Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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Linda Schaub
- No duck pond – no problem! #Wordless Wednesday #Feelin’ ducky in MY personal pond!
- Dad’s Day 2024.
- Pretty in Pink. #Wordless Wednesday #Springtime at the Botanical Gardens #Monthly Color Challenge: Pastels
- A solo walker and solo birds.
- With a song in my heart. #Wordless Wednesday #Song Sparrow on a gray day.
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FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
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- Parker noshin’ nuts
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Black Squirrel
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- Parker, my Park cutie!
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- Pekin Duck
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- Mallard Hybrid Duck
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- Midnight munchin’ nuts
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- Mute Swan
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- Goslings
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- Mama Robin
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- Seagulls on ice floe
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Parker chowin’ down
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- Mallard Duck
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- Northern Cardinal
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- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
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- Parker: shameless begging
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- Viceroy Butterfly
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- Great Blue Heron
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- American Goldfinch
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- Seagull
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- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Robins almost ready to fledge
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- Parker angling for peanuts
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- Robin fledgling
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- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
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- Parker smells peanuts
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- Parker with a peanut
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Seagull
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
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- Pekin Duck
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- Starling
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- Canada Geese family
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- Canada Goose and goslings
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Parker says candy is dandy.
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- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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- American Goldfinch
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- Hunny Bunny
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- Parker looking for peanuts
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- The pier just past sunrise
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- Mute Swan
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- Parker in the snow
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- Parker and a treat
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Seagull
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- Canada Goose
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Mute Swan
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- Fox Squirrel – Parker
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- Northern Cardinal
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BADGES
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- 02-02-2018
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- 03-13-2018
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- 03-25-2018
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- 03-26-2018
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- Year #6!! 02/2019
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- 04-13-2019
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- 11-21-19
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WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
Beautiful!
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Glad you liked it Anne – the Dogwood was my favorite.
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All pink flowers. All gorgeous especially your shots of the dogwood blossoms.
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I liked the dogwood blossoms best too Kate. It was very pretty there. The crabapple blossoms were raining down and I tried to take photos of them, but they didn’t look as nice as in person.
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Pretty in pink pastel!
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It was very pretty to see TD. I think I hit peak time for the tree blossoms at the Botanical Gardens; pink was everywhere that day.
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The botanical gardens looks like a very pretty place to go! It would definitely be safer than some of the parks. Hopefully you will return to this venue more often.
Yorkie and I took a bay walk at Swatner Park this past Sunday. We saw Harriet the Heron! I have told you about the great blue heron before with a wing injury. I had not seen her so very long that I thought she had died. I spoke with a lady who walks there often and she said the same. We were all so very happy to see the heron had healed and returned. The wing has a scar but she was very well!
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Yes, it is safer TD, especially because ticks are really bad this year due to the warm Winter. I’m constantly doing a tick check if I step into a grassy area and now, unless I have a good reason to, I am staying on the path only. The Botanical Gardens is a nice venue, on the fringes of the campus of Heritage Park. I went there about 10 days ago and took a lot of photos of the flowers, mostly roses and potted plants as the perennials were not all out yet, for my June 23rd post.
That’s good about Harriet the Heron! Perhaps someone contacted a wildlife rehabber and they repaired the wing injury and then released her. I saw Harry the Heron at Council Point Park on Sunday – first time since this destructive “project” began. I have a couple of photos of Harry. I just started taking my camera there again this last week and will be writing about that in a post in early July.
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I’m glad that you saw Harry and that you’re taking your camera to Council Point Park again.
I doubt Harriet went to a rehab because her wing worked just fine. She wasn’t disabled. There was just an open wound. The other lady walker and I decided that she, Harriet, must have flown to Mexico for healing on the gulf coast and to take a much needed vacation! 😄
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I’m glad I saw Harry too TD. This morning they were ripping up the other side of the Creek where all the critters are – there are two walking loops here, like a Figure 8. One side has an inline skating rink, soccer field and playground equipment and is blah, so I rarely walk there. Maybe in Winter if the other loop is icy to get my steps in, but there are no critters. The other side is, or I should say “was” picturesque and had all the critters. So now they have not removed any of the debris and trees taken down on May 8th and now are on the other side, destroying trees/brush on that side. So, the critter experience was not great today either, as the squirrels and birds are scared of the noise from the heavy machinery, plus the grasscutters were there with the big mowers. I will take my camera because I missed shots of the Wood Duck and turtle laying eggs and felt badly about that.
I know that rehabbers will take a bird in until a wound is healed too. I follow the Michigan Duck Rescue & Sanctuary on Facebook and have for a while and they capture ducks, geese and swans that have wounds or a lot of them have fishing lines cutting off their circulation in their feet – some domestic ducks are just dumped there. The sun would be good for what ailed her at any rate!
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What pretty pink flowers! That is my favorite part of spring, watching all the flowers come into bloom.
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Same here Zazzy – I enjoy seeing all the tree blossoms bloom at the same time. They need to get some Magnolia trees or bushes to have even more pink at the Botanical Gardens. The Dogwood were my favorite and the Crabapple Tree was “raining” petals, so I took photos, but it wasn’t as pretty as in person so I left them out.
