Gardening, anyone?
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This first picture is a seagrape, but if you look closely you may see the donkey/horse face I see. The other picture is a Kapok, which I think are so amazing.
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One more, frangipangi and the beautiful, gorgeous bay.
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Twohobbies- love the tropical photos. Where did you go on vaca? Looks like Hawaii or somewhere in the south pacific?
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Jazzy, that's St. John in the US Virgin Islands.
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Oh yes, been there and it is a lovely spot!
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Twohobbies. . .I do see the horse face. How cool is that? We have never been to the Virgin Islands. That may also be an option for our 25th in 2 years. We renewed our vows at 20 and will do so again at 25. We want to go to Scotland. Been there but want to photograph with my new cameras. Hawaii is another option b/c BFs family lives there. It will come down to what we can afford and where BF and her husband can join us.
Relaxing at the waterpark today.
Scottie
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Beautiful flowers. Makes me want to jump on a plane to Hawaii. The donkey's face could also be a dragon's with the trunk behind being a long neck. I don't know why dragons are always drawn with long necks, but they seem to be.
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Beautiful pictures! I also see the donkey/horse head. My DH and I have discussed going back to Hawaii. He says if we go we'll go back to being young and skinny again. Like all the people in the commercials! Silly man!
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Yes, Wren, now I see a dragon with that long neck!
Scottie, we got married there and were planning the return trip for our 20th anniversary, and instead I got cancer again and was doing chemo all summer. We couldn't really afford to go "all out" with the medical bills, but we did go to Aruba when I was done with radiation. So this year I decided I'm going back to our honeymoon resort. Life is short and who knows what might happen by our 25th, so we celebrated our 23rd anniversary there this past week. Scotland or Hawaii sounds lovely. There are so many great places to travel to. If you're like me I can't hardly decide where to go next, but I always look forward to the planning and the next trip.
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Lori, Tell your hubby you'll just slap on a mumu and a Hawaiian shirt. No one will notice size.
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such lovely photos. I see the horse face! Made me smile and also brought back memories of the smell of frangipani. So happy for you that you had a wonderful trip!
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Great idea Wren! I'll also tell him we'll fit right in with some of the older native people ;-)
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been crazy busy past few weeks and haven't had time to post although have read posts here and there so keeping up. Wanted to pass along a link - can't seem to insert on my iPad - made me think of everyone and their lovely and comforting posts and images. Please copy and paste into new browser window. https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/02/29/robin-wall-kimmerer-braiding-sweetgrass/
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Flowers from my travels to northern NM.
Daisy
Indian paintbrush (my fav wildflower)
Poppies
Wild verbena
Wild squash
Yellow columbines
Anyone know what this one is?
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Jazzygirl, it looks like pentstemon snapdragons??
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Pretty pictures, Jazzy. The yellow flower in the bottom picture looks a bit like our wild mullein that grows here in Illinois, but I can't really tell if that could be it, nor do I know if it grows in New Mexico. The top flower we call Indian Blanket (Gaillardia). They are a good late bloomer that needs very little care.
Lori, I can testify that there's no reason to avoid going to an island or beach because you no longer have your beach bodies. I rarely see anyone over 35 who looks like a swimsuit model. Go and enjoy yourselves!
Balthus, I loved the link. I love how she/he says a bean tastes like August.
Yesterday I planted 5 planters with lettuce, basil, herbs, cucumber (an experiement), marguerite daisies and a hibiscus. I guess after traveling to the tropics the hibiscus replaced my idea of the hydrangea in a pot.
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Two hobbies lovely going somewhere and seeing different plants that don't grow in our regions.
Jazzy always nice to see wild flowers blooming, I think they are under appreciated at times.
The sun has returned and we have warm temperatures again. I went to the garden centre to look at trees and came home with more plants. I brought home a Japanese Blood Grass perennial, which I have not seen before, hopefully it will survive the winter.
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A couple pictures of my gardens and my new bird bath. My dog always photobomb my pictures.
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Having a garden emergency. . .Something destroyed my hill full of roses. Dh thought it was a rogue landscaper or vandals b/c they look like they've been machete cut. More like Vandalous Vermints! I'm guessing Beavers. Probably last night. We have spray we use on the yard and other plants, but it apparently wore off and we never thought they'd come after the roses. Has anyone ever pruned large Knockout roses down to the base? We're going to have to prune the others to match and pray that they all grow back. These roses are years old and bloom all season.
Devastated Scottie
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Oh no Scottie! I've cut a lot of my roses back to the base with no problem. They weren't Knockouts thou
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Oh, Scottie! How awful!
At least one of those cuts looks man-made... are you sure it was critters?
I have three 10 year old rosebushes, and I whack them back down to the roots almost every winter. They come back fast, and just fine.
I sure hope that's the case for your lovely bushes.
p.s. Set up a critter-cam! A motion-sensitive camera to catch 'em in the act in case they decide to return!
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Great idea for the critter cam Blessings! I had 2 set up to watch the swan planters I had sitting at the end of our driveway. Some kids decided that they'd look better with one on the bank at the far side of the road and the other ended up in our lake. We never figured out who it was and I stopped putting my swans out until I can figure out a way to rig them up. I thought about putting cement in the bottoms of them. Someone would end up with their arm in a sling if they decided to grab it and toss it. My DH said they'd only come back with a ball bat.
If you decide to get a critter cam get one with the invisible infrared eye. If they see the red light flashing they'll ruin your roses and take your camera.
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My herb garden is doing great! I'm hoping to dry some of them this year. It just seems to be one of those things I never get around to doing.
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My squirrel's corn garden, silly critters!
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Blessings and Lori. . .I called the HOA office and they called the critter guys. There appears to be the makings of a nest in the middle of the lake. These Vandalous Vermints have been wrecking havic around our lake shore for the past few months, Meanwhile DH sprayed everything with the no critter spray. It stinks for about 24hrs and then makes everything taste bitter. DH saw all 13 Geese in the next door neighbors yard today. Lol
Scottie
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Oh no Scottie. I think your rose bushes will come back for sure. Just be patient.
Hey ladies, thanks for the inspiration forlettuce in pots. Here is one of mine. Chives, lettuce, basil. They look very happy and I love how it looks.
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My plants are so sad and wilty!!!
100+ degrees all week, and we are on watering restrictions.
I wish we had a direct pipeline from the wettest parts of the country!!!!
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Blessings,
I'll get right on digging that pipeline - we have plenty of rain water to share in Lower Alabama.
Looks like the critters are taking over our gardens everywhere. Either a discriminating 4- (or maybe 2-) legged mammal ate our Kentucky Colonel mint to the ground overnight - left all of the other plants alone. Someone must have been making mint juleps last night!
Still loving your pictures and garden stories!
Angela
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My hubby was worried about all my herb plants on our deck. It seems the critters that visit are not interested in them, thank goodness!
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