Monthly Archives: April 2014

Spring is everywhere and I thought I would share some photographs taken at various place Inside the Beltline.

A view of the Wells Fargo Building taken on the lawn of The North Carolina Executive Mansion.

Wisteria vines trained on post at JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University.

Skyhouse Tower- 23 story apartment tower under construction in the Art District.

The corner of Cameron and Daniels Streets in Cameron Village Shopping Center.

A whoopie pie from Annelore’s German Bakery at The Raleigh Farmers Market

Enjoying a PomBR and How do you Q? On the patio at The Borough on the corner of Morgan and Dawson Streets.

Dogwoods blooming in Harget Square with the PNC Building in the background.

And The First Friday ArtWalk and gallery crawl.

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I just planted the vegetable garden a week ago but one tomato plant already is blooming! It has been very warm and moist and everything has grown rapidly.

The viburnums are blooming, too!

Each Spring many volunteer seedlings germinate in the small lawn along the street. This year there were many monkey grass seedlings and a few spiderworts. I will replant them in a better location.

This morning I will recharge with a bagel toasted in olive oil and thyme with a little tahini!

And an iced mocha latte

And head down to a few garden shops before coming back and working in the yard and garden!

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There was a cold snap last night and the temperatures reached a low of 33f but nothing looks damaged.

The good news is that while looking for cold damage this morning I did see the fallen pollen stamen of the pine and sweet gum trees. This means that the Spring pollen season is coming to an end! The upper anther is of the Sweet Gum and the lower, is the pine anther.

In the vegetable garden the arugula and lettuce seeds have begun to germinate.

And the Paulownia tees are blooming and dropping flowers!

In the front yard there are large patches of old-fashioned ajuga blooming. These have green leaves and the former owner of the house, Ruby, probably had a bed out there.

Also, a few of the German Irises have begun to bloom!

Hopefully, last night’s threat of frost was the last! I am going to pretend it was and go about my gardening business!

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