Author: susansdailygarden

Amur maple update

The amur maple out front was heavily damaged in Friday night’s ice and snow storm. In addition to the large limb that fully broke off, another large limb twisted and cracked lengthwise and is now just hanging there. It looks so sad 😔

I cannot imagine the tree cleanup crew that is coming this week will be able to save it. My guess is it has reached it’s tree lifespan.

Fun memories. Awesome bloom scent in the spring and gorgeous color in the fall.

Almost (Spring 2023)

Oh boy! Where do we start? I do indeed love our seasons, but this year, in my humble opinion, has been a very long winter. It probably doesn’t help that we took our first ever planned warm weather actual vacation this year, and I still have “beach” on my mind. But alas, beach gardening is not a thing, I don’t think, so no plans to move just yet 😉

I like to say I am a “Thursday” sort of girl – the whole (weekend) yet ahead, but right … almost … there … I feel that way right now. The snow is melting, and I do see the grass and garden emerging. I suppose in July I will miss all this snow. But for now, sooooo done with this view.

That’s not good

Last year I put up some Easter window clings I hadn’t used in years. My granny heart thought our little grandson would get a kick out of them on the patio doors. Alas, the squirrels were far more exciting to him 😂 After Easter when I took the window clings down, birds started flying into the patio doors. Scary! I had to do something to protect them, so I went online and ordered one set of dragonfly/butterfly window clings. They worked! So I bought more for other same-facing windows. Life got busy, the birds seemed to stop flying into the windows, and I never put up the extra sets.

The migratory birds are back, and last Friday a bird flew into the window. I saw it stun, but then fly away. My husband and I both looked all around, and we could not find it.

Today I put more window clings on.

Hello again! Spring 2023

Spring is in the air again and I am getting invigorated!

It has been a very long winter in so many ways, but the front door is open to the screen glass on many days now, the daylily seeds have been in the refrigerator for many weeks (stratification), the winter lanterns are off the shepherd’s hook, some Easter decorations are up in the house, and today the garden pretties started to go outside.

I particularly like this picture because it shows the shadow of the linden in the snow and exactly how beautiful it’s branches are. And of course a few cute little decorations in the rock have been put out today.

Up north there are literally thousands of shadows of trees that are absolutely gorgeous. The linden at the townhouse just happens to be right outside my office. It gets a lot more views by me, and others, than the ones up north, unless you count views by the birds, deer, foxes, coyotes, bears, porcupines, mice, squirrels … 🙂

Yesterday we WERE up north. We should have brought our new drone – lol – because, alas, we weren’t getting in. The snow is over waist deep at minimum and chest deep for sure at the entry. But soon!

For today it is the spring outdoors kick-off at the townhouse.