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  • DivineMrsM
    DivineMrsM Member Posts: 9,620
    edited March 2016

    Super lovely and very inspiringBalt. What grows in thos big silver containers there in the back?

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Jazzy- breathtaking!

    Balthus- wowzer! Looks like a magazine cover. So lush and the painted shedjust pops!

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  • BookLady1
    BookLady1 Member Posts: 253
    edited March 2016

    inspiration, everyone! Balthus - are you in central TX?im in Austin and had same lack of winter. Lind

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited March 2016

    Jazzy.. Those blossoms are just beautiful ! how is your Weeping Cherry going ?

    Balthus.. Your garden looks great!


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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2016

    Good morning friends!

    I have company here so on the run, but wanted to share another bloom from time around town yesterday. We went to Old Town and I snapped this one of the plum tree near the church.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2016

    Balthus- wow about that backyard. Looks amazing!

    Lucy- the weeping cherry is coming along. Top still not out but hopefully in the next few days!

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited April 2018

    The following was posted by Jazzygirl on The Hermit Club thread......

    Teka- this one is for you, my friend who loves gardening and cats too!

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    Yesterday, I started looking for pussy willows in swampy areas. Still looking!!

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2016

    Teka- my friend who is visiting found some fun socks in Old Town yesterday with this very pattern! You need to find some of those on line!

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2018

    OK ;o)

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  • Asante314
    Asante314 Member Posts: 54
    edited March 2016

    All the beautiful, beautiful blooming trees. Hoping to get a chance to walk around over the next few weeks and see what's blooming.

    Balthasar: The shed does look like a pic out of a magazine or tourism guide-of somewhere I would love to be.

    Teak. LOVE the kitten-williow. Saved that pic.

    Jazzi I am searching for the socks. Did she find them with the oussy willow with the kittens??

    Asante

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  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 2,118
    edited March 2016

    Wow, lots of spring blooms. I see I need to move to Oregon, Texas, or New Mexico! I have no blooms, but my neighbor's crocuses are blooming, and I saw a robin and a bluebird this past week. My neighbor was out raking her beds so I got out to do the same - raking up the old hosta leaves and digging some grass out. There's nothing like garden therapy.

    Balthus, I also love that beautiful bright shed!

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited March 2016

    TwoHobbies.. my neighbour has a wonderful garden and I'm always enjoying the things that are blooming in theirs too.. some of them hang over my fence. I always tell them I get the pleasure of their garden , and they get all the work 😃 Your right.. Gardening is great therapy!




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  • DivineMrsM
    DivineMrsM Member Posts: 9,620
    edited March 2016

    TwoHobbies, what state do you live in?

    I spent time reddin' up the backyard today, too. Ran the cordless hedge trimmer over some of the evergreen shrubs to whip them back into shape then raked up the debris.

    Yesterday I moved a green garden bench off the back porch into an area in the yard and spray painted it a brownish-bronze color. It was so quick and easy and fun to do. I at first thought I was going to have to get out the paint and paintbrush for a tedious chore but found some left over spray paint just the right color. Jumped in the car, went and bought a few more cans the same color and voila! Looks great

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited March 2016

    Mrs M.. That sounds such fun.. Nothing like a coat of paint to change, or bring something back to life.!


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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited March 2016

    Heres a pic of two pots I replanted yesterday near my front door.. I can't wait for the plants to grow now :-)

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  • DivineMrsM
    DivineMrsM Member Posts: 9,620
    edited March 2016

    Looks so nice, Lucy! I'm a big fan of symmetry. As the coleus get larger, they will look even prettier with the brick background

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Divine- how about some pics of your bench! How fun! And rewarding I bet also!

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Lucy- very nice statement planters! Your entry looks very nice and inviting.

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  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 2,118
    edited March 2016

    Lucy, its great to have neighbors who plants beautiful things you can enjoy too! I'm glad you joined us. I look forward to seeing what grows in Australia. Your coleus remind me of my mom because she always planted coleus on her north facing porch. Those are so pretty against the brick of your house. Love your frog too!

    MrsM I'm north of Chicago. How much earlier is everyone's spring? My sedums are sprouting and I do have daffodils about 4 inches out of the ground and irises popping through. We are definitely trending upward but still some frost at night.

    I put my two planters in the garage last year and I think the geraniums and something else that I can't identify at the moments may be alive. I see green so when frost passes I'll bring them out and see how they look.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2016

    Hi ladies- I was up super early to take my friend to the airport (and with the time change, ugh) after a busy couple day visit. We walked around the neighborhood yesterday to see the spring blooms and here are some highlights. I promise to post a pic of my weeping cherry today or tomorrow, just about in full bloom and so pretty.

    Pictures from yesterday are red bud and magnolia

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2018

    Lucy, just spotted the frog. ;o)

    Jazzy, lovely blooms!!

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited March 2016

    Jazzy, Really beautiful. We used to go to eastern OK where the foothills begin to see the redbud and dogwood blooming together.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2016

    In the back yard this past hour, a red tailed hawk looking for something tasty to eat. I did this close up and also noticed the cottonwood it was sitting in is budded out!

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited March 2016

    TwoHobbies.. Hope your plants make it through the winter !!

    Jazzy... The Magnolia is just beautiful.. We grew a magnolia tree at another home we had.. but we only got an occasional white flower. Both your photos are gorgeous.. Keep them coming :-) I also like the pic of the hawk.!

    Teka and Wren.. Hi :-)





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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Jazzy- loved your photos today!

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited March 2016

    Heres a photo of the favourite part of my garden.. The chooks.!! The little grey one hasn't started laying yet..but I can't wait.. She is an Auracana and they lay blue eggs :-)

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited March 2016

    Here's a pic of the Chook Penthouse.. HaHa.. Hubby and I built it together last year.!

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2016

    I hope to post the final full bloom of the weeping cherry tomorrow. The top is almost fully out now and a photo in the early morning is the prettiest! Stay tuned!

    Despite having a dragging butt today with time change and company for days, I did get out to the back yard and cleaned out and pruned another section of the yard. As you know, it is a never ending process to clean out and prep the gardens for spring!


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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Love the chooks and the chook house, Lucy!

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2018

    Jazzy, wish the hawk was here gobbling up pigeons!!

    Lucy, lovely chooks and fancy coop!!

    Gram loved her chickens. :o)

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