tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31223709186632038852024-03-19T03:48:56.555-05:00Perfection...More or LessLife at Little Fourth Acre Gardens ~ Gardening for Wildlife with Native PlantsYvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-31274833659309181082024-03-15T00:05:00.001-05:002024-03-16T08:27:08.949-05:00Muddy Waters<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbKCAH5lmu4Fwb8P5JuJ_KRKJ7YSq1yXyRp0S3Hs9O0PIewYhnN_L48ECI-sKhKi_S8iY4PvXHSQIH9p5ch1ifVyVwFLWnRKOQJNt3Kc_OGJkk0Ul6gAPzGfe7aTB7WeDXlV8rMxqEXCvoTfQ3FQUhX-sV7krQ31HGAfhOvSGzv6kG62nbTx6HOiUt-4/s236/il_1140xN.4981111946_7bmza%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="171" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbKCAH5lmu4Fwb8P5JuJ_KRKJ7YSq1yXyRp0S3Hs9O0PIewYhnN_L48ECI-sKhKi_S8iY4PvXHSQIH9p5ch1ifVyVwFLWnRKOQJNt3Kc_OGJkk0Ul6gAPzGfe7aTB7WeDXlV8rMxqEXCvoTfQ3FQUhX-sV7krQ31HGAfhOvSGzv6kG62nbTx6HOiUt-4/w145-h200/il_1140xN.4981111946_7bmza%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="145" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I’ve been listening to ‘On the Nature of
Daylight’ by Max Richter… probably stuck with me from ‘The Leftovers’ movie I
saw yesterday, or perhaps 'Arrival' seen years ago, but still remembered.</span></span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">It is sublimely sad and haunting in a lonely way. </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Describes
perfectly how I feel at this moment.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It is so difficult pulling myself out of this funk a lifetime of years has buried me into, but I keep trying. </span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It is equally difficult to pull happiness out of the air I breathe in order to create a life that is sun shiny bright to write about when I feel only pain.</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is a downer, but it is me at the moment.</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It's not recommended tripping over an insignificant step stool, as the
consequences have been so painful, it is common to rehash them in terms of a
hellish nightmare.</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">The
pain of the fall and the triggering of my pinched nerve pain, well it was
difficult to separate the two for a week.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Ultimately the pinched nerve pain elevated itself into optimum mode, and
required a steroid shot to soothe it back down.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The
real pain was waiting around the corner when my sciatica nerve became so
excruciatingly horrible, I wanted to die with each footstep I managed to
take.</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">After
several weeks, I can walk with a knife twisting through my ankle feeling with
each step, but hey, I’m getting used to the pain as if I was born with it.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">It will be Hallelujah time when it is no
more.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYs7dk1JgOe_By1nFKrpkC1BmKPl2cQHwKGjj2EH8X-TNJ0Oy9OvzOVzh911l1BwPBF6lda_JIeA2n3_pnqqRkb0cYwKzGEDcFlHWav7CfsrWdU2RGahFSPC3ZbItOmXF4tJRIs0kO-0RZ_wG01ss46ASV9baVCMgSfkD1gEvlwj2396ULsWEj2Xc5WM/s345/c1774091_l%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYs7dk1JgOe_By1nFKrpkC1BmKPl2cQHwKGjj2EH8X-TNJ0Oy9OvzOVzh911l1BwPBF6lda_JIeA2n3_pnqqRkb0cYwKzGEDcFlHWav7CfsrWdU2RGahFSPC3ZbItOmXF4tJRIs0kO-0RZ_wG01ss46ASV9baVCMgSfkD1gEvlwj2396ULsWEj2Xc5WM/s16000/c1774091_l%20(1).jpg" /></a></div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My
birthday came and went along with my incomplete blog post.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">A card did appear from my cats but debunked
by Charlotte tattling on her </span><i style="background-color: transparent;">daddy</i><span style="background-color: transparent;"> buying his version of card for the
kitties.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGbATt_nP4L7iGUpJTVFFo3or2gJA95-uh9HDza8m90Xi-jsiGXFCNPXQzbies-IouHiTh4HxYPFJxTrtzF9f-ON1MVteS_vYq2OJu9NVcwpC1Wvy1WwTdXmEQVMu9rG63523iBFtWTukhAw-C4jP3QOq76JGMo-zRZvTuQdfNTKtJubA2LpMfSzLmPk/s218/c1771031_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="203" data-original-width="218" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGbATt_nP4L7iGUpJTVFFo3or2gJA95-uh9HDza8m90Xi-jsiGXFCNPXQzbies-IouHiTh4HxYPFJxTrtzF9f-ON1MVteS_vYq2OJu9NVcwpC1Wvy1WwTdXmEQVMu9rG63523iBFtWTukhAw-C4jP3QOq76JGMo-zRZvTuQdfNTKtJubA2LpMfSzLmPk/w200-h186/c1771031_l.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">She
washed her butt and as she meandered out of my sight down that dark hallway, I
could hear her whisper “Get real!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">What
is one day from another… it’s just one day from another.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">We’re lucky to have eighteen years, while you so
extravagantly have seventy-seven-years so far.”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpd-RQFMuSDMW9ZS-td_bu0w_h7Yhuiba0htANbJeF0TjndRN4FiRkd1JfNpxAqX0WHkTz0eBB0d3b7ovUU8JqSCfRT7MYLWqXTtgAFXMQdS38VA3vm9e0dWPZylpKGBGkAnvFY8hvsdWTpbMEEIlM5-SrnDVCr20AVduRi2CrSERYs_PI9ZCP-pxIsJU/s251/c1771031_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="238" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpd-RQFMuSDMW9ZS-td_bu0w_h7Yhuiba0htANbJeF0TjndRN4FiRkd1JfNpxAqX0WHkTz0eBB0d3b7ovUU8JqSCfRT7MYLWqXTtgAFXMQdS38VA3vm9e0dWPZylpKGBGkAnvFY8hvsdWTpbMEEIlM5-SrnDVCr20AVduRi2CrSERYs_PI9ZCP-pxIsJU/w190-h200/c1771031_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So
much for that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIP8GLTpe65Qlssijo3Eaxf1kLa1sts4eTwDMmlm-cvtRSHIzaACOAMK8CHsrm5mlY6h1fsVMUQDPzjNoZF07EHAulQqkNTITQdaOEi_Ph-zNzws0BXwGB8a1CpUbdylSVtkLol4KPgeOBsKWcYfEv-YNIPjQAKS9oe5aMHjcpyinCjLT-TeigyAWaiM8/s1203/20240310_183400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1203" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIP8GLTpe65Qlssijo3Eaxf1kLa1sts4eTwDMmlm-cvtRSHIzaACOAMK8CHsrm5mlY6h1fsVMUQDPzjNoZF07EHAulQqkNTITQdaOEi_Ph-zNzws0BXwGB8a1CpUbdylSVtkLol4KPgeOBsKWcYfEv-YNIPjQAKS9oe5aMHjcpyinCjLT-TeigyAWaiM8/w640-h364/20240310_183400.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Growing plants in the
house… well, I don’t recall how I chucked them out of existence, but it must
have been brutal at the time, as I have nothing left to ever suggest they even
existed.</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Fast
forward twenty years…</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Eleven
have been mail ordered this past six months… okay, fifteen originally, but two
met an untimely death when they became so leggy I put myself out of misery, and
they became yesterday’s trash.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Two
others were duplicates that were to be planted as two to a pot, but they became
quite robust so only one per pot and the other two were tucked with sadness
into the bottom of the kitchen waste bin.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">A
terrible end…</span><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My
bad.</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">Peperomia Fraseri</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">Recovering from third planting.</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">Toothpicks holding it up</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">until rooted well :)</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9W4kMAt01C9crJx97rbcMozCM5GJ-IMPmvUvKs71oFOgf_hVUyvk4cgO4mxpfw2verQp6DNXCXq3Gu4eCynLwQZSyaY1yyYDkPXe40AKHR_UtIplNLKId2HYIg6weD1n7k5W4844B93OO0nf6bK394eTP68vRtTYhjZM2XhqRyh8r8m4b1mM-iUMtajE/s699/20240311_113445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="657" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9W4kMAt01C9crJx97rbcMozCM5GJ-IMPmvUvKs71oFOgf_hVUyvk4cgO4mxpfw2verQp6DNXCXq3Gu4eCynLwQZSyaY1yyYDkPXe40AKHR_UtIplNLKId2HYIg6weD1n7k5W4844B93OO0nf6bK394eTP68vRtTYhjZM2XhqRyh8r8m4b1mM-iUMtajE/s320/20240311_113445.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;"><div style="background: white; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I’ve
failed so many times with these poor little souls that they, along with me, feel like ping pong
balls being batted back and forth endlessly.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">They have quite a bit of tenacity, surviving my blackened thumb.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">The
internet literally has about 3,830,000 opinions for how to mix the potting soil
for these little buggers.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">They will
typically grow on trees, rotten logs, bark, and rocks, which makes these plants
both epiphytes and lithophytes, depending on where they’re growing.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I
think all of mine grow south of the equator, as they have been growing and
blooming this winter. So… after much
reading, most of it wasted, these are my conclusions.</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I
think by now my husband would be nodding off in indifference, so if you wish to
join him, have at it.</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">I
originally began planting them in wonderfully thick raku planters made by </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Letsgetmuddy?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1566712905&from_page=listing">Letsgetmuddy</a> on Etsy, using Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">This soil creates surface tension preventing
water from freely soaking into the soil.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">I think this is a problem that happens to most soils in pots.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I water, wait awhile, then water again so the soil will soak it all in well. It’s a
pain in the neck, but necessary.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I
tried pumice on two plants, and Orchiata bark from New Zealand on some of the
others. I mix 50% potting soil and 50% pumice
or small orchid bark. Medium size orchid
bark might be better, but I only have the small. It’s all a gamble. Do not use perlite. It just crumbles into nothingness. Quite a
disaster when I tried to mix it.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It's
quite a mess, all the problems people have with peperomias. The photos make a gardener want to weep. Over watered, underwatered, not enough light,
too much light…HELP!</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Peperomia 'Rosso'</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">May become a group of minature trees </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">after the bottom leaves fall off :(</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4wj0w6gS9wO3pcHICf2scH3vODYpVdHIUchJg05AeOdRS4ZhqAbbgMeAzgr67VAbIGRIiQJddK6DDFbAAKjbwN5l_9zQ4tTWYRyYLtkqxEieHjSMsZmht8oCjqsNxEOsVwXC2CGnTn54gO4cQTNYiRkj_-DHJdY8U4NpowKREmIj8Lp7-W1f8cBBARs/s711/20240311_113553.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="610" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4wj0w6gS9wO3pcHICf2scH3vODYpVdHIUchJg05AeOdRS4ZhqAbbgMeAzgr67VAbIGRIiQJddK6DDFbAAKjbwN5l_9zQ4tTWYRyYLtkqxEieHjSMsZmht8oCjqsNxEOsVwXC2CGnTn54gO4cQTNYiRkj_-DHJdY8U4NpowKREmIj8Lp7-W1f8cBBARs/s320/20240311_113553.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mine
have overhead plant lights to slow down the leggedness, and I poke my finger
into the soil or feel the weight of the pot to determine when to water. One must check their plants every day, just
as if they are children or pets. If you
have no time, then stop yourself from buying one.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I
group mine together to raise the humidity around them. Nothing else will raise the humidity, no
matter how many times you are told a product will. Mine need lots of company. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In
winter when the heat pump is on more often, the humidity drops, and they need
to be watered more often. Summer, when
they are resting a bit, they need to be watered less. One must always check to stay on top of it
all.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Peperomia
elongate was a splurge, because of the higher price, and just as two new leaves
began to open, I checked one day too late to water and to my horror, the new
baby leaves fell off.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Peperomia <i>elongata</i></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With it's little flower spike</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">that is still growing taller.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTj5XFwV43-Ox04tEqkhyxPDWzsCKv6S6ixhKN3utOrac_OEClC6tZlzk56gyekIk7MGN5hppdS5OeBIOmfp9ohcpr2ZDb0dWqyt1WlcWEapIjh6pyXOFBRSSbJD4L_el_5S8d-p8CHzGWJXih2Xr8Zj2pmto1eZmX8mM82PjuQ0aSkJnPYXSAiSnFmMU/s769/20240311_113449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="769" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTj5XFwV43-Ox04tEqkhyxPDWzsCKv6S6ixhKN3utOrac_OEClC6tZlzk56gyekIk7MGN5hppdS5OeBIOmfp9ohcpr2ZDb0dWqyt1WlcWEapIjh6pyXOFBRSSbJD4L_el_5S8d-p8CHzGWJXih2Xr8Zj2pmto1eZmX8mM82PjuQ0aSkJnPYXSAiSnFmMU/s320/20240311_113449.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Two
more peeked out some weeks later, and I babied the little toddler until they
are now almost full grown. It is sending
up a flower spike that will disappoint if you are looking for spectacular. Most people call them ‘rat’s tails’, but in reality,
they are just stems lined with extremely tiny flowers.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I
think those with a spirit of adventure will enjoy Peperomias. If you’re like me, failure is not an
option. It is just a set back to be
overcome.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I
seemed to have almost talked your ear off if you are a plant lover, if not,
then I’m sure you left ten paragraphs ago to scream bloody murder, determined
to skip the next post.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Anyone still reading this...</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The few photographs I took from my front porch of the garden, and my resident Cooper's Hawk picking off my mourning doves for a tasty meal :( Better photos will follow in the months to come, if I ever get over the pain of my fall.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="770" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LuoEEtWiSq7PAjeGwTmRljIJpf1RS32kXzBdnOri3lrpLb9_ag36w2_XF3N3hp7YNCFGNkwmvbJpsTKxx5JVRhEOmjRidY3HZUFVd5YoIp_A1h0PXYoTRSRss4j7EFZdMVAxEeD-GwFaJ1W0kD3nU4cOdMQXJ4mbcvs6uPj2xTO-mfYVIo29qavz04o/w640-h608/20240307_093245.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A Grey Tree Frog on the garbage bin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxzsrypruSPM5B2elju497vm6sR1PZ5uhVGzIGNaujTw-wt45M_0m2H2Fjrq7e5dUr0nn0lPS-63hmYGDqejUQQgkVLSEgTvkWA2O78zMnSTjdt3F4fYhPuZVzl4ehLthPTzlBYBd7CXt-U1d8cXLXEJnBr6OZo4HaGzA-b_KVV8B9nCS-3gAP65bcsY/s822/20240307_093249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1616" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDT-zB0rng4ul2Ui9z4x1iFpnwQhYunDlzW1ClK0svPnfz98eOpmf1N4ZoCBwcCT3_L7MeMi0WAGyNNBnCsmB5E3BVOY_vM5IP9XaIbszQrQy_KHKNVCoCam1uuQApKsSb-k9uM2QmGiTL3rYIFahoMN4n-WaG8_RK4JuIpAJJvcyrGs47uagMfSU6c0c/w640-h290/20240307_105650a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mourning Doves puffing up feathers on a cold day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbHk_TBApz9GpWdA0rAw_D2p-qf-nFUsoAnig8gGFAso_fzcpaahyphenhyphend9NgGxamuxmxi20GgfDlGHb3FCFMBs3OltZ59kXy0B_pUfmICvSi2koQcKaGN2DTyxigqxBsbwLSDJWjkANZESI5lcLRo_02U-63Mu4C9XDrRvv1lwwx2NMgQf8RAVKHxnJBtbk/s1450/20240307_105652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1566" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyPl-3_-81JfkrxV74r_aIBDhV0UX0vzTpkl0XJPVsH0AcDWez9hIWHmj6iBepw5TWGNFDjPgma454zn3Z4yVUVzbishyMr66EhsnqvDQH_ipHicCj4vZVhthGEXZzDO24KbhPDC-HyXgL5nNA8Y9L5CqlZ4BoX3mfColwrq9PM7F1SuBVxwMKm7IY8g/w640-h284/20240310_125019.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Took me more than fifteen minutes of taking photographs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to finally realize a Cooper's Hawk was in the garden. Do you see it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGlAqo9IqpiiyJudI_iE2qLhlgl-Mjx8IqHgjPNzY45vDByumRWHG99lKwYMpsR9Z8rDnFf64I_2p_u1t_IqnJUag0u0b_0rFG6w587SyKvxbcJx7A6M5QRMeii0gIZgWPCAzkIzek_3AVUGNBOLvMKBHnXqOsNL88ufT0-v2MECg5BRsTYaqXLonlkg/s1710/20240310_125249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1710" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGlAqo9IqpiiyJudI_iE2qLhlgl-Mjx8IqHgjPNzY45vDByumRWHG99lKwYMpsR9Z8rDnFf64I_2p_u1t_IqnJUag0u0b_0rFG6w587SyKvxbcJx7A6M5QRMeii0gIZgWPCAzkIzek_3AVUGNBOLvMKBHnXqOsNL88ufT0-v2MECg5BRsTYaqXLonlkg/w640-h288/20240310_125249.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-21293957722607630422024-02-14T00:20:00.004-06:002024-02-20T23:08:31.797-06:00Sucked into bondage by a Singer Treadle Sewing Machine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirU7ulCzPqz5RkqJyI9ohs78NhOkJERP9WXPMgJD23Bu7YMObK7MVjWejcf6BSgA8bqBLmw1HG1IQC2-DHPBAKNI17DDMJTjWLybsaGCE1C4wGaiZvH-da4bycxzmZ9_VlE1mWpLKrsxHxmfsdnO45z7m99y_gO-VqKZAlDf0yjfOf_06DzgU60-ip5kE/s2384/OldDesignShop_PenelopesSewingBW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2007" data-original-width="2384" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirU7ulCzPqz5RkqJyI9ohs78NhOkJERP9WXPMgJD23Bu7YMObK7MVjWejcf6BSgA8bqBLmw1HG1IQC2-DHPBAKNI17DDMJTjWLybsaGCE1C4wGaiZvH-da4bycxzmZ9_VlE1mWpLKrsxHxmfsdnO45z7m99y_gO-VqKZAlDf0yjfOf_06DzgU60-ip5kE/w400-h337/OldDesignShop_PenelopesSewingBW.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7bSLcnKks2FxKJ_fq1kIau8Rt2tWAh29XlMXFKh98Fshy6yf1_QspCEK2MMsE7LT-tNBm4QdLLFnxTIB0ii2bs-wRjxTDb3eM4kGfNoUV2SQMUaHtHxIz4HdPAL01p4tk-neugJE_Ehld_UASxI0_86TsY9vkKkXzsSaWpH7Fn2F7pvGjiZ7b56JCuY/s1620/rulines_177%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="1620" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7bSLcnKks2FxKJ_fq1kIau8Rt2tWAh29XlMXFKh98Fshy6yf1_QspCEK2MMsE7LT-tNBm4QdLLFnxTIB0ii2bs-wRjxTDb3eM4kGfNoUV2SQMUaHtHxIz4HdPAL01p4tk-neugJE_Ehld_UASxI0_86TsY9vkKkXzsSaWpH7Fn2F7pvGjiZ7b56JCuY/w640-h92/rulines_177%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I am going to tell you a
