Sky shots

Aiming without looking. 

The're called "Sky Shots".

I'm surprised how many photos actually turned out. 

You have to crawl under these Hellebore to see their faces. 

I can't crawl under them to take a photo. 

My ducks and geese have already been there.  

Amazing how my Hellebore have evolved. 

From one original color to many, many colors.

Hellebore are a most rewarding flower.
 They bloom early, through ice and snow. 

Wishing you a great week ahead, 

Gina  

Rain, lots of it, finally.

No snow this time. Hallelujah 

Calves are becoming independent.

The Pond is overflowing, the extra water is irrigating our dry pastures.  

Daffodils are still going strong. 

Will you join me for a little quiz at the end of this post?

My greenhouse is holding little seedlings waiting for the weather to improve.  

My Oleander tree is making a comeback. It's been in the greenhouse all winter.  I have given it copious amounts of water this year.  What a difference that made.  

Little lambs don't mind the rain, their woolly mothers keep them close.  




Now, here is the Quiz.

You might think that you know this familiar flower.  

It's the growth habit that might confuse most gardeners.  

I purchased this particular plant more than forty years ago. 
I started with one plant and now I have only one plant left.

I was successful in propagating it before and I will do it again.  

Have a great weekend my dear friends. 

Gina 

Making the Rounds this morning

Making the rounds.

Early this morning.

Sunflowers reaching for the sun.

Showing off against the blue sky. 

Clyde, Lola and Hansel are happy.

Do you recognize these?

I make the most delicious pancake syrup from them.

Cosmos are the first to bloom in my wild patch.

Chickens are happy that I'm sharing our garden greens.

No wonder this chard is called "Bright Lights".

Can't wait for the fennel to mature, for the basil to grow some more so we can make pesto, beans will be ready in a week, savoy cabbage has been enjoyed for several weeks, Parsley is ready for drying.

Annual Poppies are popping up everywhere.

Sunflowers make fine bouquets.

Even when paired with vegetables.

Or all by themselves.  

Have a wonderful weekend my dear friends. 

Thank you for your visits.  
Each and every one of you is very special to me.  

Gina 

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It's blue Skies around here

It's nothing but blue skies 

and Daffodils around here. 

Have a fabulous weekend my dear Friends.

Gina 

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Just over the Fence

She was born just over the fence from my house.

Two days ago she was born.

A registered Miniature Hereford.

Little girls are much more independent than boys. 

She was born in the middle of a snow storm. 

Her mothers milk to drink and new snow to eat, what could be better!

On my walk home this morning, new snow, a new calf and the bluest skies for the first day of Spring.

Have a great week my dear

Blogging Friends,  

Gina



No skies are as blue as those in San Pete County

Come and see for yourself and learn a new skill
July 15 and 16, 2011

Join us for a 2-day workshop and learn how to paint ceramics in the 500-year-old Italian Renaissance tradition.

 Come and  join us under the blue San Pete Skies.

Gina

All pictures taken yesterday, near our pond, behind our house.