Where are all the flowers?

My work friend visited my blog and said, "Where are all your flower pictures?" There's not much yet; we spent most of our garden budget this year on dirt and shrubs. But here's a bit of what we've got so far...


White bleeding hearts (the pink ones have dropped their blooms), Clematis "Snow Queen",Some daisy-like flower (I forget the name), Hydrangea "Endless Summer", And some pretty pink roses, special because they were Steve's Dad's, bless his heart (lots more on roses to come!). Here's one of my favourite shots of the dry creek from the back corner. That's a rhododendron "catawbiense" that we (Steve) finally put in the ground today.

Now I want to spend more money on perennials. Maybe I'll grow a money tree.

The Maple Dragon

My daughter first noticed it, before the leaves on our silver maple filled out. She says it looks like a giraffe. I think it looks like a dragon. What do you think? I think it's cool either way.

Two Months' Difference

Here's a picture of the backyard from the porch, taken last weekend. When I have more time, I'll start posting the before pictures and detail what we've done so far...

Ah, what the heck. Here's a picture of what it looked like in March...

Lots of work to do, but MAN! what a difference, eh? Most of it is thanks to our lovely Canadian seasons (we can't take credit for Spring), but we did put a lot of sweat into removing that playhouse and building the "woodland" garden in the back. More to come!