little tale about me that could be about as interesting as paint drying on the wall,
so feel free to bail out at any time, if you dare.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As a wee soul of maybe
eleven years old, around the time I began teaching myself to cook, I also began
to teach myself to sew.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I had a
Simplicity sleeveless blouse pattern I picked out at the Five and Ten Cent
Variety Store, and my mom bought it for me.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But… I’m ahead of myself a
bit.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometime in my early
childhood I was gifted a rectangular woven sewing basket with a hinged woven
lid and loop closing, either from my mom or my mom’s mother.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whoever it was, the box is long gone now.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUJp9_cQ_SOHyB-mjR59ir0RAn1wMGrGmD0VJEnlSPEi8nnnrGFStrkgxtzLlkbjC-aCHsn-jsdLasNnW3FRVDKU0x2Sdt8rfqXDqxNx0SekJstf0pUcc3VCb-Z6UsyhdZQyl5FKwbOF1fX_E6NAdVyAu4cBGE9NON118jHqWLid8N4_xLAJefYJZx5k/s997/CHARMING-Vintage-Large-Tomato-Pin-Cushion-full-1A-720x3_10.10-85709466-fcdfdf.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="997" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUJp9_cQ_SOHyB-mjR59ir0RAn1wMGrGmD0VJEnlSPEi8nnnrGFStrkgxtzLlkbjC-aCHsn-jsdLasNnW3FRVDKU0x2Sdt8rfqXDqxNx0SekJstf0pUcc3VCb-Z6UsyhdZQyl5FKwbOF1fX_E6NAdVyAu4cBGE9NON118jHqWLid8N4_xLAJefYJZx5k/w200-h200/CHARMING-Vintage-Large-Tomato-Pin-Cushion-full-1A-720x3_10.10-85709466-fcdfdf.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>It contained an apple size
pin cushion that looked like a tomato with six rays of thread pulled tight
around the stuffed shape to form six quadrants.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It would hold the pins and needles one was using for whatever project was at hand, then when finished the pins would go back into the pin box
and the needles slipped back into the paper and foil package of needles.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A cloth shaped strawberry filled with emery was included to sharpen the needles, as well as a pair of
sharp embroidery scissors to cut the threads and a thimble for my middle finger.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I preferred not to use it, but to push the
head of a slim needle through thick fabric and have the needle head pierce one’s
finger tip, well... let's just say it happened more than once, so using a thimble became an art I eventually learned.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This introduction seems to be going nowhere, doesn't it? As cute as the idea was of a sewing basket, mine began its journey into the land of discarded items after I discovered a much improved replacement. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Who in their right mind ever wants to hand sew, if they can bum a sewing machine
off a friendly neighbor.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mom’s best
friend, the lady next door, Millie Gorden, had a third floor to their house
that was filled with treasures, much like a finished attic would be.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsov-deBc7Vdwmo8zTn2SIgO6J2prDNfTa0qE6viiGyhitVLAgR5I6AEZarWgGVVCcJRQLV6ooZgv46y3EZ89XAxDXEAN3YdIAsslpgJfXStHOb0fcq8CTL72NbjlHqsC5vvN9VHKbq0Yfu-KeM0WFvi4V5x1zoG81IxWjgq8eDbehYCbJKILRu2HrnM/s1875/Unusual-1906-antique-SINGER-Treadle-Sewing-pic-1A-2048_10.10-00000000-f.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="1875" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsov-deBc7Vdwmo8zTn2SIgO6J2prDNfTa0qE6viiGyhitVLAgR5I6AEZarWgGVVCcJRQLV6ooZgv46y3EZ89XAxDXEAN3YdIAsslpgJfXStHOb0fcq8CTL72NbjlHqsC5vvN9VHKbq0Yfu-KeM0WFvi4V5x1zoG81IxWjgq8eDbehYCbJKILRu2HrnM/w320-h320/Unusual-1906-antique-SINGER-Treadle-Sewing-pic-1A-2048_10.10-00000000-f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That is where the ancient
Singer treadle sewing machine was, the sewing machine dad had to bring down two flights of stairs, then out their front gate, down the street and into our gate,
up the porch steps and through the front door.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was his little “punkin”, but I think he wished I wasn’t that day.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My first project, the
sleeveless blouse so simple, was sewn and worn with pride after I embroidered a
few flowers on the shoulders. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was
already efficient in the art of embroidery, because I was just that kind of
kid.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mom could see the fallacy of
keeping this decoration of bulky equipment in the middle of the living room
floor along with a kitchen chair.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So literally, a traveling
salesman a few month later sold her a used sewing machine with a cover that latched
over it and must have weighed 50 pounds to this youngster.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Voila!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dad then had to retrace his steps to deliver the antique back to the
third floor of Millie’s home.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m sure I
ceased to be his favorite child sometime around then.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As for me, I never had a second thought about
it, but I’m almost positive dad did.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My setup was the
portable sewing machine on a kitchen chair and me sitting on another kitchen
chair opposite it in the living room, sewing away. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not an ideal situation, but with five
children, space was limited.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My
accomplishments were meager with this arrangement, as the only fabrics I was
privy to were the old ones stored in mom’s trunk in the basement.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There once was a
photographic slide taken when my dad sneaked up on me as I was hunkered over the
sewing machine, called out my name, and as I turned to look at him with curlers
in my hair and pins stuck out my mouth… CLICK!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That slide came out every time he set up the projector.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When I graduated from high school, there was no extra money to buy a fancy dress, so I set to work sewing up my own lovely outfit. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I screwed up the sheer sleeve, ran out of time, and wore just my regular school clothes under my gown, too embarrassed to attend the graduation party afterwards.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacTtEdnsfzNdcMEJKcz3QDNAYrKjZZwtIPMXKuqfbEoc3kMeEJUGLbNv6SoEk95iWkRsewqJ2KRdOTK6y05Siu27qtb3IipjqNYR8ebb4rArlP-sB4jENKaghPItAZ_SQkVEHMJIwByGLImQD-ZZRjwXQr7YVwtA-v-HqAMxuU2UVxVmbhSrRLkN0RtY/s398/c783546_m.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="398" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacTtEdnsfzNdcMEJKcz3QDNAYrKjZZwtIPMXKuqfbEoc3kMeEJUGLbNv6SoEk95iWkRsewqJ2KRdOTK6y05Siu27qtb3IipjqNYR8ebb4rArlP-sB4jENKaghPItAZ_SQkVEHMJIwByGLImQD-ZZRjwXQr7YVwtA-v-HqAMxuU2UVxVmbhSrRLkN0RtY/s320/c783546_m.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes life just sucks.</div></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I did manage to sew up a
formal silk georgette dress for my popular younger sister when she left eighth
grade. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It probably became trash later,
as my sister had no way of taking care of it, but it was magic on her for that
one special night.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That was around 1970,
and I never sewed again until maybe a decade later, when I could afford a
sewing machine for myself from JC Penney’s.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After I moved to
Panama, Central America, I mastered the art of the sewing machine and all of its attachments to perfection, and had a wonderful wardrobe filled with many one-of-a-kind
items.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I perfected bound buttonholes,
French seams, and my collection of threads and fabric became quite a monster.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then my sewing machine
broke,</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and I was broke…</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">so that was that.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Later I gained a size,</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and could never, ever wear
what I had sewn again.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The story ends as simple
as it began –</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9J52Jb_moYbFwqPFFQBnMOFTt4kd700kOGJ_tZSbOUN4fid2C-2WDiVWkHHgPGz1JiJIpjSsXYPfvLa8YAewo1lpBlgiuDfwbHWV3hgE-rZhKVZk6_9hnGj2BJlJDm4R_-AHmd6WZvIWqm2Csi0jUsXjxA5fN_me1IwTQEvLAj4z3r4_Gp0G8dw9toQc/s1436/20240205_144743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1436" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9J52Jb_moYbFwqPFFQBnMOFTt4kd700kOGJ_tZSbOUN4fid2C-2WDiVWkHHgPGz1JiJIpjSsXYPfvLa8YAewo1lpBlgiuDfwbHWV3hgE-rZhKVZk6_9hnGj2BJlJDm4R_-AHmd6WZvIWqm2Csi0jUsXjxA5fN_me1IwTQEvLAj4z3r4_Gp0G8dw9toQc/w640-h312/20240205_144743.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Little things that give me a warm feeling when I enter my Writing Room</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcb_2pXIF19o6vikI3_bYI2OEhPVgcPWZgdtR-8pOCZjTlNh8mBUySFWh61z3rVOkm9WIV6VV3xccl06V77NDtOSE7AiEtOUNwiEaXFYoT0Mrs2Fk6i63oyB17ozh_fgW6TF0qyt6ygcpbtg7w2c7sRKGPfPELyl18mYD0taUuuDY3WkXkVDJ9WubYb7o/s1438/20240205_144755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1438" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcb_2pXIF19o6vikI3_bYI2OEhPVgcPWZgdtR-8pOCZjTlNh8mBUySFWh61z3rVOkm9WIV6VV3xccl06V77NDtOSE7AiEtOUNwiEaXFYoT0Mrs2Fk6i63oyB17ozh_fgW6TF0qyt6ygcpbtg7w2c7sRKGPfPELyl18mYD0taUuuDY3WkXkVDJ9WubYb7o/w640-h312/20240205_144755.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E2ou6CFqUX0mrfMBpEuxFeLVXdjfHcDN1AQNJAlxzdgh9jZwRfOX9CELt4J9XDcJ8F93ABsqdCHdQHPb4ZvzP_Q7hEXWveKDS0um5LTaLZBjNH2nJcvIEbWxE9P5UBJUjXKAb0kes5OtiBo5GsJI7klLqpVlkVPIHngVdKAM8a4pZ9EcNy_2Y1HIPFs/s1320/20240205_144804.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1320" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E2ou6CFqUX0mrfMBpEuxFeLVXdjfHcDN1AQNJAlxzdgh9jZwRfOX9CELt4J9XDcJ8F93ABsqdCHdQHPb4ZvzP_Q7hEXWveKDS0um5LTaLZBjNH2nJcvIEbWxE9P5UBJUjXKAb0kes5OtiBo5GsJI7klLqpVlkVPIHngVdKAM8a4pZ9EcNy_2Y1HIPFs/w640-h342/20240205_144804.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A little thing that give me a crap feeling when I sit down in my Writing Room</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ePFfHXVQsP-qLmP2R9uTQ3NdmqC57KR4x2BSN9J0IrgEtA4ly7NA4_zuT-3_ZL6sCX2vhgJ2ePoTRb1TGxJ0_tEdqk2gCBkLcZIMnQo2OB8zKAa6XOYsFrFJulxl-PGtYcH4Fsk4gGdqPkJPmnpSB3McGpkaUvTEnm0xQ3szyU9FwlhgYWdcuOdDa4w/s1143/20240211_193456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1143" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ePFfHXVQsP-qLmP2R9uTQ3NdmqC57KR4x2BSN9J0IrgEtA4ly7NA4_zuT-3_ZL6sCX2vhgJ2ePoTRb1TGxJ0_tEdqk2gCBkLcZIMnQo2OB8zKAa6XOYsFrFJulxl-PGtYcH4Fsk4gGdqPkJPmnpSB3McGpkaUvTEnm0xQ3szyU9FwlhgYWdcuOdDa4w/w400-h215/20240211_193456.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Austin trapped Charlotte in the cat pan </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">when the screen was in place after bedtime.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She was screeching for maybe half a minute with me yelling to break it up,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">as I can't instantly rush out of bed in my older age.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whwn I sat up in bed I saw a frizzed out blur streak under my bed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Upon investigation, little chunks of her fur were found </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">scattered about in the Writing Room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For now, the screen is not in use, and Austin is being cuddled more</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to <span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: start;">alleviate</span> his boredom and stress.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl15pBt2AUcIJLBwoZKaNYtN-KcWpDSCgmsvrqWuEpvK-Bx04kicxj98eGSYoE-QcT3CPVUUmy9hjzIcrWWmYcRU4ylsetjcYZD9hr4FcIb7BB38V6RcgScPDE7_aqBu1TigGH2zZHNgwM6SuG-ns6DWCBtb3feCltsjVdSFnDZyqLXauns2y6Xd3N8JU/s1543/20240206_084024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1543" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl15pBt2AUcIJLBwoZKaNYtN-KcWpDSCgmsvrqWuEpvK-Bx04kicxj98eGSYoE-QcT3CPVUUmy9hjzIcrWWmYcRU4ylsetjcYZD9hr4FcIb7BB38V6RcgScPDE7_aqBu1TigGH2zZHNgwM6SuG-ns6DWCBtb3feCltsjVdSFnDZyqLXauns2y6Xd3N8JU/w640-h296/20240206_084024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But, </span></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">of course, </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">there is
always more to this story.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I often called sewing my
hobby, but I’m pretty sure a hobby is doing something you really love, and the only thing I ever loved about sewing was the finished piece of clothing at the end of the day. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I still preferred hand stitched hems on some pieces of clothing which created extra work, and although </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I struggled to finish any project I began, I enjoyed being stylish too much to stop. When one project was finished, there was always the next one to start.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think the passion of sewing never entered the picture for me, so in the end, I began to hate the tedious work </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">that always required
perfection.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That I accomplished so much
of it, I guess, is a nod to my perseverance, but now… when I could scrape the funds
together to buy another sewing machine, I hesitate.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I love myself too much.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRV8Hr3pytOcuAXiYXDUChp5oKLqGWtisA4rywf74yLy7bS55YkswmB90OJd9QxZPze2TXBUBeyso3hjpm7plfHNPnK67g-IQ6CeLkL0A3ti9tdQ16r6xbXvxTjVAcaJGZ8dGda2dbvhAMf8mV3c_aGduZ1pPIAdgmEQJzO-59ywxQXpcY1YHl92kk0qE/s1620/rulines_177%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="1620" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRV8Hr3pytOcuAXiYXDUChp5oKLqGWtisA4rywf74yLy7bS55YkswmB90OJd9QxZPze2TXBUBeyso3hjpm7plfHNPnK67g-IQ6CeLkL0A3ti9tdQ16r6xbXvxTjVAcaJGZ8dGda2dbvhAMf8mV3c_aGduZ1pPIAdgmEQJzO-59ywxQXpcY1YHl92kk0qE/w640-h92/rulines_177%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div></div></div></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-81551136243175751462024-01-21T00:03:00.005-06:002024-01-29T17:18:12.998-06:00January Blues<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3e6luZ_TnWVCja3gMn1DatQPK7EZE13MkdR2IAsg7BNVuGDjqubVkXfyi7uPexhy69I0WT1ks6N0N4CFlVhYCj2ZYOITuTGPLG4xzWiVu1hktV4-eB48yBa7PJe8KrSqOl5Xbj6t0sZsOMCHRY8LjDIgvXml95SaOo7NBfXiMOJatf2aFhCWzvoczQE/s780/chh536%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="780" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3e6luZ_TnWVCja3gMn1DatQPK7EZE13MkdR2IAsg7BNVuGDjqubVkXfyi7uPexhy69I0WT1ks6N0N4CFlVhYCj2ZYOITuTGPLG4xzWiVu1hktV4-eB48yBa7PJe8KrSqOl5Xbj6t0sZsOMCHRY8LjDIgvXml95SaOo7NBfXiMOJatf2aFhCWzvoczQE/w400-h203/chh536%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">DREAMS</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Paprika; font-size: medium;">Hold fast to dreams</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">For if dreams die</span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">Life is a broken-winged bird</div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">That cannot fly.</div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">Hold fast to dreams</div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">For when dreams go</div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">Life is a barren field</div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">Frozen with snow.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #484848;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.poemhunter.com/langston-hughes/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Langston Hughes"><span style="color: black; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-small;">Langston Hughes</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxJ3qAbphG7K6ky1RrVjxhIfyQgYTHWM82wSCOkFzOtlHNg2McW9OoM3r9ULLC_PsFsydgQIEMZXcoR2hf0R7hV2kVn0atfQWUay6VlgQ95T7yNXDv5KTVkn8Mn1Kq0pZE07pBNb28m6RIxCnteBx3cwu6MdKpF-BdKcdWpHZRsOJ7Id3BMiTPaMtGYo/s1524/20240109_160506%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1524" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxJ3qAbphG7K6ky1RrVjxhIfyQgYTHWM82wSCOkFzOtlHNg2McW9OoM3r9ULLC_PsFsydgQIEMZXcoR2hf0R7hV2kVn0atfQWUay6VlgQ95T7yNXDv5KTVkn8Mn1Kq0pZE07pBNb28m6RIxCnteBx3cwu6MdKpF-BdKcdWpHZRsOJ7Id3BMiTPaMtGYo/w400-h180/20240109_160506%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When I was a youngster, I
