The goldfish aren't in the pond yet this spring. They winter in the tank at our daughter's cottage. I did pick up some Water Hyacinths last week and just put in a variety of lilies around the inside edge of the beds along with some Impatience to appease my own while they mature.
How I spend my time!
Most of my clematis have winter-killed but I found this one coming up under a rose bush a couple years ago and moved it here where it is beautifully thriving. It is a pristine white and simply gorgous now clamboring for attention in the front garden.
This is likely "Harrison's Yellow" which is now loaded with blooms but will last only about a week. It is said to be the famous "Yellow Rose of Texas" and is the yellow rose most commonly seen in old gardens even in the northcountry.
I think this is the Nelly Moser Clematis which I thought I lost a few years ago. It came back last year and is now thriving on the south side of the Pergola. This one is my favourite.
That is NOT me . . . but rather our resident "scarelady" who sports a brand new handknit scarf that I didn't like once finished. She snitched one of my husband's dress shirts that is a bit faded as well as a straw hat. Hopefully she will earn her keep warding off the woodchuck that is intent on moving into this garden!
Daisies don't tell . . . and my friend who gave me these some years ago wasn't able to identify them as to the variety, so she didn't tell me either. They have ferny foliage, growing about a foot high, self-sow but are not what I would call invasive. She wondered if they were Michaelmas Daisies.
An early very sweetly scented, long lasting phlox, a small clump which I found amidst the weeds when we first moved here. It is my favorite, growing but a foot high with long lasting blooms for cutting. 
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