My Garden Photos

Dadpad, it doesn't look like you've been allowed to do any weeding or general yardwork either.

I was just examining dadpad's front yard and have an idea for improvement. Look in the lower right corner. Do you see that decorative rock that he has placed there? The rock is quite nice; adds depth and structure to the yard, but what about that stick laying nearby?

What is the purpose of that stick? Did dadpad leave his walking stick in the yard? Is he right now hobbling around his house muttering, "Crikey! Where is my walking stick?" He goes into a rage and kicks his pet wallaby as he comtinues his fruitless search, tearing apart the couch cushions, looking behind the television, etc.

But we all know where that stupid stick is -- destroying the continuity of dadpad's front yard -- that's where it is.

Perhaps someone should pm dadpad and tell him of his stick's whereabouts. He could then walk with relative ease and his yard would be vastly improved in appearance.

uuuuuhhh........... <blank stare>

Dadpad, forgive these 'merkins their need for stick-up-the-butt-landscapes.

That is not a stick. Although it certainly does look like one. That would be my new intruder deterent, more commonly called a KING BROWN SNAKE!

pfft.

Yeah you're right lilk. Its a stick.

I just went out and shifted it.

IS EVERYONE HAPPY NOW!

I sort of like that chunk of land just the way it is, Dadpad.

Do you honestly believe i give a fat rats clacker what you think?

Old Timer's looking good these days.

That's the twenty-year old, right?

Yes,and it came as a gift from my late MIL in a three-inch pot in the fall of 1978 -- one flower bud-- and had been rooted earlier that year.

Nowadays when in bloom it's a conversation piece with visitors.

The bed I planted last year for my then neighbor and now landlady is greening up! The lady's mantle is unfolding her fans, the primrose are unbunching their greens, a lone crocus is about to bloom....... I'll clean up the bed this week and really get a good look.

I love the Spring.

My favorite azalea in the front yard.

Another spring has rolled along, and Nekochan is
taking her first garden tour of the year, mentally making a job list for the gardener.

eoe - do you know the name of that azalea? Are the flowers out before the leaves? I can't tell.

Out before the leaves? Not quite sure what you're asking but, the leaves came in first and then the blooms and the blooms are out in front of the leaves, I guess.The leaves are "behind" the flower.

Don't know the name of the plant. It was here when we moved in eight years ago. It's pretty tho, huh?

It is very pretty. There are some azaleas which bloom first and then the leaves come out after the blooms. The plants are pretty because the flowers seem to hover without the leaves to show the shape of the plant.

Oh! Now I get it. Yes, in all actuality, the leaves are small before the flower blooms but once the blooms fall off, the leaves flesh out.