Good morning ladies! I am loving all the pics! Jeanne and Sharon, I too have those daffodils, but think I bought mine. Heidi, love the poetry with the map! Very talented in that area!
So glad we didn't get the freeze as bad as they said! My flowers aren't dead this morning. Been gone for a week and amazing the things blooming and popping up in just a week. I would have cried had there been snow! But was hard to go from 70's down to 30's.
I'm sending my bunny names in a minute! Let me know if you don't get them! So much fun!
Have a great day all!
Melinda

So sad to see that snow on the daffodils! I hope they recover. An extended stretch of weird weather.

Did anyone see the "blood moon" or "pink moon"? I figured it was too cloudy two nights ago so I didn't try to find the blood moon. Last night I looked hoping to see the pink moon, but the moon was very bright and the sky was very clear and not a bit of pink visible! I never heard of a pink moon before so I was disappointed not to see it.

I have bunny guesses that recently arrived from:
Melinda
Shirley
Jayeanne

Peggy, I've looked the for e-mail with yours and nothing has come through yet. Perhaps you should send it again if that's possible.

Well, time to get some things done around here. Eatser will show up before we know it.

Jeanne

Shirley, my daffodils looked just like that yesterday but they will recover.

I am sending my bunny list as soon as I sign off.

Margo

When I got home today, I found Flat Farmer MacGregor two waiting in the driveway. After some refreshment, he asked to look around the gardens and greenhouse.
First he checked on some plants in the greenhouse that will be set out this weekend for the hummingbirds. He expressed a preference for the Ruellia elegans and bright orange-red Snapdragons. He likes bright colors, does MacGregor.

Outside he was partial to late Tulip 'Bright Parrot'.

He offered to stick around tomorrow and operate the tiller for me before taking off for parts unknown. We just have to figure out how to get his legs long enough to get his feet on the ground.

Cute pictures, Alana. I love the tulips! Do tulips rebloom for you there? They won't here in SC (well, only the species tulips) so I seldom plant them even though I love all the varieties and colors. Our daffodils reappear so I get my "fix" on daffodils.

In case some of your are wondering why I only put the clear contact paper on the back of Flat Farmer McGregor, it was so we wouldn't get a lot of glare when taking pictures. The pictures are great and he seems to be holding up. He'a a tough old fellow!

Speaking of daffodils, Shirley in Michigan posted that snow picture yesterday and I responded, but what I forgot to do was to check my calendar in the drawer near the computer. Yesterday was Shirley's birthday!

Shirley, I am so sorry to be late with your birthday wishes. I hope that other than the snow, you had a wonderful day. May the whole year be good to you!

Well, I need to get a few more things done around here so that's it for now. Happy Travels, Flat McGregor!

Jeanne

Jeanne, I used the mail address listed on your GW Member page. I don't show that the email didn't go through. Do you have another email address?

Happy Belated Birthday Shirley. Hope it was all you wanted it to be.

Alana-Great pictures....and you got some work out of Flat Farmer McGregor. I received a lot of tulips for my Birthday and planted them and have fell in love with them. They are so many choices in tulips now. That Tulip Bright Parrot is to die for.

Vina-I love your pond picture. I told DH last week that is our next priority...the pond. We really need to re-landscape, move rocks and fix it. Your daffodils are so bright and pretty, thanks for sharing with us.

Shirley

Thank you Jeanne. Most tulips are really only good for one year, but I try to plant a few every fall.
Thanks Shirley. I used to be all about pastel tulips, but lately I've been focused on the brightest I can find.
I've enjoyed everyone's photos-hope there is lot's more to come.
Flattie is on the sofa, snoring. He won't be leaving for the airport until evening, when he will be on his way to his next hostess.
Have a nice day and fantastic weekend, everyone.

Happy Belated Birthday to you Shirley! So hope you had a great day!
I'm patiently waiting for Flat Farmer McGregor!
Hope everyone has a ncie day! Melinda

Happy Belated Birthday Shirley! Hope you had a wonderful day!

Thanks Shirley, it's taken a couple of days in hip waders to get it that clean. It seems like every fall every single leaf in the whole area blows into the pond and makes a slurry of yuck. Then in spring I get in and scoop it all out. One good thing is I put it in the wheelbarrow and haul it over to the veggie garden. Its great for the horrible clay soil we have.

Alana, I love your pictures. Everything in your greenhouse is so "flowery" (technical term, lol) already. Love your tulips!! That looks like one that I purchased a few years ago. Planted it and it never flowered, lol. Went to check out the problem and some little critter had a winter feast on my tulip bulbs. They were all gone. Now I stick to daffodils, lol.

