OK, I give up. I surrender. "Uncle!" I can't take one more minute of winter, so I am posting some pictures of my summer garden, all the while whimpering softly and splattering my keyboard with salty tears.
I'll be spending the rest of the winter curled in a fetal position. See you in April or May.
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Actually, I'm just being a tad dramatic. But I'm going through all my garden pictures, to help me look forward to the coming season. :) Does anyone else have some flowery pictures to share?
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your blog is awesomeness, i added it to my favourits!
ReplyDeleteGood morning Mary, what a beautiful garden! I just want to sit on your bench. The irises are beautiful. Tell me about the ones behind the bench.
ReplyDeleteYou're tagged, Mary, go see my latest post....
God bless!
Jeannie
P.S. wHAT Do you mean by "uncle"
thanks for the beautiful garden shots!!!...it's -10 degree's in Iowa this morning...I've attached a picture of my shovel collection..I can't wait to start digging in the dirt!!!...Lacy
ReplyDeleteHow BEAUTIFUL! I am in love with your peonies! Aaahh... Someday. I, too, am eagerly awaiting spring! I don't know what I would do if I lived in the areas that get lots of dreary snow & ice! We are blessed with mild winters here, but I still long to go barefoot and feel the warm sun on my face! My heart goes out to everyone in Snowy Winterland!
ReplyDeleteHang in there, Mary! The sunshine is coming soon!!!
Amanda:)
I've been looking at older garden pictures I have, too...this winter has been totally the worst with more bad stuff to come at the end of this week. Just got a new scanner, so I'm trying to figure out how to use it so I can scan some spring and summer pics into it.
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely, I do not think I have seen any of your garden pics! Very refreshing for me after all of our gray skies recently! You are keeping my spirits up!
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Tara
Oh, yes...I remember your pretty country bench here.
ReplyDeleteHang on, sweet Mary....spring is on her way......
hugs, bj
Hi Jeannie,
ReplyDeleteTo answer your questions:
The flowers behind the bench are wild roses, shown up close in the following picture.
What does "uncle" mean? You "cry uncle" when you surrender in a game -- I've no idea what game, or where the phrase originally came from. I'd better go see if I can look that up...
Have a wonderful day! Thank you all for your sweet comments. :)
xoxo,
Mary
We need to stage a blogosphere revolt! If we refuse to believe in winter maybe it will cease to exist!
ReplyDeleteMary, I hope spring visits soon! I changed my pictures on my blog, adding pretty flowers from a trip to Hudson Gardens in Denver, CO. It's a beautiful place to visit.
ReplyDeleteHang in there!
Michelle
Good Morning Mary!
ReplyDeleteToot! Toot! I love the flowers! They are so cheerful and refreshing!
Have a fabulous day!
:) Abbie
Spring Fever....I have it too...it's on the way!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Robin
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteSorry you're blue and wishing for summer. This time of year I think we ALL are.
Did I mention that you won the door prize at my tea party? I forgot to have everyone check the bottom of their teacups. Yours had the gold star, so you won something too.
If you'll email me your address, I'll try to get it mailed today.
Hugs, Laura
I don't have pictures to share right now ... but I love looking at yours. I am totally with ya, honey. I am so fed up with winter and cold and snow and wind and ASTRONOMICAL gas bills. Your pictures are just what the doctor ordered.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Julie
You better not run off for that long. If we have to hunt down pictures to keep you happy. Run over and look at my wreath ideas. Maybe that will help.
ReplyDeletelove ya, Brenda
Beautiful...we can pretend that it's spring, can't we?
ReplyDeleteShhhh...today is the SURPRISE BLOGGY BIRTHDAY PARTY for Kari's 40th birthday...hop on over for a little cake, diet coke, and birthday cheer!!!
