Thursday morning and we finished doing the grocery shopping. We also went to Walmart where I had photos ready to be picked up. No one in that dept. to help me so I got them myself. I've seen which drawer they are kept. Over the weekend I will scrapbook the Mothers Day pictures.
It's so chilly today. I have no plans to do any gardening but I think I'll bake bread and cookies. That should warm up the kitchen. I found a cookie recipe on Pinterest that looks a little different from my usual cookies. Buttery Coconut Oatmeal Cookies.
In the front garden a perennial Bachelor Button (Centaurea montana) is a recent "gift from a bird".
I know that this perennial can self-seed and be a problem so I'll try to deadhead the flowers before they go to seed.
My white Bleeding Heart struggles but at least it made it through the winter. Maybe I should give it some fertilizer. The pink ones are seemingly easier to grow.
This pink and white Columbine has popped up near the front of the flowerbed.
A hedge of rugosa roses that hide our view of the neighbour's driveway. They smell wonderful.
I better get some work done here before it's lunch time. The mornings seem to fly by.
Thanks for visiting.
What beautiful flowers,
ReplyDeleteI really like rugosa roses.
The Centaurea Montana is an easily controlled self seeder in our garden too. I like how columbines self seed and self hybridize.
ReplyDeleteLoved this little look around your garden, and I can imagine the smell of the roses. Perfect :)
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is beautiful it must bring you much pleasure.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could smell through the computer! And taste...remember to tell us how you like the cookies...they sound wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYour roses are gorgeous and so are all the other flowers you pictured! I'd never seen a white bleeding heart....my mom always had the pink ones. Very pretty. Hope it does better after you fertilize it. Let us know how those cookies turn out? Yum.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty garden you have. So many beautiful flowers. I also went to Walmart this morning to buy groceries. Goodness! That's depressing these days isn't it? So expensive. Your cookies sound really good. I hope if they turn out well that you'll share the recipe?
ReplyDeleteBlessings and hugs,
Betsy
Such a joy seeing everything blooming.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is so lush with so much color already. I have had to be vigilant about pulling out any columbine and violet seedlings that emerge as they were popping up everywhere. At first I was so thrilled but then realized they were taking over. I have never had luck growing the white bleeding heart. Thanks for sharing your lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteEllabie
I love seeing all the blooms around your garden. The Bachelors Buttons are pretty; they aren't a flower that would self-sow here. The one I have doing that the last two years is Love-in-a-Mist, which pleases me. It blooms early, so I can pull out the plants to make room for later flowers. It's truly all over the place right now, and I had plenty to take and lay on graves this week.
ReplyDeleteGretchen Joanna
Your garden is full of beautiful flowers just now. The Bachelor's Buttons or Cornflowers are self-seeding in my garden, too. I'm careful to not let them get out of hand. The colour of your columbines is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty blooms!
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