Sitting out on the back bench
sipping tea
with a tad of brandy to help me recover
from making lemon pies
for Easter.....
when I caught sight of these
lovely deer, having an afternoon stroll.
As a matter of fact
there were half a dozen of them,
but these two were more attentive
and aware.
And in view of the camera....
I snapped a few pictures of the lovely
red stubs of peonies, that are growing
by leaps and bounds
and promise that they will be in full bloom
by Queen Victoria's birthday
on the 24th of May.
(this picture is from the back garden on 10th)
The apricots are in bloom.....
and the forsythia.......
the quince is pregnant with bud
and will grace the garden
with their prickly branches and their gorgeous colour...soon!
Helen Shideler
The daffodils are budding and blooming
This is an old picture from
the hill garden - alyssum is not here, alas.
but the little clumps here
are just as delightful.....
Just the other day I saw two very small woodpeckers..
smaller than the red headed woodpeckers
that sometimes visit here,
lovely harbingers of spring!
Along with the Robins, of course.
I keep both doors open,
and the spring air wafts in and out
along the hallway.
Off in the distance there is a willow,
still with its glowing golden branches
before the leaves burst forth.
This is the first place I have lived in
since our marriage that doesn't have a tremendously
huge and wonderful willow,
although my daughter does nurse a curly willow
in her garden across the lane, -
one of the many that Charles rooted from a branch
of the curly willow we had in the hillside garden....
the others line the driveway leading to the house
where we lived, and have grown tall
and willowy (what else) and make
a lovely entranceway.
Here is the willow on 10th,
with a swing
and a grandchild!!!!
What a lovely life it's been - and is!!!!
What a lovely life it's been - and is!!!!