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19 Jun 2008I'm singing the blues today 3Cloudy 26°C / 79°F
BIG SIGH…my little robin fledgling that I journaled yesterday is gone. He was done in by one of my dogs. I don’t blame the dog and bless her heart she dropped the bird when I yelled but I cried for an hour!!
The first and fourth images are from 2 days ago when my friends and I we...
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18 Jun 2008My wayward baby robin 2 Fauna in the Flora gardenOvercast 24°C / 75°F
This week my little robin babies were raided by something in the middle of the night and I found 2 of the little ones with pin feathers dead on the ground. I did however notice there was still one left in the nest in my gorgeous clematis now in full bloom…so I’ve been watching him cl...
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12 Jun 2008Volunteer Malvas all over the place! 1Overcast 9°C / 49°F
This week I was in for a pleasant surprise after the rains stopped. I was finally able to get outside yesterday evening to take some pix and my volunteer malvas had started their show!
I had planted one garish fuschia colored malva about 10 years ago…after 3 years it died back never to be ...
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10 Jun 2008A few blooms from the garden todayCloudy 11°C / 52°F
I have been really enjoying some of the old standby’s in the garden this year…the simplicity of the old fashioned annuals and perennials really gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling!
The columbine pictured is a volunteer…nothing like any I have planted and looks to be a species. ...
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07 Jun 2008A giant bouquet on my trellis! 6 4Overcast 9°C / 49°F
As I reported last journal entry, my Impressionist rose was starting to go crazy on the trellis that I companion planted with a rich violet early blooming clematis. Well with all this rain and overcast weather in the Pacific NW this year, many plants are struggling for sun….but the roses ...
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02 Jun 2008And the daylily show begins!!! 1 2 The daylily gardenRainy 14°C / 58°F
I love this time of year as I watch the buds starting to form on the plants but especially my daylilies. They are going to need some warmer weather soon to put on a proper show this season but the 2 early bloomers just scoff at the cool temps and the rain!!
The first is Cleopatra who is STUNNING...
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31 May 2008Making an Impression today! 5 7Overcast 20°C / 68°F
Today my favorite rose in the whole wide world started opening , coupled on the same trellis as Romantika clematis. This is a climber from Heirloom Roses in Oregon called The Impressionist.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO HEIRLOOM ROSES WEBSITE…AND ENJOY THE EYE CANDY!
My friend Diana and I who bot...
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22 May 2008A nice surprise today..the new Rhodies are blooming 2 3 Entry Room gardenRainy 9°C / 49°F
I purchased 3 rhodies this spring just packed with buds. They were advertised to be mid season bloomers which I needed for late May in my Entry beds.
Well today they started to open. OMG they look like orchids!!! I’m so glad I bought 3 of the same plant. It really draws the eye around the...
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13 May 2008The butterfly bench has arrived!!! 7 11Cloudy 17°C / 62°F
I ordered myself a birthday present this year and it finally arrived!! A stained glass monarch bench. The black portion is metal. Wow what an eye catching focal point this is going to be. It’s going in my Entry Garden which I can now rearrange around this piece
Inside the entry gar...
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12 May 2008New toy for photographing my garden...and thoughts to ChengduRainy 11°C / 51°F
Hi all,
Well yesterday was my birthday and unfortunately I woke up to the devistating news that the huge earthquake had hit the area in China which is near and dear to my heart…Chengdu, where the panda I went to adopt in February lives.
I spent all day trying to contact the panda base and f...
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