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I love a crabapple tree. I had a beautiful crabapple at one house with a pretty wide canopy, that draped right over my front walk. Bees. Lots of bees enjoying the flowers. I’m not exactly afraid of bees but I wish the tree had been in a different part of the landscape. Still, it was beautiful.
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This crabapple was large too and just beautiful. I didn’t realize it would attract bees. I’m not afraid of them, nor allergic, but yes, that too bad as it would be worrisome. The only flowering tree I’ve ever had was lilacs and I loved the smell, especially after the rain. I lost the big tree in the downed wire fire as well as my Miss Kim lilac bush. The other tree was a dark lilac and it has been crowded out by a huge firebush. Now I have to enjoy the other’s lilacs in the ‘hood.
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Wow! Beautiful photos of beautiful flowers. Yay pink!
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It was a pretty sight Ally, especially the Dogwood blossoms. I like when all the flowering trees bloom at the same time – it was pink with a capital “P” here!
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What a nice arboretum, Linda! Love that opening dogwood shot! All so pretty in pastel pink!
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I really like this venue Terri and I took all my pictures here for the upcoming “Plant Life” Challenge about 10 days ago when there were plenty of roses and potted plants in bloom, even though the perennials weren’t all out yet. I was happy to see some dogwood after admiring yours from a few posts ago. I especially like the dogwood against the white wooden fence that surrounds the petting farm, so that’s why I picked it for my header image.
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How nice to have it available to you. Looking forward to more for the challenge later in the month 🙂
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Yes, it’s a beautiful place and all run by volunteers, with no charge to walk around. They are funny about photo-taking though. If I take the DSLR and they see me using it, they point to the sign about needing a permit. I give them my blog site link so they know I’m a personal blogger and not a professional photographer, but anymore it is just easier to take my point-and-shoot camera, like this time. I just noticed today that another venue where I go all the time will no longer allow anything but a point-and-shoot camera or a phone camera. Interesting because I recently read that point-and-shoot cameras are becoming obsolete since people just use their phones for taking photos. I’ve had mine since 2015 and it is a workhorse, having taken thousands of photos already.
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That’s a bit strange to need a permit to take pics. Even if a pro-photographer used an image of their flower, why would it matter? Can people go in and paint picture? I mean how are they going to prevent people from using their phone cameras? On of our areas requires a photo permit but that’s for weddings and the like.
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I thought it was a bit strange too and, in the case of the Henry and Clara Ford Estate, they now are requiring any artist/painter to register/pay beforehand. Most of the time when I went there, I was the only one walking the grounds. The Estate has been closed for inside renovations since 2015 and it is far from finished. So I really don’t understand. I can understand for portrait photographers to obtain a permit, but anyone else I don’t. At the Botanical Gardens there are signs about professional photos and also a sign “Smile, the camera is watching you” or something to that effect.
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Yowza – a vision in pink, Linda!
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It was very beautiful that day Pam – all the flowering trees were at peak and even pink flowers in the mix. Spring does have its moments doesn’t it?
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I love pink dogwood, have tried unsuccessfully to grow it. I do have bleeding heart in the garden though.
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That pink dogwood is so pretty. I don’t have any flowering trees now, so I have to get my “fix” at the Botanical Gardens. I had some bleeding heart Dawn, but the bunnies liked stripping the hearts off, so after replacing it a couple of times, I finally gave up.
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Although I do love summer, and the weather so far this week has been glorious, I do miss these pretty pink posies of 2 months ago!
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We’re in for a hot spell next week and our weather this week has also been glorious Laurie. I hate seeing the hot weather creep back in to be honest. I think the tree blossoms were at peak that day – something to look forward to all Winter!
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Miss Linda…………………………………the delights of summertime all those pretty pink flowers!
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Ann Marie – it is always a delightful walk through the Botanical Gardens, also one of your favorite parks as well!
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Wonderful botanic garden. So pretty pink flowers.
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Aw, way to tickle us pink with such delightful photos! Pink is such a happy color!!
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I never thought of “tickle” and “pink” – I must try harder with my quips. 🙂 I like pink too and yes, it is a happy color. The Botanical Gardens was very pretty with all the pink trees and flowers and I think they were at peak, although the Crabapple tree was raining down petals from the wind. I can’t count how many walks this year were very windy.
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I think your titles are always clever! All the pink in your post made me feel all happy 💗
You’re lucky you have a Botanical Garden to visit so close to you. The wind has done a number on all of the flowering trees this year. I’m wondering if there will be apples on them?
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Thank you – I try, but then I wonder why I didn’t think of “tickled pink” … I have to tuck it away for the future. 🙂
I did a post today when I came home for the 23rd for the “Plant Life” Challenge. It was also at the Botanical Gardens, but flowers this time. It is nice to walk around there. I thought it would be nice to be one post ahead so I can work harder this week due to the heat. That’s a good question and I know cherry ad apple orchard owners were worried when we had that heavy frost. We had something similar a few years back and most of the apple and cherry trees didn’t produce … for the Traverse City Cherry Festival they had to get cherries from other states and the same for the different apple and peach festivals.
