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Happy Mother’s Day!
Children are the best gift. I’m honored just to “have” them; they are the best thing I ever “did!” We have a tradition of buying our yearly annuals at a nice local nursery, Hollandia Nursery, as a festive Mother’s Day outing. We have done this for eighteen years at the same place. I always enjoy…
What could be better than tulips in the sun, or tulips after the rain? I love them. Nothing is quite as red in the garden as a red tulip can be. These photos were taken in our garden as well as the gardens of friends and neighbors. Our friend Rosalie had thousands! I hope you … Read more
This tree was a house warming gift from my parents seventeen years ago. Each year when it blooms it is like a fairyland. My oldest daughter, looking out of her bedroom window, sees nothing but pink. Some years it lasts longer than it did this year, but it is always a delight. Enjoy the photos!
Forsythia is always such a delight to see. I think it was one of the first things my kids could identify out of the car window, since we always enjoyed spotting that luscious color after months of winter. That cadmium yellow can be almost intoxicating after one has been living among muted neutrals! Enjoy the … Read more
There is a bonanza of daffodils right now here in Connecticut. We have a lot of them because they are one of the few bulbs that the deer won’t eat. They are always welcome since they are so cheerful and vivid, as well as one of our first signs that spring is on its way … Read more
I took these photos in two different spots. The tightly closed wet ones were taken this morning before a breakfast meeting with early sun after last night’s rain.
My husband brought me these roses home from a Costco run, knowing I like orange so much better than the Valentine colors of last week… and that it is more fun as a surprise than a duty… He brought them to my office desk….
The church flower committee contribution basking in the sun on our front table is a joy to see.
As chairman of the church flower committee we brought these amaryllis which simultaneously had thirty one blooms on them.