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Archive for February, 2008

leap day

Posted: Friday, February 29th, 2008 in outside in the garden | 6 Comments »

The bees are buzzin’ around these pretty pinkish-white blossoms at the edge of the woods. I’m not sure what they are. Don’t they look a lot like Pam’s mexican plum? On the other hand a lot of flowering trees look sort of like that in the id books.

Here’s a closer […]

first iris

Posted: Thursday, February 21st, 2008 in outside in the garden | 7 Comments »

It must be spring. Here is the first iris blossom.

And we have daffodils too.

my tomatoes

Posted: Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in outside in the garden | Comments Off

Last spring we were preoccupied with building the sewing studio and never really got it together with our vegetable garden. We set out a few plants in a small raised bed shared with a few flowers. But the deer got most of them.
We’ll see if we can do better this […]

bloom day

Posted: Friday, February 15th, 2008 in bloom day | 13 Comments »

I received an email yesterday announcing a sighting of trout lilies in bloom at Audubon’s Cedar Ridge Preserve.
The trout lily or white dog-tooth violet is always among the first wildflowers to bloom in the spring. It is a tiny plant that grows on hillsides and ravines in the damp woods. The name refers to […]

nothing but flowers

Posted: Thursday, February 14th, 2008 in off-topic | 2 Comments »

from the golden age of music videos.

 

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