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• Wordless Wednesdays: The Summer Garden

  

  Rose Campion + GeraniumsColumbineBellflowersPeonies + SalviaEvening PrimrosePoppies + Wild Roses + CatmintThe Columbine Garden At long last! :)It's beginning... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• I Give You An M

  

  Here's a fun meme I hope you'll participate in...I was given the letter ‘M’Something I like: Moonlight + the sweet scent of MagnoliasSomething I love: Miss... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Summer Celebration

  

  Sensation LilacsTomorrow summer officially begins. Do you suppose my Lilacs have their eyes on the calendar, too?President Grevy Lilacs One day before the... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Fancy Flowering Fruits

  

  Apple Trees I'm learning a lot about the resiliency of flowers during this odd, rainy springtime. Perennials are struggling, fruit trees are ecstatic.Flower... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesdays: Wasatch Wildflowers

  

  Locals: Have you hit the trails? What are you waiting for??Our plentiful rains have inspired an amazing celebration on the lower elevation hiking paths in the... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Pretty in Pink

  

  Stargazer Lilies are lovin' some sunshine. There’s this old saying, “make hay while the sun shines,” but what’s an impatient gardener to do when it’s been... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesdays: Goblin Valley

  

  Bad Dog & I ~ hoodoo hiking in Goblin Valley State Park, Southern UtahFor more Wordless Wednesday participants, click here! Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2011 PHOTOGRAPHY

• Divine Little Moments

  

  Feel like taking a virtual wildflower hike through the Utah Desert? The plentiful rains that have made my own spring a misery, have given new life to these hars... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The New Normal?

  

  Wild LupineDuring this elongated monsoon season, I’ve been keeping tabs on my friends in New Mexico. They’ve not had a drop of rain since December and I watch... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Belated Bloom Day and Big, Big Plans

  

  I missed celebrating Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day ~ though I guess that didn't really matter. Seeing as how we've experienced one of the coldest, rainiest... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2011 GARDENING

• The Bell Pepper Uprising

  

  $1.94 That's 1 dollar and 94 cents for one bell pepper.And, so begins the revolution.I'm a little outraged by food prices. And, I imagine ~ unless you've been... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2011 GARDENING

• Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival

  

  Isn't this the most delightful spot for a picnic?Down in the Salt Lake City valley, 3 thousand feet lower in elevation ~ and a full month ahead of the chilly... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Merry Month...

  

  Desperate times call for desperate measures! Nabbed these Sun Stars at the local supermarket.When the sun popped out, I was giddy as a schoolgirl.If we can... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• 5th Blogoversary!

  

  My, how time flies when you're having fun.Tomorrow is my 5th Blogoversary5 years.700 posts.Countless new blogging friends. Thousands of impulse plant purchases. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2011 GARDENING

• An Easter Gift for the Bigguns

  

  "If you'd like to help, you can watch them express their appreciation." So said my friend, Janet. Cowgirl extraordinaire and surrogate Mom to my 2 horses, who... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Depressed Daffodils and Sad, Little Tulips

  

  Weather is a great metaphor for life - sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, and there's nothing much you can do about it but carry an umbrella. ~ Terri... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Flower. Power!

  

  Three cheers for the well-established garden. Not well-planned, mind you.Just, sort of, well-established.I was thinking about that as I slaved away, prepping th... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day ~ April, 2011

  

  Things are just getting started at my place. With the weather finally cooperating, I donned those much missed and very tattered garden gloves to clean up the... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Diana Garden

  

  Flowering Sweet Peas will decorate the fence behind the new Diana Garden.Do you name your gardens? I do that out of love ~ and also by necessity. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Splish Splashin' @ San Acacia

  This has absolutely nothing to do with gardening. :)But, I thought you might enjoy it, just the same. It's a short, one minute video of my friends goofing off o... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2011 GARDENING, HOME