Freesia for St Patrick

These flowers are REALLY appreciated as is the sun today!

Impatient

Nothing like melted snow and a little sun to get the Croci, Freesia and Daffys excited. There may be snow tonight but the flowers won't be defeated.

Cats and flowers

An unhappy and very sick PuddyTat waits to go to the vet.

Jellico is keeping watch and allowed me to take this photo this close. Usually he runs away.
Missed this lily when I dug them up and gave them to my neighbor.

One of my favorite daylilies.

First daylilies of 2010

And more...

LittleOne

Tim

PuddyTat

And the lily that survived the attack of the bird feeder pole.

Seasonally maladjusted?

This is the first time this poinsettia has bloomed for me. Like the plant with the new leaf below, I brought it home after Mom's funeral. It didn't have much outdoor light so I turned the pot around awhile back. It gets only the light from the door now so it follows a natural schedule.

The large leaves on the top left actually belong to my ancient 40+ year old red poinsettia. It only had a few tiny red bracts at Easter this year. It usually "blooms" around Valentines Day. I think is is too exposed to light from the TV now that I turned the pot. It has also grown quite tall so it gets more light at night from my lamp. I need to give it a severe haircut again.

Spring 2010

The neighbor's yard is covered with tiny blue flowers.

Meanwhile the first violets of 2010 appeared in the driveway.

But the oak tree is still reluctant to give up last year's leaves.

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The oldest crocus

When I bought my house, there was a, well, shack next door which I eventually bought and demolished. The people who owned it had planted various flowers here and there but most were destroyed when the place was torn down. Several croci remained and bloomed faithfully every spring. When the barn was built and the yard bulldozed, I assumed the old bulbs were gone. After all they had been around for more than 40 years. Last spring I was very happy when the two purple flowers appeared. Meanwhile I had the area scraped for large rocks and debris last fall and assumed that would do the bulbs in. Obviously it didn't and I'm very happy! The other one is 10 feet or so from this. I have planted snow croci but never the large ones so I have reason to believe that these are offspring of the original ones if not that old themselves. They are not the sort that birds and animals propagate.

The poinsettias are late

This is not the old huge 40+ year old poinsettia but it is in the same pot. It is one given to Mom and brought home after her death. It has always been straggly probably because it was behind the big one for a couple of years. I need to give it some attention. The old plant hasn't put out any red bracts this year so far.

Yes!

No longer waiting

Scene today. Same places as yesterday's post.

The daffys in the sun in front of the house are getting tall.

Even the daylilies are showing signs of life.

Spring iz sprung.
The grass iz riz.
I wonder where
Da flowers iz.

Da boid is on da wing.
Oh my woid.
How absoid.
I thot da wing wuz on da boid.

Many thanks to a 4th grade English teacher in New Castle, PA.

Waiting for sun

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Orchids, I think

I think the white flowers are orchids but I'm not sure. They certainly are spectacular. My sil has a real green thumb.

Daylily lust

Someday I will dig up one of these for my fence. I've been saying that for years. They are at church.

More daylilies today

Daylily

I'm living in a little jungle

but it has pretty spots thanks to lilies.

Tuesday in Montreal - updated

There was one chorus this morning that seemed very unfamiliar but I had a marking or two so we had gone over it. Wonder where else I'm that lost.
UPDATE We ran the piece tonight. There are LOTS of places that seemed unfamiliar. Of course we have three more rehearsals but I definitely need to do some studying sometime between now and the concert. Argh.

The faculty gave a little concert after rehearsal. Those are always good and this one was especially fun. A song by Tom Lehrer and a special one by Rossini were featured. I won't say what or who in case someone reading this goes to Sheffield and they repeat them there.

Conductor Julian Wachner had an extended question and answer session after that. An amazingly talented young man. When asked if there were something he dreams of doing, he finally said that being the BSO conductor would be it.

This afternoon I set out to find the McGill bookstore. It was a bit of a walk but it was where the map said it should be. Bought a device for reading camera cards. Interesting that it was cheaper in Canadian dollars than at home. Also some blank CDs. Can now make CDs of photos for some folks.

Then I started home taking a different route. I didn't take a map but looked at it carefully, I thought, before I left. I got kind of lost and probably walked four or so miles including some hilly places. Had the iPhone with me but the battery was dying. Lasted just long enough to get me to a street that led home then died. Whew! Thanked my guardian angel profusely. Saw some interesting parts of Montreal. And didn't get any blisters tho one toe feels like it was developing one. Have had my exercise.

Meanwhile those who have read my blog for awhile know that I look for unique flowers and ducks wherever I go. Well I haven't seen any mallards yet. But I did get a photo of my favorite flower.

Why I hate to mow in spring

My front yard is full of violets. I love violets. I like dandelions too. They provide a wonderful contrast. If you click on the photo, you can see the violets better.

The yard behind me is full of violets. This little dandy lion is PuddyTat.

Today's photos

There are many things I love about spring from the subtle colors of the budding trees to the coltsfoot appearing on the roadsides to violets everywhere and, yes, to dandelions. My yard and the one behind are covered with violets.

After church I stopped at a friend's to do something on the computer for her. This little gal was sitting on the windowsill beside me.

When I got home, Tommie was lying in the shade of the house.

Tim rolled in the shade of me.