Showing posts with label Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Garden. Show all posts
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Friday, November 23, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Great Day
Today was a great day!
I won the laundry war! By 3pm. Holy smoke. I am totally bad ass.
The Kidlet returned to school after spring break. Which was sad. But I got my office, my workroom, my studio back. Which was great.
I had a chance to work in the garden. Alas, the weeds are winning. Even though I have been cleaning up the garden for weeks.
It started to rain. Again. So I went inside and began work on a quilt. A Dresden plate pattern, but in batik. Fabric I picked up after Christmas at Esther's Fabrics on Bainbridge Island. This is a bucket list pattern for me.
A couple of weeks ago we went and saw a band called Rat City Brass - A Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass cover band. They were great and everyone in the audience had a silly smile plastered across their faces. It was like going back in time! Today, Gary made a mixed tape of their greatest hits. It was so much fun to listen to while I worked on my quilt. I knew almost all the songs
Then I had a chance to go back outside with the camera and capture some snaps of spring in the Northwest.
Have a great week!
I won the laundry war! By 3pm. Holy smoke. I am totally bad ass.
The Kidlet returned to school after spring break. Which was sad. But I got my office, my workroom, my studio back. Which was great.
I had a chance to work in the garden. Alas, the weeds are winning. Even though I have been cleaning up the garden for weeks.
It started to rain. Again. So I went inside and began work on a quilt. A Dresden plate pattern, but in batik. Fabric I picked up after Christmas at Esther's Fabrics on Bainbridge Island. This is a bucket list pattern for me.
A couple of weeks ago we went and saw a band called Rat City Brass - A Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass cover band. They were great and everyone in the audience had a silly smile plastered across their faces. It was like going back in time! Today, Gary made a mixed tape of their greatest hits. It was so much fun to listen to while I worked on my quilt. I knew almost all the songs
Then I had a chance to go back outside with the camera and capture some snaps of spring in the Northwest.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Fall
Fall has arrived. Last Saturday it was in the upper 70's and Sunday it was in the 60's. I wore jeans and a sweater. It may really be time to put away the Capri pants and flip flops.
The front garden still looks like summer. But soon the leaves will turn and the flowers will need to be cut back. Our summer really began in September and we had a lovely 3 week stretch.
The days in the Northwest become very short in the fall and winter. It's dark still in the morning when I head to work. When the time change occurs it will be dark when I head home from work. In the winter it seems like the only time I see daylight is on the weekends.
This is not a complaint. Well, it probably will be come February when we are tired of the cold and dark and rain. But right now, instead of bounding out of bed to work in the garden on the weekend, I am still in my jammies, with a cup of coffee, my feet up on an ottoman with a lap quilt wrapped around me working on my blog.
Hello blog. It seems like it's been awhile. Perhaps now that it's dark and we will be spending more time indoors we will have a chance to catch up. And spend time on projects.
I can't wait. See you soon!
The front garden still looks like summer. But soon the leaves will turn and the flowers will need to be cut back. Our summer really began in September and we had a lovely 3 week stretch.
The days in the Northwest become very short in the fall and winter. It's dark still in the morning when I head to work. When the time change occurs it will be dark when I head home from work. In the winter it seems like the only time I see daylight is on the weekends.
This is not a complaint. Well, it probably will be come February when we are tired of the cold and dark and rain. But right now, instead of bounding out of bed to work in the garden on the weekend, I am still in my jammies, with a cup of coffee, my feet up on an ottoman with a lap quilt wrapped around me working on my blog.
Hello blog. It seems like it's been awhile. Perhaps now that it's dark and we will be spending more time indoors we will have a chance to catch up. And spend time on projects.
I can't wait. See you soon!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
In Search of a New Banner
Wandering around the garden in search for a new banner image I took about a gazillion pics.
The blueberries won partially because the photo turned out well, which is always a suprise to me. But also because you can almost taste them. And I must say, blueberries straight from the bush (no pesticides here) are to die for. Seemed like the perfect summer photo.
These didn't make the cut, but were wonderful nonetheless.
Hardy fushia. These look like delicate little ballerina skirts to me.
Astillbe
Scarlet Runner Bean
For the life of me I can't recall the name of this plant. I can tell you it gets quite tall - at over 5 feet. Likes shade. Has purplish-black leaves. The name will come to me at some inconvenient time. Like 2 a.m.
Angel's Fishing Rod. This plant grows from corms. Much of the year it looks like grass but mid-summer sends out long stems with a long row of flowers and bows like a fishing rod.
I don't recall the name of this one either. I planted this one in the spring to replace a Nandina that went belly up in our sudden cold snap last November. I like that the bees enjoy it.
Phygelius, a hummingbird favorite.
Mexican Daisy. Aren't they sweet? This would have made a cute banner, too.
And lastly , lavendar. I should harvest this to make popurri and lavendar wands. I love to run my hands on this as I walk by. It smells so good. In another couple of days, this will be covered with bumblebees.
