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Archive for January, 2010

Galanthus Galore

Posted in Garden on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

So, it’s 20 degrees at Winterthur this afternoon.  I thought this would be a great time to take a nice photo of a snow drop. Wrong! The galanthus are smarter than I, staying curled up and protected along the March Bank.  Here’s a photo of what I thought it would look like, taken last year. [...]

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Ode to Winter

Posted in Garden, tagged , , , on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Winter is neck in neck with autumn as one of my favorite seasons. Spring’s beauty is unrivaled hands down but in the gardening world, is fraught with a hefty to do list and although summer’s long days are invigorating the heat and humidity dampen my enthusiasm. Fall is in a league of its own—cooling temperatures, [...]

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January in the Winterthur Garden

Posted in Garden, tagged , , on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It is such a wonderful surprise to see flowers blooming in winter and H.F. du Pont planned his garden to maximize that pleasure. Here are notes that he wrote over his lifetime about the Winterthur garden in January. – – -Maggie Lidz, Estate Historian. The photo was taken at Winterthur January 31, 1913 of blooming crocus. [...]

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Snowdrops and Winter Jasmine

Posted in Garden, tagged , , on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Maggie Lidz observed snowdrops and winter jasmine in bloom this week in the Winterthur Garden. What have you seen? One of the best things about working here is the pleasure of the garden. The winter jasmine is in bloom now. It has been hanging down the staircase wall since 1931. A special soil well was [...]

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Cold Day for a Frog

Posted in Garden, tagged , , on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Talk about a photo op – this morning the Winterthur Garden is gorgeous with a light covering of snow.  I strapped on my Yaktrax so I wouldn’t slip on an icy patch, grabbed my camera and spent about an hour focusing on the beauty of the winter garden. One stop was Enchanted Woods where I snapped [...]

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Sunrise at the Test Barn

Posted in Garden, tagged , on January 7, 2010 | 6 Comments »

The sunrise view outside my office window has been spectacular almost every day this week. I don’t usually have much luck capturing sunrises with my camera because there is deceptively little light. In this case I used a primitive setup – I flipped a trash can over to use as a tripod and set the camera [...]

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A Brisk Winter Walk

Posted in Garden, tagged , on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This morning, my task was to document the Yuletide tour on the 5th and 6th floors of the house. (This blue wreath is in the window of the Baltimore Room on the 5th floor.) If you haven’t seen it yet, hurry in this week; the tour closes on Sunday, January 10th. You are sure to [...]

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