~ In Lindy’s Garden Today ~

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

Oh, my!  Many perennial shrubs are blooming, while early emerging bulbs like daffodil, hyacinth and trillium are fading. My tulips are mid cycle, and Columbine are lifting their delicate faces to the sun.

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candytuft & grape hyacinth
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McKenna Columbine

Sweet Woodruff on the side of the pond.

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Sweet Woodruff

Peony about to bust a button!

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Peony

Even so, the shrubs are stealing the show!

Mexican Orange
Viburnum
Weigala
Chardonnay Pearls

Red Current and Camelia, are vivid proof of life in process…

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… an azalea ablaze and rhododendrons opening.

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Check back for an update on the 15th of the month!

Thank you, Carol at May Dreams Garden.She invites us to share photographs of what is blooming in our gardens on the fifteenth of each month.

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~ Color Your World – Tropical Rain Forest ~

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

A rainy day in Vancouver, USA though our greens are usually more toward the yellow side of the spectrum.

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~ Wheel turnin’ ’round and ’round* – Cee’s B&W Challenge ~

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

I just love old farm equipment. Truth be told, I love farms and old tools.

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*Doobie Brothers, “Do It Again” Lyrics by Walter Becker & Donald Fagan.

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~ Regrowth – Wordless Wednesday + WPC – Future 2 ~

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

 Some things bear repeating.

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“Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.”

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

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~ Royal Ten Tulips ~ In A Vase on Monday ~

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

These tulips are from the Holland America Flower Gardens in Woodland, Washington, where I visited yesterday. They are displayed in a pottery pitcher from The Right Place on Orcas Island.

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The pink blossoms are Royal Ten, but I’m unsure what the light yellow ones are. In a Vase on Monday, is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.

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~ Color Your World – Sunset Orange ~

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

Tulips shots from my visit to the Woodland, Washington Tulip Festival this afternoon plus another gorgeous, lingering sunset over Waldron and Saturna Islands, from Beach Haven, Orcas Island.

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~ Herbs & Fleurs ~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Future ~

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

In the background of this photo is a garden of roses and companion plants I created two springs ago. In the foreground is a ceramic pot ready to be filled with this years assortment of colorful annuals.

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“Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.”

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

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~ Color Your World – Sky Blue ~

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

“Blue skies smilin’ at me
Nothin’ but blue skies do I see…”

Irving Berlin

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~ Best Friends ~ Cee’s B&W Challenge: Candid [Camera]~

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

Cee’s challenge this week is to show a candid photo of a person or animal. This one includes both!

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Missy Jello loves her Creighton, he loves her and I love both of them.

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~ Sunny Face – Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

 

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