Category Archives: spring

06
Apr, 2007

funky ranunculus

i just love ranunculus. (spell check told me that was wrong and the best they could come up with to fix it was “carbuncular” ha!) they are so pretty. they don’t last long and they’re usually on the pricey side … Continue reading →

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05
Apr, 2007

hope *springs* eternal

okay, that was a cheezy title, but here is a picture of what’s happening in my bulb bed! the one my sister planted for me last fall? i’m so excited! i hope they get big enough to produce flowers. there’s … Continue reading →

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01
Apr, 2007

i’m baaaack!

okay, i’m finally back and more or less recovered from my whirlwind trip and i thought you might like to see some pictures of the baby. let’s see how he’s doin’…. oh, he’s gettin’ sleepy. shhhhh….. if we’re quiet, maybe … Continue reading →

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23
Mar, 2007

“i’m wearing my spring coat!”

yesterday, a boy walked into the storytime room and jubilantly announced, “i’m wearing my spring coat!” and it just about summed up my own joy at the annual shedding of heavy layers. everyone must be coming out of hibernation this … Continue reading →

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11
Mar, 2007

biking outdoors

hooray for springtime! oh, outdoors, how i’ve missed thee. how i’ve missed hills and breezes and changing scenery and coasting! today the weather is in the 50’s and a group of friends and i took advantage of it to get … Continue reading →

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06
Mar, 2007

forcing forsythia

here are the blooms from the forsythia branches i cut off my hedge in late january. aren’t they spring-y and cheerful?

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08
Jun, 2006

fuzzy poppy heads

i love the orange poppies that come up in my yard. but they are so short-lived. at least they have really cool little purply-black fuzzy asterisk heads that you can enjoy after the flowers are gone. they remind me of … Continue reading →

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26
May, 2006

poppies!

the poppies have bloomed! right on schedule, coinciding with the first torrential rains of the season that bash the blossoms to bits, the poppies have burst into brilliant orange bloom. hooray!

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17
May, 2006

more little bits of spring

i passed a tree this evening and it had those little ‘helicopter’ seed pods. the seed part was bright, spring green and the helicopter-y part was surprisingly pink! later, as i was walking down the sidewalk, i smelled honeysuckle! i … Continue reading →

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15
May, 2006

wet grass

this morning, after my run, i chose to stretch out by alternately squatting and reaching for my toes in the tall, wet grass that is my front yard and picking more wild white violets. the grass smells so nice and … Continue reading →

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