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I look forward to seeing when the Tickled Pink theme returns.
Wow…you’re ahead with a post. I’m jealous! I’m guessing that maybe with the extra rain the trees will still produce apples and cherries? I hope so. It’s sad to have to truck in the fruit that normally grows without issues.
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I hope I can find something else pink to take pics of. There is another garden area, the Emily Frank Gardens. The volunteers who tend to the beautiful flowers (and the veggie garden nearby which all the produce grown is given to local food banks), told me I should visit any time after mid-June for the peak experience. I was going to go today, but I’ll hold off til it gets cooler. They do a beautiful job there. This is the first time I’ve been ahead in a long time. I hope I can keep at least one ahead; that would be nice. That year, the Cherry Festival was especially bad because they have stores there that sell everything you can imagine made with cherries, not just jams or jellies. So they didn’t have any local cherries for the local farmers to make and bottle their usual items sold. Apples are one of Michigan’s biggest crops and there are lots of festivals in the Fall centering around cider mills and apple-related products. Hopefully all the rain we had helps the local farms.
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I’m guessing you’ll find some fun pink things to photograph now that you have it on your mind to do so!
It’ll be interesting to compare notes this year about the crops that survive or not. It’s tough when a major crop doesn’t do well in a state that relies on it for so many things. I’ll keep my fingers crossed!
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I need to find enough pink to use “Tickled Pink” so I can use your title. 🙂 I had heard the heat would continue into next week, but looking on Wunderground and Accuweather, it is just the 80s (I’d prefer the 70s, but after this week ….)
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I’m sure you will find more pink to use!
I just checked our forecast for today – cool, in the 70s and windy. This weather rollercoaster we’re having is putting on quite the show this summer!
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That is cool for you today – wow! We are not set to cool off (and then just unto the 80s) until Monday after a cold front. I wish we had some cooler weather – we would not be looking at these two heavy thunderstorms and hitting the southern counties the hardest, which is me. Mother Nature doin’ up her own fireworks extravaganza!
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Yes, and again today it’ll be cooler. YIKES – Mother Nature is not playing nice this June for you. Maybe once it is officially summer she’ll get her act together and bless MI with better weather to enjoy. 🤔😉
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You’re lucky with the 58 degrees. To be honest, I am already done with Summer, especially if the rest of the season is like this early heat wave. I could handle the heat, not that I’d like it, but it’s the humidity and dew points (72 yesterday or today – I forgot now) but the biggest issue is the volatile weather.
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We’re expecting rain all day today. It’s in the 60s. We might get into the 80s. Our weather news guy was kind of sketchy with his predictions – he even said so, “It’s a hard weather pattern to figure out.” 🤔🙄😏
I agree, we can do without the volatile weather! Have you heard the predictions for winter yet?
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Funny – I just said in a comment to you that what they predicted didn’t happen and it shows storms for four out of the next six hours on the Accuweather site and I realize that doesn’t mean four storms, but still. On the radio news they say storms off and on through the evening hours. Funny your weather guys says sketchy predictions. I have not seen any predictions for Winter yet. I will tell you I feel like Fall wouldn’t be a bad idea right now though!
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A lovely explosion of magical pinks!!!
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Yes, it was gorgeous Barbara! Pink everywhere and a fellow blogger, Terri, had just done a post featuring Dogwood blossoms, so I was happy to see them in person, especially ith that white wooden fence in the background. The blossoming trees don’t last very long which is such a shame.
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Great shots, Linda! I used to have Bleeding Heart plants growing on the river bank but now weeds have taken over. But better weeds than nothing! 😊
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Thank you Tom! That day the Woodland Gardens area must have been at peak color – the Dogwood and Crabapples were so pretty. I planted Bleeding Heart a couple of times in the backyard and the rabbit stripped the hearts off them then finally ate the rest, so I gave up. Yes, weeds are at least colorful – I know mine are! 🙂
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Beautiful pink blooms. What a gorgeous garden!
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I think I was there at the peak of those flowering trees Rebecca – it was really spectacular to see!
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Gorgeous shades of pink flowers!!
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Esther – it really was amazing to see all the pink at one time. I think I was there at the peak of those flowering trees. I was lucky as we’ve had gusty winds almost every day for months.
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Burst of spring!!
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Yes, even though my favorite season is Fall for the crisp air and beautiful leaves, there is noting like the first warm Spring day, when you wear a light coat and leave with it on, then carry it home or loop it around your waist. Bliss after Winter’s cold and snow and ice.
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You explained it perfectly!
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What a beautiful post and the bleeding hearts are one of my favorite flowers.
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It was really a beautiful and colorful day at the Botanical Gardens Diane – pink was everywhere and that Dogwood was my favorite that day, although the Crabapple was pretty too. I like bleeding hearts too … I planted them twice for my mom so she could see them out her back bedroom window and the bunny stripped the hearts off and eventually ate the rest of each of them. A good reason to use silk flowers. 🙂
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Awesome pics
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Thank you Barbara – the Botanical Garden was just a vision of beauty that day!
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Those are so pretty
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I think those flowering trees were at peak that day Sandra – very pretty!
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