3.07.2009

Spring is Fickle - Apron Giveaway

WINNER!!! - Dear Friend Donna has won the apron - she had three answers correct. Another Dear Friend also had three correct, so I decided to use the early-bird-worm thing as a tie breaker. Donna got her answers here the very first - even though it doesn't look like it in the comment box - so she gets the apron! Best I could think to do! Answers below next to the numbers - click the names if you want to see what the plant will look like when full grown. Thanks for playing - it's going to get down to 26 tonight, so Lady Spring has moved on ...for a while!
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Wow! The warm weather that Kate was waiting for is finally here!  It's 74 degrees as I sit here typing with THE WINDOWS OPEN!!!  Spring is not my favorite season, because it's so fickle, as Hessie Mayhew tells us via Jan Karon. It pulls back, after sucking me right in, and the snow freezes everything that sprouted in the warmth - Major Bummer that hits me every year. JFTR, I prefer fall.

But, right now, I'm in the spring mood, and My Dear Husband and I have had our first garden walk! We "Tour the Gardens" like we live on an English estate, pretending that someone ELSE grubs out the weeds, while crooking our baby fingers and sipping tea. (OK, he doesn't crook his finger or sip tea.) 

I ran and got the camera and took the first season's photos - thought it might make a fun game! The prize (!) will be this Red Dogwood Apron made from a vintage tablecloth corner - this pattern is one of my favorites. The waist tie is made from polyester grosgrain ribbon, the red blossoms are embellished with matching red buttons, and of course, there is a black button hidden somewhere on the apron - our trademark.
(This is one of the aprons that I'd like to put in the Etsy shop I plan to open soon...)
See how many of these perennial sprouts you can identify! I tried to take the photo so that it included the habit of the dead plant, which could help you identify the new growth! The person with the most correct wins!  Game ends on Wednesday!

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10 comments:

  1. Claremont First WardMonday, March 9, 2009 at 7:04:00 PM EDT

    The bottom is crocus? :)

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  2. JennyTuesday, March 10, 2009 at 2:17:00 AM EDT

    I think I'm too embarrassed to put down any answers. :)

    I know I'd get most of them wrong!

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  3. kara hTuesday, March 10, 2009 at 12:30:00 PM EDT

    AAAHHHHH!!!

    That's what trying to figure this out is making me do... and I really want that apron... back to Google.

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  4. kara hTuesday, March 10, 2009 at 2:00:00 PM EDT

    Geez, I’ll be shocked if I have even one right. Can I reserve the right to change my answers before tomorrow???

    1 – columbine
    2 – iris?
    3 – no idea. Some sort of hosta?
    4 – dogwood
    5 – Another type of hosta?
    6 - tulips
    7 – daffodils

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  5. the mamaTuesday, March 10, 2009 at 2:13:00 PM EDT

    I want to play so badly but I can't find the time! I need a deadline...what time Wednesday??? giggle!

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  6. Kentucky KateWednesday, March 11, 2009 at 12:51:00 PM EDT

    I'm so completely and thoroughly annoyed that I know nothing at all about plants and green things. I was even tempted to cheat and ask my grandpa for all the answers because that's one cute apron.

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  7. Susan Holt SimpsonWednesday, March 11, 2009 at 3:14:00 PM EDT

    I'm posting this email entry from a Dear Friend:

    I need to take a walk through my gardens to see I have anything that looks like any of these; however, since it's raining at the moment and I don't know the weather forecast, I'm emailing you my guesses--not sure how to do that on a blog without signing in somewhere. I may not have an opportunity to tour the gardens without mud boots, so this may be my final answer. I had hoped to throw a lifeline to my dad, but he doesn't have a PC/email! If I don't revise this list, this is my final answer! Doesn't God's creation awe you?!!

    1. parsley
    2. iris
    3.
    4. star magnolia
    5. lamb's ear
    6. day lillies
    7. daffodils

    Ooooh, I hope to win your gorgeous apron--and I hope your business really takes off!

    XXOOXX--DT

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  8. Susan Holt SimpsonWednesday, March 11, 2009 at 5:20:00 PM EDT

    Here's another email entry from another Dear Friend (in Pennsylvania) :

    I tried contacting you on your blog but my computer was acting up and wouldn't bring up anything.
    So....
    Here are my answers (according to what we grow in PA:)
    1. Mums
    2. Iris (aka flags)
    3. Peony
    4. The vine that you sent me seeds from (don't remember the name)
    5. Lamb's ear
    6. Lily
    7. Crocus

    I will have to take some pics here and let you guess ours:)
    cj

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  9. kara hWednesday, March 11, 2009 at 8:23:00 PM EDT

    Oooo, oooo, I remembered another one! Can I change #4 from a dogwood to a magnolia?? Great-grandma Nellie had a magnolia tree and I had a baby one in my front yard until the drought claimed most of it and the freeze took the rest. :o( Anyway, I think it's a magnolia.

    And now I'm so over thinking about this. Next time ask something I'd know a little more about... like narcotics for instance...

    :o)

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  10. Kentucky KateWednesday, March 11, 2009 at 8:41:00 PM EDT

    Oh, good winner! Mom, I want that apron for my birthday.

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