Little Bits and Pieces of any Day

 

Corinne Clematis blossom with her fuzzy underside.

Dug from old ghost towns in Nevada, and packed uncleaned in wooden crates.

A quarter each in backroom of Reno antique shop, 

if we scrummaged through the boxes ourselves.

A lovely reminder of my antiquing days with my mom

when I was in my thirties.

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus)

with wings unfolding for flight,

and 

Winterthur Viburnum buds opening.

Dog walking at the lake formed by Percy Priest Dam

Itea virginica Saturnalia

Female Carpenter Bee

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A pair of these gentle giants can be a bit intimidating

when they are protecting the larvae in their chewed out holes.

We accept them and put out leaning 4 x 4's of cedar

which they use after several years of drying out.

Lost the name of this Viticella clematis.

Winterberry, Ilex verticillata

with

Little Black Ant

Honey Bee

and

friend

Clematis viorna

Sweet Austin

and 

Zebra Jumping Spider, Salticus scenicus (an European import)

Bottlebrush Grass, Elymus hystrix

Top facing northwest - Bottom facing south

Cool season grass, meaning it grows in spring and fall.

In garden, most of the spring grass will dry and disappear by mid summer.  

The fall growing grass will dry with some disappearing, 

and some standing dry during the winter months.

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Some years it fills most of the flower beds, some years not.

This year it is plentiful.

I love this woodland rye grass.

Clematis 'Venosa Violacea' (Viticella Group)

Life has a way of wearing me down into tears lately, so this is all I have to offer.  Until next time...

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