S L O W.....

Every day I look at the Portulaca I planted on May 16 for signs of a bloom. Well, today there are 2! These poor things have stretched to the sky looking for a dryout and more sun for 46 days! Thank goodness they show promise of additional pretty blossoms. Usually there is one on each shoot at the same time; they have never grown so tall before!

May 16, 2019

June 27, 2019

Even the Martha Washington Geraniums have suffered this year.

June 27, 2019

July 3, 2018

All Hosta in the surrounding area are HUGE! Ours is about to bloom. The hummingbirds love these.

The ferns love the wet weather conditions for sure!

5:00pm June 27. Lake weed control coming past. They caught me unprepared and my pictures aren't that sharp. This is done at least twice a year.

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Green Green Green!

It's time to plant my Portulaca and the Mother's Day Tuberous Begonia, even if it is going to rain more in the next days ahead.

I love the feel of the warm soil in my hands and never wear gloves. "Henry" my rooster is happy now.

The little colorful blossoms will soon bud and this tub will be a flashy, splashy and vibrant sight!

The Martha Washington Geranium now sports the trellis that the bully hummingbird loved as his lookout stand.

It is a painful process for me to wait for the daffodil leaves to die out and wither away before I can cut them off but it is a necessary process in order to have blossoms again next year. As you can see clearly, the Hosta and the Seedum plants are doing well in spite of being crowded.

 The sunshine brought out a daughter and her dog, a fisherman, and a sun bather!

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Color me Pink

I Never Saw IT Coming

Ya know....Autumn, Winter. Yeah! Right!  My fruit basket is empty and soon we'll be traveling to the orchard place to stock up on cider. We'll also be getting pumpkins (for decoration) and apples (for all sorts of good eating such as pies, crisp, and sauce.)

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Sundry Shoots

Yes, I was able to find a Monarch Butterfly but it wouldn't stay put for the best shot. Meanwhile, back at the cabin my larvae is gobbling at the leaves in the jar. 

Up in the old rock garden the Mister's geranium is thriving in its pipe pot.

At one end of the garden the Wild Snapdragon (aka Toadflax) haven't bloomed but at the top of the area they have. Pretty yellow fellows!

There is a large group of this plant but I can't seem to identify it. HELP! It gives off a medicinal type aroma when crushed. No flower buds are evident.

And up on the edge of the road the Thimble Berries are beginning to form. The problem is that just as soon as one is mature, the birds eat them and there is no chance of me even plucking a cupful of ripe ones. I was lucky to even see them today!

Chomp, Chatter and Ladybird protect the garden from the local bear.

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Lake Side

This morning the sun was out full and warm. I meandered with cane and camera down to the lakefront to see if there was any chance of my sword beans having a hint of blossoming. Nope!  Well the frost will come very soon and the project will be at its complete end. If there were any way to plant the seeds directly in the earth under a trellis of some sort they might have had a better chance. This was a fail but we gave it a good try both the beans and I!

At the water's edge I observed American Pondweed floating and some little lavender flowers blooming prettily.

There are still three bud clusters that will soon bloom on the white geranium!

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By the way, a SWORD BEAN can grow very large beans! Just not here.