Sunday, May 19, 2013
#DCspring
Well, dear readers, if you blink you may miss it: our gorgeous DC spring, which showed up late this year, is already making way for hot and muggy DC summer. Don't believe me? See for yourself...
The area is still absolutely gorgeous, though the weather is getting gross, and every time I take Charlie out for a walk I am amazed by all the flowers in my new neighborhood. Glorious wild rose bushes abound, the peonies bloomed last week, the irises are only now on their last legs, and many dogwoods are still in full flower. I'm tempted to take gardening shears with me whenever I leave the house! (Okay, I have - three times - but I just clipped some roses from way back in the grounds of an apartment building near me, where they wouldn't be missed, and I actually paid a neighbor for a few of the peonies from her garden!) I know I Instagram the [expletive] out of spring in DC, but I thought I'd share some of my favorites from April 1 through today, both seen and not yet seen online, before the season is gone for the year. Enjoy!
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madrid is completely bipoloar. last weekend was so hot and now its hailing... i want spring!!
ReplyDeleteStunning!! That's hilarious that you paid a neighbor for some peonies. That strikes me as a such a "city" thing (although I guess it could happen anywhere). I love it!!!
ReplyDeleteI love peonies. So much. And Atlanta is crazy too, we have had next to no true hot weather and tomorrow it is going to be 90!
ReplyDeleteSpring is looking soooo good! We have had grey, cold and dark days here in Melbourne, winter is on its way...... no like...... :) Kristina
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I walked to my best friend's apartment the other night (we live on the same street!), and while I wasn't overwhelmed by the colors of the flowers, the scent in the air was completely intoxicating. I have no idea which flower smells that good, but I breathed deeply the entire walk there and back. I love springtime!
ReplyDeleteThose houses? Those flowers (especially the tulips and peonies)? Maybe I need to move to DC!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness it's stunning there! Such sweet photos, perfectly captures the feeling of spring!
ReplyDeletexx, Emily
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look at that beauty!!
ReplyDeleteHave you seen our weather forecast over here in London?? UGH UGH UGH! I'm so jealous of your DC weather!
ReplyDeleteoh no! Europe is a MESS when it comes to weather :/
ReplyDeletehaha she'd only take a few dollars, but they were right in her front yard! I was being polite :)
ReplyDeleteI bet the humidity's hit you? it started this week for us...
ReplyDeleteoh no! but you just had fall and I bet that was gorgeous :) hello from DC to Australia!
ReplyDeleteme too! I had some roses in a vase that were dying, so I picked off all the petals and put them in a bowl next to my bed - it's amazing.
ReplyDeletehaha well the truth is that those houses are in my parents' neighborhood in the suburbs... but come to DC anyway!
ReplyDeleteaw yay thanks! as my dad very flatteringly (HA) said yesterday, "the iPhone can make anyone think she's a photographer!"
ReplyDeleteI KNOW. this town, right? though your desert photos show the other side of stunning :)
ReplyDeleteanything I say here will be mean! but I hope you get to put away your coats and tights soon...
ReplyDeleteYep, today has been the first bad day of it - I knew it when I was sweating after an hour walk this morning at 8! Not ready for the Summer - this is when I really miss living in London!
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