I am so excited! This is the first year my lilac has bloomed. It is a Madame Lemoine Lilac. I got this scrawny thing on clearance at Lowe’s two summers ago. I nursed it, first in a pot, then when it looked like it would recover, I planted it in the ground next to the porch, but just out of reach of Oliver’s rope. And now it has three lovely, fragrant white blooms.
I’ve been eyeing up the Lilac Primrose, which is yellow. And, the Volcan Lilac is really stunning, too. How many lilac shrubs are too many?
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As Promised: Picture of the Purple-Leaf Plum Tree
I finally remembered to snap a picture of the purple-leaf plum tree before it got completely dark tonight. It is too bad I didn’t remember to take this picture last week when the forsythia was in full bloom, so you can see all the contrasting colors: green and crisp white of the house, deep plum leaves of the tree, and brilliant yellow of the forsythia.
Don’t mind my messy porch. I would like to tell you all that I’m just in the middle of a project and it doesn’t usually look like that. But that wouldn’t be true. It usually looks like this. Or worse.
Fair Warning: Fair Weather
Fair Warning: over the next few weeks, months, or possibly all summer, posts on this blog will probably be preoccupied with the yard. Trees, shrubs, flowers. Fencing, grading, retaining walls, mowing strips, and cement pavers.
Sheared! and Doggie self-esteem
We finally got around to mowing the whole yard. This has been quite a task because we let it go for far too long, just mowing the areas that were visible to the street, and because the grass seed that I planted last fall just exploded and is going like gangbusters this spring. Now I really should get out there and rake up all those grass clippings before the next mow…
You may not have noticed in other pictures from Wednesday, but Oliver is sporting his summer haircut. His hair is a little shorter than I expected, but it grows fast, so he’ll be back to normal in no time. However, he was a little embarrassed about it. He seems to be over it now, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen him act like this after a trip to the groomer. We took every opportunity to make over him and to tell him how handsome he looks. Not spoiled at all.
Looking through the bent-back tulips…
Green Bungalow Craftworks 