thought everything would be within my reach at some stage in my life. Then I became immersed in the sea of job
hunting, and feeling like I was sinking to the bottom of the ocean.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>I could sell myself well
in interviews, so while I was expected to jump right in as a seasoned employee,
I was not a seasoned employee.</span><span> </span><span>The
struggles were immense to overcome, but it was the only way I could get jobs
that paid me enough to survive with a roof over my head and food.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>It was a crap way to work,
but I was on my own with help coming from nowhere. I </span><span>worked hard, was sometimes out of my depth, but lucky; and it was the best I
could do for myself.</span><span> </span><span>I suppose that is
all we can ever hope for.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Dreams were downgraded
year after year until any that were left became sand sifting through my fingers
into oblivion.</span><span> </span><span>I improvised.</span><span> </span><span>If one door closed on me, another one was
found that I could enter.</span><span> </span><span>I never settled
for less, I settled for different.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Was this ideal?</span><span> </span><span>Probably not, but I worked my butt off with
what I had to use, and that’s as good as it gets.</span><span> </span><span>I suffer bouts of depression these days from
feeling like I should have been able to do better.</span><span> </span><span>It’s such a lonely place… this feeling of
despair, and such a deep hole to dig oneself out of.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>So… I guess this is your
middle of January gloomy doomy blues of a post to fit the season.</span><span> </span><span>I let go of the last dream I clung to ages ago,
so maybe that is why life sometimes feels like a barren field frozen with snow,
but never a broken-winged bird.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>I have cats to soothe me
and a garden to dream about.</span><span> </span><span>I also have
Peperomia houseplants waiting to be repotted, a sister, a niece, across the
street friend and a cross country schoolmate to keep in touch with.</span><span> </span><span>It’s a small world, but a rich world.</span><span> </span><span>It’s the best I can do, so I guess it’s enough.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>As I step out onto my
front porch with birdseed in hand, the eight-inch-deep snow is more like four-inch
puffy clouds of snow still melting in this deep freeze of sometimes minus F. temperatures.</span><span> </span><span>Next Monday we begin to thaw.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>I will not miss the fear
of electricity going out, but I will miss this lovely phenomenon of dry snow, when
at the moment the burden of its own weight on a tree bough becomes too much, it falls like a sheet of fluffy white to the ground below… at times on its own and
other times with help from a bird.</span><span>
</span><span>Mesmerizing!</span><span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Sometimes I end by saying
‘stay warm’, but it is also nice to brave the cold and let it immerse you with
the spirit of winter and all its complexities.</span><span>
</span><span>The cold’s beauty can rival any spring day, for minds that are wide
open.</span><span> </span><span>Take care.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8M9BU2HBHQRbGusiMMgk7Zhyphenhyphenv-UZUJEtAxpR1_Q3o5WN8hPjLkxMFpGrkhBYVtkcS0PgKfW3w66ifVP5FcXi853bl0mUfatwj0KF5FxnY1E5yxdx_DRzF39vmcajiXV02OvzH9-kWrVzIOR43zBpJ-ARowU8C7z6fvkl_gnV74nWkZNwZgY37FicUMl0/s727/Kittensa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="635" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8M9BU2HBHQRbGusiMMgk7Zhyphenhyphenv-UZUJEtAxpR1_Q3o5WN8hPjLkxMFpGrkhBYVtkcS0PgKfW3w66ifVP5FcXi853bl0mUfatwj0KF5FxnY1E5yxdx_DRzF39vmcajiXV02OvzH9-kWrVzIOR43zBpJ-ARowU8C7z6fvkl_gnV74nWkZNwZgY37FicUMl0/w559-h640/Kittensa.jpg" width="559" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Photos including sunset taken week before Christmas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Other photos taken in January.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyEa_Iwz9ZOqH9MIKhag6whm4WuGgO3XoV7pTdkwClK5GIbaVp0tjKQKfN5X73ZNoNzFrYOc_NbokhZW3AzMHclwhxHm5JjXbgnTN_8qswKmeyuJuUwN23ryC8W0hdTtTUrsMMJe8spDn4v1adSJErDCJMB9MZ4ZaoEeIFDLPJHwxmRTzKL_vyvyHaZo/s1548/20231222_103537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1548" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyEa_Iwz9ZOqH9MIKhag6whm4WuGgO3XoV7pTdkwClK5GIbaVp0tjKQKfN5X73ZNoNzFrYOc_NbokhZW3AzMHclwhxHm5JjXbgnTN_8qswKmeyuJuUwN23ryC8W0hdTtTUrsMMJe8spDn4v1adSJErDCJMB9MZ4ZaoEeIFDLPJHwxmRTzKL_vyvyHaZo/w640-h320/20231222_103537.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Invasive English Ivy (green leaf) (above photo)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;">Native evergreen wild ginger, </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><i>Hexastylis arifolia </i>(below)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSyWk-nSqL6eyHGdYBBGQypCfgUzGQRXB0JmYMhjS3rpbHULi6Z34xoSCTsw3qMQOLAhfDvMxIqFj4dJRaGoJypKyngfdbiRhBBd19OTsjKuoXzTpQKo4D4GulZKuS8aRXulrqbUe9YqKgDFKSgVpqpa5W2-yIjA-Bdtp7UqGMQzWVRajBB8zGfzkcjc/s1348/20231222_103656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1348" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSyWk-nSqL6eyHGdYBBGQypCfgUzGQRXB0JmYMhjS3rpbHULi6Z34xoSCTsw3qMQOLAhfDvMxIqFj4dJRaGoJypKyngfdbiRhBBd19OTsjKuoXzTpQKo4D4GulZKuS8aRXulrqbUe9YqKgDFKSgVpqpa5W2-yIjA-Bdtp7UqGMQzWVRajBB8zGfzkcjc/w640-h402/20231222_103656.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Some type of winter annual</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SnfjHd8ddaigNK7vj030OcxDAT1GPbM7QZkTFg9t17yag6EtuTmif-WWgrqSv9cG5zQ1oTKaJOGrSCkHB_v5WlMRHzyeYpcRNJjzNkLD5H1NGY5bzOL00NoC0J2YYWsTcrbCGwa0KiSbd4Wh8b-Q0BxAzonQPM5wg7dNHYySt-B55djX_1QlM3TkTNI/s1530/20231222_103722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1530" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SnfjHd8ddaigNK7vj030OcxDAT1GPbM7QZkTFg9t17yag6EtuTmif-WWgrqSv9cG5zQ1oTKaJOGrSCkHB_v5WlMRHzyeYpcRNJjzNkLD5H1NGY5bzOL00NoC0J2YYWsTcrbCGwa0KiSbd4Wh8b-Q0BxAzonQPM5wg7dNHYySt-B55djX_1QlM3TkTNI/w640-h312/20231222_103722.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I believe this is a Cooper's Hawk.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I opened the front door just as this hawk swooped in </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">between the house and porch post and flew past my face </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and out through two more porch posts, to the street </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and back again to perch on the dogwood tree </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">by the front door steps.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynJNUCGKg2Zwo27eWWd8md7SLXgO1qwgXBpJLMy-YCUKJN4m7_FI1Ymq2zNKPFi5i8zzP-DnEMdNYLU-NFqJz0yHzr98Pa34Mf8hyphenhyphenfH9N6FIuOeSLnmoVJ7FBmzlYgPEYEA9EDsLIUPc-fGpB5cDsCQQdRgjojPRCtCRe-W5QCi0QIRS4lh1pz9Ox3k8/s1615/20231218_143139%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1615" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynJNUCGKg2Zwo27eWWd8md7SLXgO1qwgXBpJLMy-YCUKJN4m7_FI1Ymq2zNKPFi5i8zzP-DnEMdNYLU-NFqJz0yHzr98Pa34Mf8hyphenhyphenfH9N6FIuOeSLnmoVJ7FBmzlYgPEYEA9EDsLIUPc-fGpB5cDsCQQdRgjojPRCtCRe-W5QCi0QIRS4lh1pz9Ox3k8/w640-h288/20231218_143139%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">After maybe a five minute stay, it took off </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and flew out between the tall juniper tree and redbud tree </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to hunt elsewhere. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A breathtaking experience!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(Photo taken through storm door glass, so not the best quality)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvIOq7iL1Y8tXNl14Xm34r6iGI-L9rlo6_RQOF9O7iUYZtyuFsEF6M1Wb81D5AeNWvT7gtej8KFaddZ0R8pKsB6g_THT7IlZ4qhvlUVzaQ_5SNaLToHTAN-6QSdRufW9_WPsBEJjf14lyc4D4uT3IzeLkY4o9B13txcLd97Wr_ubq4YiByv9YwtslHv8/s1308/20231218_143206%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1308" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvIOq7iL1Y8tXNl14Xm34r6iGI-L9rlo6_RQOF9O7iUYZtyuFsEF6M1Wb81D5AeNWvT7gtej8KFaddZ0R8pKsB6g_THT7IlZ4qhvlUVzaQ_5SNaLToHTAN-6QSdRufW9_WPsBEJjf14lyc4D4uT3IzeLkY4o9B13txcLd97Wr_ubq4YiByv9YwtslHv8/w640-h418/20231218_143206%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The garden out front had a peachy glow,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">so I knew there was a pretty sunset on the backside of the house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYnsoz5wNklDMtJVkPRUjiP-zrs6UfkbB54jBusQbBAeByagmTfW1JKpNgHuSJ_Bpuh9zXb9s0ExeQRylClTotCAeK_3ENc40Ds6VHmZHY9AHjb0aP1kzFA4zmE2ve-ZhpWYZ662EjbtmBNTfWmFaz0zGOv6jLWwOKJ0R4obsHTlAc7PfN1mq993zxw0/s4000/20240103_165012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYnsoz5wNklDMtJVkPRUjiP-zrs6UfkbB54jBusQbBAeByagmTfW1JKpNgHuSJ_Bpuh9zXb9s0ExeQRylClTotCAeK_3ENc40Ds6VHmZHY9AHjb0aP1kzFA4zmE2ve-ZhpWYZ662EjbtmBNTfWmFaz0zGOv6jLWwOKJ0R4obsHTlAc7PfN1mq993zxw0/w640-h360/20240103_165012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Winterberry fruit that is cracked open on a rainy day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The other seed is from the White Ash tree.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-26kz-8CLX_GOo5MXfRG42KQeuhoHSNVPEWpyDrmfr-Scg_K2im-yprOqvelAYWK-Ax38CZCeb8Nfn6gU5U8tmWyD0Bf8ivt_jSWNGkJ5KGQKKRhF8fXxRgwqQ5fAIpKsRMPl8dOJ1YzT2LQ1KgNDXsorgnl5KHYdhQiDnj_7MMnnUr3h0YkBIn3BUU/s1714/20240109_160104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1714" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-26kz-8CLX_GOo5MXfRG42KQeuhoHSNVPEWpyDrmfr-Scg_K2im-yprOqvelAYWK-Ax38CZCeb8Nfn6gU5U8tmWyD0Bf8ivt_jSWNGkJ5KGQKKRhF8fXxRgwqQ5fAIpKsRMPl8dOJ1YzT2LQ1KgNDXsorgnl5KHYdhQiDnj_7MMnnUr3h0YkBIn3BUU/w640-h290/20240109_160104.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Empty Black Walnut half shell left by squirrel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqf9uLBBLg_4mFBT3EdDeEqtSukzq5lcMQTkPEVgc8Xf-zUO_SwyURuc8thhR3Tw_hv5MpnzotCG6xziIlhEi8WqCxjTBoRp-1XwLFIqDHLFzvjwio1E9FyyTmVkP_kLWzIKLFh7P5oueu_YbdaMl50InjyvJ_pHy_lrDHTC_3km5xyXwYDkkO6xodRuA/s1523/20240109_160128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqf9uLBBLg_4mFBT3EdDeEqtSukzq5lcMQTkPEVgc8Xf-zUO_SwyURuc8thhR3Tw_hv5MpnzotCG6xziIlhEi8WqCxjTBoRp-1XwLFIqDHLFzvjwio1E9FyyTmVkP_kLWzIKLFh7P5oueu_YbdaMl50InjyvJ_pHy_lrDHTC_3km5xyXwYDkkO6xodRuA/w640-h288/20240109_160128.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Coral Berry or Buck Bush with its berries that last most of winter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdCaN2Yhhcc9o_B4EJHo7vo6TJ727WRK4NHaTFhkWofyvLgetoFHHYCJrlQhIljS7SznTM5KJmiNZM1ZexiaDdL5MurC3a_CAezWrY70ZTh9MyW_wpRH0Wg18PRPVeZSGeQMy4gsq6vQu82xYFINrvjdu9ReRaTfT3tT80Wjl2lP_wi_Wd4d8pCPJ2is/s1530/20240109_160650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1530" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdCaN2Yhhcc9o_B4EJHo7vo6TJ727WRK4NHaTFhkWofyvLgetoFHHYCJrlQhIljS7SznTM5KJmiNZM1ZexiaDdL5MurC3a_CAezWrY70ZTh9MyW_wpRH0Wg18PRPVeZSGeQMy4gsq6vQu82xYFINrvjdu9ReRaTfT3tT80Wjl2lP_wi_Wd4d8pCPJ2is/w640-h310/20240109_160650.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Front of house on a sunny day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UCWyfcRzQW9dqQ1XAzSf4FawL8NztkRR3ODgR5woZhYFhjzJX8FEpLEjtZizBhR3CDTLAkZre_R8-o_LwoQk4vTXA9ldIdanU1H8f_pjjyvHKd2ne7k-6U8zjUQYQzjvlZdHXF_DenupMAD1BNVsDNkBHhxZl9izCdI_Gy-x7K7gnVYR-NEfDtAMC40/s1516/20240111_140046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1516" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UCWyfcRzQW9dqQ1XAzSf4FawL8NztkRR3ODgR5woZhYFhjzJX8FEpLEjtZizBhR3CDTLAkZre_R8-o_LwoQk4vTXA9ldIdanU1H8f_pjjyvHKd2ne7k-6U8zjUQYQzjvlZdHXF_DenupMAD1BNVsDNkBHhxZl9izCdI_Gy-x7K7gnVYR-NEfDtAMC40/w640-h290/20240111_140046.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">An old type of Narcissis that comes up early,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">but waits until it begins to warm up before blooming.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-FJ4W7ZpXiwQN7HLwDPwdLWNzQPiyymCS7O81F1uPjv_NwYc9la9uL3D6VxJ8h3t5dm22zWBSyy2jBy2B8LaIjL0IdvDO3wPdhKfRPke8_uTdsbYYJ6-VuZcvht1AqM8USEwXJnHN2p8vGTc3JBSzsb3ho1SeI6k-P8O3YMwVkmh5fi8BP3hUSTrb4k/s1468/20240111_155618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1468" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-FJ4W7ZpXiwQN7HLwDPwdLWNzQPiyymCS7O81F1uPjv_NwYc9la9uL3D6VxJ8h3t5dm22zWBSyy2jBy2B8LaIjL0IdvDO3wPdhKfRPke8_uTdsbYYJ6-VuZcvht1AqM8USEwXJnHN2p8vGTc3JBSzsb3ho1SeI6k-P8O3YMwVkmh5fi8BP3hUSTrb4k/w640-h300/20240111_155618.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Maybe a House Finch,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> taken through a screened window during snow storm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwQoWyZoOemhwcoJDRMfxAM-q-ibrzZvAaqRR_dSJf0xs09wcU-BpZhEobsj2f6tsOVqTcd7iZaFOe7Vf7MvMy93KVj3jyU8rKb6QwpAYCgI4wcxrYuyKFAx4n5HgatOqihSWNLqlkHJyMFjkILCIJPmVWI-oIrFMpXvZ_EY-LPrzv0aIj-xivuBO7EQ/s1540/20240115_110308a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1540" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwQoWyZoOemhwcoJDRMfxAM-q-ibrzZvAaqRR_dSJf0xs09wcU-BpZhEobsj2f6tsOVqTcd7iZaFOe7Vf7MvMy93KVj3jyU8rKb6QwpAYCgI4wcxrYuyKFAx4n5HgatOqihSWNLqlkHJyMFjkILCIJPmVWI-oIrFMpXvZ_EY-LPrzv0aIj-xivuBO7EQ/w640-h274/20240115_110308a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Winterberry in snow storm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhpjMfO4p9kZSmax8sv8eZ8Yb8g9zGF5gvRNsCNGQML-RXyHbAv4tM-1HHocAshqL5WceNtQd1NoxR9cwqrpv-ZyjhGbtQfZbwS8khJoy4w1hv7pCAIiZO1X8awlmKtBcHCQ1YkOuF6cGxxiA5y-oWiSPMeK64u-Rf9kSDnghXQHZHEfhFI5IvNFsOo4/s1610/20240115_132827.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1610" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhpjMfO4p9kZSmax8sv8eZ8Yb8g9zGF5gvRNsCNGQML-RXyHbAv4tM-1HHocAshqL5WceNtQd1NoxR9cwqrpv-ZyjhGbtQfZbwS8khJoy4w1hv7pCAIiZO1X8awlmKtBcHCQ1YkOuF6cGxxiA5y-oWiSPMeK64u-Rf9kSDnghXQHZHEfhFI5IvNFsOo4/w640-h288/20240115_132827.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">After 8 to 9 inches of snow has fallen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We will be seven days below freezing </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">with sometimes single digits or minus digits </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">in the evenings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MqVzu01pNgQ4c16N8ze4RzUyW9MdF2xWwDUvY600tI4yqem9b4bKDZvusdJT8osw752LQBBFP0BRz4n5kWa-og4n6iYvetYUj0ZtUDUVCvLUQr_jCUuuURYxa42YjBeIWowsHnlD8myNGINq-bjULOFZBEBT3QQSoIn8xf-LqSvNC5ywOtpCffd6dss/s1485/20240115_222351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1485" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MqVzu01pNgQ4c16N8ze4RzUyW9MdF2xWwDUvY600tI4yqem9b4bKDZvusdJT8osw752LQBBFP0BRz4n5kWa-og4n6iYvetYUj0ZtUDUVCvLUQr_jCUuuURYxa42YjBeIWowsHnlD8myNGINq-bjULOFZBEBT3QQSoIn8xf-LqSvNC5ywOtpCffd6dss/w640-h314/20240115_222351.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Since this week is never above freezing, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">except a short time one day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">this slight snow melt is due to the sun shining.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Some days remain cloudy <span>with no snow melt.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_JM4mSftbmEl0kGMR0KGX38WhDP6OmqIH4QfPWtsYe19kDlsH64GyAe_iAKXtUxaz27jUCUB28HN8bSR90FTHRXOrQb1vx_efCIeD2Umzl7ejl3J7DnpTou7DM0G95gTVFwVZVJsuvn_YPpKr-HKQ0gFTCkr9_VKdsKUTgADJ04hAQikMW9CCI7rnw4/s1544/20240116_141138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1544" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_JM4mSftbmEl0kGMR0KGX38WhDP6OmqIH4QfPWtsYe19kDlsH64GyAe_iAKXtUxaz27jUCUB28HN8bSR90FTHRXOrQb1vx_efCIeD2Umzl7ejl3J7DnpTou7DM0G95gTVFwVZVJsuvn_YPpKr-HKQ0gFTCkr9_VKdsKUTgADJ04hAQikMW9CCI7rnw4/w640-h320/20240116_141138.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Beautiful male Cardinal</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceG63PI9F5Op69MU3cgzsJ5Bz1fErrO8HHnULoN5GH8VBiHZFYg4mKj8i7f0ZdX7vN5o0MuRxoc10aCT-3R52wfflX-mlXg_3lqY3n9wgX_Mp5b5shtZ2M-GcRwmxQkY-yc_6OJlES_wAl8Wt6Lvt8rjXbUmOFL0KnjhsK1PQole0c8mXkp8mZFF_vh8/s1588/20240116_141352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1588" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceG63PI9F5Op69MU3cgzsJ5Bz1fErrO8HHnULoN5GH8VBiHZFYg4mKj8i7f0ZdX7vN5o0MuRxoc10aCT-3R52wfflX-mlXg_3lqY3n9wgX_Mp5b5shtZ2M-GcRwmxQkY-yc_6OJlES_wAl8Wt6Lvt8rjXbUmOFL0KnjhsK1PQole0c8mXkp8mZFF_vh8/w640-h312/20240116_141352.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7jX7WukPek2a8mKjv5EQOhnmDYqvBSnjG_AHtbHqyqVfi3pB7xphzQsBy1Wh95pkh-dQ8wuZD5_1fSJVOhVWb_mXjqf0n3MBbEUV7kpbpSFLsed1eqtq568J32WZ4NjsU2fdT-UVoT83E3qxE3mA4lKYbz9L5idF-wv-xGgthOm2cZB4Fxcr-LpI2W0/s16000/i1310526_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">The garden is gold.