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In Which I Take A Walk Around The Yard

April 16, 2009 By Carole

I really do try to plan my blog posts and come up with something to entertain you all. Lately I feel like I’ve been slacking in that department but I’m hoping you haven’t noticed. Perhaps bringing it up isn’t the best idea, eh?

Anyway, I was thinking about you all yesterday so I took the camera and went for a little walk around the yarn yard. Here’s what I found:

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Lovely yellow and orange daffodils.

A crab apple tree loaded with buds.

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More daffodils, these of the white and yellow variety.

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Lilac buds.

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Forsythia.  Beautiful, yellow forsythia.

tulip-buds

Tulip buds.

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Squill in bloom.   I just love photographing squill.

And that’s my yard these days.  What’s going on in your backyard?

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  1. Jen Repeta says

    April 16, 2009 at 6:18 am

    I think it’s funny that you went for a walk around your “yarn!”
    Beautiful photos.

  2. margene says

    April 16, 2009 at 7:09 am

    Beautiful! Our plant life is slightly ahead of yours, but the recent weather has caused carnage and slowing of the blooms. Enjoy it while you can!

  3. Ruth says

    April 16, 2009 at 7:22 am

    Those little blue flowers are called “squill”? My yard is loaded with them, but I never knew what they were called. I hadn’t seen them before we moved to Massachusetts.

  4. deb says

    April 16, 2009 at 8:08 am

    Well – at this very moment there is a pretty golden retriever out there doing her “morning business” but I don’t guess that’s the kind of thing you were looking for?!

  5. Chris says

    April 16, 2009 at 8:14 am

    So. Jealous. Of. The. Green.

  6. LittleWit says

    April 16, 2009 at 8:14 am

    We have daffodils and myrtle in bloom.

  7. Brenda says

    April 16, 2009 at 8:15 am

    Brown.

  8. Karen says

    April 16, 2009 at 8:18 am

    My tulips have opened but my forsythia is behind yours. The squill is beautiful. I never knew the name of them but I shall use it from now on.

  9. Vicki says

    April 16, 2009 at 8:29 am

    So pretty. Not much going on in my back yard last time I checked, but today might be a good day to check again.
    ; )

  10. Barbara-Kay says

    April 16, 2009 at 8:49 am

    Squill, eh? Thanks for the new word, along with the cheerful Spring pictures.

  11. Robby says

    April 16, 2009 at 8:49 am

    Lovely photos, and a botany lesson. I never knew what those little periwinkle colored flowers were called! Alas, we are getting plenty of budding and, likely, 8″-12″ of snow over the next day or two.

  12. Wool Winder says

    April 16, 2009 at 9:04 am

    Roses and weeds. That’s my backyard.

  13. JessaLu says

    April 16, 2009 at 9:09 am

    You never slack. ;o)

    Pretty flowers! I need to be more diverse in my daffodils, I think.

  14. Kristine says

    April 16, 2009 at 9:40 am

    Your yard looks glorious Carole!

  15. Beth says

    April 16, 2009 at 9:53 am

    You have a lot blooming! Our dogwood trees and azaleas are blooming, the daffodils and tulips are done, my lilac has buds on it, and the lily of the valley and peonies are up.

  16. Sara says

    April 16, 2009 at 10:27 am

    Your plants and flowers are beautiful…Don’t have much popping up here yet…darn it!

  17. sprite says

    April 16, 2009 at 10:31 am

    Count me as another reader who didn’t know the blue flowers were called squill. Thanks for teaching me something new so early in the day!

  18. Cheryl S. says

    April 16, 2009 at 10:33 am

    Love the squill! I was just thinking that I need to add some early purple or blue bulbs to the garden. I have lots of purple later in the year, but not anything that blooms with the early bulbs.

  19. Lucia says

    April 16, 2009 at 10:40 am

    We have lots of squill and those other blue things. Our daffodils have dwindled to practically nothing; I really need to plant some more.

    And the red maples are in bloom!

  20. Carrie says

    April 16, 2009 at 10:54 am

    I do that yarn/yard typo all the time. Most of my flowers have faded, since it got hot. Cool today, though – if the wind doesn’t kick up, should be lovely!

  21. Julie says

    April 16, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Wow, your yard is way ahead of mine! I haven’t seen anything even remotely looking like a flower or bud yet.

  22. Knitnana says

    April 16, 2009 at 11:53 am

    Violets among the green. I LOVE violets!
    Your yard is beautiful!
    (((hugs)))

  23. elizabeth says

    April 16, 2009 at 11:55 am

    Pretty! Love the squill!

  24. Carol says

    April 16, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    I’ve got pretty much the same thing but add flower buds on the apple trees, flowers on the witch hazel and the pieris in bloom. Hurrah for Spring!

  25. Stephanie says

    April 16, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    Snow. That’s what’s in my back yard, and more is predicted over the next couple of days. And I’m bitter and cranky about the whole deal, thank you very much. Your flowers give me hope that spring may eventually come to Wyoming.

  26. Cookie says

    April 16, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    Very pretty, Carole.

    I’ve got an aphid dance party in the back yard. I’m afraid to look around too much out front, but I know the poppies are happy.

  27. Sarah says

    April 16, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    Beautiful as always!

    My yard? I spy poison ivy. On the upside, I think there are two radishes almost ready for harvest.

  28. Doris says

    April 16, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    I love squill…but never knew that it had a name, or what it was. I really like the name, too…it’s fun to say.

  29. dana says

    April 16, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    the pear tree is in bloom and the apple is starting to bloom. the lilacs are progressing from bud to bloom quite nicely (i have a half dozen varieties.) my lady banks and my wisteria are in full bloom. and so are the deep purple bearded iris. the trailing rosemary has a ton of blooms too. the rhodedendron is gettng ready to bloom and the camilia is about done. the coneflower is coming up, and so are the russian sage, the black-eyed susans and the day lilies. and the peonies.
    the olive trees are ready to go in the ground, as soon as the holes are dug.

    my yard is pretty big.

  30. Rhonda says

    April 16, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    I would love a backyard. But at $4,000/sq. yard for land in suburban Tokyo…I have a deck. My husband however, can do wonders with planters and tulips.

  31. jill says

    April 16, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    Gorgeous. Outside my window is an enormous forsythia bush. Dang dog must have eaten my bulbs! Thanks for sharing your spring.

  32. Bridget says

    April 16, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Beautiful! I enjoyed these pictures as much as any pictures of knitting …

  33. Birdsong says

    April 16, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    I love it! My daffodils just are finishing up and the lilac is a wee bit ahead of yours… spring is so welcome.

  34. Hillary says

    April 17, 2009 at 10:11 am

    Lovely pictures. We’ve got a mess throughout our yard right now because they started working on our deck yesterday. Yay!

  35. Laurie says

    April 17, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    Your spring is way ahead of mine! Beautiful pictures.

  36. Emily says

    April 18, 2009 at 10:25 am

    A vegetable garden! Although it just looks like dirt so far.

  37. Li_B says

    April 18, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    You know what’s going on in my yard. I’m getting used to it though.

  38. Marji says

    April 19, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    Squill~is that their name? I have always just referred to them as Those Little Blue Flowers in the Backyard!

  39. Teyani says

    April 21, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    yipppeeee… Spring has arrived in New England!
    such lovely posies. (that’s what my Grandma called all flowers)

  40. Betty in Texas says

    May 7, 2009 at 11:36 pm

    no backyard. all the potted plants that survived the hurricane also survived the fairly dry winter and are perking up thanks to recent rain. I can’t remember to water them ( too busy looking up how to start socks with a picot edge LOL)

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