I am cutting the brown, rust, gold, beige group of batiks now. Most people requested no brown but 2 people wanted only this group. I had been wanting to cut this group for myself for a long time so that worked out well.
I picked up the second anti-fatigue mat today. It is 7/8" of cushion in the center part. It is a world of difference from standing on the bare floor.
I can't believe it, my neighbors have a peony blooming already. The funny part is that I don't remember them having a bush there before. My peonies are at least a couple weeks away from blooming.
Here are the 2 new perennials I got. Maybe I will get them planted today.
I have 2 groups of Jack in the Pulpit. This first one is limey green and is back in the wild part of the garden.
And then there is this one that is near a bird feeder and the flowers have stripes. My back yard neighbors have the Jack in the Pulpit that they believe was planted when their house was new. My house is 56 years old and theirs is a lot older. That is where I think these plants came from (by birds) but I don't know why I have 2 different looking plants. Does anyone know anything about them?
We missed out on the rain yesterday (whew!) and we had a warmer than average day, short sleeve weather. It is going to be a cooler weekend so that will be a good time to work hard in the yard and garden.
I'm glad the mat is making a difference for you!
ReplyDeleteMmmmm.The brown batiks look good to me! I love color, but also like just using neutrals every now and again.
have fun playing in the garden!
I saw a peony in bloom yesterday. I have one that has never bloomed, but the plant is larger this year. My bleeding hearts are huge and beautiful. I love wild flowers like jack in the pulpit. Have fun gardening.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love the color of that salvia. We used to have Jack in the Pulpit near our old Illinois home in the woods along the Burlington Northern lines. They were the greener variety. Both plant are native to the US. I keep hoping to find them in the woods at our farm. We have morel mushrooms and wild orchids this time of year.
ReplyDeleteLucky you that the rain missed! We got a LOT of it here, just 45 miles north of you! Your flowers are so pretty- my peonies don't even have buds yet! ~ Jennie
ReplyDeletePeonies are my favourite flowers but those won't be out here for probably another month. That is the one flower I always bug from the florist -- love the smell of them!
ReplyDeleteI've got two peonies bushes, at the same place in the garden. One is in bloom, the other won't be before a couple of weeks...
ReplyDeletethere are three major varieties of Jacks. The difference is in the color striping of the hood, which can be green, purple or white. The Woodland jack-in-the-pulpit has purple-brown stripes, and its albino form has green stripes. The Northern jack-in-the-pulpit has white ridges outside and purple-brown stripes inside. The Swamp jack-in-the-pulpit is nearly black. I was out yesterday in the forest and looked for Jacks and Trilliums. Loads of the white and burgandy trilliums but not one Jack in the Pulpit. Most likely I missed em..
ReplyDeleteHere in Alberta, my peonies are just peeking through. We are experiencing a very late spring. The crocus have not bloomed yet, and they are usually done by now. I'd love to visit your garden!
ReplyDeleteI love visiting your garden! The Jack-in-the-Pulpit look amazing! I have some in my garden too. Mine are like your green ones. Your new purchases look great too! Happy Planting!
ReplyDeleteI need some of these jack in the pulpit flowers. Seems they love shade and I have a lot of that. When I was at the International Quilt Show in Chicago someone made a quilt like your purple ones and it was gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI have discovered your blog recently and enjoy reading it and even more looking at the pictures of your wonderful quilts. I love batiks as well and altough I now have a *small* collection, I haven't really used them so far. Too nice to cut.
I see you are cutting strips in yours, are you selling them? and if you are where can I buy some please?
Thanks
Celine in UK
That mat looks like just the ticket. Maybe I need to look into one of them. I stand on cement. Never easy on the feet.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a Jack in the Pulpit. These are really neat. My grandmother would talk about them but when you live in California...what can I say. Thanks for sharing. By the way I love the "little" blocks.
ReplyDeleteI love that second Jack in the Pulpit plant. It's gorgeous the way it's striped like that.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a nice array of browns, and looks like a warm and rich selection. Your stamina to cut all those strips is awesome.
ReplyDeleteYour anti fatigue mat, I'll take your word for it, you would know for sure that it works. Think I may have to get one also.
The dark stripe Jack in the Pulpit sure caught my eye. I have never seen one like that before. Just beautiful.
J~MT
Hi Wanda
ReplyDeleteVery cool to have wild Jack-in-the-pulpits growing in your garden.
I have a trillium that just popped up a couple years ago; haven't seen a bloom yet, though.
Vicky F
Celine in UK. I hope you check back since I have no way of contacting you. I don't have any strips available any more, they are all sold. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteToo bad I am too late for your batik strips! Thanks for responding anyway. I will still enjoying reading your blog and looking at your wonderful creations.
ReplyDeleteCeline in UK