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Sun just above the horizon on this freezing day<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">With a warmth only the heart may feel -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">As I walk through the clouds of my breath<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">And feel the beauty of emptiness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">The discarded clothing, she wore this past summer,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Scattered in disarray about my feet.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAp87I7QG0yPwAqv6pajH45wgo9LJSjqHlwhOcRimBnfjxKW3UaRuTwDp9gxAmx8c-XC8GB6QQ7BTk780sVmnZ7tfDNlDkeseUslpr3YrJoSYeiQkfDO49GwkulAFxnSP3I1XLNXZzLmKHlPhoxEs9bOpFJRcgHVa-KwGxCgT_M12l45y7qv0KwJ35YCY/s600/i1310693_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAp87I7QG0yPwAqv6pajH45wgo9LJSjqHlwhOcRimBnfjxKW3UaRuTwDp9gxAmx8c-XC8GB6QQ7BTk780sVmnZ7tfDNlDkeseUslpr3YrJoSYeiQkfDO49GwkulAFxnSP3I1XLNXZzLmKHlPhoxEs9bOpFJRcgHVa-KwGxCgT_M12l45y7qv0KwJ35YCY/s16000/i1310693_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">It’s all emotions, you know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Her nakedness so unapologetically strutted. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Thinking back, of her romantic past<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">And her flings to secure next spring’s glories -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">She reminds me her winter vacation has begun,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">and her ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign my feet have trodden. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">She’s such a clever lady, this mistress of earth.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhqfiAVuXtRsCXsJPk7wdrytNmFCxzynxrH65PJMPdN3-HMlGP-8BeXp2Z9ZpiM1hhzv65ogoGDmYolNzMW_ED3TeqHfl7kXsqnE44K5m7k68_tsPxTc0wLOZsS9JuTqBpzaeR6Y36l53m_DsKcntrQvipL5vLUU1SuU2ohIJRUuDohiKWh1KkgXBv14/s600/i1310694_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhqfiAVuXtRsCXsJPk7wdrytNmFCxzynxrH65PJMPdN3-HMlGP-8BeXp2Z9ZpiM1hhzv65ogoGDmYolNzMW_ED3TeqHfl7kXsqnE44K5m7k68_tsPxTc0wLOZsS9JuTqBpzaeR6Y36l53m_DsKcntrQvipL5vLUU1SuU2ohIJRUuDohiKWh1KkgXBv14/s16000/i1310694_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">On this cold dark evening<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">When the world is as silent as death,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">I’m wrapped in the softness of my own bed -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Faint music of whistles and wheels of a passing train,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">And I’m drifting off to thoughts of Spring<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">As she dangles hope in front of my nose<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Paprika; line-height: 107%;"><span>And gifts me a pair of rose-colored glasses.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2O-oec7bz0n_EU_EtQZpV0pOYwocKXp4DyDY4v-lCbtczgcbAZE7dLklCXioTnVlMwtEf1A5Dlpp0_7soJ2geMXDzSgmadsCKOm3D470e9ND5LwbHBIofoqWCJgowjgZmOVqRwCOXYpCDW5HWgu9K-MCkWIdeCbb3IHFlVaJKu068xacwIYj7NXTBLo/s600/i1310695_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2O-oec7bz0n_EU_EtQZpV0pOYwocKXp4DyDY4v-lCbtczgcbAZE7dLklCXioTnVlMwtEf1A5Dlpp0_7soJ2geMXDzSgmadsCKOm3D470e9ND5LwbHBIofoqWCJgowjgZmOVqRwCOXYpCDW5HWgu9K-MCkWIdeCbb3IHFlVaJKu068xacwIYj7NXTBLo/s16000/i1310695_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4EEqnLniD9Xv050-6WXRoJb8rOsSMavcDAxgA71tkiXQ8vnn50kjAxBglE0xqxy3-Ju_L62ON75tBjyWZYBgrECAy6-r8CmelhwIKfd5EpV1ce2Ec4pfCzlRTIzaDskTt_bCfFAX8SRKnMylOJDt59YCx51T_ekbHIOmHQ2XB-1L8oywkF3-oqfVdHE/s600/i1658702_l%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4EEqnLniD9Xv050-6WXRoJb8rOsSMavcDAxgA71tkiXQ8vnn50kjAxBglE0xqxy3-Ju_L62ON75tBjyWZYBgrECAy6-r8CmelhwIKfd5EpV1ce2Ec4pfCzlRTIzaDskTt_bCfFAX8SRKnMylOJDt59YCx51T_ekbHIOmHQ2XB-1L8oywkF3-oqfVdHE/s16000/i1658702_l%20(1).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_o_nzkVsm-vtsbnkUA5A8B0G0rQH7ji8bkh-MUdB_oxbEsK1VEH-Ho4dus7Z8ZLVSKUXOJhKSqYSxnVhTM_SWzU48YU5Sc6N31MaZZPOZrRxHxCcIYdnWQrYoPdYKzr208GsqrMZ_0y4py4rxWNYe6klObbloHqfSYzrK2ShdCTOgAfc2YwffTJw1iQ/s600/i1351845_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="600" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_o_nzkVsm-vtsbnkUA5A8B0G0rQH7ji8bkh-MUdB_oxbEsK1VEH-Ho4dus7Z8ZLVSKUXOJhKSqYSxnVhTM_SWzU48YU5Sc6N31MaZZPOZrRxHxCcIYdnWQrYoPdYKzr208GsqrMZ_0y4py4rxWNYe6klObbloHqfSYzrK2ShdCTOgAfc2YwffTJw1iQ/w400-h298/i1351845_l.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwir6h9UfOli19guqWJZIgHd9PFC1s9Ac9ZhVrTWmeqbDN03Kb5SvHcxga2q7gkC4I9cvCcDP9MYv2_BscJO4ycSrETrTy5uG1NoayVy62RLRuxdgvtW0tEB0PTQ9PThHYg4bwZ-IOuSPOTj9ybFmbDkxCay0Ct4zu74lAxnQQJGraAsgcQbiybLm7q1Y/s800/c1845408_bc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="800" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwir6h9UfOli19guqWJZIgHd9PFC1s9Ac9ZhVrTWmeqbDN03Kb5SvHcxga2q7gkC4I9cvCcDP9MYv2_BscJO4ycSrETrTy5uG1NoayVy62RLRuxdgvtW0tEB0PTQ9PThHYg4bwZ-IOuSPOTj9ybFmbDkxCay0Ct4zu74lAxnQQJGraAsgcQbiybLm7q1Y/w640-h518/c1845408_bc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: HGSGothicE;">If you listened above
the din of the talking you could hear the wind in the chimney turn into music.
Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl.
But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart… filled it, too, with
melody that would last forever. Even though you grew up and found you could
never quite bring back the magic feeling of this night, the melody would stay
in your heart always — a song for all the years.</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: HGSGothicE;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: HGSGothicE;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>~Bess Streeter Aldrich, <i>Song of Years</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzx8xloa0_Rs0MyMwsbbFnwQJB6y19IrLY3vbQRIKDMGE7WXJVsMi3SQmp6M3mLyxGdQBcbejSb1623IB2OaqwnwRrnwyJnBISm0e31p7JIWMTd_-9ni9eTKqmJ6h0eCXR2DqYgLmWowrYlRkxy8Aq9m1OAEqKRWYKsEaaHkRU6o0dPnOwsB534-IaSE/s400/c1522033_m.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzx8xloa0_Rs0MyMwsbbFnwQJB6y19IrLY3vbQRIKDMGE7WXJVsMi3SQmp6M3mLyxGdQBcbejSb1623IB2OaqwnwRrnwyJnBISm0e31p7JIWMTd_-9ni9eTKqmJ6h0eCXR2DqYgLmWowrYlRkxy8Aq9m1OAEqKRWYKsEaaHkRU6o0dPnOwsB534-IaSE/s16000/c1522033_m.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZenZDUSleNBXBMvD8f5bVTgykqtIlnOnrsf_Fkj_bBKO6FQX6M0Ze86Wusk9wiTlFOsICW0ppp9Uk6wW0AQ1aeqjCJXcqhAQ_S7Wt0ew9Lu0dR8dM3EIyBjR3aL3CupjR0Z_PJpFQgDwL6hI5Hd6a-Yd8BdB5ZzuSLS4lqVYBZ676H1gVPbDarezQVI/s1063/H.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1063" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZenZDUSleNBXBMvD8f5bVTgykqtIlnOnrsf_Fkj_bBKO6FQX6M0Ze86Wusk9wiTlFOsICW0ppp9Uk6wW0AQ1aeqjCJXcqhAQ_S7Wt0ew9Lu0dR8dM3EIyBjR3aL3CupjR0Z_PJpFQgDwL6hI5Hd6a-Yd8BdB5ZzuSLS4lqVYBZ676H1gVPbDarezQVI/w640-h390/H.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHdYa4ZMJNe5IEVxHVaTKzS0PBEnrAu107dXsMfrgaUVfa2m3lQbsbbbpJqMWSX5tTdCVLoRSIUJZcIMftuGuwAE6h63MxW5SbZfceOFwRrOkQ7SuR4j6hK4Ashac5OkmntzA1PeNE2QyrUe_ZR6p_tsdRL_WWthY4AZC3IkFxWQdLyg-PBe_-jBNEpw/s705/il_1140xN.5335991352_m4uv%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="445" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHdYa4ZMJNe5IEVxHVaTKzS0PBEnrAu107dXsMfrgaUVfa2m3lQbsbbbpJqMWSX5tTdCVLoRSIUJZcIMftuGuwAE6h63MxW5SbZfceOFwRrOkQ7SuR4j6hK4Ashac5OkmntzA1PeNE2QyrUe_ZR6p_tsdRL_WWthY4AZC3IkFxWQdLyg-PBe_-jBNEpw/w405-h640/il_1140xN.5335991352_m4uv%20a.jpg" width="405" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">As long as we
know in our hearts what Christmas <i>ought</i> to be, </span><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">then
Christmas <i>is</i>.</span><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">~Eric Sevareid</span><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipX2xPwfYvY9tYbirRTc0ckE6E2qVkhMB89Es_L-FNGl9AmrdQ9qlJ80mZKrjOhZRI4i1VbfYWjqJEXUDf5bFv35LsBQn6HS4Dqw47r4xw4qcOKrSf3aZUm56uwzz1l5s4bAos4yPfZdhIn4tpwIF2xidkR8zD-7ZyUqhFAW7IuLp5RTNCEFgSWNmlpw/s808/spa082.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="545" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipX2xPwfYvY9tYbirRTc0ckE6E2qVkhMB89Es_L-FNGl9AmrdQ9qlJ80mZKrjOhZRI4i1VbfYWjqJEXUDf5bFv35LsBQn6HS4Dqw47r4xw4qcOKrSf3aZUm56uwzz1l5s4bAos4yPfZdhIn4tpwIF2xidkR8zD-7ZyUqhFAW7IuLp5RTNCEFgSWNmlpw/s16000/spa082.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">If one has never spent Christmas
with a cat, then one has never experienced the joy or hell (it all depends on
one’s takeaway) of decorating with the family feline in mind. We are leaving dogs out of this one because a
dog is… well a dog is in snooze mode when compared to a cat’s curiosity.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In the beginning of
married life the tree reached for the ceiling in front of the living room
window. It became apparent that any time
of the day a cat might be seen sticking its quizzical head out of the greenery
to see what it’s next course of action might be. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A hook was molly bolted to
the ceiling and the tree secured by a cord in order to survive a furball launching
from the tree trunk and <span style="background-color: white;">mountain climbing through the boughs, </span>onwards toward the summit and victory! Meeeow…yowl
yowl!</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When trees became as expensive
as gold, we tried a smaller one in front of the fireplace. I would say, if I remember correctly, it was
brought down in an amazing five minutes flat while our backs were turned to sort
out the decorations. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">An energetic little twerp
whose identity shall remain anonymous, since I, in my older old age, cannot
remember which one of my little minions did the dastardly deed… took the merry right out of Christmas that day.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">All of the bath towels were
thrown across the soggy carpet to soak up the two-gallon flood of refreshment,
then a large floor fan was purchased to run all day and night and day and night
and… well, you get the drift. We drove
here, there, everywhere until Christmas was saved by a tree holder made out of
rebar with feet almost a yard long. Hallelujah!!!</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Miss Molly ‘By Golly’ was
a demure miniature feline who relished munching on the needles of Christmas
tree branches. Fur needles are a tiny
bit poisonous and a tad gut wrenchingly difficult to digest, hence upchucking
was her next course of action to be greeted by my bare toes any morning of the
holiday.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The wonderful tradition of
ending a tree’s life by chopping its feet off to sit in a living room all
dolled up before drying into a crispy critter to be toasted at the garbage dump
was ended until Miss Molly passed away some twenty odd years later. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">By that time, the tree
magic had shriveled up and died along with her, although the fake garlands
always remained a feature of the decorations even though our same Miss Molly
munched on them with glee, as if they were the finest of (cough) grassy green plastic. Shortened out of her reach, she
moved on to other delectable non-edible delights.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Molly</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJTJZXdJ87oqH0of1HeKHybJZyDAj04pIx83PttTAP-ycoBCFIEFA9kPOi77GGNcSXO1lpyEGOoAFjUGwh_d1omkyI_styzLM08hDZV8dLiSKSXU7hsTI1fYq3HIdq_2knDrkCSXXx-K5Gr3x0qVsyQCYPNPnLZjc4bv_Ull9ix5KVspbNRWvmtlQ8HM/s575/img362a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"> Pushed up the charred log-ends;</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">Here we sang the Christmas carol,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"> And called in friends.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">Time has tired me since we met here</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"> When the folk now dead were young.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">Since the viands were outset here</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"> And quaint songs sung.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">And the worm has bored the viol</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"> That used to lead the tune,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">Rust eaten out the dial</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"> That struck night’s noon.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">Now no Christmas brings in neighbours,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"> And the New Year comes unlit;</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">Where we sang the mole now labours,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"> And spiders knit.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">Yet at midnight if here walking,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"> When the moon sheets wall and tree,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">I see forms of old time talking,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "poets electra", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"> Who smile on me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Liatris aspera</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">, Tall Blazing Star seeds</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">waiting to take a ride on the wind.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfSR7ayLmllUiNEaOoTq85XoDCp4d0_MneOm5VWhkPYz4AnLCUEkovmbxw6X87ESaovCEuiKRPazu23RE_HMvvbeklQ0GFchlVWk_hoj-0pFpICms0TavCpismURwDpDXEjuAG8cQ56Yx-p6O51UtSsGpXyGLjluVDLawdiOdnwyeZyZbWUV8awoeNRs/s1710/20231106_143019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1710" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfSR7ayLmllUiNEaOoTq85XoDCp4d0_MneOm5VWhkPYz4AnLCUEkovmbxw6X87ESaovCEuiKRPazu23RE_HMvvbeklQ0GFchlVWk_hoj-0pFpICms0TavCpismURwDpDXEjuAG8cQ56Yx-p6O51UtSsGpXyGLjluVDLawdiOdnwyeZyZbWUV8awoeNRs/w640-h288/20231106_143019.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Joe Pye Weed leaves turning yellow, among the viburnum boughs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsZWKTjYixIQoByKLfxmiBytVwoV_Sekk-a2m855XcJeaMxN7wbi1qzS3L6VYItVbI3VamG7hvA_W8XXN7TDum_3p2AuhfBmycPWOYcPqtO0MIphGOKcQ2n5rZmEYMjFEPdYX3qPcRjVVzCjCreXSdmvxOqXKZLXY792jhX2nQR0Ffuxzb6KXU7fHCkU/s1523/20231106_143419(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1523" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsZWKTjYixIQoByKLfxmiBytVwoV_Sekk-a2m855XcJeaMxN7wbi1qzS3L6VYItVbI3VamG7hvA_W8XXN7TDum_3p2AuhfBmycPWOYcPqtO0MIphGOKcQ2n5rZmEYMjFEPdYX3qPcRjVVzCjCreXSdmvxOqXKZLXY792jhX2nQR0Ffuxzb6KXU7fHCkU/w640-h290/20231106_143419(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Spigelia marilandica</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Still green when everything else is going to sleep.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTJfS1CPu-khiLDGyFXh-o-y6b_OIBtGAZRPKcAbsjSA8li1zJZ2BXfj3B2PMesaIT3qcucg8uH1lwo6pVkO1c_VSopD78uIm3nvRKVmGfVte3QfEbaVzy2ZST_NTK9Z1_KtVl3x65I3lnmzP38-h0XPf9Y-uGxxNnp60HZglJ9serU7FMaLl1EI1niI/s1623/20231106_144212(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1623" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTJfS1CPu-khiLDGyFXh-o-y6b_OIBtGAZRPKcAbsjSA8li1zJZ2BXfj3B2PMesaIT3qcucg8uH1lwo6pVkO1c_VSopD78uIm3nvRKVmGfVte3QfEbaVzy2ZST_NTK9Z1_KtVl3x65I3lnmzP38-h0XPf9Y-uGxxNnp60HZglJ9serU7FMaLl1EI1niI/w640-h284/20231106_144212(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Azalea Leaf Bud (above)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Christmas Fern around Ironwood Tree (below)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvM1-Gy5O2Aof4te2I06hDEtSJWLOAtwTt89CG2s9hKFjYahi0zLKE3NNMGe1Lork27FV2ES-bacWHZxS4-NepkyyRb6vgUQMT13Z2x8lI0XCs68CBSAy-Ij6Us30XjnGYPkfWei389XybTJ7MhI_LPuIjVCUOMMhVO_gmqn2j5KQ1xW8Au74Fv0SzHWs/s1440/20231203_121315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1440" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvM1-Gy5O2Aof4te2I06hDEtSJWLOAtwTt89CG2s9hKFjYahi0zLKE3NNMGe1Lork27FV2ES-bacWHZxS4-NepkyyRb6vgUQMT13Z2x8lI0XCs68CBSAy-Ij6Us30XjnGYPkfWei389XybTJ7MhI_LPuIjVCUOMMhVO_gmqn2j5KQ1xW8Au74Fv0SzHWs/w640-h310/20231203_121315.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Shrubby St. John's Wort with seeds</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwwcGl51dSnEbDPlTSxiLHIm2ew2ruTdPXaCOJRNLnDj5471JK-P4fr-iEDQxzcGOISL5Lo0qnJDDxOmwm_EBjn1dFFCKgNfsAcLsV5Z3lAfN75Unb5anoChtuTtoQkCsLLz3p6r1Xtl1v-L16PLEdfK2aKmO66GgtnvoApxK0h7yhdeN4QjpkT5ODLg/s1523/20231203_121518.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwwcGl51dSnEbDPlTSxiLHIm2ew2ruTdPXaCOJRNLnDj5471JK-P4fr-iEDQxzcGOISL5Lo0qnJDDxOmwm_EBjn1dFFCKgNfsAcLsV5Z3lAfN75Unb5anoChtuTtoQkCsLLz3p6r1Xtl1v-L16PLEdfK2aKmO66GgtnvoApxK0h7yhdeN4QjpkT5ODLg/w640-h288/20231203_121518.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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You scared the hell out of me. Where did you come from, Charlotte? I'm just about to eat lunch, but come again with the question.</span></span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;">IS… IT… CHRIST… MAS… YET??? </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Christmas is December 25<sup>th</sup>, sassy pants. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;">December 25<sup>th</sup>?
