Friday Favorite Feature is a little late today, partly due to POPO 2026 posts starting. It’s been a hella busy week for me and it isn’t over yet. I’m not complaining. It’s mostly been fun things. Last week was a trip to the dental hygienist for my last cleaning of the year. The kousa dogwood…
Category: trees
Dawn Redwood at fmg
Anybody who has read my blog for any length of time has heard me go on and on about the gardens and feeding the koi at the waterfall pond. Last Tuesday I realized the whole area around the pond has a stand of dawn redwood trees. How could I have failed to see them before?…
Dawn Redwood
My adventure with Dawn Redwoods began in 2023. There is no sense in reinventing the wheel, so if you want to see how it all began, go here. There was another update in September 2023 here. The final update, before today’s, in March 2024, was here. The pictures above show you what they look like…
Meijer Gardens Michigan All-State Bonsai Show May 10 — May 12, 2024
poster lifted from fmg website As I promised, here are the pics from the bonsai show. All of them were taken by me, except for the last few, which were taken by “Anonymous,” aka my Daughter In-Law’s Father. He’s an excellent photographer, and the pics are used with his permission. I’ll have them as a…
The Lives of Trees post by Mitch Teemley
Check out Mitch’ post to see magnificent trees from around the globe. Many of them have critters “trapped” within them.
Walk out back plus 020924
It’s sunny but chilly out there. When I went out to get the mail and fill one of the bird feeders, I decided to talk out back. The top pic shows some of the pinecones on one of the red pines. As the trees grow larger, so do the size of the pine cones. All…
