My Garden Journal: Blossom

This blog is about my garden and the outdoors. I am new to photography but I am trying to show some of the pretty things that grow here in Michigan. I love the wild things who visit me and I dont mind if they eat a bit here and there. I like it more if they let me take their picture. As time goes on I think I will try to show you around the beautiful area that I live in as well as my garden. I try to use my own pictures as much as possible but will also use pictures from the web. If I inadvertently use your photo or work without permission please email me and I will remove it or give credit if you prefer. I will give credit when I know who the owner is. I would ask that anyone using my pictures do the same.
... I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.......Psalm23:6

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Blossoms..................

I have been fascinated by the blossoms on my Crab apple tree this year. If anyone thinks bee's are on the way out will be reassured by the number busy on my blossoms. The butterfly's are back too. All good news. Last year I saw none. The blossoms have been really beautiful. Both sides of the tree are blooming together. The natural tree is white blossom. The grafted on Crab Apple is pink. So its looking really pretty right now.

The pink is so vibrant. Its been raining this week so these will probably be the last pictures of the blossom for this year but I did take a lot of them.

The white is so ethereal

I get this amazing feeling standing under the tree with all those busy little workers collecting the pollen and humming and buzzing around my head. They wont hurt me, I know that and trust them. I just adore the bigger fuzzy Bumble Bee's and imagine fairies riding around on their backs.

The tree looks amazing from the road but I have not taken a picture of that where both sides show. This one is pretty though

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'Know that the Lord Himself is God. It is He who has made us and not we ourselves. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.'

"Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle ... a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream."
- Barbara Winkler

I know a bank where wild thyme blows...
where Oxlips and the nodding violet grows...
Quite overcanopied with lucious woodbine...
With sweet musk roses with aglantine...

...William Shakespeare...

“Once in a golden hour, I cast to earth a seed, and up there grew a flower, that others called a weed.” ~ Alfred Tennyson

There are fairies in my garden

Move into Autumn..........

November 2011 Gotta Bury me nuts.......

Its a windy day and so Mrs C goes to the bird feeder

While Mr C sulks in the tree with his crest blowing in the wind.

A few visitors for Thanksgiving.....

All wearing their best clothes.

This guy sporting his best vest

This is another little finch, I think a yellow finch.

Holly and Vinca Vine

October 2011 Sumac

Blue blue October sky.

The Ivy on my porch

Lavender seeds.

Ornamental grasses, found on our walk

Another pretty one

September 2011

I took these two out in the garden today.....

See the spider in the petals? She is thinking of building a web maybe?

Cute catapillar

Found this guy in Paradise, ready to become a chrysalis he was looking for a place to hide

This one was still eating and not at all ready to make the big change. So pretty.

What is a weed? I love danylions. They are not much different than mums and you can eat their leaves. They are so bright in the Spring. They are welcome in my garden. I pull them when they are done.

Caught this guy getting some nectar

Dandylion clocks.....

I love fuzzy catapillars. Not so creepy

Here is another one of a different colour