What is December 25<sup>th</sup>?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Christmas.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;">Are you talking Spanish or something to me, mommy?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">(sigh) I’m talking English.
I see you haven’t figured out time yet.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;">It gets dark, it gets light… what’s to know.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Okay, so your mind works like a sundial. (sigh) There are twelve months in a
year. December is the twelfth month of
the year. This is December 15<sup>th</sup>. After it gets light, then dark for ten more
days, it’s Christmas.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;">Meltdown… (yawn). When
do the presents come?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">I think right now Santa is adding you to his naughty list.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;">Oh, pleaseee, Mommy, I know you’re Santa. I’m nine years old, alright already!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Well, then, Charlotteeeee… if I’m Santa, shouldn’t you be
writing me a letter telling me what you want for Christmas, so I can look at
the naughty or nice list and give you a lump of coal wrapped with a pretty
bow?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Wait! What the…! Just a…
Hm-m-m…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Minute One...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Minute Two...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Minute Three...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;">Is it Christmas yet, mommy dearest?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It will be Christmas in ten moons.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;">Thank you, Mommy. I’ll
lick this floor clean after you eat to help you with your chores, then I’ll
write my letter to Santa for you to mail, pretty-please. You are the bestest mommy ever, kiss kiss hug
hug kiss kiss kiss… purr.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpVYafMUPPvmviE2AKTVUwMbTs9YjxeTvNu7srTocqiTzU4lbEChrnAJfU5XGBxgMVNxPtjIEUECUPArAL5AwRggPpqd6aYZAln-4SHfnEjTuvRTSxy5mArrZUwXVN26HGs-ca4EhrF1eCtwDhcNG83FZEHWzjBU67u0pSG0McJoKvGm3Iieb6Z03Iqw/s800/c968369_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpVYafMUPPvmviE2AKTVUwMbTs9YjxeTvNu7srTocqiTzU4lbEChrnAJfU5XGBxgMVNxPtjIEUECUPArAL5AwRggPpqd6aYZAln-4SHfnEjTuvRTSxy5mArrZUwXVN26HGs-ca4EhrF1eCtwDhcNG83FZEHWzjBU67u0pSG0McJoKvGm3Iieb6Z03Iqw/w420-h640/c968369_b.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNgw_6T_0kJp6VhrIFFBQE22kIgJTYWHBv4IBSHrthaVfQ0rN9USNq7Usqw9Wv65Y4u7reYVTJiLCG0uR36odQT8p8iIKSjUpeiDu5zcGueCzRAsTTkSRRtJsd7uA2YehXmzChI-dDQmkpn8BuL4p8i527tlzKLOI44uHs_DABqF1cqKanPOYTKSpwZk/s399/c999353_m.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNgw_6T_0kJp6VhrIFFBQE22kIgJTYWHBv4IBSHrthaVfQ0rN9USNq7Usqw9Wv65Y4u7reYVTJiLCG0uR36odQT8p8iIKSjUpeiDu5zcGueCzRAsTTkSRRtJsd7uA2YehXmzChI-dDQmkpn8BuL4p8i527tlzKLOI44uHs_DABqF1cqKanPOYTKSpwZk/s320/c999353_m.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Rain fell through the
night, and when, this early morning, I looked out the window onto the garden,
the fallen oak leaves radiated an almost angelic rusty glow. A lovely masterpiece of nature for a split
second of time as the sun moved into the sky behind the vail of clouds.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>The front room is aglow
with decorations of the season, with a small bit in my bedroom around the
wreath opposite my bed. </span><span>A lovely sight
to greet my day as I awake.</span><span> </span><span>As I sit
here in my writing room, the room where imagination has free reign to soar at
least to the ceiling, or sink to the bowels of hell; well… I gaze over my
laptop to see a concoction of pale golden olive-green ornaments on a garland
with lovely golden pink bells.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Christmas sucked me into
its vortex early in my adult life, like a vacuum on steroids. I became its slave - baking six-inch-tall
gingerbread men decorated with button raisins and piped icing for eyes and
mouths, butterscotch popcorn balls, and vanilla cookie angels frosted in pale
blue with white icing piped around the edges; all tied to a Spruce Tree with
narrow satin ribbons. Real candy canes
with the wrapping removed joined the mix along with garlands of twinkling
lights.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Christmas Eve of fried
sausages and apple rings with Danish pastries, and Christmas Day meal of anything
but turkey and ham. That was the
life. I miss it so much.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">That was some time
ago. These days the past haunts me with memories
of how it once was and the falling short of how it is now. I’m pretty much housebound this month with a flare
up of tremendous pain from my pinched hip nerve. It has taken medical intervention, and will
require an extended amount of time to recover. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">With nothing else to talk
about, this conversation is destined to be one about cats; my cats specifically,
as I chase all other cats from the garden with a watering hose turned on full blast,
so I doubt they sing my praises.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My two felines seem so one
offish at times, as once discarded cats’ usual are, but when one least expects,
they come around for some serious conversation, and by serious, I mean give me
give me give me! Charlotte is my bedtime
buddy and Austin the morning one; or come to think of it, he’s the one who pops
up all over the place when one has other plans.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I usually drop everything
to accommodate them, as I’ve discovered saying later creates an atmosphere of avoidance
for some time. If Austin ever plays with
a toy, it’s in secrecy, and Charlotte’s toy is Lacey’s cat run consisting of a step-up
cat tree, leading across the top of a bookcase, through a cat tunnel over the
doorway, across the top of another cat tree, then down a series of steps to the
couch.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She starts this whole
approach by racing through the hallway starting from the far bedroom for a
flying leap at the step-up tree. She’s
creating quite a banging ruckus when one is trying to sleep in. During all this commotion, Austin is meowing
over the din feed me, feed me, FEED ME in between chasing after Charlotte down
the hallway! </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I wake up to this most
days. It does make the rest of the day
after breakfast too quiet as they sleep it off in the warmest spot of the house
– my unmade bed warmed by a southern exposure window. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I often joke about them in
my conversations with pets, but these two have such low-key personalities, so
far, nothing stands out as writable. I’m
left to my imagination which borders on almost not there most days of my worn-out
life. I embellish a little to round out
a story that otherwise would last ten seconds.
And here I am complaining about having perfect cats. Go figure.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Christmas has always been
special to me; and though I share life with a somewhat bah humbug type of individual
when it comes to this holiday, I never let that define who I am. I love love love this time of year! I hope you do, too. Take care, and enjoy what remains of the old,
as you await the new.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33i1SA8szaoNhBm8TRowBGIELT2dabQpl7GUuweIgYIrn-FNPV1cVOg4Y3etPFzBN-Gw1oU9ZWQBn87BewDDlvy9Z9qm9O9Kl70FFzDCb2wAnajFz7_VyjM4VKRl8clj5fBZ5f81ts-Ng1XInD-zSfXleVYbR1ZstD3wxTyVX6szQUxjea2ncWTdjRvo/s849/R.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33i1SA8szaoNhBm8TRowBGIELT2dabQpl7GUuweIgYIrn-FNPV1cVOg4Y3etPFzBN-Gw1oU9ZWQBn87BewDDlvy9Z9qm9O9Kl70FFzDCb2wAnajFz7_VyjM4VKRl8clj5fBZ5f81ts-Ng1XInD-zSfXleVYbR1ZstD3wxTyVX6szQUxjea2ncWTdjRvo/w404-h640/R.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Beth Ellen; font-size: medium;">Yvonne and Vic</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Beth Ellen; font-size: medium;">Plus their two adorable felines</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Beth Ellen; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Beth Ellen; font-size: medium;">Charlotte and Austin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Beth Ellen; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Beth Ellen; font-size: medium;">Happy Christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Beth Ellen; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Beth Ellen; font-size: medium;">With love</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Beth Ellen; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Beth Ellen; font-size: medium;">x</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SEU9tfhkLznUf1dX03QqOnvAiNnkleHJfqVi1UTpBV9Ya5g3zDKjXGGFBTwvlA0on2bJ7PP1QmZUcc1YtsX9IKaHpkWCAjc51z1aijUbjr65tI3qifR6BZ7c_rArdOwMcGpUPahxw7aPq_fXLD9JGY3HXmwaSBLqzZ3gYjPuJi8AJ-B9rNBm8dCcWsM/s518/c1373971_l%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/12/my-corner-of-world_065746515.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://comedy-plus.com/wordless-wednesday-335/"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Wordless Wednesday</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-83243815199079090702023-10-29T10:05:00.006-05:002024-02-13T09:44:15.065-06:00A coax of wind, and the leaves will fall as autumn reaches its glory.<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2E4JJkNQyNHrSC_pwQ7egsGgIhRzQNunPZYcWuPSE2evl7opEBM7sgmPrjV5jM9WLwhPxBTP_Tl3d9aLdpNm3wn_jCYSx7PbOkX49ETYw8HCC9I4YnkMmQt22OnEDXJukrZc06q8PkL1OBfAwG3JFhJD1rcGq8ZKYLMpMLt3kKLaPYU2XjLQUociK5lo/s1524/20231026_165120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1524" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2E4JJkNQyNHrSC_pwQ7egsGgIhRzQNunPZYcWuPSE2evl7opEBM7sgmPrjV5jM9WLwhPxBTP_Tl3d9aLdpNm3wn_jCYSx7PbOkX49ETYw8HCC9I4YnkMmQt22OnEDXJukrZc06q8PkL1OBfAwG3JFhJD1rcGq8ZKYLMpMLt3kKLaPYU2XjLQUociK5lo/w640-h310/20231026_165120.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As I look up from my front porch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmL6wyvCkAIedRMqWwJ-_w2XcOZklXvbRxlo-7fPmkOMrzI3xmzmJ7T5gvcoUwrrK9sHvAQyTRDj524BEsmMBFT0PclL6fp2oLVuPMBCeLPLI9sFYETwUOvgDbw2am8U2e5M2d7tGgYxQ3F3yvAtJHvLfcZRcfdV-Yiy2x9MptUvYwZZ3lx4F4rsBezs/s1620/20231026_165710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1620" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmL6wyvCkAIedRMqWwJ-_w2XcOZklXvbRxlo-7fPmkOMrzI3xmzmJ7T5gvcoUwrrK9sHvAQyTRDj524BEsmMBFT0PclL6fp2oLVuPMBCeLPLI9sFYETwUOvgDbw2am8U2e5M2d7tGgYxQ3F3yvAtJHvLfcZRcfdV-Yiy2x9MptUvYwZZ3lx4F4rsBezs/w640-h312/20231026_165710.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxthrCwZ0mnHQEQileJSKgomlkZOCpDzXzSUrdkcEzgnUBc2tp5OLCB7VvhGIVkQ8UmP_VEuY8AbieHzI-_IgPO8VzRWvOsyAinX3GA8JZPxZvMJK7OoH4LQlnXok_xwCiy2E-lQRSKLqKDxHPR_UeR3aHJyo0g4qLmiP_R9-pH9f89mwaC7vu4C-osYo/s1618/20231026_165950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1618" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxthrCwZ0mnHQEQileJSKgomlkZOCpDzXzSUrdkcEzgnUBc2tp5OLCB7VvhGIVkQ8UmP_VEuY8AbieHzI-_IgPO8VzRWvOsyAinX3GA8JZPxZvMJK7OoH4LQlnXok_xwCiy2E-lQRSKLqKDxHPR_UeR3aHJyo0g4qLmiP_R9-pH9f89mwaC7vu4C-osYo/w640-h288/20231026_165950.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Dreamy…</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Today is the expression of
all that is good in this little garden.
It’s late in the year, but still the sun warms as an artic cooling has
begun slowly sweeping the hilltops up north down towards us. Today I’m watching a cheeky little chickadee
drink at the birdbath, a bit leery, then poof, out of sight, off to another
adventure. Late autumn decided to become
late spring, so here I am watering a parched garden to keep some of the fall
colors from vanishing so terribly fast.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My podiatrist has given me
until early November to find shoes that will help with all the cushion of fat
that has disappeared from the bottom of my feet, especially my right foot. It has turned out to be a task of what one
might think purgatory has a hand in. Impossible
is not a word I embrace lightly, but I’m changing my appointment to sometime in
January, when hopefully my mission will have been completed.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The flowers that are
keeping the pollinators happy in this space are the aromatic and ‘paten’ asters
and some tiny white flowered aster that came with the garden and has refused to
leave. The Swamp Sunflower is still
going strong, and the tiny and larger pollinators love it. Although garden books say it’s completely
happy in a regular garden, we water it when it begins to sulk, which is often
these days.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">No mosquitoes, so
fantastic not sharing my space with them today.
My deck is a carpet of leaves, mostly green, yellow and brown; but
occasionally a red one makes an appearance.
I love it when a noisy chirper flies into the garden, but out of
sight. Since a bird can make so many
different sounds, I’m often clueless unless I see it with my own eyes. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Just a blur and it flew
into the healthy Blackhaw Viburnum that is dripping with the darkest of blue
berries, the viburnum that shares its space with the American Dogwood under the
old White Ash Tree. The sprinkler is
beneath the viburnum, so it may be taking advantage of the shower of water
droplets.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The rustle of leaves in
the great oak trees that are beginning to turn yellow becomes quite noticeable
when a wave of air rushes through the garden and on to the neighbors. The smaller wind chime clanks away as it hangs
from the umbrella handle on the patio. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It wants to sing, but we
are stumped as to where it may go to create that melody not too far away from
us, but not to close to the bird boxes. It
was near the dogwood, but after many years the branches intertwined with it and
quieted its song. We’ll sort it out
before Christmas. I’m almost positive
about that… almost. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I smell a smoky barbecue
going on with the neighbors behind us as they converse with each other
loudly. Perhaps it’s good that I don’t
understand them, that they are just ‘talk’ to mingle with the road traffic. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Time to move the sprinkler
to the damp garden, but as I stand under this huge white ash tree, the breezes
pick up and a light shower of never-ending yellow leaves begins to rain down
upon me as I gaze, mesmerized. The
beauty is astounding. I could stand here
forever. OUCH!!! </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">What one sometimes forgets,
I guess that is me, is that a white ash leaf is a compound of leaves attached
to a stem called a petiole. After each
leaf has fallen to the ground, also must the petiole at some point in time.
Mine hit my head like an arrow shot from the tree itself. It still smarts.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Nature keeps giving and
giving, as at this moment, the neighboring oak trees are being infiltrated with
grackles, more and more noisy grackles. If
they are here, then they are mobbing my bird feeder as well. Carpenter bees try to collect nectar from the
crocus, but crocus only offer pollen… no nectar. Sad watching them, trying over and over
again.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This thing called autumn,
dresses in its finest, which… in actuality, is leaves dying; and we can see
that death has never looked so heavenly beautiful. And underneath that blanket we sometimes call
doom; that time when beauty has turned black, the earth is busy in regeneration.
Life is always getting along with
business as usual.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I’m going to leave you
here in this moment to be thankful that I have run out of words. When I find an accent in time that begs to be
photographed, I seldom turn away from the opportunity, unless I wish to soak it
all up and selfishly keep it for myself only.
