Gone To The Beach: 2022/03

Friday, March 25, 2022

Spring Flower Show

Hi, everyone! I have a post-pandemic treat t o share with you all today.

This year the big spring flower show has resumed after two years of Covid. This is the big nursery about 45 minutes away on the ''North Shore", made famous by writer Nelson deMille in his thriller/ bestseller "Gold Coast". [bad guy cute-meets good guy buying lawn fertilizer, lol.] I went with friends, a special spring tradition for us all

I'll mostly just let you walk through the displays, photo heavy post. This year's theme was Summer Gardens in NYC and surrounding areas. "Manhattan to Montauk"

The Brooklyn roof or courtyard garden was beautiful!

Tropicals and succulents as you enter:

Rooms/ deck design. This is my dream furniture.

So comfy yet chic for sewing hour, for me and Mo!

The various boroughs and suburbs' gardens:

Hamptons?

Suffolk

Montauk. Blue flowers are so rare.

Goreous yellow azalea, not forsythia. Wow.

Part of Brooklyn display, a roof garden pool and fountain water feature.

Tempting seed selection, huge choice:

I always love the water features and ponds:

This was interesting, though I never found out what the petals are that create the obelisk. This is the water tower/ lighthouse/ obelisk that is located on one of the great large public beaches here. A 1930s WPA project. I actually made it as a quilt block for my sporadically sewed on Lighthouses quilt project.

Note the realistic seagulls.

Driving north to head east it's the landmark of the rotary to go to the big flea, or thrift shops, biggest malls, etc. In the Google images you can see my bridges I often mention, winding off to the ocean's shoreline.

Easter and spring have their own big greenhouse display:

My neighbor has this display for her front doorway, hers has pansies at the moment. She replants seasonally. So sweet!

I loved this little mossy pot. $18.00/ long lines to pay, so no. Also love the sweet pug above.

The photos don't really show it but the venue was very crowded, a bit disorienting as I have not been out much in recent years. Some masks, some not. This wonderful show is FREE!

I hope you enjoyed our outing!

love

lizzy

gone to the beach...

back home, are those forsythia buds I see?

Monday, March 21, 2022

Spring's Arrival and a Birthday

Hi and Happy Monday!

Spring arrived yesterday and much to my surprise the season is blessing us with some sunny, not-too-cold days. Very unusual as the spring equinox is far more likely to bring bitter gales and foul weather.

Mo [my pug and dear companion] was born on the first day of spring, 8 years ago.

Yes, baby Mo is quite the man now, though like all pugs he retains that cute puppy face---a bit grey now..

And like many pugs Mo always has a birthday party.

"To you I am the dog, but to my family, I am the baby!"

With cake, candles, gifts and party hat.

He knows something special is happening.

The cake was a success though he prefers bakery carrot cake, human grade.

Gifts included his fave jerky kabobs and a lariat collar, for ID tags only, for times he may play outdoors with no leash, or as extra ID during an emergency or evacuation.

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Meanwhile, the paperwhite narcissus celebrated spring by finally blooming. Quite a spectacular show! Week 9 to 10.

Only one laggard now.

Have a good week! Flower Show post on Friday-ish, check back.

love

lizzy

gone to the beach...

no beach walks this past week, the boardwalk was removed for its annual repair and the huge scary trucks returned. Mo and I garden peeped in search of spring flowers instead.