Simple Spring Bouquet..

On Valentines day my sweetie and I

usually go to garden nursery's

and look for new rose bushes...

This year I was lucky and found tulip bulbs,

on clearance from last fall...

They were wintered well

so I scooped them up...

With a bit of spring in the airtoday

I finally planted them,

 in the front porch bed...

(click photos to enlarge)

and while I was at it...

I picked a simple spring bouquet

for my kitchen window...

I love to keep flowers on my kitchen windowsill

it makes doing the dishes much more pleasurable :-)

The bouquets are never fancy..

Just little flowers

 who are the causalities of pruning or thinning..

but still deserve to be adored...

I said we had a bit of spring today...

You can see my old rusty thermometer

peaked out at over 50 degrees...

Ha...

Half of you wish it was 50 degrees at your house today,

I saw the other half of you shiver :-))

The promise of spring lies in the bud...

My sweet blogging friend Marianne

wrote me and asked to borrow a photo from my blog.

She used it today

in her lovely poem of spring..

perfectly named

SWEET SPRING

Pop by and say hi to Marianne

 at Leisure Lane!

Happy Pink Saturday

stop by for a bit of Pink!

and join Hakan

for Saturday Show Off

Thanks for visiting me today...



Spring Cloches...

                                                                          

In the spring

all the magic in the world begins again...

a rebirth...

(click photos to enlarge)

a time of hope...

I don't know of a much better example of hope

than a nest,

made of nothing but

bits of moss and twigs,

holding the future precariously

in the boughs of a tree...

A stack of tiny teacups

with an araucana chicken egg teetering on the top...

certainly speaks of hope

and balance...

feeling impatient for spring...

I shared this pie bird cloche a couple weeks ago,

if you missed it you can click here...

Tonight I am joining..

The Spring Cloche Party

at A Stroll Thru Life

Home Sweet Home

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Show and Tell Friday

Show and Share Day

and

Saturday Nite Special

at Funky Junk Interiors

Thanks for stopping by...

Bellevue Botanical Garden in Spring...

Bellevue Botanical Gardens

is one of my favorite places to visit in the summer..

But.. I had never been in the spring.

Since we are enjoying a bit of spring in the air

I drove up yesterday...

Expecting to see colorful bulb displays...

but was excited to instead see

a giant variety of Hellebore in bloom...

(click photos to enlarge)

They are redesigning their flower beds

so the plants are just divided and

most were not labeled..

So most of the names are not available to share...

the spidery stamen...

Green flowers are something I am just loving

 the last couple years

and really want to add to my garden...

These were marked

"Pink Frost" ...

I loved the more upright cupped flower...

Witch Hazel in full bloom...

A close up

of the Witch Hazel's tiny flowers...

a wee cyclamen...

I am guessing this is a variegated Weigela,

the colors so soft....

They have a big Camellia Bush in the front,

just coming into full bloom...

quite a sight to see...

Welcome Spring!!!

I will be joining the fun at...

Outdoor Wednesday

and

 WOW Wednesday

Thanks for stopping by...