The wisteria is starting to fade and the flowers are being replaced by bright green leaves. There is still a hint of fragrance though and the ground underneath is littered with the remains of the blossoms.
The irises are starting to show their stuff now. The white ones are blooming first. This colony […]
Daughter and grand-daughter were houseguests this weekend. While they went with Tricia to see “Monsters on Ice”, I worked outside in the garden and played with my new Canon. It’s got a lot more features than my old Olympus digital, but that added complexity means a lot more to learn and I seem […]
This is the first blossom on the roses I got last weekend. It has several more buds too, which have a tinge of pink around the edge. The flower is small.
I’ve read that Ducher is the only white China rose. It was introduced in 1869. It is not supposed […]
The white wisteria has a stronger fragrance than the purple one. It will perfume the air over an area of at least half an acre when it reaches it’s maximum bloom a few days from now. Standing under it is almost intoxicating.
We celebrated the first day of Spring with a drive in the country. This time we headed northwest for a change. We skimmed across the northern edge of Fort Worth to Highway 199. It had been a long while since I had visited this corner of the world and I was dismayed […]
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