Naughty me. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I’ve been naughty a lot
lately</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif" style="font-size: 24pt;">😊</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif" style="font-size: 24pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZF-tmHCzHKBdsc3CEDlY8_cw21QeSgyOiC-x6XtO5sYSLFIn9keEqQ7wNou5CkvO-HVdZt_YbKM1r2SA_K7cUg4RSPtkvAV7BIGorS1z0lSUsMw_ilrJEHJJLurJnAJeosw3cniFaojojBwz2kCskOkey602PHjLXVYy5gdIghheDXX_BXwP04cHM0Y/s1330/20231019_113701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1330" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZF-tmHCzHKBdsc3CEDlY8_cw21QeSgyOiC-x6XtO5sYSLFIn9keEqQ7wNou5CkvO-HVdZt_YbKM1r2SA_K7cUg4RSPtkvAV7BIGorS1z0lSUsMw_ilrJEHJJLurJnAJeosw3cniFaojojBwz2kCskOkey602PHjLXVYy5gdIghheDXX_BXwP04cHM0Y/w640-h372/20231019_113701.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="line-height: normal; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Crocus 'Goulimyi'</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jkWkOQ6MBN-H_Y2w4ieG4eNkD2m5IVDa7432Ix91rX0-WGYSsjHPVyHOHQZXkuaRwM8tJbJYZbK5Kk67UN-Bhae3EB1dU_xxqtMlOAXsPbYEToRsPAm6kJAg0go5aBugdoSo26Ff6yTx5GWfaMZmpML22k5G7OiyKVSv1EWGQq3s1UE6jh4mnotUaGs/s1616/20231021_134547(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1616" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jkWkOQ6MBN-H_Y2w4ieG4eNkD2m5IVDa7432Ix91rX0-WGYSsjHPVyHOHQZXkuaRwM8tJbJYZbK5Kk67UN-Bhae3EB1dU_xxqtMlOAXsPbYEToRsPAm6kJAg0go5aBugdoSo26Ff6yTx5GWfaMZmpML22k5G7OiyKVSv1EWGQq3s1UE6jh4mnotUaGs/w640-h288/20231021_134547(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I have never seen this type of Hover Fly before.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Look at how long it's back legs are.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3ZQwwwGFGSgmPO60qf2kcd9wB-3NrPgzRfFE4pcM4Fwq7GLundo2oie1UTfIEWK1p-kVNc03cyZW58g4A-bejBjdkg7Xh5zNhosYqB1sYtvfBX6b_XS3tRsfV5XZhxU8PMauPainzbnq-zAqyo__5tIZ18bbmcLPhSuIVLib1Ei-gxFbplyuw1F2qXM/s1539/20231021_143721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1539" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3ZQwwwGFGSgmPO60qf2kcd9wB-3NrPgzRfFE4pcM4Fwq7GLundo2oie1UTfIEWK1p-kVNc03cyZW58g4A-bejBjdkg7Xh5zNhosYqB1sYtvfBX6b_XS3tRsfV5XZhxU8PMauPainzbnq-zAqyo__5tIZ18bbmcLPhSuIVLib1Ei-gxFbplyuw1F2qXM/w640-h332/20231021_143721.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="mdbSpecies" style="text-align: left;">Maybe a Black-shouldered Drone Fly</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span class="sciName" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;"><i>Eristalis dimidiata</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqO8VzUe2XnlQEQ1EDv_bzWnRoql-Cvh2L-2qDc1zJ6WCwqHJurwwhCmvZgPeEN9eu22GXMmEgHQETHffxQWCwxRArefefiG8NCHL4szuj3b2P7_VNf57t68uO1djN6E9IbV7tvlWVfeHO9QYqOVfWAkMDWnNdCRScUltVpzTXPbl2m30CUQGplUg_LeM/s1488/20231021_143734(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1611" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmG2HeG-7oqLFBI-hBNjsMhs5JFuVGmcq5hvWojb9OJXG_Hj3wrChuyIG3vZhcOT6g5IyE24xjXL1wbMEITQR-VS5W6eGFTSUdX1Cl3glNKjNVyZMgxBtIuruHKyi4y8xQHRIbsYQ7POpR8S1bPFGRGRkUUedsC3dnu9ZyWTeCnVXQHIsa2e-mSZDKTY/w640-h290/20231026_170207.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">'Sparkleberry' Winterberry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj734UjK63YBAir9LlQvJ7FYXGEUZ3KOAYqxEVfv940pti-V_hVvSE35He06P9xc4Rkh3f5JTJ4QnxiaHcl45fqvoPmU959ndWEfkLs9-9sdF3rsvC1VIJR5MM6_8Ce4gX9Wq4g747VbdoogtJdwcOCSovRMoB5ZSvPzTTZGgCZG6R5gf5LAB3FRQaV3o0/s1615/20231026_170836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1615" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj734UjK63YBAir9LlQvJ7FYXGEUZ3KOAYqxEVfv940pti-V_hVvSE35He06P9xc4Rkh3f5JTJ4QnxiaHcl45fqvoPmU959ndWEfkLs9-9sdF3rsvC1VIJR5MM6_8Ce4gX9Wq4g747VbdoogtJdwcOCSovRMoB5ZSvPzTTZGgCZG6R5gf5LAB3FRQaV3o0/w640-h290/20231026_170836.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">'Winterthur' Viburnum</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4v2sl3Mjd6llSQzrXUMNUdyuo3Jarq6ew87kEauPobYxg_6cXhy2DgLVBnXJXbEDrTini2DsKiZys5x3rbH7Vwcm3dmoWKxP4UWfhBO2AOH9WixjvdaHzJrmesmodsWFXGajwyCQqmBXnSnUa88t0XTbRn7f7YOVOGjE_Kri3IGfkIk_Fl2W3SjJrZf8/s1612/20231026_170924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Carpenter Bees… quite a few of these large bees have
appeared after the summer was void of them.
Attracted to the Canadian Goldenrod as a source of food, the same aggressive
goldenrod we removed from under the oak trees and alongside the Ninebark shrub,
I didn’t have the heart to remove the rest of the goldenrod covered with
Carpenter bees among other insects in the prairie garden. I have missed these gentle giants that
pesticide selling companies call the enemy.
I have learned to modify things and live with them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The carpenter bees also seem to be finding every bit
of nectar from the turtlehead plants in the damp garden that the bumblebees deserted
this week.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The woodland goldenrod in the
shady areas on the backside of our house is attracting the tiny types of native
bees, while the woodland goldenrod to the front of the house seems to have
become a victim of a certain man’s gloved hand pulling them out as weeds.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">(sigh…)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38vb8cchQu_09nW_kjHUtFFmFD_3zj-rTCNf40i16tvfhITeN-mkMFukmdWHRI8RGkEy2RazwuIwNhJ6y_LYrPN8b2OSwxSi0LshWWgT4wVzo8XTQ-VKX-Q6n-OfWSHuLPDw4tSF5MG5hZc5jgfBM-p2KmoEnLy4jXDspLonAtOwIJvjW-PioYpH11JA/s600/i1240050_l.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38vb8cchQu_09nW_kjHUtFFmFD_3zj-rTCNf40i16tvfhITeN-mkMFukmdWHRI8RGkEy2RazwuIwNhJ6y_LYrPN8b2OSwxSi0LshWWgT4wVzo8XTQ-VKX-Q6n-OfWSHuLPDw4tSF5MG5hZc5jgfBM-p2KmoEnLy4jXDspLonAtOwIJvjW-PioYpH11JA/s16000/i1240050_l.jpg" /></a></div><div style="line-height: normal; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carpenter Bee on Turtlehead Flower</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If no white patch on the face area, then it is female.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We place 4"x4"'s of old cedar in different areas of our garden, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">so her only alternative isn't our house for nesting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKLjymDOjnC19q1sssIafyqRmgxj4bccqGGV7u14ypMvIirIgkI8AcY4Td_aunlm8n3QPd7aCcJ1yedN6zYH6ihJsbi6KF89LdFDtVwRZMMsVcGwjuPqqt17MxOxknxFlOfRzZmlAr8oFF9pZnNXPXUpY1WaxNaPnDVsyynAmaJ6gvJ5xc9s3DwGZKk8/s1570/20231005_141905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Clasping Aster's airy stems cover the shady areas with
blue flowers, and the aromatic asters bunch like puffs of lavender speckled
clouds among the other perennials and weedy plants. The skipper butterflies adore them. Buds on the Swamp Sunflower are opening into bright
golden faces, but I have not discovered yet what will be attracted to them.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Beauty Berry Shrubs covered in magenta lavender
berries clumping in puffs along the limbs, bending them towards the ground,
flirt with the mockingbird and cardinals. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spicebushes are dropping their leaves gently
in any type of breeze, as are a few of the other shrubs and trees.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is a very slow move into autumn.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The change of season is never close one door
and open the next.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">More as if one glides
through half-opened doors and half-closed doors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8Rqx53zw9gepXw1MhsbM4qlDBAGa8SVCezmubuAxwUFmpuvBTQ0xFVlyJt0jQkGvnvcqrrzR7EAI0vDjDycs1dF7X6FLwrnWpjL1rOA0uc4EFBA1lqiaq2np1qhTSJ4l8nOiESOQGgx9ZmMR_njKocXlQhLhi3LvvjGJVhsxYDSLV_iNqLssDymFYYE/s600/i1240050_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8Rqx53zw9gepXw1MhsbM4qlDBAGa8SVCezmubuAxwUFmpuvBTQ0xFVlyJt0jQkGvnvcqrrzR7EAI0vDjDycs1dF7X6FLwrnWpjL1rOA0uc4EFBA1lqiaq2np1qhTSJ4l8nOiESOQGgx9ZmMR_njKocXlQhLhi3LvvjGJVhsxYDSLV_iNqLssDymFYYE/s16000/i1240050_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Along the back fenceline (above photo)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Winterberry 'Sparkleberry' (both photos)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioE3d-Aw-VTIp6hEtUV5v0PheS-QZSl-kQiD7dQk5Tx4ABhQ6FRQLX1lNb-FYEKhgqzfLhu6CJpILojjG7eY6RRuBWFO4GyCwj6R2VQWii-4UH1FIj1Ueo29DCjg0Q4e-nSnB-sExRR4LxTUiU-0VxEE_6v3RWmApwEFZ65SyxbzDpjHFDBGc5q8IdYkw/s1524/20230928_175748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1524" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioE3d-Aw-VTIp6hEtUV5v0PheS-QZSl-kQiD7dQk5Tx4ABhQ6FRQLX1lNb-FYEKhgqzfLhu6CJpILojjG7eY6RRuBWFO4GyCwj6R2VQWii-4UH1FIj1Ueo29DCjg0Q4e-nSnB-sExRR4LxTUiU-0VxEE_6v3RWmApwEFZ65SyxbzDpjHFDBGc5q8IdYkw/w640-h286/20230928_175748.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">White and Purple American Beautyberrys</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Callicarpa americana</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQhz-eQpsiEsDA5BIUnoo5FOI6bXTdmH2D2IyEPJWDx0nCxOD8MGFM-X87Leqv-PfFCqS4_jycfg9aSarGTODmnYShlVrX7p67I0PZzE4e4WACwhfIYhYa3wkoGrSQhKBuxYTRjsfdb3jwCZ0NrlIrudn1_3GrTLyOmUyN8igxZ_tTI2PnCPTELbY6j8/s1522/20230921_174056(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1522" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQhz-eQpsiEsDA5BIUnoo5FOI6bXTdmH2D2IyEPJWDx0nCxOD8MGFM-X87Leqv-PfFCqS4_jycfg9aSarGTODmnYShlVrX7p67I0PZzE4e4WACwhfIYhYa3wkoGrSQhKBuxYTRjsfdb3jwCZ0NrlIrudn1_3GrTLyOmUyN8igxZ_tTI2PnCPTELbY6j8/w640-h290/20230921_174056(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Solomon's Seal growing under the beautyberries </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EpDjQ3NA7uKH0w8LofM7iD47q3GPpBeAz5laB_xQB2QZblmPHvKN25EjMJ2SVnlS39slwl-wYUDmI-U3XT2_IsLCTPiR8SIC2UkmW39ROskudnL5q5RDMpSgmDdcy5KTlLp65p6FGCYYKrMSjBfy6ghTW9Ml5ctmeZPfQRs6qTiUFLo0uE6-7aSzu-Y/s1440/20230921_174127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1440" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EpDjQ3NA7uKH0w8LofM7iD47q3GPpBeAz5laB_xQB2QZblmPHvKN25EjMJ2SVnlS39slwl-wYUDmI-U3XT2_IsLCTPiR8SIC2UkmW39ROskudnL5q5RDMpSgmDdcy5KTlLp65p6FGCYYKrMSjBfy6ghTW9Ml5ctmeZPfQRs6qTiUFLo0uE6-7aSzu-Y/w640-h304/20230921_174127.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I sat outside just a bit this afternoon to calm my
mind – what was I thinking!?! The thoroughfare
is humming (I say that kindly) with obnoxious noises of traffic. I watched a grey squirrel navigate a twisty limb
of the ash tree to leap onto a clump of thin viburnum branches, doing a catchy
dance to find one that would precariously support him, and then begin dining on
its berries that are ripening to an indigo blue.</span></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This next morning is such a change from the warmth of
yesterday.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is a crisp 50 degrees F as
I open the sliding glass door to be greeted by plenty of bird calls in the
garden.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Charlotte and Austin become
quickly engrossed with a chatty wren on the other side of the screen, while the
heat register nearby keeps them toasty warm.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I let the outside coldness play havoc with the heat
register for a few hours until all’s quiet and the glass door is slid shut once
more.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m somewhat housebound these past
few months, as how I feel anymore is never “Wow!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I feel so much better now.”</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So
much better never comes.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I confess, I
let Gardener’s World play as background chatter in a house too full of silence.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TChR6wd5-8ZCbQ-OSFPkj76UTM5OcNhBV35SW2P0RwlCyEuEx1mPSJW0YqD7BrLZxv3BRoOnR_RQ9ieXuaX7S9IDk-Bkyy1KdNyB8YAJpqM3n09PFGpKrmbpac3HKl-2gQgHHkJ53K6KdpTGqPk-qeLft1L9N2QrcklWMbVWmUsnF040xy1ocCrbPYM/s600/i1240050_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TChR6wd5-8ZCbQ-OSFPkj76UTM5OcNhBV35SW2P0RwlCyEuEx1mPSJW0YqD7BrLZxv3BRoOnR_RQ9ieXuaX7S9IDk-Bkyy1KdNyB8YAJpqM3n09PFGpKrmbpac3HKl-2gQgHHkJ53K6KdpTGqPk-qeLft1L9N2QrcklWMbVWmUsnF040xy1ocCrbPYM/s16000/i1240050_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Clasping Aster with, I think, a sweat bee.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZJr2GXG3ZuipbVz5nk-I1nqAdtxkjyn_4KF6U_lOK8ZqIXJTT6MybtTUr9cyPwWh5FeZMHqE6lGLM7Dq8gtfJ2j-g8keXatikk5NUW_8Jb5HpFFNigNBOZ8uLfEpF7-gTF_g6TjT3hqTSBa5lA3VXj8EUIcL_rdAgBJtgC3rfgfHftHGRqh4Y2orT7w/s1520/20230922_153704.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1520" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZJr2GXG3ZuipbVz5nk-I1nqAdtxkjyn_4KF6U_lOK8ZqIXJTT6MybtTUr9cyPwWh5FeZMHqE6lGLM7Dq8gtfJ2j-g8keXatikk5NUW_8Jb5HpFFNigNBOZ8uLfEpF7-gTF_g6TjT3hqTSBa5lA3VXj8EUIcL_rdAgBJtgC3rfgfHftHGRqh4Y2orT7w/w640-h288/20230922_153704.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Honeybee on Aromatic Aster 'October Skies'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXLkMWmCemdWrhvdG0rmBadkqpgXd4HY3GZCap0gtqPNr39uNv7yyDTVavi3Befg3oQqzA1Am2JryD4-RjSdLNCGoRRZ4P9ei8NO0wwbfYoTxydmAnbNX5uN8EZWdxX3axIMTXauHoyyFNfCMCA0rCwEfWHeYIdngmu6CX96-fudrgBFMjkm-d-kIMJs/s1512/20231005_135618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1512" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXLkMWmCemdWrhvdG0rmBadkqpgXd4HY3GZCap0gtqPNr39uNv7yyDTVavi3Befg3oQqzA1Am2JryD4-RjSdLNCGoRRZ4P9ei8NO0wwbfYoTxydmAnbNX5uN8EZWdxX3axIMTXauHoyyFNfCMCA0rCwEfWHeYIdngmu6CX96-fudrgBFMjkm-d-kIMJs/w640-h290/20231005_135618.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Some type of little bee on a Clasping Aster</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Symphyotrichum patens</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is called a Clasping Aster, because the base of the leaf </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">wraps partway around the stem, as if it is holding on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuC-k_r5VkfpCKdwHAfCwyrpNnYlB0sAUXtClAWHB3skJMNax1U1dY631ttzUo_lZmqRU4w3Jhn8meyNIbPOqyH13ilvQoWv-Ov_yCCbrqsHHYSMnnnke3VuCwa-NKToOJ3YgVPJnfrsQQAKV2tTYMqbaA08Q2jPfJIeAc8Iy4FDwDyIPTyf5b-G4wZc/s1361/20231001_115635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yet another day has passed, and while I stayed outside
without a sweater, I sometimes wished I had one on. Vic planted the three aromatic asters left
over from spring. They were nicely
rooted in their 6” pots making the transfer out of the pot to soil rather easy. Although topsoil was added to the area fifteen
or so years ago, it was basically a pickax type of soil, poor Vic.</span></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s bedtime… my reservoir of thoughts about gardens
and such has evaporated into the atmosphere so fast, I seem to be wordless at
