Grooming the field

2 and 3 weeks ago I showed you some beautiful orchids we found at Orchid Trail. Dave and I have tried to dabble in orchids ourselves with far less success. Here are ours:

 

More wordless beauty

More orchid photos taken last week at Orchid Trail. Hope you're not bored with the photos - personally, I'm drunk on 'em!!!

More wordless beauty

This past Sunday, we headed on over to Orchid Trail in Morrisville NC. All I can say is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. If you get the opportunity to visit there, take it!! Tell Paul the lady with the camera who fell in love with bulbophyllum sent ya!

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After the rain

Welcome to our North Carolina home after a spring rain!

The heuchera has responded well to rain & warmer temperatures.

And so has the rhododendron!!

Bloomin' linky

Start outside with a few azalea blossoms, then snap a few pix of dead nettle, and head on in the house for a few photos of orchids... what a great way to welcome spring! 

Wordless wonderment: spring!

Blue skies and spring trees blooming - what more can one ask for?

Another wordful Wednesday linky

This coleslaw is the bomb! I got the recipe from Daydream Kitchen, and I'll be forever grateful! It's different from anything I've had before, light and refreshing, with a tasty tang. And it's pretty, too!

Cilantro Lime Slaw
Ingredients
½ head of green cabbage
2 carrots
½ red bell pepper
⅓ cup of mayonnaise
3 garlic cloves
¼ cup cilantro
Juice of 3 limes
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
Finely chop cabbage into bite-sized pieces, place into large bowl. Peel carrots, then grate them into bowl. Finely julianne red bell pepper, add to bowl.

Create dressing by blending together mayo, garlic, cilantro and lime juice until combined. Toss dressing with other ingredients, add salt and pepper to taste, serve chilled.