Backyard Buttercups

This part of our yard is more meadow than lawn. but it's nice in the spring when the wildflowers bloom.

Northeast corner of the back yard

Our seasonal yard look

Pam took this shot of our mahonia and ninebark plants in the back yard:

It's nice having these evening promroses along the driveway. People walking by the house have asked about them.

North end of backyard

A year or two ago, we had a tree removed from this area, and since then Pam has been working on a garden there.

House and front yard in late April

The House: Early February 2021

With the flag flying ever since the Presidential Inauguration:

Pam's yard pictures

A Mexican Evening Primrose:

House and yard--Mid Spring 2020

 

 

 

 

 

The house and front yard, December 2019

The Yard: May 2019

The shot above of the back yard was taken about a week ago, and the photo below of Pam's roses was shot last Sunday.

 

I took this last picture of the front yard today:

 

 

House: January 19, 2019

Got a couple of more inches of snow the night before.

Catch-up #1: Backyard flowers

This is the first of six posts that represent an effort to make up for almost three months when I didn't post on this blog. I could excuse the inactivity due to obligations, but actually it was mostly laziness.

This backyard photo was taken in mid-August:

Wildflowers in the park and sunset over Brantford Avenue

Pictures taken last Saturday:

 

 

Our house

Posted to maintain a record of the house and yard over time.

Biggest snow of the year on first day of Spring

After the snow ceased in late afternoon, I went for a walk:

 

 

Out our back door yesterday

I've read that because of weather conditions earlier this year, this season's autumn foliage isn't as striking as usual. While I'm not sure of that, I do feel that the foliage change might be spread over a longer time period because almost two months ago I showed my first photos for the year of autumn leaves.

Colorful entrance to the house

Pam is responsible for making entering the house a colorful experience.

Bee balm and four o'clocks are the predominant plants.

The backyard in early June

Backyard Wildflowers

 

Buttercups are all over the lawn, front and back. While their presence is an indication that our lawn is not a perfect, uniform spread of grass, I prefer the interest and beauty of imperfections like these.

 

 

It's also a good year for Star-of -Bethlehem.

 

When mowing I instinctively refrained from cutting down a group of weedy-looking plants behind the swing and was later rewarded by the blooms of this plant which Pam thought was called fleabane:

 

 

I now know that the proper name for fleabane is erigeron.

 

 

Late Winter Snow

Only real snow of the season.

As Pam says, daffodils are hardy.