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Heatherwood Spring
A Different Way of Seeing
A rainy day,
An open mind seeing,
Wonder appears
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The Daffodils Are About to Burst
“Daffodils and Red Twig Dogwoods”
Heatherwood Spring
This is one of my favorite early spring vignettes. The view is looking through our crabapple grove to a wall of Spartan junipers in the background. In the mid ground are the brilliant winter red twig dogwoods. In the foreground are drifts of yellow daffodils. Any day now they should burst out in their yellow blooms. As the daffodils fade, the crabapples start to bloom. Then soon after, the leaves emerge on the dogwoods. We have a continuous change of spring color in this part of our Heatherwood garden. We are still looking for a solution to cover the ground after the daffodils die back.
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Happy Easter
“Almost Opened Daffodills”
Heatherwood Spring
Today we will host our family Easter celebration. We will have three generations of Grafs, Downeys, Pecks, and Powells with us this year. The older generation will relax and laugh as we watch the youngsters search for the Easter eggs. There are plenty of spots to hide them in our Heatherwood garden. While we relax and laugh, the middle generation parents will nervously make sure their kids don’t get carried away.
While we enjoy the day, we will all thank our Lord in our own way for the life He has given for us.
Happy Easter to all!
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Signs of Spring
“Yukimi and Siberian Iris”
Heatherwood Spring
The early spring blooms of the Siberian iris signal that spring is here. This year’s display is much more sparse than previous years. The early hard fall freeze and the late winter snow may have discouraged many of the bulbs from rising above the ground. We will probably need to refresh the area by planting more bulbs this autumn.
The small Japanese maple is forming buds. It will be another 3 to 4 weeks before the leaves burst out. I keep reminding myself, patience, patience, patience!
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A Nice Day in the Country
“Looking West From Meadow”
Heatherwood Spring
It is nice to live in the country. Heatherwood is surrounded by small farms with hay fields, horses, cows, chickens and rabbits. Red-tailed hawks constantly hover above in wide circles looking for their next meal. Coyotes cry out in the evenings. The surrounding hills and our neighbor’s homes are a nice backdrop for our Heatherwood garden. We enjoy the peaceful, bucolic countryside.
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The Maples are Emerging
“Emerging October Glory Maple Leaves”
Heatherwood Spring
Here come the new leaves as a few of last year’s leaves hang on. Last fall we had some very warm weather, then a severe cold snap hit. Many of the maple leaves did not even get a chance to turn color. They just turned brown and hung on to the tree. When an early snow hit at the end of November, it loaded up wet snow on the leaf-covered branches causing several large branches to break. We are watching closely this spring to see if we need to do any additional pruning to help the trees recover.
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It’s Time to Prune the Roses …
“Forsythia”
Heatherwood Spring
As the Farmer’s Almanac says, “When the forsythias bloom, it is time to prune the roses.” I will be busy this coming week.
I spent a couple of hours walking around our garden with Mary today. She gladly volunteered to be my sherpa. I worked with two cameras, switching back and forth between a macro and a telephoto zoom. While I was using one, she held the other. It sure was a lot easier than changing lenses back and forth. Thank you Mary!
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Spring Brightness
“Louie Eastern White Pine Tip”
Heatherwood Spring
Early morning sun shines brightly through the tip of one our Louie eastern white pines. A shaded blue spruce provides a great background. The bright yellow is the Louie’s winter shade. Soon it will be turning into a light green as spring moves to summer.
I love my morning walks in our Heatherwood garden.
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Here They Come
“Emerging Daffodils”
Heatherwood Crabapple Grove
Here come the daffodils, finally! They are emerging two to three weeks later than last year. The cold snap we had in late February has held back our spring outburst of new growth and color.
We are still searching for the right plants to carpet the floor of Heatherwood’s crabapple grove after the daffodils bloom and their foliage dies back.
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Patch of Spring
“Crocus Patch”
Heatherwood, Early Spring
In the fall of 2020 we planted our first batch (3000) of spring bulbs all around our garden. Now we have several patches of spring color popping up all over. Once they start emerging, I can hardly control myself from wanting to go out the first thing in the morning to see what new is happening in the garden.
We are getting ready to place our order for this fall.
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