An abrupt early afternoon thunderstorm blew through here and then it was back to hot and muggy. Not nearly enough rain came down. It’s staying in the air. I did get a chance to walk out back today and check on things. Mostly good, some things of concern. Some pictures and videos. Hope you enjoy…
Category: flora
Saturday Doodads — Garden Tour
Today a friend and I toured 8 different gardens in 80+ degree heat. The temp in the car said 88 on the drive home. Thankfully some of most of the gardens were in shade which helped. Before going on to the pictures, I have to say a universal plant in each of the yards was…
Friday Doodads — The yard
It’s been in the 80’s all week, which means too hot to do much outside for most of the day. I just went and got the mail out of the box, deadheaded the hanging basket of petunias and verbenas the kids got me for my birthday — yes, I just had a birthday, yay —…
Doodads — The Yard — 6/18/19
I took all of these on Monday, 6/17/19 and tried to capture anything in the yard that looked interesting. Clearance hostas I bought last year. fish with a ground cover. have had this for awhile peace lily in bloom. this plant came from my stepdad’s funeral climbing rose bush that was here when…
The University of MI Peony Garden and Nichols Arboretum trip 6/4/19
From the University website: The University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden presents a stunning spring display, currently with 350 historic herbaceous varieties (cultivars) from the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. These specimens represent many of the important American, Canadian, and European herbaceous peonies of the era – and over half are no…
Good Father Damien
Image by imazite from Pixabay Father Damien had been a priest at the parish affectionately known as The Triangle for 7 years as of today. The Triangle was called such due to the triangle shape of the church and because of the triangle-shaped property it sat on at the intersection of Larry, Moe, and Shemp…
Saturday Doodads — The Yard
This edition of Doodads will take you on an abbreviated tour of the yard, as I walked around on my way out to the mailbox. The first picture is the growing fancy Asiatic Lilies I planted in the fall. These are going to be gorgeous! They were planted in suet cages to keep the ground…
Tao Talk 