Tomorrow, December 29th, is the third anniversary of my blog. I started it on the fly in 2012, roughly 2 years after we took possession of our current house and garden. I expected the blog would lend some discipline to the process of recording changes to my garden and it's served me well there. This year, it's captured my struggles with California's severe drought and our new water restrictions, entailing the removal of our remaining lawn and the selection of more drought tolerant plants, as well as our ongoing effort to meet the challenges of our city's "view conservation" ordinance, which necessitated the removal of yet another tree. But as much as I value the chronicle it provides, I value the input and support I've received from other bloggers even more.
So, as I considered how to express my appreciation to those who read my blog, I decided to "say it with flowers" using this week's "In a Vase on Monday" post. I culled all my vase posts for the past year and selected 16 of my personal favorites. Here they are:
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I hope you'll keep reading my blog and offering thoughts and suggestions. My universe of gardening buddies expanded beyond my wildest expectations when I started blogging and that means more to me than words - or flowers - can say.
Visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden, the host of "In a Vase on Monday" to see what she and other bloggers have put together this week. Not wanting to break my continuous streak of contributions, here's what I cobbled together from my garden this week:
All material © 2012-2015 by Kris Peterson for Late to the Garden Party
So, as I considered how to express my appreciation to those who read my blog, I decided to "say it with flowers" using this week's "In a Vase on Monday" post. I culled all my vase posts for the past year and selected 16 of my personal favorites. Here they are:
I hope you'll keep reading my blog and offering thoughts and suggestions. My universe of gardening buddies expanded beyond my wildest expectations when I started blogging and that means more to me than words - or flowers - can say.
Visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden, the host of "In a Vase on Monday" to see what she and other bloggers have put together this week. Not wanting to break my continuous streak of contributions, here's what I cobbled together from my garden this week:
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| This week's vase contains: 2 heavy-headed 'Medallion' roses, Leucadendron salignum 'Chief'and Abelia 'Kaleidoscope'which has turned a rusty reddish color, perhaps in response to our unusually cold temperatures |
All material © 2012-2015 by Kris Peterson for Late to the Garden Party