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My mind has been on my garden for a few days now, as I observe some green shoots coming to life again. The little patch of daffodils is coming up, with buds already showing. This patch is a mixture of all yellow daffodils and some yellow and white ones. They usually bloom in late February, so they are right on time this year.

I’m watching the bird feeders closely now too, and caught a photo of a pair of downy woodpeckers. The female is on the feeder above, with the male on the suet cake. One way to distinguish ...

Spring has sprung in the mountains! On our property, our cherry is starting to bloom. I’m not sure what variety this is, I think it is a Japanese cherry, but I really don’t know. I’ve never seen any fruit on it. Or else the birds and bears are eating them before I notice any. Still, the pretty pink blooms on the edge of the meadow say spring is here. I just hope we don’t get a late freeze.

As we drove over to the vaccination clinic last week, I noticed that the weeping cherries were blooming ...

Late September brings a few last flowers before the garden heads into sleep for the winter.  The geraniums don’t seem to know that it is fall, and continue to produce long-lasting pink flowers in abundance.

They are such an intense hue, lovely color on the veranda.

My purple dahlia has put up another flower stalk, and is slowly opening.  It may take a few more days to fully open.

Autumn is the prime blooming time for dahlias, and I have several more buds developing.  These will open in October sometime.

While we are on the subject of dahlias, the ...

There is always something going on in the garden, even in late November when the air is chilly.  We’ve had several dark and overcast days, lovely rainy days to stay inside to sew or stitch or read.  Then we get brilliantly sunny days that set the colors in the trees to light.  While most of the leaves are now gone on the deciduous trees, there are still some left to enjoy.  The birds are coming around a lot now too, so get ready for a long and picture heavy post.

It has been a couple of weeks since I ...