A Final Hooray to Valentine's Day

Design - "Be Mine Valentine"

Designer - Ewe & Eye & Friends

Fabric - 32 count Flax Belfast linen

Fibers - GAST - 1 strand over 2 threads

Started - 26 February 2013

Completed - 27 February 2013

A funky color for a heart - this used GAST's "Hyacinth".  I like it.

I thought I'd have one last Valentine "Hooray".

This candid shot is for my maternal grandparents whose marriage I celebrated in a blog post back on February 14th.  I love their body language.  She has her hand on his leg, and he has his arm around her shoulder.  They face the world as one unit - united.  After 60 years of marriage they are very much a team.  

And now let's return to the world of plants.  

I admire the artistic nature of the plantings at NW Garden Nursery.

This area is bursting with a colorful range of Hellebores.

Here's a close-up of one that looks almost like apple blossoms.

The earliest of Spring bulbs are used to great effect.  This is Winter Aconite (Eranthis).

A variety of Iris reticulata

Cyclamen

Snowdrops (Galanthus)

More Iris reticulata

This rose was covered in hips.

The distinctive spotted leaves of Arum italicum.

This Snowdrop look-alike, is a larger bulb commonly called Spring Snowflake (Leucojum vernum).

Oh I do love blue.  This tiny Siberian Squill (Scilla) is just precious.