March 2010 GBBD

Well, here it is, March 15!  We are having our pre-kitchen work walk through today, and the work is due to be done Friday.  I had a chance to look at the March entries in my blog last year, and found that we really are behind this year.  I don't remember a March 15 when I didn't have any lettuce coming up, let alone not have any planted yet.

I am thankful to have some hellebores planted, since they and one crocus are the only outdoor blooms/buds I have outside so far.  Someone had asked me a question this summer about hellebores that they wanted me to find in the book that I won from Jan, at Thanks for Today.  It was lost at the time, but now is found, and I am enjoying it.  If you were the one, please ask me again.

I need to get to work, so am not going to have time to label the photos.  I will tell you, that the last photo has the African violets I bought the other day for $2.50 each at the grocery store.  They are going to have to stay on the dining room table next to the box of seasonings and such until I can get to the window to find room for them.

We have one more night here, then are going to stay with our son, daughter-in-law, and grandson until Friday.  I hope to see as many other GBBD posts as possible this week.  Carol, at May Dreams Gardens hosts it.

This is one of the Orientalis hellebores I planted.  I can't remember now which 2 I bought that weren't blooming, so I didn't know what color they would be.  I sure like this color, and have another that looks to be the same color.

This is another Orientalis.

This may be the Party Dress hellebore.

I think this is another Orientalis.

 Here is the lone crocus that is blooming.

The previous plants were on the south side of the house.  This is the Silver Lace hellebore on the east side.  I was hoping the blooms would be open for GBBD.

In the house, Naomi, the holiday cactus is still blooming one or two at a time.

In spite of not being happy, the oxalis is blooming.  I hope it hangs in there until it can go out in the shade and perk up in the fresh air.

The mother of thousands/millions is still blooming.

The relative of aloe is almost finished blooming.

The rosemary has a few blooms left.

The begonia, 'River Nile' is sending more blooms out.  I'll show more for the foliage follow up, assuming I get one posted.

A couple African violets I've managed to keep alive over a year are blooming.

And, here are the beauties I got at the grocery store!

If I get a chance, I'll label these later.  (I got on a computer at lunch and got it done, and now I need to remember to link in.) I hope it's nice out where you are!

My Little Secrets

I am so excited that the hellebores I planted last year are either blooming or getting ready to.  Since they are poisonous, I planted them next to the house on the south and east sides, where our grandson will not get to them.  They are not getting as tall as they were last year.  I don't know if it's because they are young, or if that's how tall they are first thing in the spring.  They are not visible unless you are near them.  Since I know they are there, and look for them, it feels like they are my little treasures.  I am only going to post one photo now, because I want to save the others for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day.  Katarina, at Roses and Stuff hosts Blooming Friday, and Tootsie, at Tootsie Time hosts Fertilizer Friday.  Check out their links in my sidebar.

Our kitchen remodel is this week.  I am so excited!  I overdid it and hurt the lower right side of my back.  I hope it is healed soon so I can get out and cut back last year's growth on my perennials.

I also wanted to share something that a student I work with as a special education paraeducator said to me that made me feel happy inside today.  As we were going into the swimming pool area, he approached me and started talking fast.  When he talks fast I can't understand him.  I thought he was saying something about thinking about me last night, but wasn't sure.  I told him to go get his swimming suit on and tell me later.  When we got into the pool, I asked him if he was wanting to tell me something.  He said yes, that when he went to the store last night, and saw flowers, he thought of me because he knows I like flowers.  Awe, that was so sweet!  I asked if I could share it on my blog, and he grinned and said I could.

I just read Katarina's post, and saw that she showcased the different parts of some blooms, so I am adding a photo to show the insides of one of my hellebores.

The kitchen remodel is due to start Tuesday.  The appliances are coming today.  I dreamed last night that the kitchen was done, and they had put weird hinges on the cupboard drawers and doors that made them able to come off.  When I tried to open them, they did come off, and I didn't like them.  Also, they gave us an outside area, and I wondered why they didn't use that space to make the kitchen larger.

Have a great weekend!  We are supposed to get our 50s back.  Woo hoo!

Wordless Wednesday 3/10/10