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Peony: Festiva Maxima Saturday, Jun 15 2013
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Enjoying Summer Saturday, Jun 8 2013
Modern Photos horses, photography 16:06
Robin enjoying the summer. (He is currently dripping wet as I write this, tropical depressions and all that). Not bad looking for a 28 year old thoroughbred though!
Floral Decorations Friday, Jun 7 2013
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Standard June lilies and standard blue Siberian Iris.
The rose is ‘Winchester Cathedral’ and is amazingly fragrant. The green is Lady’s Mantle.
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A few photos from the last week Friday, May 31 2013
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, photography 10:06
Small blue iris originally from Vermont, also Star of Bethlehem.
Blue iris, columbines, in the Little Kitchen garden
Columbine ‘Ruby Port’
Clematis ‘Mayleen’ on the pergola
Japanese painted fern, sweet woodruff, standard hosta, by the ramp
Double-file viburnum, Exbury Hybrid azaleas, Bleeding Heart, Dame’s Rocket, on the edge of the big garden
After the Storm Wednesday, May 22 2013
Landscapes and Modern Photos photography, weather 21:52
We have jumped from cold New England spring to hot, muggy New England summer essentially overnight. Naturally, the storms have come along; this one hammered the towns to the west and south with hail and numerous ground strikes, we (thankfully) simply got a lot of much needed rain.
From a walk Sunday, May 19 2013
gardening and Landscapes and Modern Photos eastern redbud, gardening, photography, trillium, tulips 14:30
Taken in the last few days, these show the big garden, some tulips in the rose garden, some trillium grandiflorum under the chestnut trees, a bit of path east of the house, and the redbud on the east lawn which is still surviving!
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Nice place to have a cup of coffee… Thursday, May 16 2013
Esperanza and gardening and Landscapes and Modern Photos gardening, photography 10:37
View from the south porch, showing the little kitchen and pergola…now if I could just get the clematis to grow along the top bar rather than curling up in a bunch…
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Camouflage! Saturday, May 11 2013
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, insects, photography, tulips 08:13
This little guy has been camped out in this tulip for several days, even through yesterday’s rain. I am not sure what he is going to do about the fact that the tulip in question is steadily turning pink…can spiders change colour?
Photo of the Day Wednesday, May 8 2013
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yesterday afternoon, from the big garden looking south.
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Tulips and Daffodils Thursday, May 2 2013
gardening and Modern Photos gardening 10:20
A group of flowers in the big garden. Theoretically, these are ‘Albert Heijn’ and ‘Flaming Purissima’ tulips with ‘Van Sion’ daffodils. The ‘Flaming Purissima’ is definitely correct, they are the taller streaked pink/white ones. The ‘Albert Heijn’ is a little uncertain. They are the right shape; but the color is not quite what we had expected. It is a lovely color, but more towards salmon than purple. Hard to say why.
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