I love spring and I love flowers. And I'm pretty confident that June Cleaver - this month's honourary Mom - had a bit of a green thumb and would have loved flowers too.
There's something so friendly and happy about them.
Unlike some people who find gardening a pain, I find it very therapeutic (on the days when I actually have some time to do it uninterrupted that is).
I so enjoy cutting flowers from my garden and bringing them inside for bouquets and displays and giving them as gifts to other people. Flowers just seem to brighten up everyone's day.
I have been very fortunate that the first two homes that I have owned have been older ones with tons of established flowers, shrubs and trees that needed only to be maintained, fed and occasionally pruned. It's almost cheating as I didn't pick them or strategically plant them ... or pay for them.
Here's a glimpse of some of the flower friends popping up around my yard right now:
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| Purple Lilacs |
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| White Lilacs |
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| Rhubarb after a picking for dinner |
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| The last of the tulips |
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| Allium |
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| Ferns ... love ferns! |
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| Forget-me-nots |
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| Not sure |
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| The start of my hanging baskets ... To be continued |
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| Bleeding Hearts |
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| Hosta |
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| More Hangers catching some rays |
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| Not sure |
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| Peonies on their way |
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| Not sure |
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| Paper Whites (I think) |
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| Window container ... complete with hard water marks :) |
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| Chives |
I love lilacs, but my absolute favourites are hydrangeas. What's your favourite flower? What do you think June Cleaver's favourite flower would have been?
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