{Catalpa Blossoms}

Last year in early June I did write about our Catalpa Bignonioides - Indian Bean Tree. Under this post you can find the link. Now we were fortunate to find some of its beautiful blossoms hanging very low. Good enough for capturing them on camera. Does anyone reading my post, have a catalpa tree in the garden at home? Would love to know from you.

They are really beautiful  and quite exotic looking!

This is the first time that we actually could see them at eye level...

As with all flowers, they don't last that long. By the time the last one opens up, the first one starts already wilting away...

The Catalpa leaves are quite big.

This tree stands near the creek, so moisture is not an issue.

More close up...

A perfect one on the left and it's sibling to the right is wilting away already. 

We were fortunate for spotting them all in time!

Did you ever get to see those Catalpa blossoms up close?

{Our Catalpa Bignonioides - Indian Bean Tree} | previous post by me

{1834 Félicité Parmentier Alba Rose}

Tell me, is any of you also as much in love with WHITE roses? Two years ago I could snap just ONE photo from a single bud on our antique 1834 Félicité Parmentier Alba Rose. Link from that post you find below. This year we were so happy to see that it survived the heat of 2011 and rewarded us with a perfect rose on April 17. Have a look at it...

This is on the fence of our adjacent garden, across the creek - over the bridge.

The bud is pink but it opens to a white rose.

 Hope you enjoyed this beauty!

{INTRODUCING 5 EARLY BLOOMING SPECIAL ROSES TO YOU} | previous post by me

{3 New Suncast Outdoor Trash Containers}

Who thought that Trash Containers could not look stylish?... When ours were going bad and needed to be replaced I went on line in search for some stylish looking varieties, instead of the ugly dark ones. At Wayfair I did find them, in a nice taupe color and in a 33 gallon size. Look for the item link below this post. They were half price of some competitors and with free shipping. Are you thinking the same way about Outdoor Trash Containers, let me know how you solve that problem. At least let me show you what we ended up with here below.

Our Spunky girl thinks they are raised feline couches...

Photo is taken on March 31 when the Fiberglass Window Boxes were not yet re-filled. 

Pieter had emptied them in order to clean them up entirely.

Below you see them with the verbenas still inside, a week earlier.

When these 3 Suncast Outdoor Trash Containers got delivered, one tab was missing but we received a replacement in no time. Wayfair's customer service is excellent!

New tab already put on and neatly they are lined up. Our driveway is on a slope, in case you are wondering if the fiberglass window box is not hanging straight. It does, but the driveway goes downhill.

If you lock these latches by pushing them inside, those containers are locked. 

No raccoon will be able to open them. 

BUT which critter would want to come near, with our Spunky girl on top of them?