I have a real thing for trees. That tree was one of the things that made the move hard. My new home has a bigger yard and more trees. And the first thing that Beloved and The Offspring did was buy me a new flowering crab tree. It's very little and having a hard time establishing itself, and I have no good pictures of it yet.
We share some unhappy looking cedars with my next door neighbour. There is a May tree and and unidentified tree in the front yard, along with the Crabapple and a Pear tree we brought with us from the old place. There are four Mountain Ash trees and an apple tree in the back yard. There were four lilac bushes here, one of them a lovely dark purple. One of the light lilacs is right up against my front window. Last spring, the blooming of the Lilacs and the May tree overlapped a little bit, and I could see this and it made me think of RossK.
I moved to my new home somewhat reluctantly. I had not moved in 25 years, and I was clinging to all those memories. RossK reminded me that I will have the memories wherever I go, which helped a lot. I felt, after the first night in the new house, as though I had lived here all my life.
This is the best spring time picture I have, but I have enough garden pictures to get us through to this spring.
Love the contrast!....When springtime comes I will have a similar view when I stand, waiting for the bus in the morning staring across 33rd Avenue in EastVan.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post Karen.
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No, the one at the old house was too big to move. The new owners at least didn't cut down the trees; they cut down the raspberries and the perennial flowers.
ReplyDeleteAhhh...So just the new one came to the new house?
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We brought raspberry canes, lilies, monkshood, irises, poppies, a peony, a lilac bush and a pear tree with us. And we bought a new crabapple as soon as we moved in.
DeleteThanks for the post about this on your blog. Very exciting to see me mentioned there!
Love the trees. I've always been partial to those small Alberta spruces and wherever I live I plant them. Not until I have planted them, do I feel like its my home.
ReplyDeleteI've also got a plant we have dragged with us, which once belonged to our mother and its 50 years old.
There is just something about some plants. They are living things which we can take with us, will give us pleasure by just looking at them. they clean the air and look good. what more could one want.
I can relate entirely to your comment e.a.f. I loved that crabapple so much; it physically hurt to say good bye to it.
DeleteI planted a raspberry cane 25 years ago that took off and grew all over the yard. I had a zillion berries every year. I brought a bunch of runners with me and am nursing them along. We only had a couple of dozen berries last year, but there were 5 new canes, so I am hopeful.
What more could one want indeed! My plants and my garden just make me so happy. I think it is therapeutic to dig in the soil too.