This morning I grabbed my pot of French press coffee, sat down to watch the news for a minute or two and then flipped on the Weather Channel. Now I love the rain….don’t get me wrong……but it has been 2 weeks solid of rainy days and this is what we have to look forward to in our 10 day forcast.
WEATHER CHANNEL..PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS A CRUEL “APRIL FOOLS” PRANK!
NOTE: I’m not going to be answering the phone or emails on Saturday…SMILE!!!
Heading east on the weather map I quickly had my reality check thinking of the folks in my old stomping grounds in the floods and snow. A little rain is nothing and it certainly brings out the best in my garden.
MY PANDA MAILBOX AND ACROSS THE STREET AN ANCIENT WILD PLUM TREE
MY MOSAIC BENCH AND HELLEBORES..AND IMPATIEN SEEDLINGS..NEED TO WEED!!!
THE FIRST DAFFODIL BLOOMS OF THE SPRING..LIKE OLD FRIENDS RETURNING
ANOTHER OLD GROWTH WILD PLUM…THE FRUIT IS INCREDIBLE…LIKE CANDY
HELLEBORE SEEDLING LOVING ALL THIS RAIN
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY MY FRIENDS!!!!
Fran says
April 1, 2009 at 7:16 amYour garden and surroundings are absolutely stunning!!!!!!! – and you are quite a photographer.
Congratulations…… and I am green with envy following our enourmous hail storm which trashed our garden and now looks like a tsunami has been through it.
Sandra Miller says
April 1, 2009 at 7:26 amOh thank you so much Fran for the sweet kudos! I adore Portland for it’s garden friendly climate and I absolutely cringed when you mentioned the hail.. OUCH….so much work goes into making things nice and can be wiped out in seconds in that hail. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and comment my friend!!!!!
Kristin Schnuckle says
April 1, 2009 at 8:59 amThank you, dear, for the beautiful pics. It’s nice to see such virbrant color. It is so cold and gray here and there is a fresh layer of snow on the ground. Did you use a macro lens on the flower photos?
Sandra Miller says
April 1, 2009 at 9:27 amWOW….MORE SNOW!! I’m glad the flowers could add a bright spot Kristin!!! Yes, the lens is a 180mm canon fixed lens…macro. Heres the review online http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-180mm-f-3.5-L-USM-Macro-Lens-Review.aspx
I love working with the macro but hate hauling out the tripod every time. It’s the only way to get a crisp image that close. I’ll send more of the daffodils soon!!! Would love to see you start a page at The Bamboo Teahouse and post pix of the girls!!!!!
Kristin Schnuckle says
April 1, 2009 at 10:07 amI’m thinking of getting the Canon 100mm macro. Would you recommend it? Or is the 180mm worth the extra hassle?