Archive for the 'Spring' Category

11 May

April came and went so quickly, but we enjoyed an EARLY spring season here.  Usually it can be quite cool well into May, and I don’t do serious gardening until around the 3rd week of May, but this year, things have gotten way ahead of me!  I’ve just let the things come up with little [...]

04 Apr

My son took this pretty picture while we were away celebrating our 31st anniversary, and Easter in Lancaster, PA. He uploaded this one to Webshots where he has other photos in case you’d like to click on this photo and visit his album, they aren’t all flowers, but he enjoys photographing outdoors. We hope that [...]

20 Mar

My last post shared a devastating experience we had last weekend, this weekend and the past few days have been just the opposite, what a wonderful start to the Spring season…sunny and temperatures up into the 70′s!  My husband spent much of the day outside cleaning up the yard and starting to repair some erosion [...]

08 Apr

What a cold Spring day it is today here in northern NJ, but that isn’t stopping the high tree pollen count as the trees begin to bud, and the growth of my tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinths, crocuses and other assorted spring bulbs.  Many of my perennial herbs are coming up as well.Today I want to [...]

02 Apr

What a winter it has been, but the sun is shining brightly today, in fact it’s just at the right spot to be shining down on me through the skylight as I sit here on the couch with my laptop, and it feels delightful.  We have had a long, cold winter, one of those winters [...]