Saturday, May 19, 2012

Saturday Snapshot - Garden Time



Is it true that we all think of our gardens as the prettiest, the most peaceful places in our lives ? I guess I am a hopeless romantic, because my garden IS the purest place I go to ... even over church. It is just as it was created by my efforts and other forces greater than mine. It always renews my sense of hope in one way or another. So what if the chipmunks ate my tulip bulbs? They left the Star of Bethlehem alone and now it pokes through and pops open in a blaze of white. That is cause for a happy exclamation.





A brave little Japanese maple pushes up and out of a small niche in the brick edging and I hesitate to pull it out. It will surely undermine the bricks of the terrace, but it has struggled and survived the winter. Surely, I can let it go a bit longer before I must transplant it. After all, it sits in its mother's shadow and no mother wants her children uprooted and yanked away too quickly.




Besides, nature has been kind to me this Spring. The winds have not broken off my favorite of all perennials ... the Dicentra alba ... white bleeding heart. The plant is getting large and has sent out a dozen graceful floral columns. I credit the maple for shielding it ... that and the brick wall of the terrace. It's getting the right dappled light and is sheltered from too much wind and traffic.




I need to let that little Japanese maple stay put for a bit longer ... one good turn deserves another, don't you think?

13 comments:

  1. Love those beautiful photos. The last photo (bleeding hearts) is a plant I purchased yesterday in pink. We had it at our other home and wanted one for here as well.

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  2. Wow, your photos are beautiful; the flowers just seem to pop right out. Fantastic shots!

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  3. The search for beauty, the search for the sun and the discovery that ilife s sustainable if we care enough.

    The bleeding hearts, the chain of the hearts, can cheer someone walking a lonely road.
    Yes, a garden can be a fountain of hope and the web of all living beings.

    Thank you for the wonderful photos.

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  4. Lovely photos. I feel peaceful just looking at them.

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  5. What beautiful details from your garden. Love the white bleeding hearts.

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  6. Such lovely photos and reflections. That's wonderful you find such peace in your garden. I wish I had a garden...maybe the next place I live. In the meantime, I live it vicariously in L. M. Montgomery books--and blog posts like yours!

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  7. Those are lovely and peaceful photos! I always feel bad about plucking out our little maple sprouts too.

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  8. Such beautiful photos, I can see why you love your garden so much. And I can understand why you want to give the little sprout his reward for surviving so far.

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  9. Beautiful, beautiful pictures! I especially like the white bleeding hearts.

    Here's my Snapshot

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  10. Your garden is lovely - I can see why you enjoy it so much.

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  11. Is the star of Bethlehem a native plant? It's beautiful.

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    1. I think it is one of those bulbs that is native to southern Europe and the Baltic region ... like crocus. It sure is pretty, though! One of my favorites!

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  12. Beautiful garden, Susan! I have a brown thumb, I'm afraid, but I do adore gardens. Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.

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