My garden is at the awkward stage that comes every year around this time.
The tulips are still in bloom, but they are aging and will soon be gone. The roses are in bud but haven’t flowered yet. The clematis, peonies, Rhododendron, and Johnson’s Blue Geranium (above) are also in bud ….
But I’m waiting for blooms.
Don’t get me wrong. The garden looks lovely. However, after the long cold very snowy winter we had this year I’m longing for those bursts of color in the garden that I so enjoy.
I’m thankful that I have so many pictures to look at as I wait to see these plants burst with new blossoms.
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Nice pictures, Tricia…you should take weekly photos and post comparison shots to keep up up to date on the progress of your growing garden!
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Aud, welcome to MTMD and thanks for the invite to participate in your meme. Actually, Wordless Wednesday is really the only meme I participate in, and I modify it because I usually have a post that goes along with the pictures, so I call it Almost Wordless Wednesday. I usually don’t participate in TAGs either. I just don’t have the time, and often they don’t follow the theme of my blog. But when I am tagged by a friend, I’ll participate if it’s a light blogging week and I can find an angle that fits; but I’ll never tag anyone else. Still, I will stop by your blog and look at your meme since you were kind enough to stop by here and comment.
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Cheers!
You have some fine flowers
Enjoyed seeing your blooms. I too am waiting for my clematis to blossom. I have hundreds of buds and it is going to be spectacular when it does bloom. I will post photos then and hope you will too.
Enjoyed my visit. Thanks for sharing.
Blessings,
Mary
Love the rose! The color is so nice. Happy GTS,
Aiyana
Really nice! I love the colors…
The picture is perfect: nice close-up, nice focus.
your garden looks lovely … what kind of rose ? is it
Here flower in violet color is real natural beauty. It refreshes once mind if a person have a look at it.
Those flower photos are beautiful. Every time I get flowers to bloom rabbits come along and eat them! Especially the tulips I have in my front yard.