Cacophonic Symphony
My chalkboard, where I quickly transcribe my thoughts and ideas before my mind can damp them out with logic or reason. It has taken several years, but my ramblings have finally found their calling, and settled on a theme for this blog. It's all about gardening now!
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Thursday, November 08, 2018
African Violets
Over the summer, I had rescued a few African Violets from someone who no longer needed them. Two were very small and perished waiting for me to act. I eventually re-potted the lone survivor and forgot all about it except to water it once in a while.
When the cold set in, I dragged it indoors and left it in a corner. Yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see two pretty blooms on a tender stalk!
When the cold set in, I dragged it indoors and left it in a corner. Yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see two pretty blooms on a tender stalk!
Saturday, September 15, 2018
Thursday, September 13, 2018
A Garden in Retrospect: Dahlias and Lilies
I love the multi-colors!
A photo at dusk, with the flash on:
The most resilient lily this year, braving intense heat and thriving just on the occasional rain shower:
Inspiring forms and colors:
Not sure if this was by design or the effect of wildlife chewing on it:
The best way to highlight a wall is to plant flowers along it!
A Garden in Retrospect: Sunflowers
As the cold rolls in (delayed by the recent heat waves), this is a first in a short series of posts on my garden through this past season. Let's start with the sunflowers!
These two emerged from an assorted seed packet my kids planted in a large canvas bag:
These two emerged from an assorted seed packet my kids planted in a large canvas bag:
And these are two close-up perspectives of a bloom on a tall stalk (more than seven feet high), germinated at the kids' school:
This fellow was hiding on a short stalk between all the lilies:
Monday, August 20, 2018
Friday, August 17, 2018
The king of Lepidoptera
After several years of putting up with our wild (i.e. not intentionally planted) milkweed patch, I finally saw a Monarch butterfly flitting about them yesterday! And just in time too, since I had made up my mind a day earlier to pull out the milkweed so the day-lilies became visible again...
The butterfly spent some quality time in the milkweed and butterfly bushes. I wanted to stay longer and watch the show, but had to back up the car and get to work...
Thursday, August 16, 2018
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