The garden clearly doesn't understand that wearing white is only acceptable between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Or maybe this is winter white. In any case, the garden is sending forth winter blooms in several shades of white. Perhaps because they're accompanied by a lot of green, it's okay. For those of you in colder climates, I'm sorry that your winter white is an entirely different thing.
The sun broke through the clouds for an hour or so this afternoon making the snowdrops open happily. Lonicera fragrantissima continues to send clouds of fragrance over the garden when the wind isn't howling through.
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Hellebores in all shades are brightening the gloom. These got plunked into an old medicine bottle.
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One more little stem of white hellebores got plunked into yet another old bottle. I have a hard time discarding anything that's been picked.
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Was it the sun, the blooms, or the medication once in these antique bottles that made me feel happy and hopeful today? Who knows? The brain is a complicated organ.
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It'll do your psyche good to click on over to Rambling in the Garden where the host of In a Vase on Monday, Cathy will have a vase to share and links to other participating bloggers. Do it, it's more fun than therapy, cheaper than medication, and easier than exercising!
The sun broke through the clouds for an hour or so this afternoon making the snowdrops open happily. Lonicera fragrantissima continues to send clouds of fragrance over the garden when the wind isn't howling through.
Hellebores in all shades are brightening the gloom. These got plunked into an old medicine bottle.
White camellias and more hellebores made it into another old bottle.
Here they are together.
Was it the sun, the blooms, or the medication once in these antique bottles that made me feel happy and hopeful today? Who knows? The brain is a complicated organ.
It'll do your psyche good to click on over to Rambling in the Garden where the host of In a Vase on Monday, Cathy will have a vase to share and links to other participating bloggers. Do it, it's more fun than therapy, cheaper than medication, and easier than exercising!