Flowers from the yard....

 

 

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Margaret's small plot behind the house is coming to life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Few More Iris

 Cohen and I missed walking on this side of the yard for some reason yesterday.  I stepped out for a few minutes and saw these flower beds and had to get a few pictures.

 

 I  always enjoy the iris.  They smell so good I think you should be able to eat them.  And I really want to too!  I can never get a whiff of their wonderful aroma without thinking about the first time I smelled them.  I was around 6 years old and living on the Great Lakes Naval   Base where my father was a  Chief Petty Officer.   Even though it was housing everyone knew they would be transferred from at some point, many women planted nice flower beds around the apartments.  And, of course, the whole base was policed (cleaned) and in tip top shape. 

 

Jim worked alone for several weeks to put a wood picket fence around the pool.  It looks very good and makes it easier to keep the dogs out unless invited into the area. The kids still won't be allowed out without adult supervision though.      

 There are a few renegade iris around the perimeter of the yard.  Don't know how bulbs manage to migrate.
These are the lilac bushes I was talking about in yesterday's post. 

These pictures leave a lot to be desired but I think you can see the Robbin watching the Common Grackles invading his territory.  He is none too happy.
He watches for a few seconds and then becomes aware of me.  A quick look in my direction and off  he goes.

 
The Grackles are visiting more than they usually do.   Whatever they are finding has them walking over the yard quite a bit. 

 

There are two azalea's at the front porch.  They are pitiful dwarf bushes but their bloom's color is pretty.  I've never really liked azaleas even though they are a
' southern thang '.  

What's blooming?

Cohen and I took a quick walk around  the yard this morning to see what has opened.
 The plants  are on on slow growth mode since there is no warm sunshine beckoning them up and out.  It has been gray, cloudy or raining most days and very cool at night so the flowers are loath to show their faces.
The blue berries have a few blooms tho not as many as last year.  As I remember I had to cover the trees for several nights because of frost last year but the days were
sunny and warm. 
           

 As you can see in the back ground of this picture this wild rose has plenty of unopened buds.  These two little flowers are the only ones opened on this large bush now though.

The iris have been the most prolific bloomers this year. 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor lilac has very few blooms.  I am afraid she needs medical and surgical intervention.   I pulled quiet a few dead branches last fall thinking  that would help her,        
  if nothing else give her breathing room and not sap her strength this spring.   She actually looks kinda' pitiful with empty spots and still some dead branches.

Cohen is showing me how fast, and how far, he can run.
Run Cohen, run!

This is a close up of the shrubs on either side of the driveway.  I don't know what they are.  I happened on to their name somewhere last year and said , "Oh, I've got to remember this.", of course I've forgotten the name and where I  saw it.  

 And, last is Daisy with her nose down in a hole she has dug into a mole's tunnel.  What great fun for her, but, alas, Margaret will not like her yard full of holes the perfect size for twisting ankles in.  Come, Daisy, time to go in.