Peonies May 20, 2009
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Peonies
Irises
Gerbera Daisies Boxed for the Bedroom Window
The last few weeks have been a watershed of emotions for me both professionally and privately. I am not really sure where my head is right now. I feel bogged down and entangled in so many things. But I will be taking a time-out to the States to deal with some things. I hope I will achieve some clarity on the most important and pressing issues, as well as the inner peace just to ‘Let go and let God’ where all things are concerned.
I don’t know who I will see while I am gone other than immediate family members. I will get in touch with some folks, though, and try to at least talk with them on the phone.
Otherwise… soul searching
From My Garden To Yours August 6, 2008
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(Lemon Verbena or Verbena citriodora Cav.)
I finally got out into the garden again today with my camera. Anyone interested in knowing what things looked like a few months ago, click here.
For some reason, almost everything we have is some shade of purple.
Pre-Season Flora May 21, 2008
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I know I just posted an incredibly long entry this morning (so, if you haven’t read “How Menopause Got Me To Madrid”, what are your waiting for?), I also want to post the following pictures. I took them this morning in the garden just after watering. (ChessMan mowed the lawn while I was gone, but didn’t think to give the plants a good healthy slurp!)
Thank you, RawDawgBuffalo, for not only requesting more pix of the flowers, but for motivating me to do something I’ve actually been planning to do for awhile.
The fight against the grass and weeds is still an uphill battle, but we are making some headway.
I plan to post pictures again in a few weeks, so you can see how things have progress and what’s in full bloom!
* The first irises are beginning to blossom in the side garden.
* I love peonies, and am happy to say that two of my three plants are now in bud.
Update May 10, 2008
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Or should I call this an ‘oops-date’. I got a comment on my Red Rose entry this morning, and was surprised to see that it’s been that long since I’ve posted anything! But I have been busy in both my professional and private lives in recent weeks, so it’s not like I’ve been ignoring this blog.
Herbs ~ Kräuter ~ Kruiden ~ les herbes January 27, 2008
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One of my major projects last summer was planting an herb garden. I have kept pots of fresh herbs on my kitchen window sills for years, but I had a vision of a time when I could wander outside just before a meal – armed with scissors and a small basket – to pick bunches of fragrant herbs for cooking and adding a zesty garnish to the salad.
After letting the puppies use the garden as their playground in 2006, we had sod laid out over the whole section this past summer. We then spent quite some time pouring over gardening and flower books, before trotting off to garden centers in the Netherlands and open markets here in Germany. I originally envisioned am herb garden as a simple affair: a square bed somewhere along the edge of the garden as a home for whatever struck my fancy. But ChessMan and my many books quickly taught me that I was thinking much too small!
Herb gardens can be quite complex and ornate affairs, so I had to up my game considerably.
From City Mouse to Country Mouse January 20, 2008
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The weather has actually been unseasonably mild recently, so the pix I made during a cold snap we experienced a few weeks ago seem like a real blast from the past. A glance out of my living room window today seems much too lush and green for this time of year. Only the windiness and lack of sunshine are a reminder that’s it’s still January and not April.
