Idyllic Chick

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Instant Spring

I love my friends. They are very good to me.

Yesterday Cathy, one of my West Farms buddies, brought me two big tubs of snapdragons and dianthus that she had taken out of a flower bed at one of the local apartment complexes. I knew just the place for this generous donation! I love this flower bed next to our sidewalk, though I've neglected to do much with it over the past couple of years. The new plants fulfilled a vision that I had for a happy, welcoming entrance to our home.


The butterflies were all over these flowers before
I even got them out of the buckets. It'll take a couple of good rains/waterings to wash the detritus off of these reclaimed beauties, and as that happens they will fill out and fit this spot wonderfully.


As I was cleaning up and picking up my tools, the first hummingbird that I've ever seen on our property stopped to check out the new additions. A good sign, no?


Even with filling this bed to its brim, I had a handful of snapdragons left over. What to do with them? I wasn't about to toss them. So I spread some of the snap love over to the side stoop. I can't wait to come home from lunch to see my new flowers greeting me!


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idyllicchick, 11:11 AM

1 Comments:

I'm happy to see spring come. My Daffodils are beautiful. I have solid yellow ones and mini yellow ones. The Hyacinths are just starting to bloom. I'll have to take some pictures of them tomorrow. The thing I hate about spring is the allergies. I've already had an upper respiratory infection. I do love to see the colors after months of brown.
See you soon, Pam
Blogger pam parto, at Apr 1, 2008 11:09:00 PM  

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