As my little Billy has been telling me every morning this week...only 4 more days till Easter!! He's so excited!! He's been singing Peter Cottontail all week :D

Have a great Thursday!
vina

This is so much fun seeing everyone's flowers. My daffodils came through last week's snow. I have a couple dozen blooming. I love that tulips and daffodils come back year after year and they are up and blooming before other plants have even set their alarm clock. I'm still on the frugal side so while I like parrot tulips, I haven't bought any. I keep buying on clearance. I planted in parks, too, so everyone can enjoy. I want MacGregor to come, but I want him to wait so something is blooming when he shows up!
Heidi

Flat is certainly having a good time with you guys on his journey across the country. FUNNY...FUNNY!!

Shirley.....I hope your birthday was the best. Happy, Happy Birthday!

Very few of my Daffodils even bloomed this year....to warm. Daffodils are so darn happy...love them!

Happy Day to all!

Annie

While taking a mini vacation with my niece last week, one of the many beautiful sights we encountered included this blooming tulip field. Tulips are a big industry in Washington State. According to history, Mary Brown Stewart started growing tulips in 1906 with bulbs from Holland. In 1926 her son Sam Stewart started the Tulip Grange Bulb Farm near LaConner. Marinus Lefeber, a friend of Sam Stewart, moved their Whatcom County operation down to a farm along Memorial Highway near Mount Vernon. The farm was in business until 2002. Other bulb growers joined them after 1945. Here is a link that provides more information: colinday.bravepages.com/oregonwashington/skagit.html

I came home to find the envelope from Vina and decided to open it outside as it is a beautiful day here. Old McGregor took off running around the back off the house. I noticed my garden shed door was ajar and I found him hiding in the rafters among my ornaments. Silly man then jumped down and ran back outside.

I turned around and found him hiding in a tuft of ornamental grass. He is quite anxious to get started on his next journey. He thinks this part of Ohio is too flat but does like the blooming daffodils. I promised him he'll be in the mail again tomorrow. Margo

Thanks for all the B-Day wishes, it was a good day, despite the snow!

Love seeing all the pics of Flat and his travels. He has had some interesting times! Margo, if he doesn't like "flat" Ohio, he sure won't like "flat" Michigan! He would have to go far to find some hills in this neck of the woods!

Close to 60 here today, but as they say, once bitten, twice shy, so I can't get over the feeling that it's going to snow again tomorrow! On the other hand, the mini daffs that were buried are back to their beautiful little selves, crazy!

Have a great Friday, All!
Shirley!

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Margo-Too cute....love where you live and such a neat garage shed.

So excited to have a three day week-end....love holidays.
I hope everyone has a fun filled Good Friday.

Shirley

Heidi,
Another great poem! However, on the map, you missed Vina in New York State (the visit before Ohio). Hope that helps. Also Flat #2 has traveled from my house to Kentucky. We will all have our heads spinning with all the travels and two of them!

Peggy, that tulip field is gorgeous! We saw places like that in Holland. Margo, great pictures of Flat McGregor's visit there. I'm glad no one got hurt when he decided on hiding in the garden shed. It probably reminded him of the Peter Rabbit story!

Wishing a blessed and Happy Easter to everyone this weekend! if you travel, may they be safe travels. And, Flat, you behave yourself as you travel!

Jeanne

Yeah Margo he made it. That is one sneaky farmer running away from you like that. How could Flat not like a place thats flat? LOL! :D Love your pond and your grasses!

Heidi, you missed me on your map. That's okay, It was too cold up here anyhow, lol.

Peggy, THAT IS A TULIP FIELD!!! Amazing! Like what you see in calendars...simply amazing!

Hope everyone has a terrific Good Friday!
Off to dinner and some last minute bunny recon for the kids :D

vina

I don't know why some of my pictures end up sideways. I could swear the one of my shed was fine yesterday but on my computer today, it is sideways. I made sure my pic was far enough from the pond to not show it needs to be cleaned out. Another spring project. The three goldfish made it through another winter. It helps to have a heater. Darn heater cost me 40 dollars to keep three 25 cent goldfish alive. It is the second heater two. The first one never really worked right. I have had two of the fish for six years and the third one is their little one.

Just realized three of my kitties can be seen in the background. One is rolling in the dirt path. I think McGregor must have been hiding from them.

