Combine the pace and intensity of my days with this morning’s dreary gray skies, I find myself dreaming of of warm summery days and gentle breezes. The smell of green grass and long lazy vistas.
Have wonderful weekend!
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Last weekend feels very far away today… Over the weekend, I split my time between working in the yard and working in the office… The yard work felt more productive and satisfying than my time spent in the office. The yard was mowed and I spent quite a bit of time working in the flower beds, getting them organized for the year.
And I planted our little memorial Tomato Patch, in honor of our passed away tomato eating dogs – Rocco, Coco and Chipper. Some of you may remember my posting about Chipper’s love for tomatoes and how much we enjoyed his last months last fall as he would wander through the tomato vines, grazing as he went…
One fringe benefit of my rooting about in the flower beds and edges of the yard is I find all sorts of orphan plants, shrubs and trees. Seedlings from our mature plants. Sally is always terrified that I will scurry about and plant the little things in places that will mess up the Master Plan for the yard. For me, it’s actually more about the excitement of the find. Let’s see what I found.
A small boxwood under the yews…
A young Kousa Dogwood growing in the old dog run…
Another boxwood? I’m not sure. I’ll let it grow and see what it turns in to…
A variegated lilly of the valley (bottom center) I rescued form beneath the spreading branches of a shrub in the front yard, along with another small flowering plant from my Mom’s garden back in upstate New York. (She’ll know exactly what it is.)
On Sunday, I moved the last of the European Ginger from one end of the yard to the other… Sounds productive, doesn’t it? By the time I get that done, it was beginning to drizzle. It felt so good, I stayed out and put in the tomato garden.
I added several eggplants, too. Mmmmm. Please excuse the mess. I haven’t gotten to edging things.
By days end, I really could have taken a good long soak in one of these tubs made by Bath in Wood Maine…
Or maybe this one?
Cote Sud,February/March 2012, photo, Bernard Touillon; designer, Francois Champsaur
Everyone have a great week!
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Yesterday morning I spent some time poking around under the trees and in the flower beds, looking for more signs of spring. I began noticing the moss growing between the rocks of our front walk…
…and in the shady nooks and crannies of the flower beds. You see, along with a water feature, in the back of my mind, I’ve always been a yearning for a moss garden somewhere in our yard.
I began looking at these large pieces of granite, left over from when we did our addition a number of years ago…
Then I got to thinking about the dog run behind the house. It’s relatively shady and now that both Chipper and Coco are gone, we could reclaim the run and turn it into a moss garden. I know it would take some time to mature, but wouldn’t it be a relaxing place to sit in the morning or at the end of the day?
Just look at these images!
I’m feeling inspired! Are you?
Cheers,
