theme…

09 Sunday Jun 2019

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had some fun in the garden on Saturday… the forecast was for thunderstorms and rain during the day so I got out early to plant the purchases from the day before…

trying to stick to the purple and white theme although the dahlia might be a bit on the pink side;-)…

three pots planted, a few baskets hung, the tomato and mandevilla placed… also brought out the hibiscus…

still need to bring out the Japanese Maple, but going to wait just a bit longer so it doesn’t struggle with the move…

it is looking pretty good… now just waiting to get that back flowerbed cleaned up…

missing my beloved as I work away in the yard…

grown…

13 Sunday Jan 2019

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late in the fall my grandson brought in a few of the plants…

one was the mandevilla… it had grown long and through some of the bench on the deck so was very messy when it came into the house…

I ignored it until the other day… took the time to cut it back and feed it… looking forward to watching it over the next few months…

also trimmed and fed the hibiscus and Japanese maple…

I am sure they all appreciated the attention… we will see how they all do…

nice to have greenery in the house… makes it feel summery…

video…

04 Thursday Oct 2018

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had a great day…

started out with two beautiful blooms on the hibiscus…

got a lovely present… tasty chocolate and a cookbook… looks like there are a couple of recipes that I am going to need to try soon… they can all be made in 15 minutes…

took part in a video with my colleague… we laughed quite a bit…

and that was all before noon…

now for a four day weekend;-)…

delicate…

21 Friday Sep 2018

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big girl pants, delicate, garden, hibiscus, Japanese Maple, leaves, mandevilla, morning glories, stress, widow

put a note in my calendar the other day so that I would remember to bring the Japanese Maple in from the garden…

doesn’t look like it was affected by the cold weather which makes me happy… will watch and see how stressed it will be from the move… it is a bit delicate and often drops all of the leaves when moved…

still have to bring in the hibiscus and mandevilla… maybe on Sunday…

right now the morning glories are wrapped all around the mandevilla, lol…

yelling…

16 Monday Jul 2018

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just heard one of the squirrels outside yelling at something or someone…

reminded me of a couple of things…

first was the squirrel on the roof this morning as I was taking a picture of the hibiscus flowers…

it was quite upset that I was standing there and I suggested that it could stop the yelling as it was my roof and I wasn’t doing anything to cause a problem…

got the picture of the hibiscus, the cloudy sky and the pond that is losing water at an alarming rate again… could just be the amount of water falling with the wind and heat… we shall see…

was also thinking of the squirrel that used to holler at my beloved every time he would walk out of the house… or when he came out of the garage… just to taunt him, lol… eventually he caught it and we drove out to a forested area and dropped it off…

so, yelling squirrels bring back many memories, lol…

budding…

09 Monday Jul 2018

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had a lovely time in the garden this morning…

instead of walking on the treadmill I watered all the pots and planters one by one with a bucket… I find this very helpful because it ensures that each one gets the correct amount of water…

the daturas are looking stunning… seems like I couldn’t get enough pictures of them this morning… lots of buds and opening flowers…

the mandevilla continues to tease me by slowly getting closer to opening every day…

and the big excitement was the hibiscus beginning to open… took the open shot when I arrived home after work… it is so much happier in this space, just about four feet from where it was… amazing what finding just the right spot can do for the plant’s happiness;-)…

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19 Friday Jan 2018

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yesterday the final bloom on the hibiscus opened…

reminded me of the lovely flowers over Christmas while my out-of-town kids were here…

tonight it has already started to close…

opening…

27 Wednesday Dec 2017

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enjoyed some beautiful flowers today…

was at the office for a few hours and the African violet was still blooming and looked so nice…

I was laughing when I got home to see that the hibiscus was blooming again… the buds started opening when my daughter arrived in the city… she and my son-in-law have been house-sitting for a friend and while she’s been gone it has not bloomed… she arrived home about five minutes before I took this shot…

finally, while I was out today, I picked up this cute little tree that was on sale at Safeway… I bought it instead of flowers;-)…

a lovely addition to my tree collection;-)…

red…

27 Monday Nov 2017

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yesterday my hibiscus started to bloom…

when it moved into the house in late September it lost some of its leaves…

it didn’t bloom outside until really late in the season, so I was very happy when the buds started to form in the house…

it always takes a long time from the first bud to the blossom so I was surprised when I found it open yesterday and this morning the second bloom opened…