Angel Eyes Narcissus is a short cup variety of daffodil and a good choice for naturaliztion.
Salome is a white trumpet daffodil that has a pastel apricot colored center.
This type of daffodil is classified as “long cup”. But it does have a shorter cup than the trumpet varieties. It’s name is Sempre Avanti, which is Italian for “always forward”
We hired a tree service to inspect all of our large locust trees which were close enough to our house to do major damage, if they were to fall on our home. Eight trees were identified as being rotted inside. How was this assessed? A hole was located and a stick inserted. Damp saw dust was scooped out from inside the trees, as evidence that the trees were indeed rotting and potentially dangerous. Many of them were also leaning towards the house. This new wood pile is THREE rows deep.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this and I couldn’t watch for long, I think my fear of heights started to kick in.
The next day, we hired a stump grinder to get rid of all the remaining stumps. as you can see, we still have lots of trees left!
Exactly one year ago I made this post on Guinia Hen Lillies. They are an unusual springtime perennial that has bloomed like clockwork in my garden for the past 27 years. The flowers comes in two different colors. Most are a maroon in color, with a checkered pattern. There are also pale yellow flowers, which appear in smaller numbers.
In Europe, these are considered wildflowers.
This checkered lilly has been given several really ugly nicknames. Snake’s head lily, and Sullen lady are not very nice! Shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times, it was also called Leper’s Bell.
Aren’t Purple Finches pretty? If you wish for them to visit you on a regular basis, try offering sunflower seeds, millet, or thistle.
This male has a drop of water hanging from his beak.
Here he is again with his better half. Did you know that House Finches tend to compete with the Purple Finches for resources and usually win out? This unfortunately, has lead to a dwindling number of Purple Finches. They do prefer to live in coniferous trees, so if you have a pine tree in your yard, your’e in luck.
This is a picture of my perennial chives plant. If I decide to make baked potatoes with sour cream and chives for dinner tonight, I think I should leave out the lady bug flavoring.
My cat Pigeon spends a lot of time outside when the weather is good.
We have an acre and a half of land here, and she has explored it all quite thoroughly.
When I am outside too, she joins me. Sometimes I think she worries that I’ll get into trouble if she doesn’t look after me because she is always near by.
When Pigeon is ready to come inside, she stares me down from the porch through picture window. She goes in and out so many times during the course of a day, that I sometimes loose track of just exactly where she is. Sometimes I’ll call her, to get her back inside, and she’ll walk into the greatroom with an expression on her face that says “What’s the matter with you ?- I WAS inside already!”
This pretty wildflower gets it’s name from its mottled leaves, which look a little like the skin of a trout.
Only four to six inches in height, the Trout Lilly prefers to grow in wooded areas, between the months of March and May.
The yellow flowers follow the path of the sun and close for the night.
The year is 1962, and I am four years old, posing with my mom and thirteen year old sister Rosemary. Don’t we look stylish?
Today was a gorgeous day here in northern Ohio. Here are a few pictures from the garden.
This is a picture form the archives. I wonder just what was Rikki looking for.