JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Fran has some photos of her dogwood blossoms too.

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I’m noticing in my garden this spring that unexpected sprouts are springing up from the dirt, plants I didn’t plant. Or at least not this season. I suspect a squirrel may have stashed a cache of seeds, taken from my neighbor’s bird feeder. I do like sunflowers and have planted them in the past, but […]

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Monday I took a little trip in the car with a vase of freesia. Mmmm. Beats those fakey-green-Christmas-tree pine air fresheners ;). I remember reading that the new VW Bugs have a flower vase beside the steering wheel. I thought that seemed frivolous but now I understand that design better…driving around with fresh flowers is […]

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This is my favorite bulb of the spring. I like daffodils. I like tulips. I like crocuses. But this one is special to me because it is unique. It is a cultivar of yellow dog-tooth violet that is named “Pagoda”:Erythronium tuolumnense. I heard about it in an Ann Lovejoy book (can’t remember which one) and […]

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