Periwinkel (Vinca minor) surrounds the house on three sides. The purple flowers are up
front near the porch and the blue flowers are on the north and west side in great abundance.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Periwinkel
Periwinkel (Vinca minor) surrounds the house on three sides. The purple flowers are up
front near the porch and the blue flowers are on the north and west side in great abundance.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Daffodils - Poem
Daffodils
May Henson
Yellow telephones
in a row in the garden
are ringing,
shrill with light.
Old fashioned spring
brings earliest models out
each April the same,
naive and classical.
Look into the yolk
colored mouthpieces
alert with echoes.
Say hello to time.
From: Nature:Poems Old and New
Houghton Mifflin, 2000
May Henson
Yellow telephones
in a row in the garden
are ringing,
shrill with light.
Old fashioned spring
brings earliest models out
each April the same,
naive and classical.
Look into the yolk
colored mouthpieces
alert with echoes.
Say hello to time.
From: Nature:Poems Old and New
Houghton Mifflin, 2000
Daffodil
The daffodil is a member of the Narcissus Family. Old English "affodyl" means "to come early". The daffodil has one bloom per stalk as distinct from the jonquil which has several blooms per stalk.
Monday, March 21, 2011
First flower 2011
Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) This is the common Dutch hyacinth. There are more than 2,000 hyacinth cultivars. The snow arrived several days after the initial photo.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Flower for the Day 2011
We have come home to snow but flowers for the day will soon follow as we begin year four of this program.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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