More daffodils of a different kind:
More pictures of flowers will be coming. I love walking outside everyday to see how they have changed!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
More Springtime Flowers
Here are some updated flower pictures I took today. The tulips have started blooming!
More daffodils of a different kind:
More pictures of flowers will be coming. I love walking outside everyday to see how they have changed!
More daffodils of a different kind:
More pictures of flowers will be coming. I love walking outside everyday to see how they have changed!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Springtime!!
Spring has hit the Rockies! This means we get a snow storm about once a week, wind, rain and beautiful sunny days that trick you into thinking we might get a real spring. What does this mean for us? Blooming daffodils that are occasionally covered in snow.
Last fall I planted 125 bulbs - crocus, tulips, daffodils and hyacinths. They got planted shortly after my foot surgery on a VERY windy evening when the last think I wanted to be doing was getting up and down from my knees while being outside. It has been interesting to see how they come up - I had tried to scatter them so it was very random but I definitely have clumps and bare spots. Oh well, my thought is over the next ten years they will multiply and fill everything in so much you won't even be able to see the ground. If they don't do that on their own, I'll just plant another 125 bulbs. :)
Here is a little clump of crocus - they came up first.
Here is my clump of daffodils and you can see a bunch of tulip buds that are going to open soon.
A lone little daffodil but it is so perfectly formed!
A view of the whole row on one side of the sidewalk. There is another row on the other side.
Please do ignore the irrigation line. I need to put sprayer nozzles in it so it will water my flower beds and then cover all the beds with mulch again. My hope was to do that this weekend but the forecast is calling for snow....
The best part is I took these pictures a few days ago and the beds have really exploded with blooms since then! I plan to go out tomorrow at lunch and take some more recent pictures to post - the difference is astounding. My tulips are so close to blooming and all my hyacinth are barely out of the ground. I'm surprised the hyacinth are last - I wasn't expecting that.
Spring time has also brought on some other adventures like Spring Cleaning and Siri Blowing Out His Coat. Not surprisingly, Siri is greatly increasing the need for the cleaning. I seem to always forget how much he sheds in the spring and fall. I have seriously contemplated stuffing some throw pillows with his hair but I thought that might be weird. Last weekend I spent some serious time doing deep cleaning in our living room. This involved vacuuming for longer than I thought possible, dusting EVERYTHING, including the wooden slat blinds (blech), washing the walls and fixing all the little paint chips. My living room looks fantastic and no one is allowed to pet the dog in the living room. This weekend will be the kitchen/dining/laundry room. Based on how long it took me to do the living room, I assume I will be cleaning for about 12 hours straight. It's amazing how two people, a dog and a cat can make a house so dirty in just 14 months.
Ewww, ewww, ewwww. I spider just crawled across my desk. Ugh. Where's the cat when I need him!
Stay tuned for more of my springtime adventures like Sealing The Deck and Cleaning Out The Garage! Sure to be stimulating reads. In the meantime, expect many more pictures of flowers and I'll soon be posting all about Siri's agility class!
Last fall I planted 125 bulbs - crocus, tulips, daffodils and hyacinths. They got planted shortly after my foot surgery on a VERY windy evening when the last think I wanted to be doing was getting up and down from my knees while being outside. It has been interesting to see how they come up - I had tried to scatter them so it was very random but I definitely have clumps and bare spots. Oh well, my thought is over the next ten years they will multiply and fill everything in so much you won't even be able to see the ground. If they don't do that on their own, I'll just plant another 125 bulbs. :)
Here is a little clump of crocus - they came up first.
Here is my clump of daffodils and you can see a bunch of tulip buds that are going to open soon.
A lone little daffodil but it is so perfectly formed!
A view of the whole row on one side of the sidewalk. There is another row on the other side.
Please do ignore the irrigation line. I need to put sprayer nozzles in it so it will water my flower beds and then cover all the beds with mulch again. My hope was to do that this weekend but the forecast is calling for snow....
The best part is I took these pictures a few days ago and the beds have really exploded with blooms since then! I plan to go out tomorrow at lunch and take some more recent pictures to post - the difference is astounding. My tulips are so close to blooming and all my hyacinth are barely out of the ground. I'm surprised the hyacinth are last - I wasn't expecting that.
Spring time has also brought on some other adventures like Spring Cleaning and Siri Blowing Out His Coat. Not surprisingly, Siri is greatly increasing the need for the cleaning. I seem to always forget how much he sheds in the spring and fall. I have seriously contemplated stuffing some throw pillows with his hair but I thought that might be weird. Last weekend I spent some serious time doing deep cleaning in our living room. This involved vacuuming for longer than I thought possible, dusting EVERYTHING, including the wooden slat blinds (blech), washing the walls and fixing all the little paint chips. My living room looks fantastic and no one is allowed to pet the dog in the living room. This weekend will be the kitchen/dining/laundry room. Based on how long it took me to do the living room, I assume I will be cleaning for about 12 hours straight. It's amazing how two people, a dog and a cat can make a house so dirty in just 14 months.
Ewww, ewww, ewwww. I spider just crawled across my desk. Ugh. Where's the cat when I need him!
Stay tuned for more of my springtime adventures like Sealing The Deck and Cleaning Out The Garage! Sure to be stimulating reads. In the meantime, expect many more pictures of flowers and I'll soon be posting all about Siri's agility class!
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