they fully open.
I got this little tree from a neighbor when she discovered several volunteers in her yard. I have it in a pot up on the deck so the deer can't eat it while it's still small. I have no idea which cultivar it is though there are several potential candidates. I love the red edges on the green leaves and the deep red stems.
All our other Japanese maples are red varieties so this really will stand out!
I lifted, divided and replanted all my Iris two years ago. Seems I lost some that I loved and I thought this little yellow was among them, but to my surprise it came back this year!!
More rain and thunderstorms today...hope for more sun soon!!
Do view large!
is going on when our president insults our neighbor and closest ally??? Not to mention all our other allies. I try to stay away from politics here but I am appalled and ashamed by what's happening.
I hope all my Canadian friends know that the majority of us do not share the opinions of the orange menace.
Passiflora 'Lavender Lady' Amethyst Passion Flower. The last plant didn't survive the winter. Managed to find a new, more colourful, variant.
That's what these Columbine reminds me of. This variety was in the yard when we bought the house. It gets to be almost 3' tall and is lovely!
So at last there was an egg in the nest. The female will lay one per day until all are laid and then sit the nest. I can't wait to have more Bluebirds in the yard!!
Today was a lovely, sunny and spring like day. I was out in the yard filling the birdbaths and checking out what's in bloom. The Hellebores never disappoint and are the earliest bloomers though I also have a Primrose and some Jonquils in bloom! Spring is just around the corner!
I don't have much time for Flickr at the moment. My husband's surgery went well but he's using a walker and the leg has to be kept straight for 6 weeks! He can't drive and I have to assist him with dressing and getting up and down from chairs and bed. Our daughter and son-in-law came the day of the surgery and she stayed for 3 days which was so helpful! His surgery followup is this week and the sutures will come out. I'll be in and out and around when I can be- maybe just faving your pictures!
I was working in the yard this morning when this rather large, lumbering opossum walked out of the woods and started across our lawn. I grabbed the camera and got this shot. It's a female with young in her marsupium. View large to see at least two little tails!!
From Wikipedia:
Opossums do possess a placenta,[19] but it is short-lived, simple in structure, and, unlike that of placental mammals, is not fully functional.[20] The young are therefore born at a very early stage, although the gestation period is similar to many other small marsupials, at only 12 to 14 days.[21] Once born, the offspring must find their way into the marsupium to hold on to and nurse from a teat. Baby opossums, like their Australian cousins, are called joeys.[22] Female opossums often give birth to very large numbers of young, most of which fail to attach to a teat, although as many as thirteen young can attach,[23] and therefore survive, depending on species. The young are weaned between 70 and 125 days, when they detach from the teat and leave the pouch. The opossum lifespan is unusually short for a mammal of its size, usually only one to two years in the wild and as long as 4+ years in captivity.