ReplyDeleteblessings,
kijsa
The irises are beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteBACI MARY
I love your garden pictures! Just what I need today. We're back to way-below-zero-temperatures today and it's very disheartening. For the most part I've been staying away from blogs that originate in warm climates, it's just too painful to watch. But I'll accept your time travel into summer because I know you're in the same situation as we are.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary, I needed that.
- Suzanne, the Farmer's Wife
Oh dear sweet Mary,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely pictures of Spring! I love peonies too! I have pink ones! I will look and see what I can find as far as pictures.
What a gorgeous garden! I can't garden to save my life (or the life of my plants!), and if we didn't have robust tropical plants filling our yard, then we would have none at all I'm afraid! Sweetie, come on over to my blog, the bus is leaving and we're all going somewhere wonderfully sunny for the day!
ReplyDeleteAmanda (aka Cottage Contessa)
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteYour garden pictures are enough to make anyone feel uplifted. We are in Florida for a few days, everything is pretty here, but we will headed up to NY tomorrow morning ready to set sights on the brown grass and leaf-less trees!Hugs, Rosemary
Atta a girl just hold on to those refreshing summer pictures ... it will come...
ReplyDeleteLinda
Mary, your summer garden looks beautiful! Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait for summer!!!
ReplyDeleteHug,
Donna
Mary - at first I thought your beautiful iris picture was taken at the Presby Memorial Iris Garden in Montclair. Have you ever been there?
ReplyDeleteHang in, winter is more than half over. That 60 degree day this week was a tease though.
Joan
I thought you might like to see pics of our Canadian Prairie garden
ReplyDeletehttp://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/559787346aAQcQt
Hello dear Mary
ReplyDeleteYou is in a "low" - there I would like you for the setting up pictures of the island Mainau from the year 2007 - 08 to really send, and hopes much that you enjoy the beauty of this island.
http://www.mainau.de/#
In Germany it is also still cold. This night have we here the lunar eclipse, and on the day it is foggy... smells I the spring nevertheless!
Thanks for your wonderful spring pictures...
Love of greetings Barbara
Mary, your flower photos are like a breath of warm fresh air...AAAHHHH! The peony blossom looks so life-like, I can almost smell it:)
ReplyDeleteRhonda
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteYour summer garden looks wonderful, I hope that the weather warms up for you over there soon. Our Summer is just finishing over here in Australia I have a few summer photos on my blog if you would like to take a look to hopefully cheer you up.
Cheers Linda
Beautiful photos!! I can't wait for spring either!
ReplyDeleteI had to do that the other day too ! I need spring to be here, I need away from the winter weather.
ReplyDeleteHave a good day,
Stephanie
Well, with a gorgeous garden like that it is no wonder that you long for spring. Peonies are one of my favorite flowers. Blessings, Karen
ReplyDeleteDutch Iris! Peonys. Varigated Glechoma! White Roses! Heuchera! Ivy? Egads, move over. I want spring and I want it now!!!!!!!! Can I come out there and play in your garden this spring? You could visit California and play in mine. Gardening is so good for the soul!
ReplyDeleteI see that you are longing for spring and summer too. Lovely pictures!
ReplyDeleteCome for a taste of spring....scroll to February 13th on my Creative Soul blog to see the signs of spring in our yard. Hang in there, spring IS coming.
ReplyDeleteI posted some butterflies on flowers on my site. And I've always got flowers somewhere on it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for making us all feel better with your lovely summer garden pictures!
Oh, how relevant... I too, long for nice weather, flowers, spring, and I'm totally with you as for the whimpering and the salty tears... didn't seem exaggerated at all !!!
ReplyDeleteWell, now I'll go and post a few pictures of flowers from my garden. Nice idea.
Oh my, this really struck a chord. Thanks you all for your kind comments! Some of you even posted pictures for me, or directed me to your garden photos -- thank you so much!
ReplyDeletexoxo,
Mary
You have a beautiful garden. Hang in there, spring is coming! You're going to make it! Don't lose hope! Rhondi xo
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