By In the center of the tulip – yellow. Tulips, books, people. You can’t always tell what’s inside until you look. Oh, and if you’ll notice – on the tulip – those are shadows. You, of course, know how we get shadows — from the SUN! Yes, the sun is shining like a fool today. It’s …
Crabapples!
Ah, the beautiful crabapples have burst into bloom. Some are the color of rasperry sherbet. This tree stands in front of ESU’s Memorial Union. This is a neighbor’s tree that I can see from my front porch. My crabapple tree is just a baby, and it’s not big and mighty like this one. An army …
S-P-R-I-N-G
Sing it with me now…. “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The tulip bulbs that were sold by the 8-year-old neighbor girl have bloomed! Apricot-colored tulips, they are. Only 8 of the 10 bulbs planted are up. But I’m not gonna sue her. And, the lilac at the edge of the front porch …
Redbud Season
The neighbor’s redbud is right outside my window. And here’s the dogwood in the front yard. The lilacs, tulips and grape hyacinths are in bloom. It’s the best time of year in Kansas.
More yellow
I know, you’ve seen yellow before, but yellow makes me happy. This is a different batch than the ones I photographed the other day. Now, here is a patch of tulips. Five of them. Last fall, we bought a bag of tulip bulbs from our 8-year-old neighbor, who was on a selling rampage for her …
As promised…
The color yellow.
Tuesday
This picture may be a little fuzzy because the lens fogged up. Greenhouse No. 2 at Arnold’s was giggly hot and humid on Sunday when the outside world was cold. But, things have changed. Spring has come to the prairieland. Monday was glorious – no wind, sunshine, no wind, mid-60s, no wind. And I mention …
color
In the main greenhouse at Arnold’s, the plants are still small and didn’t offer a lot of color, but this pile of planting pots did.