Spring Flowers
From around the neighborhood. These were actually taken on the 15th, so a number of them have now gone by.
Coastal Maine Botanical Garden – Boothbay, ME
Who knew there were this many flowers out this early?
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Orchids at the National Botanical Garden
Final installment in my pictures from DC (I am so behind posting these…) There was really neat orchid exhibit at the National Botanical Gardens while we were down there. The Garden is next to the Capital, and I highly recommend visiting it. There’s an outdoor garden, and a glassed in house, that has a number
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Flowers You Can Currently See in DC
After starting to go through the flower pictures I did manage to take on the trip, I notice that I managed to see quite a bit. This album is a condensed version of what was around outside. Yes, there will be a post coming of just flowers I saw inside. Wow. I am that much
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DC, Day 1, or How We Are not the Only People with Wonky Late Winter Weather
You see these pictures? Several months ago, when we booked our long weekend in Washington, DC, based on prior experience, we fully expected that we’d be awash in cherry blossoms when we got there. (Heck, the organizers of the 100th anniversary festival expected the same.) But, they got the same heat wave we got, so
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Mackworth Island – Falmouth, ME
Early fall color (these are actually from my vacation two weeks ago) – at the time, it was just the early trees and shrubs turning – we’re much more advanced now (and a good deal of it will come down in the snow storm tonight…)
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Garden Notes
I’m pretty happy with what the garden looks like at the moment. The back garden especially looks so well composed with what I have back there this year. I have no idea how it’s going to look come Monday. Hurricane Irene may not be very kind. All of the pots will be going into the
Garden Notes
We were away for five days, and during that time, the Thai basil went to seed. I had no idea it had such pretty flowers. I’ll continue to buy this for the ornamental properties! Look how pretty it is next to the marigolds: The veggies are doing well. The Swiss chard is looking amazingly lush,
Hamilton House – South Berwick, Maine
I’m on vacation for the next seven business days (a week and extra – woo!), and the first three, I’m on my own. So I started the fun with my annualish by my self trip shopping to Kittery (score of the day: a cashmere short-sleeved sweater, original price $119, marked down and discounted to $29
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