Spring has sprung in central Florida.I’m not sewing now because this is the most glorious time of year in the most glorious place to live. I’m not sewing now because I love to be outside in the midst of blooming azaleas, dogwood, and roses with the sweet perfume of citrus blossoms in the air. And I’m not sewing now because there is just so much gardening that needs to be done!
Orchid pink azaleas border one side of the driveway from the road until it gets to the Confederate jasmine climbing a palm tree. The leafless shrub to the right is a gorgeous oakleaf hydrangea who is slow to awaken from winter. Those leaves need raking.
My sewing room looks over this bed of roses, but the view is better from outside. These bushes need fertilizer.
This is what I see from the latticed window in my sewing room. But again, seeing the bouganvillea from outside is better. That thorny climber needs to be tied up to the porch.
Another bouganvillea grows on the opposite end of the back porch and hangs down to the kitchen windows. An aggressive climber, it is trying to get into Bob’s upstairs study. It needs to be cut back.
