Greens and Blooms

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

When I was out yesterday, I went down a few side streets in the rain, and noticed some lovely flowers and plants and little gardens.

This thread is to share photos of gardens and greenery - wild outdoors or artfully landscaped, or whatever you like, is welcome.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

 

[ninj]

The lushness of spring in Van. The one with the overhanging bower of that beautiful viney bush...(.please remind me what it's called), looks like someone's personal enchanted cottage....

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

some awesome community gardens, and rustic gardens. At one point the light and the water just made everything look fresh. A had a few happy accidents with my lens being blurred with water.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

The lushness of spring in Van. The one with the overhanging bower of that beautiful viney bush...(.please remind me what it's called), looks like someone's personal enchanted cottage....

It is, apparently! One of the paths i found looked like an alley from the street but it's a community garden path.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

This is from Monday. Can you spot the real deer? He’s just waiting for me to leave.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

More from yesterday (some problems uploading?)

 

[Lastpointe]

I think that hanging vine is Wisteria

lovely gardens. Can’t believe how far along you are into spring flowers

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

I sent this pic of my neighbourhood to my family this morning and my brother replied:
” When is you time in exile over? You can’t be doing this by free will. When will you be allowed to return- or are you counting on climate change?”
They are well into early summer blooms there. My crocuses are now fading- which they had happening by end of February.

 

[ninj]

I sent this pic of my neighbourhood to my family this morning and my brother replied:
” When is you time in exile over? You can’t be doing this by free will. When will you be allowed to return- or are you counting on climate change?”
They are well into early summer blooms there. My crocuses are now fading- which they had happening by end of February.

That's pretty much what I saw outside my window this morning.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

Blooms and/ or plumes, for the late winter folks, for the time being? Any interesting bird photos?

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

I sent this pic of my neighbourhood to my family this morning and my brother replied:
” When is you time in exile over? You can’t be doing this by free will. When will you be allowed to return- or are you counting on climate change?”
They are well into early summer blooms there. My crocuses are now fading- which they had happening by end of February.
View attachment 3520

This is typical, maybe even a late spring, for us - it's almost May. In 2010, we were laughed at in Vancouver, because it was about 15C on a few days, the cherry blossoms were out, and they had to make artificial snow on the hills. That was in February 2010.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

I'm having trouble uploading one of the photos - it's from one of yesterday's gardens. I cropped it a bit more (seems to help when this happens), but I can crop much more or will lose too much of the picture.

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

That was on April 14 th. I was trying to catch that bee.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

No one commented. See the deer looking over the hedge at me? (There's some strange monkey sketch in the window behind him).

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

No one commented. See the deer looking over the hedge at me? (There's some strange monkey sketch in the window behind him). View attachment 3522

I thought it was a giraffe.

 

[GO3838]

Gorgeous photos, everyone!

In my corner of the world, it's still brown and gray more then green.

My earth is still quite frozen. But a beautiful weekend is forecast, so things might just start to shoot up.

 

[GO3838]

No one commented. See the deer looking over the hedge at me? (

I saw the deer right away, Kimmio Laughterlove.

Do you like having deer visit your garden, or do you find they wreak havoc, and you'd rather not have them?

I have many birdfeeders, and with them I get many squirrels and a few chipmunks.
They don't leave me many strawberries (I think they think I grow strawberries just for them), but I love to
see them scampering and chattering about, so I don't mind.

 

[Northwind]

I love that I'm here rather than up north. I loved it up there. The snow got old.

 

[Northwind]

One rhodo and one not flower photo.