Here we are on one of the nicest days in one of the nicest months of the year! I plan to get out to the garden and dig up just a little more grass so I can plant just a few more sunflowers. Then I will touch up the lime green patio, some flower pots, and buckets with fresh paint. It won’t be long now before all the buying and planting is done, and I can just relax and enjoy the beauty. Well, along with some weeding and watering, naturally. Hope you all have a great time today. It really doesn’t get any better than this!
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010A Rainy Day in June
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Here are a couple of pictures of tulips in the rain this morning. I’m glad to have help in keeping my new seedlings and transplants watered. It’s nice to have such a long bloom range for the tulips, so there’s something to look at while the irises are getting ready to flower.
This Afternoon’s Tulips
Friday, May 28th, 2010It was very calm and the light was nice this afternoon, so I got a few more tulip photographs for my portfolio. I tried to get some shots yesterday morning, in between gusts of wind, but it wasn’t worth the effort.
Gardening Away
Friday, May 28th, 2010It turned out to be a really nice afternoon, and it was a pleasure to add plants to the garden. I got some pink and white cosmos seeds, alyssum seeds, silkweed, blanket flower, mystic spires blue salvia, and David phlox. In the morning and late afternoon I went back to the tulip garden for some new photographs. What a joy it has been, seeing each new color and form arise and unfold. Here are the shots from this morning, hope you enjoy them. Have a happy Memorial Day weekend, everybody!
A Sunday in May
Sunday, May 16th, 2010It was another beautiful spring day here in Bowman, North Dakota! I managed to photograph more tulips in between garden chores. These images have a lot of potential to explore with filter effects, but not tonight. The gardener has to put her feet up!
Tulip Forms
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010I looked up the weather forecast this afternoon, and saw that we may be in for another heavy snowfall. I sincerely hope they are mistaken, but just in case they aren’t, I went out to the backyard and photographed tulip buds and their curvy leaves. I’m not exactly sure what eight inches or more of snow would do to these tender young flowers, but I hope they would manage to pull through. It was a pleasure observing them at this stage, anyway, and I got some interesting results. The first batch is without filters, and the second batch is with different filter effects.
May 3rd
Monday, May 3rd, 2010It was a day of chores, indoors and out. I started by giving myself the treat of an accent wall in turquoise. Then I met with one of the leaders of our community. Next, I dug up more grass for another lily garden. In between these jobs, I photographed the tulips in the front yard and the young lilac in the side yard. The late afternoon turned out to be quite nice, and I wanted to take advantage of that, just in case it gets windy and rainy again!
New Turquoise Accent Wall
Lovely Day
Saturday, April 24th, 2010I spent the morning printing out photos of the Badlands until I ran out of ink. When I ran to town for supplies, I noticed it was a really, really nice day. The afternoon was spent digging in the iris and tulip garden. What a pleasure! Several of the tulips have buds snuggled up in their leaves. Won’t be long, now, til there is some color out there! It was around 60 degrees, hardly a breeze, and the songs of birds filled the air. Only two small patches of snow remain, and they will most likely be gone tomorrow. Looking good.
The Green, Green Yard and Patio
Lilac Buds
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010The lilac bushes are starting to bud out, and I cut some branches yesterday to put in a vase. The unfolding of new life never fails to amaze me.
A buttery yellow tulip bloomed in the front garden today, and it had some dandelion counterparts of about the same hue a few feet away.
Crocus Collection
Monday, April 12th, 2010I decided to go back out in the country yesterday afternoon for some more crocus photos. It’s harder to get good pictures of them than you’d think. Sometimes the edge of a petal is brown, or there’s a bug crawling on them, or the wind blows them into a blur, or the focus isn’t sharp enough, or the light is too harsh… Anyway, they appeared nice and fresh, and were quite thick and luxurious looking. It was fairly breezy, but I managed to get some pretty nice images in spite of it. There are lots of new, furry arrivals waiting to open their flowers yet, so if conditions are favorable again, I may make another expedition to the crocus hills.
I don’t think I can overstate how much prairie dwellers love to see the crocus or pasqueflowers emerge in the spring. It means that the long, harsh, cold, snowy, icy, frosty, foggy winter is over. Glory Hallelujah!