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Madder root dye on wool yarn

 Wool yarn dyed with madder.

The variety of shades makes me wish I had much more yarn and madder!

 It's been such a long time since I've added anything to this little blog.

The months have marched along, full of wonder, action and beauty. It's impossible to gather them back, but it's not too late to begin sharing again.

The bird bath

 The neighbor's magnificent elm tree was cut down this September.  The process was very unsettling, to put it mildly.

A small part of the cut down elm tree.

 I asked for a couple of the logs. The birds and cats take turns perching on them.

These pictures are a tiny sample of those I took during my recent, (and first), visit to the Garfield Park Conservatory for the annual spring flower show. What a beautiful display! The colors and fragrance were beautiful and inspiring. This place is a jewel in the city.

Orchids

 I love these giant snapdragons

The air was sweet.

Stock and azalea

Beautiful yellow azalea

 Camellia

 Little Gerta

 A pan of snow for fun!

Winter blooms

A tiny baby bunny has come to visit the backyard. He loves eating the parsley, plantain and little scraggles of weedy grass.

Though I'm certain many gardeners would not welcome such a visitor to the vegetable patch, I'm so happy to see this little guy. It's very special to see wild critters in the yard. There have been loads of interesting birds. about 100 squirrels, even racoons, but never a bunny.

I just hope he won't eat the indigo!

Last year's madder stalks 

The bloodroot has a touch of pink this year

Celandine from Mom's garden

Snowdrops

Impatiens balfouri  seedlings

Crocus

A little more snow

 Morning sun and snow on the garage

 A couple days later...the roof caved in and the sides fell out!  Not very surprising, but still amazing.....Called the insurance company.  We'll see what's next.

 Indoors, the orchids are happy. This lovely slipper orchid has been  in the family for at least 15 years. I've decided to make myself like and learn about orchids, even though they're weird, stiff, and can be expensive.

 These moth orchids are new from the grocery store.