My first daffy of 2018.
Kew Gardens’ Temperate House restored – in pictures
Kew Gardens' Temperate House restored - in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2018/may/03/kew-gardens-temperate-house-restored-in-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Nature lovers warm to Kew’s green cathedral
Nature lovers warm to Kew’s green cathedral https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/05/kew-gardens-temperate-house-nature-renovations?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
And so it begins…
The gardening season, and spring for that matter, doesn't commence for me until I bring out my Muskoka Chair and situate it alongside the yet-to-be-tidied side garden. This is my haven. As Sheldon Cooper would say, this is my 'spot' on this blue planet, the one place I can tune out everything and everyone else, …
Jump-start on the garden
I can't wait any longer to begin the seasonal pilgrimage to local and regional nurseries for this spring and summer's garden show stoppers! I'll be doing the plant shuffle from outside-garage-back out again for a few more days yet, but I don't mind. I found these lovely Heliotrope and Verbena plants at Sobey's this morning, …
Waking — leaf and twig
sleepy heads dewy eyed bulbs rise from the garden bed via Waking — leaf and twig
Garden dreams…
by Steve Loop on Flickr.Path in Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire, England. via by Steve Loop on Flickr.Path in Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire, England. — Documented Wanderlust
Winter’s Shadow
Garden shivers
Gargoyle in snow
Country road
Extended shadows on pond
Spring’s Retreat
Like most of Ontario, cottage country received a nasty, albeit brief (I hope), reboot of winter over the last few days. Winter tires were scheduled to come off this past Monday, then Thursday... now next Monday. Seems winter hasn't quite finished with us yet. A couple of early robins arrived a few days ago to …
Emerging
As the snow recedes, items left out last fall have begun emerging, reminding me of tasks left unfinished. I meant to throw 'ugly bench' beside the shed, but alas, it was left to collect snow beside the walkway. The emerging heads look at me incredulously... and they're rather freakish.
The Northern Herper 
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