On the first of summer, I headed to the beach. I arrived not long after 6:00, so got about a good hour and a half of wandering in before heading back to my car to get out before the gates closed. It was a really lovely day. There was a stiff sea breeze, but it […]
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The peonies are blooming at Gilsland Farm. Actually, they’re a little behind most of the peonies in they city, which are starting to go by. Being the woods next to the ocean definitely has some advantages in keeping back bloom times.
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The final really cool thing about our weekend Downeast was the lupine. They were absolutely out in full while we were driving around, and for some reason, they’re better viewed up there. It’s not that we don’t have them here in the south, but they seem to grow better in people’s yards, so you’re more
Our second stop on Saturday was the Thuya Garden, which is run by the same land preserve as the Azalea Garden. Unlike the Azalea Garden, it\’s still early in the season, so while there were some blooms, it was obvious that the best is yet to come. (Click the collage for a more detailed album.)
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We’re back from a lovely weekend in Downeast Maine. We lucked out on Saturday, at least, with the weather, so were able to tool around Mount Desert Island. The highlight of that trip was the Asticou Azalea Garden, which is at the corner of Routes 198 and 3 in Northeast Harbor. We probably hit the
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Among other stops on a rather busy jaunt down south, we managed to get to Hamilton House on Saturday. The rain was holding off, just barely, when we were there. This is probably the earliest we’ve ever been to see the garden, and it’s just starting to wake up for the year. There are a
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I came back from Florida bitten hard by the gardening bug. The transition from zone 10b to 5b is not terribly kind, and I came back to a really bleak landscape. Fortunately, it being Spring now, Mother Nature is at least attempting to please me. The above is my side garden, with bulbs very happily
We’re into full on winter wonderland mode here, which means I’m pretty much holed up in the house, not really going anywhere interesting, hence the lack of anything other than reading and knitting posts. Here is the best I can manage to remedy that. We’ve acquired a new neighbor. One of the local red tailed
Last weekend, we headed down to Portsmouth for some shopping, and stopped off at Nubble Light along the way. I’ve also included what’s probably the last gasp of flower shots for the year here at home.
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