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We are so happy to have Barb as our next door neighbor. We share a love of flowers, the outdoors, and we also share Ava the golden doodle. About three weeks ago, during our cold rainy spell, Barb took advantage of a rare clear and semi-warm afternoon to work on her laptop out in her front garden.
At that time, Barb's clematis vines were at their peak of glorious bloom. We have never been able to grow these flowers but they really like whatever she is feeding them! And we are not the least bit jealous!
Ava has been staying with us this week while Barb does some business travel and enjoys a friend's wedding. If Ava looks a little sad, I think it's because she misses Barb. Or she could just be trying to get another treat out of sympathy!
I have some other posts to publish over this weekend, as I finally uploaded recent pictures from the camera. So far this Memorial Day weekend we have gone to the Ferguson Farmers' market, grilled hamburgers for supper, and just enjoyed a couple of cooler, drier days after a week of 90s and thundershowers. Norm got the lawn mowed and edged yesterday and we are still planting flowers and trying to acclimate houseplants to the front porch.
Norm has been busy researching places to visit in North Carolina later this summer, as well as places we might stay on our trip. I've been trying to organize my family history charts and sporadically do some quilting. I'm still dealing with a respiratory infection of some sort that wants to hang on, but it seems better today. On Monday we took our Dodge Caravan in to be prepped for the drive to Kansas in June. She needed a lot of things done, but we hope we are now closer to being ready for the travels. Meanwhile, the showers just keep coming...14 of the first 16 days of May had rain. All of the area rivers are above flood stage and it is cooler than normal. So I'm itching to get outside and plant, and move the houseplants to the front porch. Maybe I'll get my wish later this week; it's supposed to hit the high '80s. Whee. From one extreme to the other but a change from this Irish weather will be nice.
Last week was so stormy here, although definitely not as stormy as it was in The South, that there was some question as to whether the Ferguson Farmers' Market would have its season opening on Saturday. But the rain ended over night and held off until later on Saturday night, so some 31 vendors were present and stocked. Many of the early vendors sell plants, flowers, and crafts, but there were radishes, green onions and various lettuces on hand. We came home with two bronze coleus plants, a parsley plant, some pecans (we finally ran out of the Texas ones), some local honey, and a big tasty bunch of organically grown green onions. Salad time!
Before the rains, we staked as many of the tall iris stalks as we could. They held up to the inch or so we received over two nights pretty well. This lavender ruffly beauty was already in the yard when we moved.
This red bi color was already here, too. It didn't bloom between 2001 and last year, but this year we had 5 or 6 plants. I guess they just needed time.
Light blue ruffles are so delicate. We really enjoy this one that graces the back of the border.
This was one of mom LInville's and we are always relieved when it blooms. We have about 5 plants blooming since I took the picture.
We have stayed busy with church, exercise, storm warnings, and playing with Ava part of the time. Barb gets home tomorrow and swears she will be here the rest of May! I've been working on genealogy lines that go back to North Carolina, and Norm has been re-reading the Linville books for NC connections as well, in preparation for our trip in June. I also have some quilt tops that I need to photograph and put on the blog soon. And there are more flower pictures and GREEN pictures. I hoped to put them up on Earth Day, but something distracted me. Right now I'm trying to fight off a cold/fever and so far the score is cold 1, Judi 0. More soon.
We are so happy to have Barb as our next door neighbor. We share a love of flowers, the outdoors, and we also share Ava the golden doodle. About three weeks ago, during our cold rainy spell, Barb took advantage of a rare clear and semi-warm afternoon to work on her laptop out in her front garden.
At that time, Barb's clematis vines were at their peak of glorious bloom. We have never been able to grow these flowers but they really like whatever she is feeding them! And we are not the least bit jealous!
Ava has been staying with us this week while Barb does some business travel and enjoys a friend's wedding. If Ava looks a little sad, I think it's because she misses Barb. Or she could just be trying to get another treat out of sympathy!
