Category: flora

Doodads — gardening inside and out

  It’s been a busy weekend for doing plant things.  Yesterday older son came over and put together 2 corrugated metal planters with 3ftx4ft (approx) dimensions.  Thank you for making it easy for me, son!  Pictures later of those once I decide where they are going to go, get them situated and full of dirt,…

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FOTD 28th March 2023: Dandelion — Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss

Just a lonely dandelion growing by the wayside where its seed fell and began to grow. FOTD 28th March 2023: Dandelion FOTD 28th March 2023: Dandelion — Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss seeing Pat’s picture of the dandelion inspired my poem:   small sun portendsold man winter’s recedingPersephone, rise!

Doodads Sunday 032623

This houseplant that my older son gave me years ago has managed to stay alive, but it has never bloomed before.  I put it close to the plant light that’s shining on the dawn redwood seedlings and it has been inspired to bloom.  It’s still opening, but what a beauty. This weekend has been busy…

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Doodads — inside / outside 030823

Click on the captions to see the pics full size. Other news:  I went outside and walked around the yard.  Was going to clean out one of the bluebird boxes and got it open only to discover there was a strip of wood missing from the back wall of it.  I pulled it out of…

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sage haiga and scarce

Imagine my surprise at seeing the sage plant in bloom yesterday.  It’s rearing to go!   I will be pretty scarce this weekend due to having some writing to work on, as well as some other work on approaching deadlines.  Also just heard that younger son and his family are planning on visiting town tomorrow (if…

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Tanka Tuesday 307 — Cupid’s Season

love, rearrange; alchemize life in my heart’s ossified veins may liquid rose flow as burgeoning joy in Spring’s fresh rains Compression form poem Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday.  Colleen says: This week’s challenge is Synonyms Only. That means you have to select synonyms for the two words below. You can’t use the…

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