Thursday, April 26, 2012

Spring, 2012


This is the Japanese Maple in front of our house. A week or so ago, I found...


...this baby Japanese Maple growing in one of my decorative whiskey barrels around the side of the house. These barrels had...


 ...a few tulips growing in them. The bulbs had gotten kind of old and the soil wasn't great, so this is about the only tulip that came up. I just redid the soil in preparation for some summer perennials and put the...

...cut tulip in a pretty vase in the windowsill in my kitchen and transplanted the little tree into another planter to see if I can get it to grow. The tulip has opened a little more and I think it's really pretty.


Just outside my front door, I took this picture of what I thought was a really cool cloud formation. I love all the contrast of the dark storm cloud and the blue sky.

2 comments:

aimee said...

Great photos! I love Japanese maples - such pretty form, and your tulip is lovely too. And what a pretty vase!

KayakChickee said...

That Japanese Maple is a monster this year! It's gotten so big and full. We think we might need to prune it this year. We have one of the lacy ones too. We'll see how this baby one does.