I love living in a valley most of the time. We have beautiful views of the mountains year round. However, when the wind whips through our little valley, I dream of living in a less aerodynamic terrain. It is not uncommon to have wind gusts in excess of 70 miles an hour and the dust devils and unpredictable wind shifts can do quite a bit of damage. This time all of our benches were picked up and turned over:
Despite the wind storms, the flowers clung to the branches!
Apple Blossoms
Forsythia Flowers
Cascading Flowers on the Weeping Cherry Tree
Pear Blossoms
The Tulips and Hyacinth hung on to their petals too!
Another UFO (Unidentified Flowering Object). I am still trying to identify some of the plants that were here when we moved in. You all have been so helpful in the past, so I thought I would include a picture of this bush. It is actually about 6 feet high and 3 feet wide.
I am continually amazed by the strength and endurance of the plants on our property. Every week I am overjoyed by some plants survival or recovery. How are your plants doing? Hopefully they are not having to work quite as hard as mine to survive!
Tomorrow I will share what is blooming in my garage and how my vegetable garden survived the storms.
To see beautiful gardens from all over the world, visit Flaunt Your Flowers/Fertilizer Friday at Tootsie Time.
Alea says
During our wind storms we actually miss living in hurricane country. At least there, we received several days warning before the storm hit. We often have no idea when we are going to get a storm – the first clue usually being the trampoline flying sideways across the yard.:D