Although June is the prime month for the gardens, and as we continue to ready for the summer season, the transformation always amazes.
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first of March
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yesterday |
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March 23, Penumbral lunar eclipse |
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peach blossoms |
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Osmanthus delavayi |
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the Tea Room |
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Clematis 'Blue Bird' |
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Golden crowned sparrow |
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lettuce and spinach |
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say salad? |
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Acer shirasawanum |
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Malus 'Prairifire' |
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Pear blossoms |
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Davidia involucrata |
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... and the Aspen leafing out |
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Cercis canadensis |
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Fothergilla | | | | | |
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yesterday outside my husband's office window |
"Much may be done in those
little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men
throw away."
~ Charles Caleb Colton