I sent him on his way to his next destination this morning. I hope he has a safe trip.

Margo

Tomorrow I'll announce the winner of the 25 Rabbit Names Game. Have a Happy Easter!
Jeanne

I think I fixed it. Sorry everyone. Thank you for being forgiving! Didn't mean to leave you out Vina!
Here's Map #2 (if I did it right)

Happy Easter dear ladies...what a beautiful Easter Sunday the Lord has given us.

Shirley

Lovely Easter message, Shirley ... and thanks for getting the maps together for us Heidi. I hope everyone has a lovely day!

I am not a morning person, but I went to early services at church figuring they would be the least crowded .. still absolutely packed, but the message, music, flowers, etc. were beautiful and now I can sit here and sip my coffee and finish waking up.

Here is the winner of our 25 Bunnies Game --- it's Margo with 19 matches compared to my list! Congratulations. I'll get a prize sent out to you this week. Everyone did a great job coming up with famous bunnies.

In case you are curious about what was on my list, I had:

The Energizer Bunny
Trix Bunny
Harvey
Peter Rabbit
Roger Rabbit
The White Rabbit (Alice in Wonderland)
Bugs Bunny
The Easter Bunny
Velveteen Rabbit
Thumper
March Hare
Br'er Rabbit
Benjamin Bunny
Flopsy
Mopsy
Cottontail
Captain Carrot
Honey Bunny
The Cadbury Bunny
Duracell Bunny
Nesquick Bunny
Playboy Bunny
Mrs. Rabbit (Peter Rabbit story)
Benny Bunny (Sesame Street)
Tortoise and the HARE

There were many, many more bunnies on the lists. Margo added (but didn't get credit for "Chocolate Bunny" - that was a great one, Margo, and I'll bet we were looking for him this morning.

Well, folks --- that's all for now.
Jeanne

Margo, congrats on winning the bunny name game!
Loved your pictures of Flat McGreggor!

I got a kick reading all the names!

Also, I'm a little confused is Flat a Mc or a Mac ... is he Irish or Scottish? LOL (I know there isn't a difference between the 2 in terms of ancestry)
I see him listed as both in our posts. LOL

sharon

Congrats to you, Margo! Way to go! Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! I had fabulous service at church at then come home and had big dinner! Enjoyed it all!
Hope everyone did the same!

Wow, I won. It was fun to come up with bunny names and I couldn't forget my favorite chocolate bunny. LOL

We had a low key Easter. Most of our kids were scattered about so my hubby and I went to our middle daughters and spent the afternoon with her and her husband. Watched our favorite baseball team, Detroit Tigers win their game. Watched the Detroit Red Wings get beat, :( and watched my husbands favorite hockey team, Canadiens win.

We ordered pizza rather than make a meal for 4 of us and my daughter and I jogged a mile and a half so it was a successful day.

Margo

Yippee!! We finally got some April showers!

Yesterday when I opened my mail box out jumped Flat Farmer McGregor and he said," Oh my goodness I'm still in the Ohio flatlands," so he climed up my Star Magnolia to see if there were any bunnies around. I told him I had seen some around the house in the daffodils but he didn't find any so he said I'm leaving in the morning and I asked where he was going but he wouldn't answer me.

This is one place I spotted him going through the daffodils and tulips.

When I got home today, ole Flat #2 was waiting in my mailbox!

First, he made a stop in the flowerbeds, and enjoyed smelling the rose vervains.

But then he went to the greenhouse and visited the wren's nest that set up shop. I've been watching this nest for weeks, and in celebration of Earth Day today, the little chicks hatched! Ole Flat made a visit, and since they were not IN the garden, he behaved himself.

Tomorrow, ole Flat #2 will be off on the next leg of his journey!

Happy Earth Day, FOTESSettes!

I'm glad Flattie 2 found a nest to rest in! It seemed to take him a long time to get there. Both of them must be doing a little sight-seeing while traveling around. Peter and his friends are getting a nice vacation while he's gone.
Great photos everyone!

This is one place I spotted him going through the daffodils and tulips.

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Beautiful Magnolia, Suzanne! Didn't realize you were that close to Margo and Me! Kind of like in between, I think.

Katie, the Rose Vervain is beautiful, too, does it attract butterflies? Love the baby Wrens!

We're having lots of sunshine here, but still very cold. I had to come back in this morning and grab my hat and mittens! But by the time I came home, it was much warmer.

