JL Dodge Writes

Saturday, May 14, 2011

In the garden, 'color me yellow'

Another stroll through

our garden for you

today is 'color me yellow'

From the first signs of spring

he shows off his bling

giving a song to the sparrow

A flourish of shades
it is like a parade
he is such a happy fellow
come smell his fragrance
or just watch him dance
it'll leave you feeling quite mellow

Roam where you will
or just get the feel
of the colors of this bright fellow
He is a magic man
and he 's proud to stand
Happily waving at you a hello

Now we are done
having our fun
with today's 'color me yellow'
we hope you enjoyed
our poem and our ploy
to give you a look at this fellow

ENJOY

JL&B

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

In the garden, 'color me green'

Here we are once again
our wonderful friends

with pictures to be seen

and though they are few

we love to show you
the flowers of 'color me green'

Seeding green pods

the hellebore nods

with flowers of a lime green

strawberries are forming

as the weather is warming

when ready are sweet as a dream

We have a green wizard

and even a lizard

whose belly is a blue green

Caught by our Val

he now has no tail

rest assured he is still seen

ENJOY
JL&B

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

In the garden, 'color me white'

In my bones deep inside

where not a fear can hide

is a princess fairy of nature

She has lots of fun

be there moon or sun

in the forest of her garden

She loves all colors here

each plant, a friend dear

she loves so much to show them

She visits with her friends

as the dew she expends

upon each day's colored flowers

She likes to play games

to remember their names

So today is 'color me white'

We hope you enjoy

this sweet little ploy

to have you come walk in the garden

To share in our delight

some beauties in white

and now we bid you adieu

ENJOY
JL&B

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Tiny wall and todays flowers

So what happened here is I was so into doing the wall that I forgot to take the before pictures prior to starting...but that is okay you get the just of it .

Four and a half hours later...

And I came home to these beauties....

Oh and I made you all a bouquet....

ENJOY
JL&B

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

More pretties...

So I know I have shown a love for Iris', but there are lots of other beauties in the garden that are blooming away... like these Ranunculus...

And of course we have to show off the Jupiter's Beard...

Then there are the Columbine... we have three variaties, the blue and white, a red and white and the Nora Barlow...

Honeysuckle is just starting to smell up the yard, oh so sweet!!!

Speaking of sweet smelling the Freesia's are fading, but still as sweet as ever !!

We also have the Lilac bush in bloom, talk about a fragrant bush, you know when the bee's are all over a plant it must be good !!

Then there are the not so fragrant flowers, though their beauty is a very good asset, that they bloom from the first warmth of Spring, well into the Fall... like the Aneome x hybrida there are so many colors and varities of these little troopers and they just bloom and bloom...