Saturday Odds and Ends

It's a coolish day, but the gale force winds and terrible rains have passed to our south.  We're wearing sweaters so that the windows can be open, letting in the good smells of a spring day: newly cut grass, fresh earth and hyacinths.  As I type, that guy or one of his buddies is standing in the back forty, giving me the what-for by way of insistent gobbles.   It seems that I've greatly upset the tribe by snapping photos while they were eating lunch.  They moved off to a safer distance, but they're not done being indignant.

A sharp-shinned hawk has been stalking the bird feeders for the last couple of days.  We've not seen him catch anyone but his presence might explain why we haven't had any Baltimore Orioles feeding at the oranges and grape jelly we've put out.

Today is finishing up the spring planting--the harsh winter took only one rose bush, but a couple of rudbeckia didn't come up and I seem to be missing the Shasta Daisy and a pink cone flower. In addition, the snap dragons and dahlias need to be planted every spring.  Every year I vow fewer annuals, but find that  I can't resist the promise of those pretty blooms. 

   

Comments

[Lisa K.]

When I bought my house there were almost NO perennials in the beds, but I have tried hard to fill them with daylilies and hosta and other easy growers. My efforts at phlox yearly fall flat...My annual weakness? Impatiens.