this moment.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sweet Dreams.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5os__h0taEJKR1nfpBNsxVmchq4GrwXMhHuJjm33JenkQiDSBfsB2bkchcG_PSM20wgJay9FeYcpsVFhvIJ8dqHXhB4lbPyhYne900Fu5TdipQt-Rkfv-yKcLQ-gVBPes4jaO_w2VoqrvOpJCt-PSDzTtJvnAV2ZsE2JWeEn2msSIp3W9qVlsZQaLbY/s600/i1240050_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Coralberry, <i>Symphoricarpos orbiculatus</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rUhR88biig9XK7hG0nEZ_pX6dgt516E-7eSE3LdxvQq6MCkWi7lGvlkxoTg2NlU2p25JiAioH7Jftyd_w9m7OJuAsy-CiUAOHbJ-wkuP8eJXEoqbTJoS3bB1GTSgXdkDbrfmBlr5mt0wWtCXXbu8ga1NMKbPTfBKCkAaxuvUeKtgNwfJb_9-JBO6nvQ/s1520/Coral%20Berry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1520" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rUhR88biig9XK7hG0nEZ_pX6dgt516E-7eSE3LdxvQq6MCkWi7lGvlkxoTg2NlU2p25JiAioH7Jftyd_w9m7OJuAsy-CiUAOHbJ-wkuP8eJXEoqbTJoS3bB1GTSgXdkDbrfmBlr5mt0wWtCXXbu8ga1NMKbPTfBKCkAaxuvUeKtgNwfJb_9-JBO6nvQ/w640-h290/Coral%20Berry.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Green Stinkbug Nymph</span><span style="font-size: large;">, </span></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Acrosternum hilare</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxBAmxInMXEkTuZzmcdAJ3INxVI8VXTHKnhOr8ao6eAit9h7ErKGod_ruKyVjT79IGK3ZnPzGnIO_H19g2jXJmQzQk6cCQT_eX3cOcAnSGXR5VsD2uzPMxc6HvJiONiG04xt4WcMosxb6moEpgqaxnY7xQvzCeJT1anDT5FcL65WE0KPZnvDtyfrml80/s1440/20231001_124117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1440" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxBAmxInMXEkTuZzmcdAJ3INxVI8VXTHKnhOr8ao6eAit9h7ErKGod_ruKyVjT79IGK3ZnPzGnIO_H19g2jXJmQzQk6cCQT_eX3cOcAnSGXR5VsD2uzPMxc6HvJiONiG04xt4WcMosxb6moEpgqaxnY7xQvzCeJT1anDT5FcL65WE0KPZnvDtyfrml80/w640-h310/20231001_124117.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I stayed about a foot away, and whatever direction I moved to, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">it would change its course to walk towards me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-MsS1pk8PYtCFYceqvcMV94ZC4yZ1a9fbnLZT9hyphenhyphenmubcXgtGCNFSnqoZYS0vJYJWKURX3iGIVKDOnMrplcY1J4FAfPhrMryOk54T9WwzrV_B66aWUHOlgtV8vVZM_JxB7ae5KhEpo34VJgW2I5V8K2HXzBNBrJndWYLi1v3vVm83Tfzg5TJA7ZAy_kQ/s1437/20231001_124001(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="1437" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-MsS1pk8PYtCFYceqvcMV94ZC4yZ1a9fbnLZT9hyphenhyphenmubcXgtGCNFSnqoZYS0vJYJWKURX3iGIVKDOnMrplcY1J4FAfPhrMryOk54T9WwzrV_B66aWUHOlgtV8vVZM_JxB7ae5KhEpo34VJgW2I5V8K2HXzBNBrJndWYLi1v3vVm83Tfzg5TJA7ZAy_kQ/w640-h292/20231001_124001(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Saw Greenbrier Vine, <i>Smilax bona-nox</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">with parts of the leaf deteriating, leaving a web of veins</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOg8M_8mDMgLzU-OL-ZcgLQ10Ggww5QxHDEBNiSdVn11Dj5q56ARVQQi2ggn5veWK9NCoYqWwsGbxQTjbMWr0pw6Mptc6mC-5CanRRS9zrjRRv0SNNVUFqybELqeiS2gz81vm3d98ulT2CgGR7eBHb32Z1Gh5puXulKR2Uex0Llr7J7CLzomtbXFBnEk/s1518/20230929_165832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1518" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOg8M_8mDMgLzU-OL-ZcgLQ10Ggww5QxHDEBNiSdVn11Dj5q56ARVQQi2ggn5veWK9NCoYqWwsGbxQTjbMWr0pw6Mptc6mC-5CanRRS9zrjRRv0SNNVUFqybELqeiS2gz81vm3d98ulT2CgGR7eBHb32Z1Gh5puXulKR2Uex0Llr7J7CLzomtbXFBnEk/w640-h292/20230929_165832.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I think this is Common Boneset, <i>Eupatorium perfoliatum</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The flowers are old and will soon produce seeds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDLQkm4jHYp4elHOyqocXMdaFB9HCiELT8wlSPc9GGcfTd9GYRH5V7GsCY7VRiA_Kk-HehMmJ8nmL28vTz-c_2N__CfpHk18iav3ivIWrRBEKQalgBpKXYlQ7G3rQ9ogfXj6qIxIu2hlocR2mtztlJDMOKaqai0BBpBO3KslHXYExvL_mL_qjHuKcESc/s1487/20230921_174810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="1487" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDLQkm4jHYp4elHOyqocXMdaFB9HCiELT8wlSPc9GGcfTd9GYRH5V7GsCY7VRiA_Kk-HehMmJ8nmL28vTz-c_2N__CfpHk18iav3ivIWrRBEKQalgBpKXYlQ7G3rQ9ogfXj6qIxIu2hlocR2mtztlJDMOKaqai0BBpBO3KslHXYExvL_mL_qjHuKcESc/w640-h286/20230921_174810.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Leatherflower, <i>Clematis viorna </i>seeds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKb_334-FawX9UH0nZgRkB_x9P7rBvLpKQjgBuHlitNLH99YLNI4axCNShY9TJkV8AWtZqvlllrloAo-kJi98wL6JtgiDpNoZ5mhHhAmFkn8FCUxW7vpZgxX1DDkuQn8fa71o_VTSQkqEQ-IoFx3htmBz9OE0JOG-7s-IsCPZ2jluSwodb9kpllhH34io/s1524/20231005_142152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKb_334-FawX9UH0nZgRkB_x9P7rBvLpKQjgBuHlitNLH99YLNI4axCNShY9TJkV8AWtZqvlllrloAo-kJi98wL6JtgiDpNoZ5mhHhAmFkn8FCUxW7vpZgxX1DDkuQn8fa71o_VTSQkqEQ-IoFx3htmBz9OE0JOG-7s-IsCPZ2jluSwodb9kpllhH34io/w640-h288/20231005_142152.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Wistful seed</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOoINUz-s0S-OrbL4AccBRpg6RNtMPa702Ehta3PkDWi8m2mU-jHHpoP00lx7SMi6Kx8GhAqXYlc0Wdn_RsoTb8Fz_YwwFwcaAAHUx5n8_T3akHNjlgN7LFleNWbilJCdZEiRvsPEs5Q3n3hPwunoUIRj-BCWxLldJJfUnDMlmgRIo2aygAqLJ3EU45c/s1518/20231001_124234(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1518" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOoINUz-s0S-OrbL4AccBRpg6RNtMPa702Ehta3PkDWi8m2mU-jHHpoP00lx7SMi6Kx8GhAqXYlc0Wdn_RsoTb8Fz_YwwFwcaAAHUx5n8_T3akHNjlgN7LFleNWbilJCdZEiRvsPEs5Q3n3hPwunoUIRj-BCWxLldJJfUnDMlmgRIo2aygAqLJ3EU45c/w640-h288/20231001_124234(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwcCyHdB43JrpHIQGD_MBuiDB1G70scYOk8eeoae4wH8PVFS8DGbih4EjO-o4Bz6AoHn31mPgYYAgWKRu2bvsC8RUEt_p3jgej8dlC3LU3zaRiZZbCh72qXdSUWF6IG2jnHt_jW30JZihRQUZRmHrdhJ_C-08h2dpONhA_piW9xb_UaPMaGmL-_3swV8/s200/i1239949_s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="200" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwcCyHdB43JrpHIQGD_MBuiDB1G70scYOk8eeoae4wH8PVFS8DGbih4EjO-o4Bz6AoHn31mPgYYAgWKRu2bvsC8RUEt_p3jgej8dlC3LU3zaRiZZbCh72qXdSUWF6IG2jnHt_jW30JZihRQUZRmHrdhJ_C-08h2dpONhA_piW9xb_UaPMaGmL-_3swV8/s1600/i1239949_s.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s difficult to approach this last day of writing in
the wistfulness I truly wish for without flipping into the deep, but here goes. We’re in that part of the year of
rollercoaster rides as far as temperatures are concerned. I’m sitting on my deck chair I share with a
very persistent spider, enjoying the cool breezes and occasional traffic of the
thoroughfare one house up.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mashed avocado with crackers is on the breakfast menu,
with a warm cup of Irish Breakfast tea, and a few vitamins to round it out in this
lovely seventy-degree F. weather. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A titmouse
bathed in the large shallow birdbath I easily see through the deck railing,
then to my surprise, a few goldfinches joined the party.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is so heavenly here, with gentle gusts of cool wind
to remind one it is indeed autumn.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Real autumn
returns in four days, so now is the time to enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The noisy birds today, I think, are titmice,
with a background chatter of English sparrows.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Although not native, they seem to come with the territory these days.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have groups of the females now bathing in
the birdbath, ignoring my presence, showing me who really owns the garden.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m thinking of giving my derriere a break this coming
November, as the pinched nerve pain has reoccurred with a vengeance.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It makes working on my photos impossible,
hence, what you see with my work may be cropped, but all else is left as is in
this post.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ve spent more time taking
in this beautiful October, and not worrying much about photographs, so nothing
unusual is in the finished mix.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Neighbors behind me and to the left have had their big
trees cut down, so I am grateful that as I lean back in my deck chair looking out
over the landscape in front of me… sandwiched between my tabletop and the underside
of the big umbrella; the neighbors’ huge oak trees, left in all their gigantic
beauty, lay a blanket of serenity around me.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A few heavy gusts of wind and a shower of seed stems
from the old ash tree noisily rain down upon the umbrella top and deck as if vengeance
is passing through. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Autumn does get messy
as she lays a layer of fresh mulch upon the ground; and as I sit here,
sashaying my rocker chair back and forth while eating juicy red seedless grapes
washed down by icy water, the traffic mixed with bird chirps is beginning to
mess with my chilled-out mood like an invasion of piranhas in for the kill.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br />I’ve begun watering the parched areas that harbor
fresh plump berries and late autumn flowers to slow down their demise, as this
changing weather is not as nice as the days of old. A group of blue jays has settled in and
calmed down to a few cries here and there, and as I contemplate whether to
leave or stay a bit longer… it’s so peaceful if only I could just get that %$#&!
traffic out of my head.<br /> <br />As I’m reminded by my persistently chatty little buddy
dressed in the feathers of a chickadee, just because some things may be out of
reach doesn’t mean they still can’t be enjoyed.
I love my little patch of wild that I sometimes alter, and other times
nature redesigns. It is the best
achievement of my life, but I say that knowing it is already reverting out of
my hands and back to nature. Its
existence will fade as I do, and end when I end. No matter… it is for my eyes only, and my
eyes find it intoxicating.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_3gYm4EIZfgvb6kONprkSRp6QAV0z0yDvhg6GzEJjCoVuCvmbSZPptFAU6wK9bxVxpPUiKgumXc4psQxGWeHStmaBvEnMWr6s-D4mu4fClwTnS_yr5us24EPRWierSICWKZilDJq-3DY-TCyiJsNE-kHjKGaq-mzyB5a2e25kE1Iua5kTNPjlV56mis/s600/i1240050_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_3gYm4EIZfgvb6kONprkSRp6QAV0z0yDvhg6GzEJjCoVuCvmbSZPptFAU6wK9bxVxpPUiKgumXc4psQxGWeHStmaBvEnMWr6s-D4mu4fClwTnS_yr5us24EPRWierSICWKZilDJq-3DY-TCyiJsNE-kHjKGaq-mzyB5a2e25kE1Iua5kTNPjlV56mis/s16000/i1240050_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Geodes from a friend, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and collected lake rocks from construction sites.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E9r6GsBe0BB7mTXy9QJOVtSZADZ2fbD_Yb4eaTYkJCSlVDDDNC7Ph3fehFR7esMvfU4l8gSjrjStpNt0HxgzLoZdUv7efXwoovKFOXekrr0-eDuQJqyADwmktuhkrRd2UYfzdZ6e-B2fH_jocJ1sbpkPqEfbtNp6EwSSCY7Pf-UHDHsplkL7cBIxtio/s1518/20230928_175041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1518" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E9r6GsBe0BB7mTXy9QJOVtSZADZ2fbD_Yb4eaTYkJCSlVDDDNC7Ph3fehFR7esMvfU4l8gSjrjStpNt0HxgzLoZdUv7efXwoovKFOXekrr0-eDuQJqyADwmktuhkrRd2UYfzdZ6e-B2fH_jocJ1sbpkPqEfbtNp6EwSSCY7Pf-UHDHsplkL7cBIxtio/w640-h290/20230928_175041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Liatris aspera</i>, Tall Blazing Star</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The tall stems sometimes grow a little wonky if no support.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The phenomenon for this flower is called Fasciation,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">where the plant grows elaborately contorted tissue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It is also known as Cresting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #666666; text-align: start;">, also called Eastern Bee Balm</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2ihvpBLMCoH95md4XFGQaWXWtxxkYZEkEPUbs2-8QU14YDUF_PCOhDG7injAvUwrhW4UP2jLYKrpFdwcONNrUM7v6tvHovRcjiivt7BfmrWh3S-GJSEFgF2mhAW5DJVBSyag_9-JJMPB34Cdwl8c9G4SX2aCB7hI9CUdT0EZLo-4qG926rpVZSloYI4/s1516/20230928_174322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1516" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2ihvpBLMCoH95md4XFGQaWXWtxxkYZEkEPUbs2-8QU14YDUF_PCOhDG7injAvUwrhW4UP2jLYKrpFdwcONNrUM7v6tvHovRcjiivt7BfmrWh3S-GJSEFgF2mhAW5DJVBSyag_9-JJMPB34Cdwl8c9G4SX2aCB7hI9CUdT0EZLo-4qG926rpVZSloYI4/w640-h288/20230928_174322.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div></div></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-16604323175212633472023-09-15T01:46:00.011-05:002023-09-20T14:50:23.191-05:00The ebb and flow of thoughts in a garden long past her youth.<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I’m outside on my back deck, after I carted
out what seemed like half of my existence, but, of course, it wasn't. It just felt like it. I thought “wow, what a brilliant
way to spend an otherwise boring afternoon”.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A minute later, thunder rumbles in
the heavens, and I’m wondering just how brilliant of an idea this really was to
be one with nature this beautiful afternoon.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bird
song is null, as it is so often this time of day, while gentle breezes coax the
limbs of shrubs and trees to sway.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Too soon, louder rumbles of thunder
overhead announce it's time for drops of rain to begin hitting the umbrella
cover, which they do in an ever-amazing crescendo of noise as they reach a steady pouring from the
heavens above.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is my cue to pack
up and head for the hills.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gDz9WwWG0walkELBMj3fIR881zZUBS9tL-hvAphJrwGN5d-yryghlgKrPbCrVuo5hoAwj9KP4IGTOq89aWQ1mP3iN7cAJ6X-94ik7VvxpULDXWm5lBFReLyCzvHidlbNkvzKNjR2qJu1_F-uZaIhO6PVp8KsM3W79OiI0FjXuX-J-gWwapRnfUHbKBM/s1201/20230825_160753(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1201" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gDz9WwWG0walkELBMj3fIR881zZUBS9tL-hvAphJrwGN5d-yryghlgKrPbCrVuo5hoAwj9KP4IGTOq89aWQ1mP3iN7cAJ6X-94ik7VvxpULDXWm5lBFReLyCzvHidlbNkvzKNjR2qJu1_F-uZaIhO6PVp8KsM3W79OiI0FjXuX-J-gWwapRnfUHbKBM/w400-h228/20230825_160753(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDa383OcjipMEsV9JmHZKyl_dxIYunk_PFSC77jOI4z7DhhTLw2KeoxDLKy6s09fBzet91jGwMO66i6igEHwV8Bp_bgSsXyEQ_K_XgLQHwTYkoQmHZTTM7uB9JHjGafnGHoilRiKJHmrg9gH4QOHNIFvZNSy7y9wJ9s_Q8VX3y4AoosA4wMHrK3Vfa08/s200/c898090_s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDa383OcjipMEsV9JmHZKyl_dxIYunk_PFSC77jOI4z7DhhTLw2KeoxDLKy6s09fBzet91jGwMO66i6igEHwV8Bp_bgSsXyEQ_K_XgLQHwTYkoQmHZTTM7uB9JHjGafnGHoilRiKJHmrg9gH4QOHNIFvZNSy7y9wJ9s_Q8VX3y4AoosA4wMHrK3Vfa08/s16000/c898090_s.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mmmmm... salted caramel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two hours later, I know…
the rain only lasted an hour at most.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I fritter
away so much of my time trying to find ways to be more than just a twig that
has fallen from the tree, laying on the ground.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">What is a twig able to do at this point in its life except to accept the inevitable… fodder for mushrooms.</span></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Anyway, it is a lost cause
finding a bit of peace outdoors now, as the only melody going on at the moment is
the pandemonium of humans trying to get home from work as their car tires roar
over pavement, one after another after another after another.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s enough to scramble one’s brain into a twisty
mess.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I correct myself; I hear
somewhere in the din the soft chirping of a katydid’s hind leg rubbing on it’s
wing, as mosquitoes begin to rise up into the shadows of dusk like Dracula’s
little helpers. I’m out of here.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1vGkOX7ton-f5WtASSFbWahXhkcImvlun7pZ1_fEo5AKvXJK6sBNwfDm3y91O-BClDFln1DhobeUasZGrhyBzAesuZK5jRbNGz4QZNQgmXV7IOEROUC7ctBjXXYs6jdrNZ8zpDZxhbuR7A5arkKGKYicp0W8hQuQeteSPgK8Zha96DVZURy2L4cX5kA/s965/20230901_165913%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="965" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1vGkOX7ton-f5WtASSFbWahXhkcImvlun7pZ1_fEo5AKvXJK6sBNwfDm3y91O-BClDFln1DhobeUasZGrhyBzAesuZK5jRbNGz4QZNQgmXV7IOEROUC7ctBjXXYs6jdrNZ8zpDZxhbuR7A5arkKGKYicp0W8hQuQeteSPgK8Zha96DVZURy2L4cX5kA/w400-h360/20230901_165913%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaVIoYY8jCl-0fD4OcLRmxK1VJlHB9rW3j8_A3jhaUZy8BYxWneEsBmBcGMj2ZJgxyT32b2GpTnEPpr5bVnJPKCdRTZiAc8qSnncWuL7-D8Uk0dxCIH1-KPY5hXeKTgrUHI2PGOP9Nkfd9rcAtYafC0maBP2_kQI6c429cAOx3-p91at68GZkODD7UNM/s600/i233670_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="600" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaVIoYY8jCl-0fD4OcLRmxK1VJlHB9rW3j8_A3jhaUZy8BYxWneEsBmBcGMj2ZJgxyT32b2GpTnEPpr5bVnJPKCdRTZiAc8qSnncWuL7-D8Uk0dxCIH1-KPY5hXeKTgrUHI2PGOP9Nkfd9rcAtYafC0maBP2_kQI6c429cAOx3-p91at68GZkODD7UNM/s320/i233670_l.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Oh, my! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s bedtime. Okay, I know; my attention span lasts two minutes, then it's like day or night dreaming has taken its place... what a waste. I’m in my ‘Writing Room’;
the room where writing is dead. The cats
know the truth… one is perched on the chairback drooling in my hair and the other
lays across my lap between me and my keyboard… (sigh) </span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I’m taking myself to bed
before I wake up in the morning with my nose pointing the way to my belly
