Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts

Friday, April 19, 2013

Oh Marilyn, Oh Spring! The gnomes are so happy! so are the flamingoes !! flamingii !!



 the purple alyssum are blooming.....it's spring! they smell so good.....like honey........the white alyssum has a more intense fragrance...but don't pass the purple by....
It's spring......I'm so excited. I've planted a lot in the garden.....here's some tiny Swiss Chard.





little seedlings are springing up........



 and new spring things to wear are coming to the etsy shop....

Lovely candy colors in a printed plaid, this 70s cotton sundress, is from Nordstrom. It's got a wide elastic waist, a full bodice, and a gathered skirt. The skinny ties are so cute and really say "It's a beautiful day and I feel pretty!". 

this pretty dress...... is a classic......scroll down to see its Inspiration!





this pretty dress sure looks like this iconic Marilyn dress!




 Along with the late winter/spring blooming burgundy primroses,  I paired up some greenhouse nicotiana, and a bit of  blue lobelia.........courtesy of the greenhouse....


The flamingos are excited!





60s vintage Blue sharkskin suit !




80s vintage cotton Gant plaid button down short sleeve shirt 





60s vintage Fedora with gold feathers 





60s green cotton check short sleeve shirt 





Jams World shirt in bright blue, turquoise and green





60s vintage blue and green plaid shirt, short sleeve 





The gnomes are excited!! They are sooooooooo ready for spring.....



the little blue chionodoxa are blooming....
they only show their little blue heads in spring......
 known as Glory of the snow, they are a bulb, originally from Turkey. Like bulbs will do, they bloom in spring, sometimes thru the snow, and must be planted in the late fall.
This variety is named for Lucille, the wife of the botanist who named them.....discoverers get to do that....I'm sure Swiss botanist, Boissier wasn't really the first to notice them in Turkey, but he was the first to write it down in Latin, and make a big deal of it!!
these are beloved by gardeners because they are the rarest of colors in the garden, Blue.....
seems odd, eh? One would think blue would be very common....but no. The sky tries to keep as much blue as possible, I suppose..


oh look! a big healthy dandelion.....oh well.....the bugs and the birds and the butterflies appreciate a little wildness.....


pale daffodils.......


Sunday, March 20, 2011

It was a pretty garden....


 the tiny garden on Broadway last spring, March 2010.





My my my...Industrious little daffs......went from this on February 23.......to.......



This on March 1 !!



The pansies and the primroses are spritely !



I adore how this little daff is folded......so much like a butterfly emerging from a coccoon..


Most of the daffs are King Alfred type, but there are a few renegades mixed in.....I wish I'd have planted a bag or 3 or 7 of Poet's Narcissus...they are my favorites of the Narcissus.......I adore the teeny minis also........




So....Before I retell the story of Narcissus....
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Narcissus flowers are named for the son of the River God, Cephissus and Leiriope, a nymph, in Greek mythology.........This boy Narcissus was a hawt babe according to legend. A prophet told Leiriope her son would live long and prosper if he avoided ever seeing himself in a reflection.
The boy had many women and men (this is a Greek legend) fall in love with him as he grew up into a man, but he chose none of them for a lover.

A nymph, Echo, who had her own curse to deal with, goddess Hera made poor Echo repeat again the last words she heard said to her.......loved Narcissus. But he did not have eyes for her!
Ameinias, another hopeful lover was also rejected by the handsome Narcissus, and Ameinias killed himself. Just before taking his life he asked for the gods to punish the sexy beast Narcissus.
The gods then set Narcissus to gaze on his loveliness in a clear pond......He fell in love with himself!
When he went to touch the beautiful image, he fell in and drowned......or he killed himself also....we're not too clear on that.
The gods thought the tragedy (this is a Greek legend) ought to be commemorated......and so named the lovely yellow late winter flower.......Narcissus.
Let this be a lesson to you Pretty People....Love one another....and don't be stuck-up!

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