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In the last few days we’ve had beautiful weather and Spring bulbs have burst into bloom. We have several varieties of daffodils in our flower beds, and these have all brightened our days this week.
Unfortunately, we’re predicted to have two nights of below-freezing temperatures Friday and Saturday. We can only hope we have some of these blossoms around on Sunday morning.
Can you see him up in the tree? Getting damaged trees trimmed. Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. March 2, 2015
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In my last post, I told about the week of storms we had February 17 – 23. If you missed that post, you can see it HERE.
Once we got our electricity back on, our biggest concern was the broken tree tops dangling from the trees around our house. Fortunately we were able to get a crew to do the work very efficiently.
One of the men was apparently unafraid of heights (as you can see from the photo above), and scampered up to the breaks and began to cut them free so they could be lowered to the ground. While he was up there he even admired the view he had of the mountains in the distance. I was happy he was up the tree, and not me.
A closer look at the man in the tree. March 2, 2015.
He had to climb three trees to clean up all the breaks. In each case the branches were lowered to the ground where they were cut into smaller pieces so they could be moved more easily.
The truck loaded with cut-up tree tops ready to be hauled away. Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. March 2, 2015.
Finally the smaller pieces were loaded onto their truck and hauled away. As you can see, they had quite a load when they were finished. Now it’s up to Betsy and me to get all the remaining small branches and twigs cleaned up. I don’t think we’ll be bored.
Our house in the snow. February 18, 2015.
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We had quite a week here in the Glade last week — three storms in a single week is just a bit much.
The ice in the first storm missed us, but we did get snow as you can see in the photo above.
My Beautiful Bride enjoying the snow. February 18, 2015.
Of course, my Beautiful Bride was delighted.
Icy branches on one of our red bud trees. February 19, 2015.
The second storm brought us some ice with ice covered twigs on the trees …
A giant icicle near our front porch. February 19, 2015.
… and giant icicles.
Icy branches of trees in our yard against a blue sky. February 19, 2015.
The icy tree branches shone against a pretty blue sky on Thursday.
A tree with a broken top in our side yard. February 22, 2015.
Unfortunately the third storm brought a couple of inches of ice with broken tree tops and branches. Our neighborhood looked like a war zone, and we were without power for a couple of days.
I hope it’s a long time before we have another week like this.
Custard Candy Day Lily, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. June 20, 2014.
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All of these pictures were taken in mid-June, but I wanted to share some of our ‘candy’ with you. These candies contain absolutely no calories, and so can be enjoyed as often as desired without any weight gain whatsoever.
Custard Candy was the first of our candies. We now have two different clumps of Custard Candy. One is on the side of the house where we can enjoy it from the deck. The other clump is in the flowerbed near the road in front of the house.
Strawberry Candy Day Lily, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. June 21, 2014
Strawberry Candy is also in the bed along the side of the house.
Elegant Candy Day Lily, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. June 21, 2014.
We have a large clump of Elegant Candy along the road. We both like the color of this day lily.
Wineberry Candy Day Lily, Faiarfield Glade, Tennessee. June 19, 2014.
Wineberry Candy is the last of our candies. It, too, is along the road in front of our house and puts on quite a display that we, and the people traveling along the road can enjoy.
The nice thing about the day lilies along the road is that they are all rebloomers, and will bloom again in the autumn. It’s just a good thing these candies aren’t fattening — we enjoy them so much.
Orange Harvest iris, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. May 7, 2014.
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We’ve been fortunate to have some beautiful iris blooming in our yard this Spring. Iris are quite easy to care for, and when they have marvelous blossoms they are doubly delightful. The iris above is Orange Harvest. It’s easy to see how this iris got its name.
Floor Show iris, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. May 7, 2014.
Floor Show is a very interesting bicolor iris. We have it in a couple of different places in our yard.
Hell’s Fire iris, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. May 7, 2014.
Sometimes the blossom is much prettier than the name. Hell’s Fire is not exactly a name I would pick, but I do like the color.
Electric Shock iris, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. May 8, 2014.
We also have Electric Shock is a couple of places in the yard. It has a very showy blossom that stands out very well.
Crocus in our yard, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. March 15, 2014.
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Purple crocus ‘volunteers’ in front of our house. March 15, 2014.
I was beginning to think that Spring would never make it up on the Cumberland Plateau here in Tennessee. It seemed that every time we had a nice day in March, we would have freezing rain or snow tow days later.
Crocus in bloom. Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. March 15, 2014.
But in spite of the reluctance of Old Man Winter to leave, we finally had some crocus pop up in the yard. The critters seem to think that crocus bulbs make a delicious treat, so we had mostly single flowers or small clumps of blossoms.
Crocus blossoms, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. March 15, 2014.
But be that as it may, at least they brought some color to the yard and a promise of more blossoms to come.
Betsy having fun in the leaves, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. November 9, 2013.
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Betsy loves Autumn! She loves the autumn colors and hearing the crunch of leaves beneath our boots when we are hiking.
Betsy having fun in the yard. November 9, 2013.
She even enjoys blowing the leaves that cover our lawn every year, which is good since we are surrounded by trees that dump lots of leaves on our yard. We have a vacant lot on the downhill side of our house, and Betsy herds the leaves that direction.
Losing my Beautiful Bride in a pile of leaves. November 9, 2013.
Saturday Betsy was blowing on one side of the house while I was working on another side. After a while I noticed that it was suspiciously quiet on Betsy’s side of the house. Going around to that side of the house I found the Inner Child of my Beautiful Bride enjoying one of the piles of leaves she had created.
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I’m sure it comes as now surprise that Betsy and I grow and love roses. We have 57 varieties of roses in our yard. I think our rose garden has stopped growing, but we still need to replace roses once in a while.
This year we had three new roses in our yard. The rose on the left in the collage above, Milestone, is a rose we first saw at Biltmore House and Gardens in Asheville, North Carolina, last year. I found it offered this Spring and ordered it.
The other two roses both came from Heirloom Roses. Helen Traubel, the rose in the middle, is an ‘old’ rose. It was introduced in 1951, but it has a beautiful color and very nice fragrance. The rose on the right is Something Special. It is a fairly new rose. I like the way the white outer petals frame the yellow center.
George getting a picture of our About Face rose. July 21, 2013. (Photo by Betsy)
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Most of our roses are average-sized bushes — three or four feet high. But we have one rose that likes to show off every couple of years and see how high it can grow.
Betsy got the picture of me (above) trying to capture the top blossom on our About Face rose. To put this image into proper perspective, I’m 6-feet, 4-inches tall, and I’m shooting up to shoot the rose.
The picture below is the photo I was shooting while Betsy was getting her picture of me. I rather like it, even if the flag in the background is blurry. The morning light was bowing through the petals of the rose when I got this picture.
About Face blossom with the flag in the background. July 21, 2013.
Sempervivum blossoms, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. July 7, 2013
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While many of our roses, lilies and day lilies have large blossoms, our yard is home to some tiny flowers as well. We have planted Hens and Chickens (Sempervivum) in several places in our yard. Hens and Chickens are wonderful succulents that look good year around.
Hens and chickens blossoms, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. July 10, 2013.
In spite of their name — Sempervivum means ‘always alive’ — hens do die out. But they blossom before they die. The flowers are tiny, but they are pretty.
Sempervivum blossoms, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. July 10, 2013.
When the hens die, their chickens grow to take their place. It’s a shame the hens have to die, but what a way to go!!
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