March 27th, 2008

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Garden Blues

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I don’t have the blues.  My garden does.

It seems there are so many blue blooms in the garden this time of year.  Blues and purples in the form of hyacinth, creeping speedwell, violets, tulips, phlox, and more.  The blue will give way to other colors, and actually that’s already beginning.

The hellebores have been especially pretty this year.  I love hellebores so much because they actually bloom in late winter and give me something flowering when I am so ready for spring and it seems it will never get here.

The euphorbia and the money plants make a display of bright yellow-green and purple.  I cannot believe the money plants are blooming already(!), but I guess it’s time. 

The tulips are also beginning to bloom.  There’s red and yellow and deep purple. 

Alas one of my favorite vines is beginning to bloom.  Akebia smells SO good.  The blooms are so pretty-soft-yellow-white and delicate.

The akebia blooms looked especially pretty in the late afternoon sunlight today.  One side of the arbor has akebia and the other has Carolina jessamine and they are beginning to intertwine.

Finally, I am watching the cottage pinks.  They will open soon — a profusion of sweet pink.

Just some little sights from the garden today that I wanted to share. 

Lynn :)

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A Few More Treasures

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I just wanted to share a few more little treasures that I found at the thrift store this week. 

A very pretty red rug, a lovely heavy jar with a screw-on lid — perfect for some of the cosmetic concoctions I’m planning to make with my herbs this summer, and a sweet little pair of leather boots for princess of the universe.  Won’t they be perfect with a pair of tights and a long twirly skirt?

Happy Thursday, 

Lynn

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