Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Category: Gardens
A Photo a Week Challenge: Clematis Three Ways
I planted this clematis in my garden many years ago and it’s been happily climbing ever since – up the fence, around neighboring shrubs, and over everything in its path. It doesn’t ask for fertilizer or any special care, just a place to spread… Continue Reading “A Photo a Week Challenge: Clematis Three Ways”
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Spring Color at Soos Creek Botanical Garden
It’s been a long week and I needed to get out for fresh air and an easy walk. Soos Creek Botanical Garden was just the ticket so after a quick coffee stop I drove south to the lovely Botanical Garden in Auburn, to walk… Continue Reading “Spring Color at Soos Creek Botanical Garden”
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Lady’s Mantle with the Dew
As long as I’ve had a garden it has included Lady’s Mantle. Not for its flowers, tiny and yellow, appearing like clouds atop its stems. Not for its fragrance – there is none – or its medicinal uses – there are many. I grow… Continue Reading “Lady’s Mantle with the Dew”
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Dazzled by the Tulips at Roozengaarde
I was completely dazzled at the Tulip Festival this week and thought I’d share a few more pictures I took at Roozengaarde Farms. According to their website, “William Roozen emigrated from Holland in 1947 with years of experience in the bulb industry and started… Continue Reading “Dazzled by the Tulips at Roozengaarde”
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Tis the Season for Tulips
Yes indeed. The Tulip Festival in the Skagit Valley is in full swing and the fields were an explosion of color yesterday and we were happy to visit under mostly sunny skies without rain or mud in this so very rainy month of April.… Continue Reading “Tis the Season for Tulips”
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Cats Seeking Shelter in the Rainy Northwest and Baseball
After a bizarre winter in the Great Northwest – featuring summer temperatures and record-breaking snowfall – we have now settled into a typical rainy spring. The garden is loving it and new plants are being thoroughly watered in. Cats seek shelter wherever they can… Continue Reading “Cats Seeking Shelter in the Rainy Northwest and Baseball”
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A Rainy Day in the Spring Garden
It was inevitable that the real spring would finally show up in the Pacific Northwest. Where it rains, then it shines, then it blows, then it rains again. Today was such a day. But in between those rain squalls Benji and I managed to… Continue Reading “A Rainy Day in the Spring Garden”
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Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden on the Big Island
This week’s Sunday Still’s theme “Tropical,” reminded me of my own first trip to Hawaii, to the Big Island to celebrate our 25th Anniversary. I was immediately in love. Not just because it was my anniversary. And in spite of the fact that it… Continue Reading “Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden on the Big Island”
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More Daffodils – I couldn’t resist
Back by popular demand, I couldn’t resist posting a few more pictures of the wonderful daffodils of the Skagit Valley. And why not? I found row, upon row of the happy yellow flowers next to dirt roads meant for walking, at Roozengarden. For Cee’s… Continue Reading “More Daffodils – I couldn’t resist”
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A Road Trip and Daffodils
There’s nothing better than a road trip and after a long winter we were overdue. So we headed north to Bellingham, my old college town near the Canadian border, and one of our favorite places. The drive was wonderful, especially as we stopped by… Continue Reading “A Road Trip and Daffodils”
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