Lilacs

As a child, I would climb the lilac that had grown wild beside my parents garage. We lived on a farm as you know and my mother was an amazing gardener. We had more flowers and plants than anyone else I knew for many years! (Flower gardens not being high on the priority list for rural Canada when I was young.)

I would climb the old shrub and feel on top of the world! It grew way higher than the roof and I recall it was very big.


 Of course being small myself at the time, it seemed I was climbing to the land of Jack's giants and even to this day I can remember how smart and strong I felt while scaling those limbs.


 I would scooch over onto the asphalt shingle roof of the garage and sit out there for hours watching traffic going up and down the dirt road.  I was positive I was invisible, but of course I know now that I was not. 

How funny the thoughts of a child?

I was a lucky girl! My folks never said Boo about me climbing that tree. It was my secret garden and they were smart enough to let me have it!


 Did you have a secret spot too?

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Our Sunday Drive

Everything is so beautiful! The spring showers have certainly brought flowers and all is green and growing!

I don't care if they're weeds, they make me smile!

This pasture was quite a distance, but we got some fun shots.

Goats are so much fun. Look at those little tails!

He shouldn't have paid us any mind, we were so far away, but I guess life is boring on the farm!

All different shades and splotches. Some solid color, some not.
Goats and horses make great buddies. Strange, isn't it?

The horses are draft or 'work' horses. No particular breed. Likely a bit of this and that and Percheron. 
The pasture is between Aylmer and Springfield, Ontario.


All of these photos were again shot and loaded directly from my Nikon P90 and then posted without alteration of any kind.

My neighbor's garden

One of our neighbors has this massive garden and it is alive with spring color and blossoms.
As you can see, it is on quite a steep hill and I really don't know how they can keep their balance while working in it, but we in the 'hood' certainly reap the rewards of their hard work.

 This is a summer cottage only, (they have no insulation or heat in the house,) so they haven't been down yet overnight or done any of the spring cleanup we all do in our year round homes.


The red tulips are so classic.

The garden is full of last years stalks and leaves, which in my mind makes it more interesting!

 Forget-me-nots bring back memories of the farm where I grew up. My mother had them growing as if wild at the lawn's edges. Their soft blue shade somehow brings to mind old linen?

Masses of daffodils with bright, yellow and white blooms nodding in the breeze always make me smile.

A little bug somewhere has enjoyed the petal.

Normally Forsythia this huge are only seen in parks and I can look at this one everyday!




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Spring Has Me In It's Grip!

 I couldn't stop taking pictures! Yikes!

Barberry Royal Burgundy

 Such beautiful compact shrubs that don't need much pruning. 
 I have two and the only drawback is that they have pickers!

Looks completely different in this shot, doesn't it?

How could anybody not like these?


 Oh Well!




All of these photos were again shot and loaded directly from my Nikon P90 and then posted without alteration of any kind.