Douglas William Jerrold, the English dramatist and writer, is reported to have said, "He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain."
I featured this quotation (as well as the Mutts comic strip that is posted atop this entry), in a 2011 post here on Blogger; where I discussed my concern for a small Japanese Larch (Larix Kaempferi) that I was growing at that time.
This comic strip came to my mind today due to the weather patterns which have been (and still are) occurring in NYC, causing me to feel the need to bring certain flowers inside my home to protect them from losing their brand new petals!
These include Elegant Lady Tulips (seen in my home in the first three images below where the latter picture features her with Hot Springs Water Lilies) as well as Monte Orange Tulips (shown in in my home in the fourth image).
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| OTHER TULIPS ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 1 |
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| OTHER TULIPS ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 1 |
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| OTHER TULIPS ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 1 |
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| OTHER TULIPS ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME 1 |
Here's why these flowers are currently inside my home taking shelter from my urban garden:
On Sunday, temperatures were thirty degrees lower than they had been the previous day, Saturday, April the fourteenth.
In fact it was so warm this past Saturday, Juan V suggested I de-winterize (unwrap the containers) where certain flowers were thriving, as evidenced in the following photographs.
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| GARDEN WINTERIZING IS DISCUSSED IN VOL 2 |
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