Jaci Dawn

If I had planned better, I could have spent this weekend out working in the garden. The big storm that was supposed to keep us drenched and cold all weekend never came in off the Pacific. The sun stayed out, the weather was warm, and I had other plans that kept me inside the house.

Oh well, there will be plenty of other weekends.

The only giant hyacinth I have is open and brilliant. It makes me almost like hyacinths.

I have so many of these in my yard, they’re like weeds. They are, however, my favorite type of hyacinth. They haven’t quite opened. If a flower could wear a sweater, then these have their sweaters on.

The unruly Oregon grape is blooming. When I was a little girl (and addicted to Dark Shadows) my dad told me this was “wolf’s bane and that by having it growing outside our home we kept werewolves at bay.

My dad told me a lot of strange things and I never knew when he was being funny or serious. Oregon shouldn’t have any werewolves, not even the Twilight kind: Oregon grape is the state flower.

Chickweed! And some tiny purple-flowered mint that grows as a weed in my yard with the chickweed. I like to pick chickweed and add it to early spring bouquets. It’s such a pretty flower (and such a noxious seeder! I need to get it pulled and disposed of before those flower heads turn to seed-throwing pods. When the pods dry, all you have to do is touch them and they pop open, spraying tiny seeds everywhere and into your eyes).

Another favorite weed: baby blue eyes. the spider on the rock adds perspective: this is a tiny blue flower that grows close to the ground.

I didn’t notice the spider when I took the photo of the baby blue eyes. Bonus pic! These little black spiders love to sun in my northern flower bed. They’re fast. I let them be as I figure they are keeping the non-beneficial insects down.

Just had to share the bonus.

That was as much time as I spent in the yard. I spent more time working upstairs. Looking around, it doesn’t look like I’ve accomplished much but… I got my computer moved up here.