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A sign in my garden. I do remember planting the tulip, though. It was only Saturday.
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October Daphne Stonecrop, one of the perennials I planted last year. I wouldn't have remembered what it was if I didn't keep the little label.
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My first, and so far only, daffodil blooming this year.
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Purple hyacinth. I love how they smell. It reminds me of Easter at my parents' house.
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My forsythia.
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After taking a few pictures, I said the magic words, "Do you wanna go for a walk?!" Any part of that sentence would bring him running. "Walk." "Do you wanna." Even the word "gopher" gets him excited.
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A house a few blocks away with gorgeous tulips about to open.
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The same place had a bunch of hyacinths in bloom.
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A few houses closer to home had grape hyacinths. I have them, and the plants are growing, but they're not blooming. I suspect it's because a certain somebody (not to point fingers) pees on them every morning.
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And three houses down, they have a yard full of daffodils.
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What I grow best: weeds in the crack between the sidewalk and steps. But it is the only front yard I have. ;)
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Closeup of a tulip.
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Grace Ward Lithodora, one of the few new, non-clearance plants I got this spring. They're actually an amazing brilliant blue, but I can't seem to capture the exact color. Even other photos I've seen don't capture how deep the hue is.
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'Nother tulip.
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A pansy in a big flowerpot in my back yard.
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Pink creeping phlox.
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And light purple creeping phlox.
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A faded pansy.
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Pink hyacinth.
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Beavis posing in front of the big flowerpot in my yard, with my forsythia in the background by the garage. The flowerpot is there to cover the "mystery dent" in the yard. It started as a slight depression years ago when I moved in. I tried filling it with dirt. It sunk deeper. So we took a 4x4 post and tapped on it. The hole ended up being about 8 inches wide, but 6 feet deep! We're guessing it was once the hole from an outhouse years and years and years ago. So, we did what any smart person would do. We put cinder blocks over it to keep us from stepping in it. ;) Since two big ugly blocks in the yard looked, well... ugly, I put a flower pot on top of them last year.
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UPDATE: What I love about spring... These next five photos were taken this evening after work, and weren't blooming this morning.
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Another one of the red tulips starting to bloom.
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Little happy pansy. :)
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And a little purple one. Pansies are one of my favorite flowers, but they don't really do too well in my yard. They're good in early spring and late fall, but not in the heat of summer.
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The purple tulips are starting to open. But that looks more magenta than purple to me. I'm a color snob.
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Great set! Very beautiful and creative! The sign in the first one made me laugh out loud, and the pooch in the last picture looks very protective of that plant!
majikmonkee · 2008-04-16: 09:36
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lol, the dollar garden! It turned out beautiful though. :-) Beauty is not about how much you spent, that's for sure.
LostAspen · 2008-04-16: 09:40
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wow- I'm very impressed- I can barely remember to water my one plant, much less have something that involved- sooo pretty!~ R
urmysunshine · 2008-04-16: 09:40
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I love the big outhouse pot! It'd be fun to come up with different combinations to plant. Love all of these photos. I love the hyacinths; maybe I'll plant some of those myself. They're such a pretty color.
ncshutterbug · 2008-04-16: 13:13
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Beautiful flowers! Now as far as #9....can't you train your hubby that there is no outhouse outside and he really needs to pee in th house!! Accck, hum......maybe you didn't mean him??? Oh, well, "Beavis! Stop peeing on the flowers!!" I love all of the color!
Beagles3 · 2008-04-16: 14:15
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beautiful flowers and dog!
tomie · 2008-04-17: 01:12
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Beautiful set.
Quetico · 2008-04-17: 13:38
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Beavis running is a sight to see. I'm going to live vicariously through your garden this summer--I can't plant mine, as we're selling our house next month and probably renting a crappy apartment for the next 6 years. And I had such lovely blue delphiniums...
Liselaime · 2008-04-20: 10:50
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