A Seattle Spring Garden
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Is there anything better than that feeling of seeing your house as you pull up to the curb after a trip? For me there is not. I can be gone just a few short days, and I can’t believe how homesick I get. It doesn’t matter that the second I return, everything goes back to mommy duties, because that moment when you scoop your kids into your arms and kiss their little squishy faces makes everything worth it.

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Then comes the weirdo admission. After I am done hugging and squeezing my family and getting trampled with licks by Henry (my dog everyone)- I love to go out to my garden and inspect. When you have been gone for a few days or weeks, everything changes.

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Because we have had such a difficult year here in Seattle, (like I can count the number of sunny days on one hand since last Spetember) the yard has kind of been in a state of paralysis. We are in late May and there are buds and flowers just sprouting that really should have been here months ago. It is a strange phenomena.

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Apparently there was some sun while I was gone, (but don’t worry- it was sure to be replaced with drizzle by the time I returned!!) I guess that little bit of warmth got the flowers to open their little faces up in hopes of more. I hope that nature doesn’t disappoint them!

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Even if you have no interest in gardening, maybe you will at least appreciate what a budding Spring garden looks like in the Pacific Northwest…

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Yellow Peony Tree

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Raspberry Sorbet Peonies about to bloom

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HoneySuckle with gorgeous little trumpet flowers

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These will be ripe and juicy figs with a green skin and red inside in a few months

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Lilacs….a childhood favorite

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Fungus? Pretty huh? It looks like coral…

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If the birds don’t these, they will be sweetheart cherries in July

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Climbing Rose- a rapid grower. This one has grown 30 feet in 2 years. I am not kidding.

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I can’t remember? Mom if you read this can you remember. I have about 100 of them planted! I love the delicate little green tinged bells…

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Bleeding heart. So pretty!

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Hidden jewel in the shade garden. Lilly of the valley. Makes me think of my sister.

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Allium. Giant!!

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Pia shows you how tall these are!

Enjoy your own Spring gardens in the last few weeks of the season!

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A Seattle Spring Garden
IMG_5980

Is there anything better than that feeling of seeing your house as you pull up to the curb after a trip? For me there is not. I can be gone just a few short days, and I can’t believe how homesick I get. It doesn’t matter that the second I return, everything goes back to mommy duties, because that moment when you scoop your kids into your arms and kiss their little squishy faces makes everything worth it.

IMG_5353

Then comes the weirdo admission. After I am done hugging and squeezing my family and getting trampled with licks by Henry (my dog everyone)- I love to go out to my garden and inspect. When you have been gone for a few days or weeks, everything changes.

IMG_5956

Because we have had such a difficult year here in Seattle, (like I can count the number of sunny days on one hand since last Spetember) the yard has kind of been in a state of paralysis. We are in late May and there are buds and flowers just sprouting that really should have been here months ago. It is a strange phenomena.

IMG_5939

Apparently there was some sun while I was gone, (but don’t worry- it was sure to be replaced with drizzle by the time I returned!!) I guess that little bit of warmth got the flowers to open their little faces up in hopes of more. I hope that nature doesn’t disappoint them!

IMG_5951

Even if you have no interest in gardening, maybe you will at least appreciate what a budding Spring garden looks like in the Pacific Northwest…

IMG_5966
Yellow Peony Tree

IMG_5971
Raspberry Sorbet Peonies about to bloom

IMG_5985
HoneySuckle with gorgeous little trumpet flowers

IMG_5989
These will be ripe and juicy figs with a green skin and red inside in a few months

IMG_6000
Lilacs….a childhood favorite

IMG_6024
Fungus? Pretty huh? It looks like coral…

IMG_6016
If the birds don’t these, they will be sweetheart cherries in July

IMG_6042
Climbing Rose- a rapid grower. This one has grown 30 feet in 2 years. I am not kidding.

IMG_6075
I can’t remember? Mom if you read this can you remember. I have about 100 of them planted! I love the delicate little green tinged bells…

IMG_6077
Bleeding heart. So pretty!

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Hidden jewel in the shade garden. Lilly of the valley. Makes me think of my sister.

IMG_6113
Allium. Giant!!

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Pia shows you how tall these are!

Enjoy your own Spring gardens in the last few weeks of the season!