Beautification

The pear tree is alive and well.  New blossoms to greet a new season!

The workmen are alive and busy as well.  Phase 2 of a downtown beautification project.  Phase 1 was cleaning the old brick wall.  Next step?  Stay tuned.

Piney Time in Indiany

We know with almost 100% certainty that the pineys will bloom for Memorial Day.  Trust me, I never heard these beauties called "pineys" until I moved to Indiana.  And yes, I know how to spell "peonies."  And I fancy that I know how to pronounce it, too.  But you know what they say about behavior while in Rome.

The dianthus (dianthuses? dianthi?)* welcome you at the rear entrance

*According to both Word Hippo and The Oxford Dictionary, the correct plural form is "dianthuses."

May Flowers

Approaching mid-May, first blooms of the iris, the columbine, and the clematis-- shades of purple.

The variegated dogwood sporting its pink-and-white and sharing a space with its unidentified magenta friend.

Plum Pretty

The plum tree bringeth forth flowers yet produceth no fruit.

These are among the loveliest blossoms of all the flowering
trees in our yard.  Yet the tree is barren.  It was specifically
"designed" to provide spring color without the bother of a
messy fruit later on.

When the bloom is gone the tree will stand there by the
entryway, all red-faced as though apologizing for its lack
of produce.

Old. And Puny.

Little old woman and little old man
    took a thirty-gallon garbage can
into the yard to pick up loose grass
    five pounds or so, and another eight
then dragged the bucket through the gate
    to the compost site.

They are exhausted.  Nap time.

     It really is very annoying to be unable to get anything done without total exhaustion.  How did this happen?

Fall meets Spring

Who said we don't have any Spring flowers?

Yard to the west of ours.  Guess from which direction the

prevailing winds come.

 The catalpa holding on to last fall's fruit is putting 

forth new leaves!