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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Our Garden in April - Il Nostro Giardino in Aprile

My Vaio computer is still at the repair shop for the second time as the repairs carried out at the end of April have unfortunately not resolved the issue. I have so much to share with you on my blogs and a busy time ahead with friends arriving tomorrow, I decided that I had to find a way to try and write posts via my iPad.Here I am then having purchased a special app called Blogsy which means I can at least publish some basic posts, no fancy collages. We are already well ino May but I know from statistics how popular my garden posts are, so I amsharing with you today a few of my favourite photos taken around the garden during April. For those of you that are keen gardeners and or photographers the full set can be viewed in my album on Flickr.com entitled Our Garden in April 2012. I have unsuccessfully tried to insert this as a link, sorry.

Meanwhile I hope you enjoy the photos. Have a lovely weekend and hopefully I will be back soon posting from my Vaio.

Camellia
Apple Blossom
Lilac
Viburnum Snowball Tree about to bloom.
The Magnolia tree looking very sick with few blooms.

Walnut Tree.

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  1. PatriciaMay 10, 2012 at 7:17 PM

    The sound you hear is clapping! A good woman will not be deterred! You found a way to use your iPad...good for you. The pictures are lovely. Isn't it interesting to realize the need that you have to share... :-)

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  2. Grammy GoodwillMay 10, 2012 at 8:52 PM

    Everything looks gorgeous in your corner of the world. Thanks for sharing the beauty with us. I believe I have a snowball tree, after looking at your picture.

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  3. BBMay 10, 2012 at 8:59 PM

    Awesome pictures! Thanks so much for getting them up for our enjoyment while the pc is at the doctor! Dedication!!

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  4. SouthhamsdarlingMay 10, 2012 at 9:24 PM

    Beautiful, beautiful photos, and I love the effect you have achieved with some of them. I have just bought a new lens for my camera, so can't wait to play around with that one! Your garden is gorgeous my friend!

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  5. Jane and Lance HattattMay 10, 2012 at 10:31 PM

    Hello Lindy-Lou:
    How devastatingly dreadful it is when the computer misbehaves. We are so sorry and do hope that all will soon be well once more. In the meantime, you have treated us to some wonderful images of the garden in springtime.

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  6. RosemaryMay 10, 2012 at 11:56 PM

    We all love our computers so much that it is really frustrating when they let us down. Hope it is soon back with you. The flowers in your garden are lovely, and I especially like the catkins on the walnut tree and its pretty leaves.

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  7. cocominoMay 11, 2012 at 1:13 AM

    How beautiful! It's glad that you could post via iPad. I also want to buy iPad. :)

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  8. Kim@Snug HarborMay 11, 2012 at 3:22 AM

    Gorgeous photos - I really like the apple blossom.

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  9. Diana JoyMay 11, 2012 at 6:29 AM

    I enjoyed your photos very much... oh your poor tulip tree. We have some of the same bushes as you do. When I clicked to leave a comment my Norton anti virus caught stopped an attack by your site. You might have a 'bug'.

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  10. islandgirl4ever2May 11, 2012 at 9:34 AM

    Amazing garden, Linda!!!


    Spring is definitely my favourite time in this part of the world.. This spring is quite strange here... very rainy and gray.. but DEFINITELY NOT a lack of bright, beautiful and colourful flowers.. LOVE YOUR PICS...

    Hugs and have a great weekend.. Leesa

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  11. CathyMay 11, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    Linda, your garden is looking gorgeous. Fingers crossed your computer is fixed soon, there is nothing more frustrating that not being able to use your computer!

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  12. Debs @ LivinginRome.netMay 11, 2012 at 11:40 AM

    yes! so glad to have been able to help ;-)

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  13. S.R. PiccoliMay 11, 2012 at 2:10 PM

    You have a gorgeous garden!

