Just a few of the things that are going on around here at the Havens.
A few days ago I went out to Bennett Spring to walk the dog, and I was beguiled by a pool of water about two miles up the trail. I have been inspired by Syncopated Eyeball and her wondrous documentation of the happenstance of form, color, and texture. This shot was inspired by her work. What we are seeing here is the reflection of the sun off the ripple patterns in the water on the rock wall.
Last night we had a beautiful sunset.
Looking off to the east, the nearly full moon was up.
We are started on the newest project, just to the east of the strawberry bed we made last year. This new installation will give the barbecue grill a place to live and there will be a platform with a work surface where we will be building the wood fired bread oven.
Needless to say, there is a lot of wall building that still needs to be done. But a little bit at a time will accomplish the job.
It will be so much nicer to work on this project now that Jim has a better schedule at work. For the past several months he has worked five hours a day five days a week, having to be there at 6. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It really was screwy schedule, and the new one is four days in a row for six hours. Three whole days off in a row: what a concept. We’ll be getting a lot done around here.
My peas are up, as is the lettuce. No spinach yet. I have onion plants and potatoes to plant, and I’ll be putting out the broccoli, broccoli raab, and kale at the same time.
Of course, the daffodils are started now. I just love them.
I’ve been busy out by the pond, clearing out all the dead flower stalks from last year. It looks really special right now, with the forsythia blooming.
That was a big job, but now I can ignore that area for the rest of the season, except for changing the direction of the path. That is the beauty of the wild garden.
I guess I can categorically state the spring has pretty much sprung.
Hey that’s so kind of you to say. And I love that photo of the rocks and water. I really like the colours and subject matter in the last pic too.
You know, to be told you have inspired someone to do something creative is one of the finest compliments. Really, thank you very much.
i love that you’re going after textures/detail shots, too! i’m also amazed that you’re blooming! just a few hundred miles away, and you’ve got daffodils and forsythia! mine are still in progress. but the forsythia was in bloom in DC this week… soon will be my crazy yellow blooms! and i can’t wait!
That first pic is pretty special and the others are nothing to be sneezed at either. Glad to hear that spring has sprung chez Havens, about time, don’t you think?
I’m glad that your Jim has a better work schedule coz frankly we can’t let his work interfere with gardening, now can we?
Lucky you to be getting a wood fired bread oven!
The daffs are flowering their little hearts out here too. Love those brave little trumpeting troopers that can stand practically any kind of weather you might like to throw at them.
Have a gr8 weekend!
Forsythia always reminds me of my mother. I’ve probably said this before on your blog, but i love seeing photos of its cheerful yellowness. I don’t think it grows in Sydney, never seen it here anyway.
It may be one of those alien species that the authorities decided wouldn’t be good cut loose on a new continent — it can be pretty invasive when it is happy.
I’d like to sit in that last picture.
The birds do it all the time. It truly is a peaceful spot in the yard, for all its busy-ness.
I’m still looking forward to the flowers and warmer weather.
I don’t have nearly as many daffodil varieties! And only one of mine are up. Beautiful pictures though, as usual.
Our forsythia is just starting to bud.
That first shot if beautiful — and so are the daffodils!
I think that ‘wood fired bread oven’ may be just about my favourite words in the English language
Beautiful texture and light patterns in that first shot. Sometimes nature’s abstracts are almost hypnotic, aren’t they?
Glad to hear Jim’s work schedule has improved. Does he still have to be at work so very early though?
The early hours still apply, but we can handle getting up early. It was the never having two days in a row off that was getting really old.
That rock and water and light shot was hard to get, and what was really hypnotic was watching the pattern of the light against the rock. Really beautiful.
Oh dear, I think I wrote my comment on the wrong post. It is quite late at night here…
Nice seeing the daffodils and forsythias, the new project underway too. Soooooooooo glad that Jim’s schedule is 4 days so you have with 3 days together at home.
As always, all photos gorgeous. That rain/rock/sun photo is such a gem!
Love you Ellie, hi to Jim.
<3 KJP
No post for a week. I hope all’s well. I expect you’re busy in your springtime garden.