Garden Photos of '09......#5

This year...............

I am just seeing the green thingies on my crocus... went and wondered this morning.. a few hyacinth poking up now too

I have hyacinth poking too.

Well yes...this fall

snow here - still - really getting the inch for spring have a lot of projects to do

Established tulips poking up south side of the house.

Wow, they're strong!

Didn't know hyacinths came up so early. Guess I should remove the mulch?

I never tyoed so much in my life since I joined DG a yeay ago next month.

The ice has partially broken a big branch on the Nova Zembla rhodie at the corner of the house. DH has it proped up, but I am afraid it will go. It will really be a downer since branches had to be cut because of borer & if this one is lost the blooms will all be at the top.

Oh - sorry to hear that, Lucy.

Always sad when aged rhodies are stricken.
Fingers crossed for you.

I hear you.

oh looky looky... we have poppige!

not sure what this one is... looked pretty big

contorted filbert

:)

didn't like the camera clicking

junco

Nice! Think that's a vulture.

Onewish1, contorted filbert, very, very funny, parallel universes, parallel forums. I looked up and shot this today when I was still giggling about filberts. I just liked the silhouette. Patti

Maybe the birds are looking for filberts.

This is a cool site of hawk silhouettes
http://www.hmana.org/documents/NEHW_Hawk_Guide_08.pdf?PHPSESSID=b7fe70383fde8325f7fe4a7cb9053777

Nice. I think the 'T' vs. the cross is real stretch.

The silhouette site is cool....so according to that looks like your bird, Allison, is some time of falcon or a sharp shinned hawk or an osprey or.....????

I'll just say bird.

Onewish1, My DH says yours is not a TV, but mine is. He said look at the bump in the wing joint. He was raised by a serious birder. But he could be wrong. I agree, "Bird" will do. Patti

tee hee ^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODu888i14-I

dahlianut....all time favorite. I was born too late. River City circa 1912 would have been perfect. Only thing we have now I would want back then is penicillin.

No internet?

I'll give up the internet for the ice cream socials.

I might go along with that too.

wow Patti... he can tell from a bump ??? that's impressive

Just look at the wing curve. If it has no bump at the curve and is sort of straight, that means something to him. Not me. He likes things with bumps in the front. Patti

So is it a hawk then?

just looked at the other shots... don't have a better one

might want to send him to the other thread talking about bumps like that

Pretty white iris on bloom.com.

Golden eagle? Could be migrating. Clem & buddleia photos very nice! I prune my budds in April---tricky suckers in zone 5---I never know until late spring if they've made it or not.

ya like me its mid june before anything happens with them just like the rose of sharon and the trumpet vines, they are all late in coming out of dormancy

I like it when irises have substance like that--don't know that particular one, but then we don't grow many tall bearded, prefering the smaller ones.