I've started working on my granddaughters quilts again, at the worse possible time of year. They started out as crib quilts, but the girls are 6 and 3 and long out of cribs. So now I'm making single bed quilts and hopefully will finish them before the girls get married, which would necessitate making queen size quilts - AAAGGGGHHH!!

Waiting for Ole Flat to show up here in Michigan, somewhere!
Have a great day tomorrow,
Shirley!

I hope it's right. I think algebra was easier than this and I cried through algebra! lol

Good job...love the maps.

Katie-The baby wrens are so cute....

Shirley-My Mother made all her Children, Grandchildren and a few of the Great Grandchildren quilts when they got married. Everyone treasures those quilts, it is almost a lost art. I wish I had been taught how to make them.

Shirley

Great pictures and great maps! Heidi, don't worry - unlike algebra - there won't be a test on the maps. We appreciate you doing them. It's making the month a lot more fun and you have a new addition to the maps with the GardenWeb names included on them. Love it!

It seems I have lots of appointments scheduled this week so sorry if I don't drop in soon after you post. Today one of the garden groups that I belong to had a meeting and luncheon out of town so between the meeting, lunch, and travel - lots of my day was gone... not to mention I did a bit of snoozing in front of the TV when I got home! Lunch was so delicious though - it was worth the drive. Our speaker talked about roses and when I got home I walked around to check on my plants ... and yes, I had my first rose blossom of the year!

Jeanne

Nice maps, Heidi! (don't cry!)

Margo, congrats on the win!

Shirley, yes the rose vervain is a nice nectar provider. The butterflies love it, especially right now before many of the summer flowers are blooming.

I am missing so many posts to this thread via email... GW must be going through another glitchy spell, because I've only gotten half of the latest posts emailed to me. Hmmm

I dropped Flatty #2 at the post office today in hopes of getting him to his next destination one day faster. Our tiny town is rural enough that it adds one extra day going and/or coming via the USPS.

Congratulations Margo!! I still can not believe there are so many famous bunnies! Jeanne, fun game!

I keep laughing at how much FUN Flat and his twin are having with the FOTESSERS!!! Looking forward to his arrival in Southern California.

Heidi, nice work on the maps!!

Quilting, what an art!!! Sad, sad, sad to say, I do not know a soul here in Southern California that quilts. And my Mom and Mother-In-Law did not do it and none of their friends did it. When in Lancaster, Pa, I am amazed at the beautiful quilt work of the Amish!

Happy Friday!

Annie

Shirley, your quilt experience made me laugh. I started a cross stitch blanket when I was pregnant with my first child. I set it aside one day with intentions of finishing it. Well, the printed cross stitch pattern faded so it never was done.

I also think that one day, those Gardenweb members who are in this area should meet somewhere and have a plant swap and day of fun. I think we could get a little group together.

Heidi, I love the maps. It is neat to see where the old guy is traveling.

Have a good day everyone. Raining and chilly here so won't be going in the gardens for a couple days. I will say though that there has been a robin outside behind the house that has been just singing its little heart out. Margo

Well, Flat made it into SE Michigan today, on a very cold, wet, drizzly type day, and after spending most of the day in my mailbox, he was damp and thoroughly disgruntled, as evidenced by his reaction to my backyard in April. It wasn't nice, Folks! I tried to explain that this is way it always looks in April, and if he would care to come back at the end of May, it would look 100% better.

He wasn't really impressed with the Bleeding Hearts either.

He stomped back inside and inspected the quilt project. I think I heard him mutter something about "women's work - hmmmpf". I could be wrong.

Flat did make an attempt at being civil, by trying to engage Vinnie and Willie in some conversation. Vinnie wasn't buying any of it, he ran upstairs and hid. Willie tolerated Flat, at best.

Since ole Flat didn't seem to be enjoying himself all that much, I packed him up and will try to get him mailed back out again tomorrow. Hey, Cie La Guerre, Flat!!
Shirley!

Ya know, Fotessers, we have a "real" quilter in our group - Jeanne! I think she has been quilting, and finishing quilts, for a long time. And I think she teaches quilt classes too.

I couldn't find a quilting teacher here in Monroe County, so I'm mostly learning as I go. I have a great quilt book with instructions, so I'm not totally out here on my own! I'd like to do as much as I can by hand, but I'm sure I'll do machine sewing on the longer seams, just so I can have them done by Christmas. Or next Easter. I really enjoy putting the blocks together!

Gotta go finish the laundry and eat.
Shirley!

Guess who showed up at my house! Finally, Flat Farmer McGregor arrived and had to check out my creeping phlox!