The blueberries won partially because the photo turned out well, which is always a suprise to me. But also because you can almost taste them. And I must say, blueberries straight from the bush (no pesticides here) are to die for. Seemed like the perfect summer photo.
These didn't make the cut, but were wonderful nonetheless.
Hardy fushia. These look like delicate little ballerina skirts to me.
Astillbe
Scarlet Runner Bean
For the life of me I can't recall the name of this plant. I can tell you it gets quite tall - at over 5 feet. Likes shade. Has purplish-black leaves. The name will come to me at some inconvenient time. Like 2 a.m.
Angel's Fishing Rod. This plant grows from corms. Much of the year it looks like grass but mid-summer sends out long stems with a long row of flowers and bows like a fishing rod.
I don't recall the name of this one either. I planted this one in the spring to replace a Nandina that went belly up in our sudden cold snap last November. I like that the bees enjoy it.
Phygelius, a hummingbird favorite.
Mexican Daisy. Aren't they sweet? This would have made a cute banner, too.
And lastly , lavendar. I should harvest this to make popurri and lavendar wands. I love to run my hands on this as I walk by. It smells so good. In another couple of days, this will be covered with bumblebees.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Summer - at last
While the rest of the country has been wallowing in extreme heat and high humidity it has been cool and cloudy in Seattle. Overcast most days with highs only in the upper-60's or low-70's.
According to a local weatherperson, up until yesterday we had only had 78 minutes of summer. Summer was described as a temperature of 80 degreees or higher. So, an hour and 18 minutes of summer.
Friday afternoon and Saturday were gorgeous. Not summer by the definition above, but the sun was out. Not a cloud in the sky and it was in the mid-70's. I think the sun helps make it feel like summer even if it's not 80 degrees.
View from the front door.
Sunbathing.
Snoozing in an un-made bed. I'll get right on that... not.
According to a local weatherperson, up until yesterday we had only had 78 minutes of summer. Summer was described as a temperature of 80 degreees or higher. So, an hour and 18 minutes of summer.
Friday afternoon and Saturday were gorgeous. Not summer by the definition above, but the sun was out. Not a cloud in the sky and it was in the mid-70's. I think the sun helps make it feel like summer even if it's not 80 degrees.
View from the front door.
Sunbathing.
Snoozing in an un-made bed. I'll get right on that... not.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
How Does Your Garden Grow?
It has been a very cool and cloudy spring in Seattle. Just a week before the Memorial Day holiday and here's the forecast.
This is the backyard, looking out through a bedroom window.
Monday Partly Cloudy, Light Showers Day: 55° Night: 44°
Tuesday Partly Cloudy Day: 63° Night: 49°
Wednesday Mostly Cloudy, Morning Rain Day: 59° Night: 43°
Thursday Partly Cloudy, Light Showers Day: 54° Night: 46°
Friday Mostly Cloudy, Evening Rain Day: 56° Night: 42°
Saturday Thunder Storm, Rainy Day: 53° Night: 43°
While I would prefer warmer, sunnier days, the garden is very, very happy. Especially the weeds (but I'm not going down that snarky path). Here are some photos I snapped this morning in my jammies (from inside the house).
The left side of the driveway. Even on an overcast day, it glows.
Alchemilla mollis or Lady's Mantle. One of the cool things about this plant is the leaves are covered with tiny hairs which causes water to bead on top, looking like tiny transparent pearls.
New growth on the Lady's Mantle. In a couple of weeks there will be sprays of tiny, tiny yellow flowers that sit above the leaves. They hold well as a cut flower.
Wiegela 'Dark Horse' against a bright background of Spirea.
I debated whether to include this shot. The focus was not on the center of the tulip but rather the tiny drops of water on the petals.
Allium, just starting to open. When in full bloom, this will look like lavendar fireworks. It's an interesting dried flower too. Some of the tiny flowers are holding rain drops.
How does your garden grow?
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Tulips
One of the perks of our cooler than normal spring is that all the blooms seem to be holding longer. My tulips are still going strong.
These are 'naturalizing tulips'. Similar to daffodils they come back year after year.
These are 'naturalizing tulips'. Similar to daffodils they come back year after year.
This weekend was the Cheese Festival at Pike Place Market. It jammed with vendors and tasters. As much as I love cheese, it was again the tulips that caught my eye.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Playing in Water
I've been dying to try to capture moving water with the new camera. Just drops. So I practiced a little this evening using the water feature in the front yard as my subject.
Close, but I think I will focus on my day job to pay the bills. Clearly I am no threat to professional photographers.
As I was deleting shot after shot, I was grateful this wasn't the era where film had to be processed to find out they weren't very good. Technology is awesome! I just need to work to master it.
And now featuring the kitchen sink...
As I was deleting shot after shot, I was grateful this wasn't the era where film had to be processed to find out they weren't very good. Technology is awesome! I just need to work to master it.
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