Titanic fall, Glorious Pulmonaria March 23, 2015

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Macro Monday 2 hosted by Gemma and Mystical Magical Teacher

I Heart Macro Hosted by Laura

Saturday's Critters hosted by Eileen

Wordless Wednesday hosted by NC Sue

Pulmonaria Benedict

First spring greens blooming

I have a monstrous Titan Peach-Almond cross in my yard, which is the tallest pink-blooming tree around, towering over the standard apple tree in front.

I was surprised to see her leaning a few days ago.  We had just had another windstorm.  The root ball was pushing up a mound on the downhill side.  Here is my sweet husband cutting the tree down with his trusty electric chaim saw, which had to have the chain replaced afterward, wearing his leather motorcycle jacket and helmet.

I'm planting peas outside now, Super Sugar Snap, Sugar Snap, Cascadia Snap, Sugar Sprint Snap, and Oregon Sugar Pod II which is a Chinese stir-fry type pea.   I only grow peas with edible pods since I don't see the point in shelling peas when I can eat the whole thing.  I got my plastic rabbit barrier fastened up from last year,  and planted peas along the sides.   I had to use tunnels to keep the ground dry before planting when we had some rain.

The Hellebores are continuing their wonderful bloom, here is a favorite-

The Pulmonarias are coming into bloom as well.  Like the Hellebores, they self-sow so I get delightful hybrids.  
The silver patterns on the leaves are in a wide range until you arrive at the maximum, Excalibur.  The flowers can range from white to pink, blue, and purple-

Under lights, I'm transplanting annuals now, one I haven't grown before that sounds wonderful is
 Ursinia anethoides  Swallowtail Seeds

Fast-growing, bushy 12-15 inch tall South African annual with feathery foliage and masses of long-lasting gazania-like orange flowers that close at night and on cloudy days. Bloom is in summer and fall. Ursinia plants tolerate heat and need little water. 

I got 15 plants from the one pot, it takes some skill to separate the seedlings.  I hope they live up to the description.

My grandchildren like to raise chicks, so this is some of this year's quartet-

Fluff balls

No, I'm king of the roost!

Found my quiet place.

No, I'm cuter.

Little chicks make me think of God's protection, which He likens to a hen gathering her chicks under her wings in Psalm 91, where Moses' confession is found that we can claim to enter the secret place of the Most High God.

Here is an excerpt from a blog writing about the Battle of Dunkirk and Psalm 91-

https//frommyheart2u.wordpress.com/tag/psalm-91/

“C.B. Morelock, a war correspondent in World War II, reported an unexplainable and miraculous occurrence:   Sixty German aircraft strafed more than four hundred men who were pinned down on the sandy Dunkirk beaches without the benefit of anyplace to take cover.  Although the men were repeatedly attacked by machine guns and bombed by enemy aircraft, not one single man was hit.  Every man in that group left that beach without a scratch.  Morelock stated, “I have personally been told by Navy men who picked up those particular survivors from Dunkirk, that the men not only recited Psalm 91, but they shouted it aloud at the top of their lungs!”  ~Peggy Joyce Ruth

Another account of this same incident told about one man rising and seeing his body outlined in the sand with the enemies bullets, and he was untouched.  The beach was covered with bullets but the men were unharmed.

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