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Spring is springing!

16 April, 2010; Filed Under: family & home

Spring is springing up all over my garden! That includes the weeds. This week I weeded, then weeded some more–and more!  It’s crazy how many weeds I pulled, and my garden is STILL chock-full of them. Grrrrrr! The weeds may have won this week’s battle but I will win the war on weeds — eventually!

I really dislike weeds, but flowers make me happy. So I shall share my happy flowers with you!

These blooms promise a summer flavored with tasty homegrown blueberries!!!

blueberry blooms
My first rosebud of the season.

1st rose bud
Oodles of irises! Isn’t purple a delightfully happy color?

more irises
These are weeds.
I’d love them in a big field, and sort of let them go a bit last year, but they are trying to take over the flower garden so they are gonna have to go bye-bye.

pretty weeds

Early last spring a friend gave me a couple of baby Japanese maple trees. All but one died, and I was afraid the last one had died, too. But it didn’t!

baby maple
My camellia is finally blooming, too! Did you know that this gorgeous flower is very closely related to the camellia sinesisplant, which is what they harvest for tea! So maybe in desperate circumstances, I could brew up some camellia leaves. {wink}

camellia 1st bloom

All sorts of other things are blooming around here, too: azaleas, some pretty little purple ground-cover I forgot the name of, wild honeysuckle, and apple trees. Care to see more of my garden? Check out my garden set on flickr.

I hope you’re enjoying some happy flowers, too! I’m just trying to ignore the yucky pollen coating my world and doing it’s best to cause headaches and sneezes and such. Happy flowers, think happy flowers!

Just discovered Amy’s “Finer Things” and thought, “Flowers are pretty doggone fine,” so I’m linking up there!

Jamie

Wife, mama, homeschooler, dog-wrangler. Introvert who finds joy in good books, sunshine, and authentic conversation. Fitness enthusiast and strength coach. Often seen with a steaming mug of tea in hand.

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Dana
Dana
16 April, 2010 8:52 am

I love your photos and flowers! I love irises, and grew them in Oklahoma and Kansas. But, Texas is a different story and I miss them!

(Just in case you didn’t know… the white weed is fleabane.)

Enjoy your flowers! And, thanks for sharing them with us!
.-= Dana´s last blog ..Chinatown (SF Trip Day 5) =-.

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Jamie
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16 April, 2010 9:46 am

Thanks! I didn’t know what that weed/flower was called!

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Michele @ Frugal Granola
Michele @ Frugal Granola
16 April, 2010 1:20 pm

Oh, fabulous spring pictures! I love this time of year. 🙂 Camellias have always been one of my favorites.
Blessings,
Michele

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Janna @ The Adventure of Motherhood
Janna @ The Adventure of Motherhood
17 April, 2010 6:54 pm

I love your blog for so many reasons but in this post it’s the amazing photograpy! I prefer photography over paintings most of the time.
Mmm, Blueberries!
.-= Janna @ The Adventure of Motherhood´s last blog ..Feed Me Books Friday: Illiterate at Sixteen =-.

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Lindsey
Lindsey
17 April, 2010 7:52 pm

I love the sweet blueberry bush blossoms! They are so adorable!
.-= Lindsey ´s last blog ..I Will Rise =-.

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Jonnia
Jonnia
20 April, 2010 11:50 am

Beautiful!!! Makes me want to get busy here in my own yard!
.-= Jonnia´s last blog ..Bayou Boating and a Shipyard Tour =-.

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Amy
Amy
23 April, 2010 4:26 pm

I love your photos and flowers! I love irises, and grew them in Oklahoma and Kansas. But, Texas is a different story and I miss them!

(Just in case you didn’t know… the white weed is fleabane.)

Enjoy your flowers! And, thanks for sharing them with us!
.-= Dana´s last blog ..Chinatown (SF Trip Day 5) =-.

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