Mini-daffodil and Vertigo II

I used Coyote Crazed Coyote glaze on top of Black/Brown Duncan Covercoat. It's interesting that it turned out navy and kind of ran. This is the good side, since there is an area on the other side where the glaze didn't cover--either too much glaze or not enough.

Pictures of spring

Have been practicing with the tripod and my macro lens lately. This first picture has my grandma's china in it. I think it's so pretty.




My birthday flowers are still looking good--the Peruvian lilies. Also picked some flowers from my yard--daffodils and muscari or grape hyacinths.















And here are the miniature daffodils.

















Then I had to look up again how to do this feathering technique (the black foggish look) that I just learned a month ago . We had four rabbits in our backyard the other morning.





It sure felt like spring until the freezing rain came.

Bulbs

Two have bloomed so far.

First crocus of the year!

Last year the first crocus bloomed on February 23rd.

Yellow

Baby Moon miniature daffodils (Yes, they are blooming now since I didn't get them in the ground until January 28th.)

This is what I ended up doing to the closed form. The glazing isn't very good on it because I got the glaze and covercoat mixed up and it had to be fired three times instead of twice...Also it doesn't fit together well...It was a learning experience of what not to do next time.

Wondering if you're humming that Coldplay song or that Beatles submarine song now... How about that polka-dot bikini song?

Tulips for Dad

These are tulips I planted in memory of my dad. Saw the idea of a memory garden awhile ago and thought it was a good idea. This fall I'll need to get some pink ones in memory of Lisa.

If you're going to buy tulips and want them to come back every year or naturalize, I would suggest Darwin Hybrid tulips. Unlike daffodils, not all are meant to come back every year.

Odorus flore pleno or "Queen Anne's double jonquil"

Spring is a heart full of hope
and a shoe full of rain. -unknown author

...pass the Benadryl, please!

Pics from the yard

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
(from In Christ Alone song)




This was the first tulip, but it was gone the next day along with chewed up leaves. I'm suspecting the below partook of some nourishment.

Scilla

This bloomed yesterday in the back yard. It's only 4 inches high.

Before and after

White

This is my second annual attempt at taking pictures of my dog with the daffodils, but her eyes are always squinted (facing the sun) and we don't communicate with our eyes when we're outside. She listens to me and is usually busy sniffing and doesn't look up.

Good news!

My mom just called with her CT scan results. The report stated that the tumor didn't grow and actually looked necrotic (dead)...So we are going to see the surgeon in Minneapolis on April 9th and are hoping they will schedule surgery soon. My mom sure is glad she doesn't have to have another round of chemotherapy!!!

Crocus and daffodils

Muscari or grape hyacinth

This bloomed today in my "Zone 7" area or south side of the house. We are in Zone 6, but everything on that side is sheltered and blooms earlier than the rest.

p.s. You would not be impressed at my yard if you saw it in person...I only show you the good parts.

Iris reticulata

This bloomed yesterday.