Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Happiness Is..

 

 

It doesn’t take too much to make a gardener little heart happy..

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just give us the first daffodils in bloom at the beginning of Spring…..

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or some pretty little pink blossoms on the Heath…..

Brunnera

or perhaps its spotting tiny leaves from the Brunnera coming up through the soil……

Hellebore

Happiness is the hope that the new Hellebores may get their first blooms……

ligularia

or the growth of the Ligularia that a garden friend sent to you in the Fall that has survived and looking so beautiful…….

{thank you Jim & Pat}

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Happiness id tulipa turkestania blooming for the first time….

{Even if you had forgotten you had planted the things and its name and had to learn it from a fellow blogger}

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Happiness is hearing that the temperatures are going to be warmer and you can get out into the garden beds again.
Hallelujah!

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Happiness are Primroses or bright yellow….

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or maybe hot magenta.
What makes your little gardeners heart happy?

Happy Gardening,
Lona

25 comments:

Giga said...

To prawda, że nam dużo wiosną do szczęścia. Wystarczy kilka pierwszych kolorowych kwiatów w naszych ogrodach. Pozdrawiam

Anonymous said...

Like you, the weather warming and the tulips in bloom. Still waiting though...

I do like that tulip, turkestania.

Gatsbys Gardens said...

Lona, I am just thrilled to see all of these blooms. The heath is beautiful.

Eileen

Phoenix C. said...

Beautiful!

My little gardener's heart is happy at the sight of daffodils so joyous in the sunshine, the scent of earth warming in the sun and the sounds of the wind in the treetops.

Patsy said...

I really like your rain water project.
Your place is looking more like spring every day.

myomyohi said...

Your flowers are very pretty. I am so anxious for warm weather I can hardly stand myself.

Wife, Mother, Gardener said...

Love the Tulipa turkestania! So pretty.

I am happy that I have a load of mushroom compost arriving in the morning!! Yea!

Thanks, Julie

Dirt Princess said...

I love the heath...beautiful. Of course all of it is beautiful...as always! I saw some fairies in Plow and Hearth and thought about you
:-)

p3chandan said...

You are right Lona, it doesn't take much to make a gardener happy and smiling...looking around and see your garden is blooming with bright and beautiful flowers! Your sweat, tears and hard work is all worth it after all!

Anonymous said...

Pink flowers make me happy and that last primrose is outstanding. Love the heather too...well I love all your blossoms.

Stephanie said...

Your primroses are so pretty!! If I see these flowers here, I will definitely get them. I like that magenta. But the yellow one is really pretty also. Enjoy spring :-D

Joop Zand said...

Hello Lona

A big compliment for your very nice blog, i like the pictures of these colored flower so much.

you have from now on a new fan ..... i 'am gonna following this nice work.

Greetings and a nice day,

Joop

Roslyn said...

That array of flowers would make me blooming happy too.

CanadianGardenJoy said...

Lona girl we gardeners are extremely easy to make happy when are gardens are smiling at us : )
I can't wait to get to the point you are at already ! All that you have shown (except the ligularia, we just disagreed way too much?) are what I am so looking forward to seeing as well .. ah ! now if Spring would truly stay for a while ? wink wink
Spring inspiring post : )
Joy

Kate @ Gardening and Gardens said...

What a great, delightful post! Happiness truly is all those things and its so wonderful to see the garden waking up.

Janet, The Queen of Seaford said...

Primroses always make me smile. They are so bright and cheery.
love that Tulip --glad you were able to get an ID.

Darla said...

I like the Heath too! Hearing that other gardeners hearts are happy makes mine happy...

Kit Aerie-el said...

Daffodils make me smile, knowing that warmer weather is just around the corner. Someday. Around here, it should arrive by July 4th. Fingers crossed!

debsgarden said...

Spring gives us gardeners a lot to smile about! I love your tulip turkestania. Happy Gardening!

Corner Gardener Sue said...

Reading posts like this makes me happy. Our joy of being out, seeing what's coming up, what's blooming, and then seeing what other bloggers have is a wonderful thing.

A couple days ago, I knocked on the door of a stranger's house to ask for a start of a rudbeckia with double flowers that I've been admiring for a number of years. She gave me the trowel, and trusted me to dig a couple clumps. She said she'd come over and see if I had anything she'd like a start of. That makes me happy, too.

IlonaGarden said...

As always your photos are just the best. I just was looking at your nature photos on your other blog too- your blogs are real gems.

Rosie Nixon Fluerty said...

Lona it's as if I've transported the plants from my garden over to yours. My little erica heathers are just laden with blooms aswell though the hellebores have been flowering for months now and the Brunnera has just started flowering. I love that magenta primrose - you captured the colour perfectly. Like you looking out and seeing so many things coming into flower makes me happy too.

sweetbay said...

Yay spring! You must be very happy to see these beautiful sights.

One said...

Your photos are gorgeous. How did you make them pop like that?

The Redneck Rosarian said...

Lona, I have never seen a daffodil that I did not smile! Such a cheerful and welcome bloom. Happy Spring!