A Comparison?

Today, aullori from Random Musings, posted some beautiful flowers in a piece she titled I’ve been so busy …. Among the images were two of a flower called a Pioneer Violet or Stream Violet (Viola glabella) that especially intrigued me simply because I’ve never seen a yellow colored violet before!
The violets that I’m most familiar [...]

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I’ve Got Myself to Blame

Well, I guess I have myself to blame. I just filled the suet feeder with a fresh suet cake for the birds then placed the plastic container on the edge of the counter, next to the sink. I had planned to finish dinner first and wash the pots and pans then I’d wash the suet [...]

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Spring Greens

We’ve had what seems like an endless winter this year. So, I think it goes without saying that I have been a bit anxious for spring. Perhaps then, because temperatures have been in the upper sixties and lower seventies, at least for a few days now, and many flower bulbs have been blooming for several [...]

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Swedish Colors

Okay, our “fickle” Spring has decided to “spring forth” once more! This time, however, it’s in the Swedish colors. Do you know the Swedish colors?

These blue colored flowers which, by the way, are domestic flowers, are called Chionodoxa or Glory-of-the-Snow. The blue colored background on the Swedish flag represents the sky.

I know that most of [...]

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I wonder if …

My grandfather (maternal) and I shared a number of interests, some of which included gardening, camping and “walking” (not to mention that we had the same color of hair, though, I know that’s not exactly an interest). And, yes, I did say walking as opposed to hiking simply because, to us, it really didn’t matter [...]

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