It’s been so much fun again seeing our irises bloom. Every day I check to see if a new one has opened. This one bloomed 4/30/10 and this year it bloomed April 16. Even though this one is a lovely iris, when they first started blooming here when we moved in, there were so many…
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The dwarf irises are blooming
It is really amazing how everything is blooming so early this year. If you have followed my blog for the past couple of years you know that we have a lot of irises. Last year due to the wet spring, our irises did not do well at all. Not even half of the varieties bloomed.…
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It is so busy here with all of the gardening and crafting and writing, but I just had to take some pictures and show you some of the color here at Happy Acres. Here are a two of my irises that have never bloomed before.This one I bought several years ago and moved it from…
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The King has won! Well, the King Arthur scone recipe is the winner. The recipe can be found HERE. What I like about this recipe is that it is a basic one to start with. Then you add what you want. I added almonds and dried cherries. For the garden club meeting I think I’ll…
Read MoreAll Things Must End
Last night was the fifth and final session of my Journal To The Self® class. This was the first time I’ve taught this basic introduction to journal writing class in many years. What a wonderful group of women and a man! I’ve been asked many times over the years why would anyone need to take…
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Everything is really popping here. I took several pictures in the past week and before I’ve had time to post, everything has changed. Last year I posted an iris count. Not sure I’ll do that this year, but will show you what’s blooming. But before I do that, yesterday was Demo Days at the Master…
Read MoreIt’s Spring for sure!
Well, it’s looking like it’s Spring here at Happy Acres. Yesterday, we opened up the porch to let the cats enjoy the warm temps. This not the official opening since I need to wash down the floor, clean the furniture and bring out the cushions but it was like a “soft” opening. The first to…
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One thing I wanted to do this year was to really push myself and explore my artistic side. Writing and photography have always been loves and comfortable, but drawing and sewing have been really pretty scary. For the last 20 or so years, until this past year, I’ve spent my Christmas Eve with Marsha and…
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Well, I think I am at the end of the road as far as counting our irises. As I mentioned in the last blog, many have still not bloomed, but looks like they won’t this year. Here are my last two. #38 I purchased last year, but it didn’t have a name and only marked…
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