and there i was without a net
so there i was, just minding my own business. well, actually, i was looking through my office window down into the front garden. my garden, my business.
anyway, i spotted a butterfly and almost broke my neck barrelling down the stairs to take a picture.
it's on a bush that's become excessively overgrown. i'm appreciating this bush more since the great lilac debacle; it blooms at the same time as the lilacs would and it smells very sweet. apparently the butterflies think it's a-okay, too.
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lovely! is that one of those "butterfly bushes"? and doesn't "butterfly bush" sound like an excellent dirty punch line?
Posted by: terry | June 2, 2003 10:04 PM
oh ho ho ho ho. no, it's not a butterfly bush -- i don't know what kind of bush it actually is, but i do know butterfly bushes, and they're not hardy for my zone. (might be for yours.) they're called buddleia. i think you'd like them!
Posted by: julie | June 2, 2003 11:57 PM
yesterday at the garden center i learned that my fragrant shrub is a daphne.
Posted by: julie | June 4, 2003 09:11 AM
Ooooh! But our daphne out here are the first things to bloom in March - before the daffodils, even. The fragrance is amazing...
Posted by: betsy | June 4, 2003 10:18 AM