{3rd United States President & Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson, was born on April 2, 1743. O.S.}

On April 2, 1743 O.S. Thomas Jefferson was born. 

O.S. standing for Old Style, read below...

By American painter Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930) wikimedia.org.

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson (left to right) draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776).

Thomas Jefferson also became the United States 3rd President, look here: wikipedia.org.

Photo by Declan McCullagh. 

Did you notice the words O.S. behind the birth year?

The initials O.S. is for Old Style.

In 1752 the Julian Calendar changed into the Gregorian Calendar. 

Julius Caesar started the Julian Calendar 45 B.C. and the New Style or Gregorian Calendar came about in 1752.

Those of you that are interested in the biography of Thomas Jefferson, read Thomas Jefferson.biography

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Famous quotes by Thomas Jefferson:

Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.

Never spend your money before you have it.

{Our New Spiraea Cantoniensis (dbl Bridal Wreath Spirea)}

• Last year I did a post about: Our Cornus Kousa (Japanese Dogwoods) & Spiraea Cantoniensis (dbl Bridal Wreath Spirea) ←(right click it) with quite some lush flowers of the Spiraea Cantoniensis or double Bridal Wreath Spirea. 
• So let me show you first a photo from last year to get the idea. This is because this year's blossoms were not even one third of what we had last year. Again, the toll we paid for the extreme hot and dry summer. 

• This was such a perfect mass of flowers on our Spiraea Cantoniensis or double Bridal Wreath Spirea in 2011. 
• Like a dream and almost looking like flowers of the lilac!

• This is our new little 'baby' that we've planted this spring. We bought it in Baxley, Georgia at County Farm Plant Co., Inc. 
• They are on Facebook: County- Farm Plant-Co We went there on Sunday, March 11 with our best friend.
• Quite a discovery this nursery with 42 greenhouses that look so meticulous and with the healthiest plants, shrubs and trees you can wish for.
• All of you lucky Georgians, you can go there. They're open 7 days a week!

• No doubt, this little baby will do well. It is planted beside the gazebo, where also the Scilla Campanulata bloom.
• Have you planted any new shrubs this spring?
• Do you also prefer as many white flowers as we do? 

{Our Glendale 'Mother of Pearl' Azaleas near Gazebo}

We had our garden blooming almost ALL at once! On March 13, I made lots of photos... Also beginning with our beautiful Glendale Azaleas 'Mother of Pearl' near the gazebo. Their buds look like dark pink, almost reddish. Then they open up to different shades of pink, even lighter towards their maturity. Have a look...

Photo taken on March 13

This is also from March 13 and you can see the steps of our gazebo in the back.

To the right is a natural rock garden which we collected from our own property.

Now it is March 18 and we're facing towards the wooden walk way where our Garden Tour can be done... With tea/coffee in our gazebo. Offered to you Book an Event.

We never rake our fall leaves, they remain the natural blanket for our entire garden. A source of nutrients as they slowly will decompose. On the lawn my husband Pieter uses the John Deere mulcher so grass, including leaves, also get recycled for the lawn itself. Nothing goes to waste here. Keeping the planet GREEN by Going GREEN.

Not only a feast for the eye, but also for the bumblebees.

Those frilly petals resemble a ballerina's tutu.

This photo shows you all the different stages of the darker closed buds and the open flowers.

Too bad that this is only for the duration of a mere week...

We always have fond memories of Mom & Dad who visited us during spring, at peak season of the azaleas. We all went to the romantic city of Savannah where thousands of azaleas bloom in all their splendor at the many court yards and squares throughout the city.

Such a majestic flower...

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