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It’s a Jungle
Late last week I managed to walk around the garden and check out everything in bloom. Despite the garden being overgrown and weedy, there’s quite a bit blooming. In addition, there’s a lot of wildlife flitting about in the form of bees, dragonflies, butterflies, lizards, frogs, and toads. So despite my thinking the garden horrendous, apparently the wildlife seem to appreciate the wildness. I’m quite happy with my self seeded tithonia that came up. It didn’t get nearly as tall as the plants that grew last year, which ended up falling over a few times and at least once or twice that was due to trampling by deer. I have…
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100 Happy Days | Days 80-91
Day 80: No photo…There were a lot of no photo days this time around. Day 81: Teddy’s closet is done! Day 82: No photo. Day 83: Small harvest from what was left of the tomatoes. Day 84: The new car just after we signed the papers! Day 85: Black and blue salvia blooming in the garden. Day 86: Leo enjoying his the baby’s crib. Day 87: No photo Day 88: My little companion! Day 89: My cotton is blooming! This one is has brown fibers. Day 90: Finally the black eyed susan vines have taken off and are blooming! I’ve tried growing them multiple times and this is the first…
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As The Weeds Grow
This part of the garden is scary. The path is full of weeds and weeds have overtaken the some sections of the garden. Nevermind that the armadillos showed back up sometime last week and did some more jacking up of the garden. Ah, how nice it will be to bend down to pick up weeds in cooler weather. I’ll be bending down to pick up weeds, probably, before it gets cool again. We’ve had heat advisory days most days in the last week and none of those afternoon storms that get just so close end up coming over our house. August in Texas…yep, that’s where we’re at.
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100 Happy Days: Days 66-79
Day 66: The candy lilies bloomed! Day 67: Forgot to take a photo. Day 68: Lots of progress on the guest bedroom! Go Chris! Day 69: Forgot to take a photo. Day 70: Hanging with Samson on the stairs, one of his favorite spots in the house. He was already on his downhill turn at this point but was still coming out to hang with us. Day 71: Paint in the guest bedroom! Day 72: Homemade chocolate chip cookies…mmmmm, cooookies! Day 73: Seed order came in! Now if they could just plant themselves in this heat….and the tomatoes can take themseles down, too. Day 74: Not necessarily ‘happy’ but Samson…
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That’s not a golden lotus!
Sometime back in the fall or even last summer Chris’ dad brought us a banana tree from his yard that was supposed to be a golden lotus banana, a pup from one of the plants that we had given him back when we lived in Florida. In our garden in Florida we had several varieties of banana trees that we grew. Anyway, the banana died back over the winter and with the very harsh winter this year I was still surprised that it came back up in the spring when the ground warmed up. Golden lotus banana trees are typically squat and bushy so when the tree and its subsequent…
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Over The Rainbow Bridge | Samson
In December of 2002 Chris and I were living in Melbourne, Florida while he was going to graduate school. We’d been married about six months or so and I’d been hankering for a pet. A dog wasn’t ideal at the time and it took some time to convince Chris that a cat was a good idea for us. He hadn’t grown up with cats but I had and knew that they could be just as fun as a dog—well, at least the right cat! We went to a couple of different rescue shelters before going to the Central Brevard Humane Society to see their selection of cats. Samson was there,…
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100 Happy Days: Days 59-65
Day 59: Spent the evening semi-organizing the baby’s room, discussing blankets and how many to keep out/where to put them. Day 60: Hung some wall art in the baby’s room. Get your own here. Day 61: One of the many treat times with the boys! Day 62: Went to a breastfeeding class at the hospital…learned I don’t have to pump and dump to have a glass of wine post-baby! Day 63: Impressed with the cushaw melon vine! It has really taken off—now if only the squash vine borers don’t attack it. Day 64: No photo. Meant to take one of the cradle we’re painting. Day 65: Still in a working…
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100 Happy Days: Days 48-58
Day 48: Figs starting to ripen! Day 49: Passiflora lutea Day 50: Samson…such a sweet boy. Day 51: Starting to harvest the figs! Day 52: No photo. Day 53: No photo. Day 54: My birthday present to myself from the clearance rack at REI. So comfortable! Day 55: More figs! Day 56: Me and my niece Zoe! Day 57: Mom and I being silly in the dressing room of Motherhood Maternity. I was on the prowl for nursing bras and she was helping me find some. Apparently they have a little ‘belly’ belt you can put on if you aren’t showing yet so mom put it on and we had…
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Fuzzy Wuzzy Airplant | Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Always fun to find one of these! Tillandsia pruinosa information.
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Mid-July Blooms
I’ve been patiently waiting for the Texas Star Hibiscus, Hibiscus coccineus to bloom. As it is a hibiscus and incredibly tasty to the palate of deer, I managed to ‘hide’ a few plants near the house on the side garden behind a some other plants. This paid off in great growth from the hibiscus and rewarded me with a bloom the other day. Of course by the time I got around to getting a photo the bloom had closed up for the evening. There are a couple of other Texas Star Hibiscus plants that are near the beehive that I would like to move since they are continually getting chomped…