Archive for June, 2009
« Previous EntriesShe’s Back!
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Well, sort of back. I’m here and there and in and out…
I have rather a lot to report on, actually. I’ve been given a toy to review, and will do so in a little while. I almost lost my cell phone at Wal-Mart.. but got it back, bwahahha. (that’s the [...]
Happiest Girls in the Garden
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Painted Daisies always make me smile
May Night Salvia
Check out Mr. Bumble Bee cruising in for a landing. I didn’t notice him until I downloaded these photos.
Mom’s Peonies rescued a few years back.
Purple Dames Rocket, Yellow Columbines and Mom’s Purple Bearded Iris
I stole her yellow Bearded Iris, too. [...]
The Hiatus
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I’ve been a baaaad blogger. No post for two fricken’ weeks? That’s a record for me, and one I hope never to break.
What can I say, between starting the summer work hours at the tutoring center and the extreme heat (ya’ll.. 10 days at or above 100 degrees F!), just [...]
Raindrops
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
Last week was a wet one as you all have heard and water is the lifeblood of the garden. I love the beauty of raindrops and dew which accentuate and highlight a plant’s details. You can see a whole world in a raindrop.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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June Columbines
Submitted by Imaginary Diamond Blog
Weeds? Never! More like a dream come true!
Columbines are so plentiful around the gardens that they are seeding themselves, growing AND FLOWERING in the cracks of the sidewalk.
I never planted red. But then, this Jacob’s Ladder used to be blue, too. Weird soil causing trouble I suppose…
This one’s for you, Wunx. [...]
English Weather
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
This past week’s weather has well prepared me for the trip I am taking to Cornwall, England. It has been misty and wet with no end in sight. Even Tucker looks a bit discouraged and the peonies have not seen dry days in quite a while. They have spent their [...]
Foxglove
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 72 F
Low 60 F
I have planted many foxglove in the garden. Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, Digitalis grandiflora, and Digitalis mertonensis, are just some of the species which I have planted. There are over twenty species and the name derives from the Latin, digitalis, which means finger. The flowers do fit [...]
Bearded Iris & Faces on Facebook
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Mom’s Bearded Iris ~ snitched from her garden years ago ~ now happily flourishing in mine.
It’s official, I thought to myself. If my Brother is on Facebook then I am the last hold out left in the USA, and possibly in the world!
I cannot bring myself to become a [...]
Dampened Spirits
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Quest and Sienna waiting out the storm.
I’m 50% savvy when it comes to text messaging:
I can read ‘em! Have not, as yet, mastered the patience to respond.
Of course, there’s no real reason to respond. It’s pretty much a statement of fact that plans to saddle up the horses were, [...]
Manifesting a Horse
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
The Big Rock Garden is growing up! And, may I just say that I am so happy not to have to deal with daycare any longer?
My social life is slipping. Saturday night I attended a birthday party for a dog. Not an ugly person hoping for expensive [...]
Screamin’ Deals
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
They were having a sale.
I’m not nearly as psychotic as you might think. Been waitin‘ with baited breath for this sale. One gallon perennials, marked down to $2.00, all because most of them quit blooming. They’re not dead. They’re quite healthy. They’re just tired of the cramped living conditions [...]
A Daisy If You Do
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Canterbury Bells cope with heavy rains
37. That was the number of undaunted bikers who peddled past me as I ripped away at the weedy mess that some day (soon) will become My New Street Garden.
I avoid working out on that busy street as much as I can. (Hence, the [...]
Prolonged Detention
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I don’t believe further comment by ME is necessary. Y’all have fun.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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You Never Know What’s Gonna Happen
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
‘Pup was on the road the weekend I was in Chicago and witnessed an accident. The primary car involved had rolled over several times, and was…not in prime condition. ‘Pup, and many others, stopped to see if they could render aid.
He said the first thing he saw was an 18 [...]
My Birthday Present
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
It is a wise man that buys his wife flowers. It is a wise husband of a gardener that buys her PLANTS.
‘Pup and I used to have several members of our family that lived out towards Austin. This last month, the last of them came into Houston. ‘Pup’s older brother [...]
The roses are coming
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
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‘Pat Austin’ rose
June is the month of roses and if the sun ever comes out again, they will dry off their resplendent petticoats and join the party. In spite of the rain, David Austin’s apricot ‘Pat Austin’ rose is blooming. I love the flowers but this shrub rose is just [...]
Wordless Wednesday - June 10, 2009
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High is yet to be
Low 52 F
Hosta leaf, Ryan’s Big One, click to enlarge
Single red peonies
Clematis
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Tucker likes to pose!
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 77 F
Low 58 F
Tucker wants to show you how big this hosta is.
One of the best things about going away for a bit is actually coming home. Loved ones have missed you and have been missed and life must somehow return to normal. The gardens change and grow in [...]
40 Days & 40 Nights
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
I don’t care what the calendar says. This first Columbine bloom of the season is the official start to my summer.
Oh, thank God! I thought to myself ~ as I peered out the kitchen window at bright sunshine. A glimmer of hope in this grey, dreary, overly saturated spring.
More [...]
Uhmm, Where Am I and How Do I Get There?
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Note the above title. It contains the exact phrasing (as near as I can remember it) of what I said a couple of times while I was in Chicago. The reason I can remember it pretty well is that it is a phrase I often say.
Yes, I got lost a [...]
Birthday Surprises
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
‘Pup has a surprise planned for me tomorrow. All I know is that it involves a day trip, to somewhere we’ve never been, but wanted to go, that I can wear jeans and he wants to get there before noon. Oh, and his brother can and is going with us.
Ah, [...]
My New Camera
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I LOVE my new camera. It’s a Kodak EasyShare Z1012 IS. It is a high definition camera and has the ability to not only take some dandy videos, but is able to do panoramic shots as well. And, it does macros beautifully. I never thought anything would take the place [...]
I Hosta be Crazy…
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Going to Chicago has awakened a sleeping beastie deep inside my psyche. I am experiencing that most dreaded of all gardener maladies….Zone Envy. I envy, oh, indeed, how I am lusting for some of the plants grown in a more temperate climate…
It’s all about the hostas, baby.
You see, I seem [...]
Chicago - The Flingers
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 72 F
Low 52 F
Click on picture to enlarge
I have saved the best for last. Pictures and impressions of my fellow garden bloggers and plant enthusiasts but, I have found, people with so much more in their lives. Multi-dimensional people from all walks of life sharing at least one common [...]
Chicago Botanical Gardens
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
What better way to make a Texan feel welcomed than to have some bluebonnets on hand? The garden was full of lovely spring flowers, but they are almost secondary to what is really going on in that grand garden.
There are trees here. Trees in every shade of green imaginable and [...]
