Looking Back- Daffodils and Crocus

Hello everyone! 

I thought I would wish you a Happy Friday with flowers....

It won't be long and the daffodils and crocuses will be in full glory again.  I love snow, so I wouldn't mind some more Winter before Spring arrives. 

 Until then, we will look at pictures of some of my favorite Spring blooms from my garden...

"I am still devoted to the garden. But though an old man, I am but a young gardener." 

--Thomas Jefferson

"More than half a century has passed, and yet each spring when I wander into the primrose  wood and see the pale yellow blooms, and smell their sweetest of scents, for a moment I am seven years old again and wandering in the fragrant wood." 

--Gertrude Jekyll

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for visiting,

Erin

Looking Back- Spring Blooms/Tulips

Hello everyone!

We have had some beautiful weather recently. Yesterday I was able to mulch a few flower beds, which has me dreaming of spring blooms and blossoms.  I love tulips, but they are hard to grow here.  The deer love them and have been known to dig up a full bed of bulb plantings just a few months after I have planted them. I now plant mostly hyacinths and daffodils for early spring. 

I hope you will enjoy some blooms from my gardens in the past...

Thanks for visiting!

Erin

"Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the blank earth and the results thereof."

--Celia Thaxter

Winter Aconite- A First Bloom!

Hello everyone!

It has been beautiful weather here today. A perfect day to get outside and look over the garden. I was excited to find my first bloom! A winter aconite with two yellow flowers poking out of the ground. I hope to see more soon. 

With Valentine's approaching, the kids have been working on paper flower crafts.

Paper roses and peonies look like the real thing...

They also have been busy with some felting projects...

Winter aconite just starting to bloom...

I hope you are having a wonderful week!

Thanks for visiting,

Erin

"O gift of God! A perfect day, whereon shall no man work but play, whereon it is enough for me not to be doing but to be." --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

French Creek Freddie- Groundhog's Day

Hello everyone!

This morning my son and I joined my aunt for an exciting trip to French Creek Game Farm to celebrate Groundhog's Day! French Creek Freddie tends to disagree with Phil. Freddie indeed saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of Winter. 

Anyway, despite his weather outlook, we enjoyed a walk around, looking at the animals. The weather was perfect for the event which coincides with my aunt's birthday tomorrow! 

It was a really fun day to enjoy an exciting holiday!

Here is French Creek Freddie on his big day....

Happy Groundhog's Day!

Thanks for visiting,

Erin

A Walk to the Pond--in photos

Thanks for visiting!

Erin

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."

--Henry David Thoreau