Sunday, April 29, 2012

APRIL FADES

clematis 'guernsey cream' opening on a cool spring day...

the parrot tulips are finishing up...

clematis 'kingfisher' bud with droplets...

colton is relaxing into his new home...

the potager is still quite bare...


Sunday, April 22, 2012

COLTON IS MY IDOL, ANYWAY



after a bath, some light reading


bath, yuck

Saturday, April 14, 2012

INTRODUCING COLTON

colton, a cream standard poodle puppy, joined our family today!

luna was initially enthusiastic, but did ask "how long did you say he was staying?"

 but no one can resist colton, and you can see luna touches his paw in this photo...

i realized colton had a bit of red fuzz on his nose after i took this...

getting along nicely!

luna poses with the best of them...

wow, what a cutie, and well-trained too!

we had a long walk in the woods, and everyone was tired...

nap time...

APRIL PROCEEDS THROUGH DROUGHT

we are having quite a drought, requiring much watering of new plants and the potager...
magnolia 'daybreak' continues to bloom through the mild spring, filling evenings with fragrance....

the potager center... these bulbs are 3 years old...

tulips in the center...

white redbud cloaked with flowers...

epimedium 'purple queen' mixes delicately with maidenhair fern...


clematis 'guernsey cream' just opening... not my best shot...

the potager is prepared, with lettuce, sugar snaps, carrots and radishes planted...


Sunday, April 01, 2012

POODLE PUPPIES

today hubs and i visited a well-known poodle breeder in pennsylvania, who has two pups available from her lena's litter... she is keeping the black female pup and one of the cream males...

this is timmy, the smallest male, whom the breeder might keep...

here's lena, the mom, smiling... what a great mom...

here are the guys...timmy on the left, big guy in the middle, and colton, the mid-sized pup on the right (at least I think that's who is whom...)

little lena... sorry if out of focus, pups move fast!  what a face!!!

which one would you pick? (l to r: timmy, big guy, colton (i think))