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Winter Begins at May Dreams Gardens

December 6, 2007 By Carol Michel 13 Comments


You know how it is on that first really fine spring day? You step outside and the sky is blue, the grass is green and the garden is all new again. It’s the real beginning of the planting season, springtime.

Today, as the first snow of the season blanketed the landscape, I stepped outside and the sky was a bit overcast, the grass was covered with new snow and the garden was nearly dormant. It’s the real beginning of the dreaming season, wintertime.

Another year in the garden has past, through winter, spring, summer, and fall.

Now it’s time for fires in the fireplace, hot tea, and warm socks. It’s time for wrapping up in afghans and surrounding oneself with gardening books, seed catalogs, garden journals, and notepads to begin dreaming about and planning for next year’s garden.

It’s winter at May Dreams Gardens.

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  1. chuck b. says

    December 6, 2007 at 3:55 am

    Well, it sounds lovely. It does. Can I have hot chocolate instead of tea? No marshmallows.

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  2. Angela @ Cottage Magpie says

    December 6, 2007 at 8:11 am

    Cocoa for me, too, please. And a HUGE stack of gardening magazines and catalogs! 🙂
    ~Angela 🙂

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  3. Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen says

    December 6, 2007 at 8:31 am

    It certainly is winter at May Dreams Gardens and how pretty your garden looks. We hardly ever have any snow here, such a pity.

    Well Carol, sweet dreams about your dream garden to be!

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  4. Lisa at Greenbow says

    December 6, 2007 at 11:44 am

    You lucky lady getting such a lovely blanket of white tossed over your sleeping garden. You can relax now with a cup of tea and dream.

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  5. Sweet Home and Garden Carolina says

    December 6, 2007 at 3:13 pm

    Tea ? Hot chocolate ? Southern Comfort is the only thing that’ll take away the Chicago chill.

    Lovely winter photo of your garden, Carol. We’ve got a lot of the white stuff here as well.

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  6. Anonymous says

    December 6, 2007 at 3:54 pm

    Pam @ Digging says:

    Your pretty winter scene looks straight off a XMas card, Carol. Enjoy your dreams of May.

    Reply
  7. Mary says

    December 6, 2007 at 5:31 pm

    Even without the snow, it’s a time for dreaming and a time to recharge our batteries for the energy we’ll need in April!

    Thanks for the snow scene :o)

    Dry in NC
    Mary

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  8. Anonymous says

    December 6, 2007 at 5:48 pm

    I envy your winter dreams. My slow season is late summer. Somehow sitting in the shade panting for breath, swatting at mosquitoes while drenched in sweat doesn’t seem quite as romantic compared with your winter scene–even if I’m braced by a frozen margarita.

    mss @ Zanthan Gardens

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  9. Mr. McGregor's Daughter says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:59 pm

    How pretty – you captured the snow falling. I prefer hot cocoa with a shot of Frangelico in it, or, during the day English Toffee dessert tea.

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  10. Stunned Donor says

    December 6, 2007 at 10:21 pm

    No sitting around with cocoa by the fire here, the bird feeders are all the way at the back of the lot and the birds can go through a couple of pounds on a cold day.

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  11. healingmagichands says

    December 7, 2007 at 1:09 am

    what a beautiful picture, Carol. Your garden is beautiful even in sleep.

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  12. Carol Michel says

    December 8, 2007 at 3:03 am

    All.. thanks for the comments and kind words. The snow is still here, though it might melt this weekend as temperatures go above freezing again.

    I hope you all find time to enjoy your hot chocolate, hot toddy or whatever it is that warms you, this weekend.

    Carol, May Dreams Gardens

    Reply
  13. Julie says

    December 10, 2007 at 12:18 am

    What a beautiful scene! I too miss this kind of thing here in south Florida…it sure looks like it would be heavenly with the cold air, sleigh rides (I hope you get to do this too), and the hot chocolate, etc. I know I would not be able to go to work…retirement would be a definate at this point of COLD!!!

    Reply

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