Simple Beauty

Simple beauty from my back porch- a pink geranium, verbena, and a white trailing flower whose name I forget all tucked into a hanging basket.  These along with the hummingbird feeder which gets frequent visits, and the wind chime in the background, all make me very happy when I look out the window above the kitchen sink.

Where do you find simple beauty around your home today?

The View from Here

I took a walk this morning, camera in hand.  Here are a few of the beautiful things I found just outside my door today:

Mexican Hat wildflowers blooming in the fields

 Thistle, one of my favorite wild blossoms

 Bright Lights chard

Sycamore leaf

raindrops on roses

What beauty can you find outside your door today?

Pink and Green

My favorite colors ...

 PINK

 larkspur

GREEN

Sugar Snap Peas

What's blooming in your world today?

Spring Blossoms

"I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden."
-  Ruth Stout 

Spring blossoms outside my door today:

 Poppy

 Iris

Cilantro

What's blooming in your world?

Spring Seedlings

Happy Spring!

Seeds are sprouting here ...

tiny lettuces in a blue bowl-

Sugar snap peas ...

Sweet peas, Nigella, and  more salad mix ...

Why the chicken wire?  

It seems I'm not the only one who has a fondness for container gardening.

There's Sadie the cat, who finds bowls and pots of soil an irresistible place to nap (she has 2 other of her kind who are likewise inclined) ...

Also Sweet Annie the dog, who loves digging in my gardens and pots and also has an odd fondness for eating green things.

And then there is the four year old who is as least as, if not more, destructive as the animals ... though she really believes she is 'helping' ...

Gardening is never simple here, try as I may.  Someday perhaps.


But here is a simple to grow plant that is one of my favorites- dianthus

Fortunately for me, Annie doesn't seem particularly interested in these first blossoms of the season.  

What's blooming in your world these days?

Sprouting

Even on a wintry Wednesday, I see signs of spring sprouting in my world.  Cilantro and dill self-seeded in my garden and are just the perfect size for snipping and adding to soups,salads, and salsa.

Bronze fennel is beginning to put forth ferny branches.
Lemongrass which was cut back hard at the beginning of winter is showing some greening here and there.

Earlier this week it was warm outdoors, so I cut back the sage which had grown leggy and wild, trimmed the roses, and tried to free the Mediterranean garden from the grass that invaded over the winter.  Still lots more pulling and digging to do there, but I did uncover a hidden lemon thyme, a surprisingly healthy and fragrant marjoram, and a dianthus already in bloom as I yanked out pesky grass and weeds.  Sweet discoveries like that make weeding worthwhile!

Today it is back to winter weather, so I'm planning to enjoy a cup of tea and doing some plotting and planning for my new garden area complete with a small greenhouse and potting area.

What is happening in your world today?

Herbal Blessings,
Catherine

Blooming

The rains have been glorious, and the flower gardens are blooming their thanks.

 Rock Rose

 Moses in a Basket (Purple Heart Wandering Jew, I think) 

Crape Myrtle

What's blooming in your garden these days?

Blessings,

Catherine