I've been working my little buttsky off lately on a project for a high-stakes art quilt exhibit called Explorations: Journey Into Creativity.
http://www.saqacallforentryexplorations.com/. If you've been reading my blog postings, you may have already seen a plethora of information on that endeavor. And if you've been following that story, you're not going to
believe what I decided to do next. I'm going to tell you about that, but first, OMG I need a break from it, if for just one evening.
That's why I've decided to put together a little chronological photo show of this year's gardens from the time of the first blooms until today (6.7.18). I know I'll feel much better when I finish it. I also hope that anyone who has never seen my gardens up close and personally will love feasting their eyes on them as much as I do.
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| 4.4.18 hellebores (helleborus orientalis) |
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| 4.30.18 hellebores and corydalis (helleborus orientalis and corydalis bulbosa) | |
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| 4.30.18 Virginia bluebells and myrtle (Mertensia Virginica and vinca minor) |
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| 5.1.18 epimedium sulphureum and myrtle (vinca minor) |
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| 5.5.18 Today's bouquet |
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| 5.6.18 Dicentra formosa |
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| 5.6.18 Old-fashioned bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis) |
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| 5.6.18 grape hyacinths (muscari) and euonymus Emerald Gaiety. Upper right corner, euphorbia dulcis chameleon. |
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| 5.10.18 Lamium pink pewter |
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| 5.10.18 lilacs |
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| 5/10/18 wisteria |
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| 5.12.18 Today's bouquet |
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| 5.17.18 rhododendron yakusimanum |
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| 5.19.18 euphorbia Bonfire |
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| 5.19.18 euphorbia Bonfire |
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| 5.23.18 Today's bouquet |
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| 5.2518 Honeysuckle (Lonicera harlequin) |
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| 5.26.18 Helianthemum Wisley Pink |
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| 5.27.18 Today's bouquet |
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| 5.27.18 First roses (Applejack). |
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| 5.28.18 Honeysuckle (Lonicera Harlequin) |
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| 5.31.18 Today's bouquet: Joyful, joyful |
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| 6.1.18 Snow in Summer (cerastium tomentosum) |
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| 6.1.18 baptisia and peonies |
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| 6.3.18 plethora of pinks |
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| 6.6.18 Heuchera Silver Scrolls, Japanese Painted Fern (athyriun pictum), couple different kinds of lamium |
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| 6.6.18 Today's bouquet--Fragrant Delight |
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| 6.7.18 Applejack roses |
Sometimes people think I must have a huge yard to have so many plants.
Au contraire. The lot is 50 x 150, or 7500 square feet--standard lot size for the older part of West Hartford. An acre is 43,560 square feet. That makes my puny lot about a fifth of an acre.
Sheesh.
But I do what I can with it.
And it sure felt good to put together that photo show. Better better better.
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