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  14. Ann SummervilleMay 11, 2012 at 2:55 PM

    Sorry you're having so many computer problems. Weren't they supposed to save time and make life easier? Beautiful pictures. I remember when I visited Italy a few years ago and was amazed at the colorful back gardens and vegetable patches overflowing with produce. Here in Texas they seem to have a love for chain link fences, a few blades of grass and a sporadic tree. Regardless, my neighbor and I soldier on and plant as much color as we can and pass cuttings over the fence.
    Ann

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  15. BarbaraMay 11, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    Beautiful!!! Will you make Le Noci digestivo from the walnuts? :)

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  16. AnnaMay 11, 2012 at 5:27 PM

    Hello Lindy!

    Thank you for sharing your photos. I love cherry, apple and and almond blossom, in Italy, as it's so scented... sweet, warm, unique scent, which reminds me of my childhood, when our house was like a garden in flower, filled with freesias and branches of cherry blossom in vases. The scent would mingle with the breeze from the sea, and the aroma of the seaweed...

    Blossom is not scented here in UK. It's a cold country... it's been raining for weeks and I long for the sun!

    CIAO... a presto!

    ANNA
    x

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  17. Mirella PatzerMay 11, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    How lovely. Here, the leaves haven't started growing yet, but the first stalks of my peonies are peeking through the dirt. How blessed you are to have such a lovely garden. Enjoy the sun. The weather here this week will be very hot. Maybe we can catch up to all the Italian loveliness....nd

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  18. Lisa Graham May 11, 2012 at 11:43 PM

    Your garden looks like a place to stroll for a long time...how wonderful. I did not know what a walnut tree looked like until today.

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  19. AletaMay 12, 2012 at 12:58 AM

    *gasp* Love your garden! (And the apple blossoms are so cool!) I'm weeding my garden. It was in pathetic, embarrassing shape. Your garden is a dream, a place for poets!

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  20. momto8May 12, 2012 at 2:36 AM

    it is easy to see why your garden posts are popular....so beautiful! you must love spending time outside...
    have a great weekend!

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  21. Welshcakes LimoncelloMay 12, 2012 at 11:08 PM

    Lovely as always, LindyLouMac.

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  22. AngelaMay 13, 2012 at 2:04 PM

    Whau, you have many beautiful plants with gorgeous flowers. Camellia has such a beautiful flower! You have a dream garden!

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  23. A garden just outside VeniceMay 13, 2012 at 3:56 PM

    As already said in the past, your garden looks like a heavenly place :)

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  24. Jennifer RichardsonMay 14, 2012 at 1:06 AM

    apple blossoms!
    it feels as if I get to enjoy
    a second Spring:)
    thanks for sharing,
    Jen

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  25. Happy Frog and IMay 14, 2012 at 8:15 PM

    Beautiful photos, they have brightened up my rain filled day. Well done for getting over the nightmare of having your computer taken away to be repaired, I had that happen last year and it was a nightmare!

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  26. Rambling TartMay 15, 2012 at 3:35 AM

    Absolutely gorgeous garden, Linda!! I love how bright and springy everything is. I hope your magnolia gets better soon!

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  27. SheilaMay 15, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    Beautiful buds and blooms from sunny Italy. You must enjoy your gardens so much. It's delightful to see such splendour!

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  28. Travel France OnlineMay 16, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    Lovely shots, it makes such a difference when there is sunshine! Spring is really one of my favoutite seasons along with autumn!

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  29. minorMay 17, 2012 at 12:30 AM

    There are many beautiful flowers. It looks like a botonical garden.

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  30. Julie GoucherMay 17, 2012 at 6:10 PM

    Lovely photos & thanks for the Blogsy tip!

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  31. cheshire wifeMay 17, 2012 at 10:58 PM

    How strange. Our magnolia flowered some weeks ago but our irises will not be in flower for another week or two.

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  32. DollyMay 18, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    Hi Lindy, the photos are so lovely that I can just smell that spring garden scent all the way up here on a rainy Irish evening.

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