Design - "And Noah Opened the Window"
Chart - Leisure Arts "Noah & Friends"
Designer - Jane Chandler
Fabric - 28 count Antique White linen
Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads
Started - 4 April 2012
Completed - 16 April 2012
This ark has a different look than any of those featured in my Blogger header this month. It makes a nice addition to my Noah collection, and was worth suffering through the twelve (not that I was counting) French knots.
While I've not had to build an ark (gopher wood is so hard to find!), I have been been dodging April showers while working outside. As it's Garden Party Time at An Oregon Cottage, I have pictures to share.
My pansies have just been troopers this winter / spring! And now they've been joined with primula and spring bulbs. I also moved all my Hostas out from under the picnic benches - most have signs of life already. Even on a rainy day, I go out on the front porch. I walk back and forth looking at my 'color pots' and breathing in the heavenly scent of the two Daphne on either side of the porch steps.
While I love tulip bouquets, I've not had very good luck growing them. But this pot of "Border Legend" is deserving of its name.
I am just amazed - my pansies are lush and floriferous.
Not the least leggy...
No aphids - I sing praises to pansies!
Here are primula and spring bulbs on my other picnic bench. I have a couple of pots of muscari residing there - next week it'll be Muscari Picture Time. You can see a couple of the Hostas are fully leafed out. I may be wrong, but I think we're going to be frost-free from here on out.
The Front Porch is 'Spring Ready'!
Oh-oh! More things to plant! I had three winning tickets at the Avid Gardeners' meeting Monday night. I picked up another Eyrithronium revolutum (Fawn Lily) - the pot has 3 or 4 plants in it so I'll have a nice cluster of them. I got another Hellebore and an Arisaema taiwanense - a Jack-in-the-Pulpit - a plant that will look like a hooded cobra!
Padma prefers to nap on rainy days. He was able to retire is "Super Cape" Thursday evening and now has a matching set of rumpled ears post-surgery. He thanks all who send him good wishes on a quick recovery.
