Miracles

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“I don’t see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

We fought hard for spring this year

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… and winter is still holding on a bit. We have earned spring, though. Like it’s some lusted-after prize won in a back-alley fight club match, we’ll gladly accept it even though we are bruised and bloodied. And sneezing. Because this spring is murder on the head.

Madness in the spring

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A little madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown —
Who ponders this tremendous scene —
This whole Experiment of Green —
As if it were his own!

“1333,” Emily Dickinson

Day 77/365: First Tulip of 2011 (Friday Flower No. 1)

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At long last, it’s time to get back to the Friday flower.

Try to contain your excitement!

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Gratuitous bloom-as-a-metaphor of the day

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Please accept this photo as a substitute for actual interesting content, which I have absolutely no motivation or energy to produce lately.

My muse got hit by a truck. Send her a get well soon card, would ya?

Spring fever

Here is a little gardening tip from me to you: If a man calls your cannas “daylilies,” do not take him up on his offer to “cut back your hydraniums.”

I spent some time outside today in the warmth, removing old dead plant stalks from their resting places, making room for the new growth that will be popping out of the ground in just a few short weeks.

I’m stupid excited to see the explosion of color that spring will bring to the yard. I was sort of shocked last spring at how beautiful things got before I even had a chance to do anything out there. It’s the azaleas that will make the biggest showing, but I’ve already got daffodil greenery several inches out of the ground, so I know blooms aren’t far behind. And those little oniony spring star flowers are already pushing their leaves up all across the yard.

Waiting is the hard part.

Day 6/365: Already?

Day 6/365: Already?

Took the trash out this morning and noticed this little guy pushing his way up. He’s got several pals doing the same thing. I’m surprised to see them already. Surprised but excited.

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Friday flower No. 12

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My mom brought me a pot of these little orange flowers and they spent their first week here all wilty, as though they were exasperated and on some sort of floral fainting couch, but now they have perked up and seem to be doing fine. Only problem is I’m not sure what they are. They have long stems.

Lazygardenweb, any help?

Bonus flowers this week! A lily from my mom’s garden and a daisy (or what looks to me like a daisy) from my grandmother’s garden.

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