Well, the iris beds are gearing up to bloom. Every day I see more of the buds popping out. Again, I am amazed at how fast everything is coming out and how my areas of irises are changing from green spikes to flowers. This area of the main iris bed was replanted two years ago…
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Iris count has begun
When we moved here in late May 07, I really didn’t have time to keep track of what was blooming. However, I did notice we had several different bearded irises. Evidently one of the previous owners was an iris lover who has blessed us with some beauties and also started me on the road to…
Read MoreLooking for asparagus
Yesterday I took a stroll around Happy Acres to see what has changed since the rains came. I was hoping I’d see some asparagus peaking up through the soil. Last year this time, they showed themselves and we picked our first harvest on the 25th. But last year everything seemed to be early from dogwoods…
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I decided yesterday, when the air temp had elevated to 56 degrees and the sun was shining, I’d grab my jacket and head on outside to see if I could find spring. I am happy to report that I did find some signs of spring. I also found some work that was not taken care…
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My Canon’s Back!
I am so excited! I sent my Canon Powershot A95 to be repaired last week, and it’s back already! They fixed it free with free shipping and returned it to me all within a week! Wow! What a company! To celebrate it’s return, I ran outside and snapped some pictures. Here is one of them.…
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