Here are some recent shots of the flowers we decided to have in the garden this year.  We thought we’d stick to the ones that do well, after experimenting with various plants in previous years.

I don’t know the names of a few of them, so if anyone knows, please comment and give me the real name of the flower.

 
Bleeding Heart (and oldie, but goodie)

 
I just call this a Pink Bell flower. I can’t remember the real name, so if anyone knows for sure, let me know.

 
Our Irises did well this year.

  
 
Peonies, another oldie but goodie!

 
Here are my Hostas before they flowered …

and after. You can’t have these growing in any area where deer congregate, otherwise they become deer-salad.

 
We’ve kept most of the tiger lilies in their original locations from last year. They do very well and keep their colour and shape for quite some time.

Two different types of clematis. The red variant is doing much better this year than it did last season.

 
The buttercups grow as fast as weeds, but give the garden lots of bright colour.

If  anyone know what this is called, let me know.

 
Cosmos (attracts the butterflies)

If anyone know the name of this purple flower, please let me know.

Although the weather has been a bit cool lately, all the rain we’ve
been having is doing wonders for our lawn and garden.

The ferns in the “Dragonfly” garden have spread rapidly this season.

Once again, just in time for the Spring, Peg-Leg
has been showing up in the yards of the neighbourhood.

It’s been many months since I’ve seen him; in fact, I don’t
think I saw him once, all Winter long.

Now he’s back. My neighbour has been putting a
bowl with a nut and apple mixture out for him for
the past couple of days.

You can see the two spots on his head when the antlers
will be sprouting. Usually by May they start to become
visible.

Even though it’s not quite Spring, the weather
has been getting milder. Raking up the dead grass
and leaves was on the agenda this past
week-end.  Even Bear was itching to get outside
and explore the surroundings.

Buds on the Chokecherry tree and Tiger Lilies starting to poke through the ground.
Spring is in the air!  Even Bear wanted to get in on the action.

The new hangout … with the added mess on the spokes of the wheel.

Pretty Boy (January 2009)

I wish I know what he was saying, or singing.  The pattern has changed
noticeably over the past year.

A clip of my snow-clearing efforts yesterday during the
snowfall in southern Ontario.

Clearing the snow

Wednesday, January the 28th, 2009

This is a new outdoor rink on the spot of the former lawn bowling club.
Only one half of the surface is being utilised, and I’m not sure if there
are plans to claim the other half as an ice surface.

At any rate, it looks like it’s a hit with the neighbours.

This is the second area where the deer often congregate,
at the very end of the street at the foot of the ravine.
I have set up a mini feeding station for them: a bail of hay
on which I can put the special deer food-mix and the
salt lick.