Comments on: Springtime in Washington http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/ It's amazing what I'll do for a good tomato. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: inadvertentgardener http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/#comment-53292 inadvertentgardener Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:02:13 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-53292 Susan, one of these days? I'm definitely coming back. D.C. will always have my heart. :-) Susan, one of these days? I’m definitely coming back. D.C. will always have my heart. :-)

]]> By: Susan http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/#comment-53221 Susan Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:48:05 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-53221 Days late to the party, as usual. I was so sad reading this post. Come back, Genie. Just come back. The flowering trees and I miss you. Days late to the party, as usual. I was so sad reading this post. Come back, Genie. Just come back. The flowering trees and I miss you.

]]> By: inadvertentgardener http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/#comment-53211 inadvertentgardener Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:20:49 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-53211 Cole, that's a gorgeous story -- thanks for sharing it. Cole, that’s a gorgeous story — thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: cole http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/#comment-53210 cole Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:33:02 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-53210 I miss our old street in Charles Village..the whole block, the only whole block, that had blossoms on each side of the street. I remember those blossoms framing my bedroom window when I brought Spawn home from the hospital, all 3 lbs 14 oz of him and nursing him in our big bed, so grateful to be home with him. Grateful for his life and the promise those trees gave me. Some beauty and life after a month of hospitals and worry. that is what they always mean to me. xx I miss our old street in Charles Village..the whole block, the only whole block, that had blossoms on each side of the street. I remember those blossoms framing my bedroom window when I brought Spawn home from the hospital, all 3 lbs 14 oz of him and nursing him in our big bed, so grateful to be home with him. Grateful for his life and the promise those trees gave me. Some beauty and life after a month of hospitals and worry.

that is what they always mean to me.
xx

]]> By: inadvertentgardener http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/#comment-53204 inadvertentgardener Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:03:31 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-53204 Anacostiawen4hu, you're definitely right -- DC usually does get about two gorgeous, gorgeous weeks before it's into the swampiness of summer, but still...those two weeks make it all worth it. Glad you happened by, and please stick around for a wander or two! Kathy, yes -- DC always beats upstate NY to the springtime, no matter what! And I don't think your parents were alone -- so many folks forget that it's great to be tourists in one's own town. Otherwise you miss the good stuff! Ree, seeing them was heavenly. Gillie, you never know what's around the next corner -- that's what makes life so very interesting. Enjoy those bluebells! Jean Ann, you have all the pear blossoms up that way, too, which are gorgeous! PrairieRobin, I find crying and rejoicing at the same time makes life the most interesting. Really. Thanks for posting up that link -- I'm off to look at your photos right now! Anacostiawen4hu, you’re definitely right — DC usually does get about two gorgeous, gorgeous weeks before it’s into the swampiness of summer, but still…those two weeks make it all worth it. Glad you happened by, and please stick around for a wander or two!

Kathy, yes — DC always beats upstate NY to the springtime, no matter what! And I don’t think your parents were alone — so many folks forget that it’s great to be tourists in one’s own town. Otherwise you miss the good stuff!

Ree, seeing them was heavenly.

Gillie, you never know what’s around the next corner — that’s what makes life so very interesting. Enjoy those bluebells!

Jean Ann, you have all the pear blossoms up that way, too, which are gorgeous!

PrairieRobin, I find crying and rejoicing at the same time makes life the most interesting. Really. Thanks for posting up that link — I’m off to look at your photos right now!

]]> By: The cherry blossoms tell you when to plant « The Inadvertent Gardener http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/#comment-53198 The cherry blossoms tell you when to plant « The Inadvertent Gardener Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:44:37 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-53198 [...] Wacky paths to the garden « Springtime in Washington [...] [...] Wacky paths to the garden « Springtime in Washington [...]

]]> By: PrairieRobin http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/#comment-53193 PrairieRobin Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:47:30 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-53193 Genie!! I'm not sure whether I want to cry over missing the cherry blossoms or rejoice over having another transplant who understands! There's nothing quite like seeing row upon row of glorious pink flowers just when you thought winter would never end. Then there are the redbuds, dogwoods, azaleas(my parents used to take us to Kenwood each spring to see them). I guess the spring here in Iowa comes too late for those beauties. You're right, the prairie has its own beauty which I grow to appreciate more as time goes by. But I still miss DC. http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2676941720058182077tmOlJi Genie!! I’m not sure whether I want to cry over missing the cherry blossoms or rejoice over having another transplant who understands!

There’s nothing quite like seeing row upon row of glorious pink flowers just when you thought winter would never end. Then there are the redbuds, dogwoods, azaleas(my parents used to take us to Kenwood each spring to see them). I guess the spring here in Iowa comes too late for those beauties.

You’re right, the prairie has its own beauty which I grow to appreciate more as time goes by. But I still miss DC.

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2676941720058182077tmOlJi

]]> By: Jean Ann http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/#comment-53192 Jean Ann Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:55:17 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-53192 I hear you...we are lucky to have beautiful cherries and other flowering lovlies here in the Pacific North West...really amazing. I hear you…we are lucky to have beautiful cherries and other flowering lovlies here in the Pacific North West…really amazing.

]]> By: Gillie http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/#comment-53190 Gillie Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:26:24 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-53190 Oh I feel for you. I am back up in Sutherland in the far notheast of Scotland, it is only 4 weeks since I was last here and the daffodils are out, the bluebell tips are starting to show, and I am so at peace. We go back to Durham on Monday and i don't know when I'll next get up, I'm hoping to make it over the summer some time, but kids commitments etc probably mean I won't. I am trying to soak up every second, but am already sad about leaving. As Ree said, at least you got to see the blossom. Who knows what's next around the corner, next week you might find you get to smell and touch them too!! Oh I feel for you. I am back up in Sutherland in the far notheast of Scotland, it is only 4 weeks since I was last here and the daffodils are out, the bluebell tips are starting to show, and I am so at peace. We go back to Durham on Monday and i don’t know when I’ll next get up, I’m hoping to make it over the summer some time, but kids commitments etc probably mean I won’t. I am trying to soak up every second, but am already sad about leaving. As Ree said, at least you got to see the blossom. Who knows what’s next around the corner, next week you might find you get to smell and touch them too!!

]]> By: Ree http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/springtime-in-washington/#comment-53185 Ree Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:42:41 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-53185 there is nothing like the first flowering trees of Spring. At least you saw them, even if from afar. ;-) there is nothing like the first flowering trees of Spring. At least you saw them, even if from afar. ;-)

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