button.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlpOrMFJbqpa5PBLZlQB5-xiFTA-l9KMG_O_vxKPSOx9iKKG9kfJWLghKN_kexmZiQoEn1Z7uyCGEAPFCfTgD1yztLTGlDj2c_WlF4sIHC36XSrN3RvrH_kGwj_xUMbizhmrJcK_AfHIz5Nn5hLsjcoBCCMd2r-ye_eAOzxhCnVq7GOBtPMyagSGPsoo/s1521/20230831_145914%20(2)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1521" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlpOrMFJbqpa5PBLZlQB5-xiFTA-l9KMG_O_vxKPSOx9iKKG9kfJWLghKN_kexmZiQoEn1Z7uyCGEAPFCfTgD1yztLTGlDj2c_WlF4sIHC36XSrN3RvrH_kGwj_xUMbizhmrJcK_AfHIz5Nn5hLsjcoBCCMd2r-ye_eAOzxhCnVq7GOBtPMyagSGPsoo/w640-h290/20230831_145914%20(2)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Rough Blazing Star, <span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><i>Liatris aspera</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpykX0E8MmYVR5w8KP0wgZqLcj2lgfMJg6BhFeEYP0QiHgifZ0rEN7AUKSyjQBYBSuPGujLl-o-SPJZbpROe28ldrkhtHm_2laD_2hFVC6fg_YzpHOa8BIj3NwwXFvNtJwL-WFDn-8l9lUtwKPOMPe9W3Cc30MfTFTvkAS67vaXvCwqvTwvUcqB4VFj3g/s1520/20230831_145953%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1520" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpykX0E8MmYVR5w8KP0wgZqLcj2lgfMJg6BhFeEYP0QiHgifZ0rEN7AUKSyjQBYBSuPGujLl-o-SPJZbpROe28ldrkhtHm_2laD_2hFVC6fg_YzpHOa8BIj3NwwXFvNtJwL-WFDn-8l9lUtwKPOMPe9W3Cc30MfTFTvkAS67vaXvCwqvTwvUcqB4VFj3g/w640-h288/20230831_145953%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Liatris aspera with Carpenter Bee</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCmZ_RwB_kio-g3XJp5Y39FocN7Su_4DBoYIzErSG0qgZg3pA5D23ZgkXP0Zkh6gGteTmqhlTIST426kc6oeAuSJNpOUnepdgkU2Vgi0f4v8mGwn-uppviwatBHvpAOrqb43B6Rh8sOpehoyAfAVASmkpslisHTs9WjERplEYwPvAEoqos3U5l5OjEOs/s1530/20230831_150036(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1530" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCmZ_RwB_kio-g3XJp5Y39FocN7Su_4DBoYIzErSG0qgZg3pA5D23ZgkXP0Zkh6gGteTmqhlTIST426kc6oeAuSJNpOUnepdgkU2Vgi0f4v8mGwn-uppviwatBHvpAOrqb43B6Rh8sOpehoyAfAVASmkpslisHTs9WjERplEYwPvAEoqos3U5l5OjEOs/w640-h300/20230831_150036(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Where to rest when watering the container plants.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Zrtho5gueXzmP3FImkCFXwu4cskSE7lgNJfDmPO5E7fyffqph4-QKp46n0p82JGVUuEmBfPKlXqqzbGqRHh9IWgZNN-Uc0Cy2Lj3-ARqiqhZgIYwp_8rMTC6LMw938akAit7mFb-TzjAwlawf7IaGKLNGtf3M_eJkgPdYo4ltOJGEAmq30-rpnK0oqk/s1440/20230831_145837%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1440" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Zrtho5gueXzmP3FImkCFXwu4cskSE7lgNJfDmPO5E7fyffqph4-QKp46n0p82JGVUuEmBfPKlXqqzbGqRHh9IWgZNN-Uc0Cy2Lj3-ARqiqhZgIYwp_8rMTC6LMw938akAit7mFb-TzjAwlawf7IaGKLNGtf3M_eJkgPdYo4ltOJGEAmq30-rpnK0oqk/w640-h308/20230831_145837%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Another Cicada Exoskeleton</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYBF7LW4nlJiHsAPkLhTiYyaCrsdz6tFwppZDag4O60kMkGUXTSXeULpg5DsTWSgoPj-3aNZVyo73wH7w9Gtq74YXAB86k9dQBBv7bZKRrOGoTjtDobj7mYWJ60ljp-qoCR2wkjffEXk1Gq2fOjMGVFayeqWTH0Nar26l-2Q49M29k_bm-K_kpYcDcO8/s1540/20230826_123151%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1540" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYBF7LW4nlJiHsAPkLhTiYyaCrsdz6tFwppZDag4O60kMkGUXTSXeULpg5DsTWSgoPj-3aNZVyo73wH7w9Gtq74YXAB86k9dQBBv7bZKRrOGoTjtDobj7mYWJ60ljp-qoCR2wkjffEXk1Gq2fOjMGVFayeqWTH0Nar26l-2Q49M29k_bm-K_kpYcDcO8/w640-h294/20230826_123151%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Horsefly with mouthpart that reminds one of vampire stories.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When we were young, my brother had one land on his back</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">while in the water. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It shoved that mouthpart all the way into his skin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to drink blood, and didn't stop until mom rushed out of the house </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; 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text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Seventy degrees never felt
so good. Gentle breezes are playing with
the leaves as the music of car tires on the paved country road one house up the
block takes center stage. I love leaning
back in my chair, listening to the leaves rustle high up in the trees. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s beautiful today, and
even though I’m writing or trying to create a little display of words that
entertain, I just, a bit ago, got up and cleaned the three birdbaths in the
back yard. It’s one of those quirks that
only a gardener will understand. Like
the pied piper calling me when I see a bit of work to be done.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A very loud cricket was
chirping earlier in the morning, but it is mute now. Sometimes I can hear a few katydids when the
car tire noise dies down, and a different type of cicada has just revved up a
bit, then died back down, and then nothing now.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s two in the afternoon,
and I’m not long for this journey of writing today. Yesterday – just out of the blue, I stretched
way too big and hurt myself. My neck and
shoulder are suffering. My vision is perfect
now, and I only use 1.00 reading glasses when I need to read the fine print.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s so pleasant watching
the honeybees and occasional wasp hanging around the bird bath by the deck. Yesterday Vic spied a Coopers Hawk on a lower
branch of the dogwood tree outside our front window snacking on what we think
was a grackle. A bit of excitement on an
otherwise dull day.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Little piles of worm
castings that are very granular and coarse suggest we have the Asian jumping
worms in our yard. It’s why we got rid
of our compost pit, because the compost was useless. We killed all the twisty flipping worms, but there is nothing available to gardeners to be rid of them. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We are going to try the suggestion from Fine Gardening Magazine to use 1/3rd cup of ground mustard seed mixed with a gallon of water, and pour to bring the worms to the surface. I can see where this would only be practical for container plants and raised bed gardening. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m wondering if
granular fertilizer will make up for the nutrients the worms are taking away
from my plants. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s a weary road, dealing
with invasive species. All summer we’ve
been pulling out Asian honeysuckle shrub seedlings. I’m sure the number is in the hundreds by now. This has been a bumper year for all things
crappy.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Okay, a positive ending…</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkS7KnV0xAFlimRKzn6qxaaZq4y_jpNkqtYkwb0NbggdV71tBMCv3KtNZKDTHdA1f58mz3hYbtLdkW2PBgJDpSgX21JiFBDbXoIQsAU0VXnaBIMoFoikqUtLNMmvK9h3G91oO3itV2fv67fsqjICq1THFqusySgcsp9O8hiNKnxDvcCxRLH1CptANFNhg/s600/i1617995_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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almost five this afternoon, I know, I know, I get later and later every time I
reach for this laptop to finish my thoughts.
The sound of traffic is quite intense, but cricket and katydid chirps
rise and fall, here and there. A
persistent Chickadee is scolding, perhaps it isn’t amused with my presence in
its territory.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">Puffs of cool breezes move
through, making everything come alive in movement. Sometimes the puffs of air become a bit aggressive,
jarring the spicebush limbs into action, then unanimated once more. It is a peaceful existence, wind and cooling,
the waiting for autumn just around the corner.</div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">The blackhaw viburnum
berries turning from pink to blue, and the winterberry fruit turning from green
to bright red to decorate winter, the spicebush berries already stripped
clean by a persistent mockingbird, the dogwood berries being eaten by unknown critters, and the dark purple-pink and also white berries of the beautyberry’s are being picked by cardinals, robins, and mockingbirds, among other birds…it’s a
busy garden of birds, squirrels, rabbits and opossums this time of year.</div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">I saw the semi-homeless
cat just now as I set up the hose to water the drooping Joe Pye Weed. I told you earlier about gardeners cleaning
up loose ends while supposedly relaxing.
Now we know why the Chickadee was complaining. </div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">I usually turn the hose on
him, but I’m not keen to stop the watering as sunset is approaching. It’s a sad business about the cat. He belongs to one family but is taken care of
by their next-door neighbor who takes pity on him. He hunts the birds when given the chance, and
sleeps wherever he pleases in the garden.</div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">As the sun nears the
horizon, swarms of little gnats are appearing everywhere. I’m trying not to breathe them into my nose. Thank goodness the deck is free of them. So, back to my writing… MOSQUITOES!!!</div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLRSbmSDgvnxb_1L23ys3ek2gh7tlZaLKj0VbwSAwJGe_n9-frpOd9_VfAFfVDNr-bt0mOFkzhjXKVAZAHnCfLv3eYd9o73DYzICAvPh2y-mJ_kWJu0-dUywESwmKl0US6rMPiibvAn2UVk54TkOLiQ2c9V7eIgWY2yRzHSnV9k7ff6Zz2PSSwPaRaO8/s200/c2644302_s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLRSbmSDgvnxb_1L23ys3ek2gh7tlZaLKj0VbwSAwJGe_n9-frpOd9_VfAFfVDNr-bt0mOFkzhjXKVAZAHnCfLv3eYd9o73DYzICAvPh2y-mJ_kWJu0-dUywESwmKl0US6rMPiibvAn2UVk54TkOLiQ2c9V7eIgWY2yRzHSnV9k7ff6Zz2PSSwPaRaO8/s16000/c2644302_s.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Photographs earlier in the year </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that haven't been used yet in blog posts. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm beginning to forget which folders they are in, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">so am posting them here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love my two little sweeties.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnSGvM4L_1ZUw-nVDZd_SsEZtqwy_Wv3YVzQ_mhuEvAcgVnyijuh_9AtpIXS4lHJGhxAhcKeQ2I8XMABkFsHMgrQ97BPPG-B51S1Sc5TxD1bIUeKb19Gy3iIjjlDfexIHOfM1yGMxE2XD2SvJRK8J_nGXQkUdVQ6ZiH9SUaQ6E4yB_AA3H_MYeamASLg/s1541/20230806_083817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxhUjtllD7NBweHNGB5PMyA9Dip5H8wnUrqZESNIgMNWnZLyidP66pELGY9tUYp0vaPLALn5rBmGVvYxtC_FJkrMNFVTJJA-vrid-CGeBwgJJDfmYPBsWNs4kvDMZCzr58nbEzph1GqR7rlI9BKL5ASt64e85ZgmtwZz_GA1l4Rd8le7c246BAspzKm0/s600/i1618045_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxhUjtllD7NBweHNGB5PMyA9Dip5H8wnUrqZESNIgMNWnZLyidP66pELGY9tUYp0vaPLALn5rBmGVvYxtC_FJkrMNFVTJJA-vrid-CGeBwgJJDfmYPBsWNs4kvDMZCzr58nbEzph1GqR7rlI9BKL5ASt64e85ZgmtwZz_GA1l4Rd8le7c246BAspzKm0/s16000/i1618045_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My garden is
sometimes a soothing place where I can unwind and just chill… like today. I stand here after pruning a group of runners
on my side of the old blackhaw viburnum when the buzz of wings makes me lift my
eyes to see a hummingbird flitting about my head checking me out… then off it
goes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It is also a
wild place, where tranquility and turmoil live hand in hand. While humans have been able to create safe
haven for themselves in order to repopulate without much interference of things
wanting to eat them, the remainder of nature is still bound to the old ways of
producing enough population of their own kind in order to feed the rest of hungry
nature and survive beyond extinction.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Personally I
think there is no meaning of life, but my life does have
meaning. My compassion and the ability
to empathize has given me great purpose, especially when I began to think with
conviction. How great I have become or
not become is of little importance to the creatures I have brought into my fold
over my lifetime.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I walk my
garden in morning, because to walk it in the afternoon would be suicide by
mosquito bites. The air may be a bit
heavy, but a cool breeze teases with me, in, and then back out of reach. Nothing special today.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Flowers are
aging, berries are forming, and the cone flowers and phlox are tangled in each
other’s arms. Virginia creeper is
clambering up and over the fence faster than we can pull it back down and
uproot. Then there is the new stuff
blown in on the wind. She's a bit frayed around the edges, with the youth of spring long gone.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A new batch
of cicadas has left their exoskeleton calling cards attached to the deck posts
after they clawed their way through the clay to the surface for their short
life above ground. What determination to
complete a journey begun years ago. I
confess that I have found cicada chanting annoyingly irritating, but their love
song begins to grow on one after ten or so years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">With the wilting bits of
the garden refreshed in moisture from a garden hose, one bids adieu to another
August day in the neighborhood, and greets an evening by staying indoors. This lady will gladly welcome autumn with wide
opened arms and a big grin on her face.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIcuTI5SJhnuFYXQMkUGoOPnq9aFF5DiCyDPUcV4yGzp0ywdLCdzM5qewCahXkHDrEhBpeX_N_Nr-zLSPJlOu66JFDlq-a6imq_druExwsrsdxGugYwQUJVS0IJzlBkQxOCew3P5xvI0EWY21_TCE7YsI2LK-0HMv5w-4GRD380wxFqkJvQ90XdujJ5Q/s600/i1618045_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIcuTI5SJhnuFYXQMkUGoOPnq9aFF5DiCyDPUcV4yGzp0ywdLCdzM5qewCahXkHDrEhBpeX_N_Nr-zLSPJlOu66JFDlq-a6imq_druExwsrsdxGugYwQUJVS0IJzlBkQxOCew3P5xvI0EWY21_TCE7YsI2LK-0HMv5w-4GRD380wxFqkJvQ90XdujJ5Q/s16000/i1618045_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Small Solomon's Seal, </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">Polygonatum biflorum</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">with blue berries.</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOO8SylIRMQ-PKpnXh0tO9hrgzznogGP10CjcWMR_t618rZQecjn0pJvP06EOT00FM3jz4E3xMA8OwZ8iaJfOr18MYKo8wEq9U0ykaXsbJ7yOUrlgXfVU0YT4USQb2PHQ7W3zsNp1Pm6VGGN0IBgxsdnbpkgi9e8snIVW30vncTYxtgUcPhTCoQ7RGAM4/s1523/20230815_115543.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOO8SylIRMQ-PKpnXh0tO9hrgzznogGP10CjcWMR_t618rZQecjn0pJvP06EOT00FM3jz4E3xMA8OwZ8iaJfOr18MYKo8wEq9U0ykaXsbJ7yOUrlgXfVU0YT4USQb2PHQ7W3zsNp1Pm6VGGN0IBgxsdnbpkgi9e8snIVW30vncTYxtgUcPhTCoQ7RGAM4/w640-h288/20230815_115543.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Monarda bradburiana</i>, also called Eastern Bee Balm</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One to two feet tall with soft pink flowers in late spring.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Leaves are beautiful, and mine cascade over the edge of tall pots.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMam3ArG0-cZRl0BIQ5mi8d9ghZZD31JtJbPiRghOCF5ViDsgbp_xRd3miaG1skKScXLR_px0JOB-cuLQwmhzyphou2isauNwNirXtdH60-J7Gx5wCSJLFLnLqP3hi6jSAC4yROxf6qZv5EgaWf1Gn3l3VQ4fTLfbvZXq0crRkDf9Ed5C0tL94LVyRRY/s1329/20230820_110546%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1329" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMam3ArG0-cZRl0BIQ5mi8d9ghZZD31JtJbPiRghOCF5ViDsgbp_xRd3miaG1skKScXLR_px0JOB-cuLQwmhzyphou2isauNwNirXtdH60-J7Gx5wCSJLFLnLqP3hi6jSAC4yROxf6qZv5EgaWf1Gn3l3VQ4fTLfbvZXq0crRkDf9Ed5C0tL94LVyRRY/w640-h372/20230820_110546%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Butterfly Weed with Green Sweat Bee</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPG8W9PDey-r4Z1Vy2dIzAtOwRLi1-o8tDCB0hRv6fZfHLaRdLzY1qwzysEetODfB692mN0NrO9Jve6Av62B3_kotptZh1ZTWOD39yNRk3RgC5Tak0kPDjBYHz18ydujG04QpJ8ghdYi8OLhMGfKSZ8LcswtUKOo4fEv9wSkYCV1ZPpHYN3T03RhDeZao/s1507/20230820_111025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1507" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPG8W9PDey-r4Z1Vy2dIzAtOwRLi1-o8tDCB0hRv6fZfHLaRdLzY1qwzysEetODfB692mN0NrO9Jve6Av62B3_kotptZh1ZTWOD39yNRk3RgC5Tak0kPDjBYHz18ydujG04QpJ8ghdYi8OLhMGfKSZ8LcswtUKOo4fEv9wSkYCV1ZPpHYN3T03RhDeZao/w640-h328/20230820_111025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Wild Petunia, <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><i>Ruellia humilis</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Flowers open at night, and fall off the next afternoon.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9Kxt75a0IV-xw5waZmk_cmRonOJenm_GCPNWNlBskUbZMlYCCwakelA_LbCvxjQeYiEww0HKgd3n6uzJkEdxaBJG97wXB8agO1Ik2TgNt8IKH_cMDK-YHi8wud8hXXqPk94q7MUwLOiWDOk9qpzWDABXlQEfiXJFVoC_GLUvW7Db35thNA8hGjHR_yA/s1435/20230820_111052(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1435" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9Kxt75a0IV-xw5waZmk_cmRonOJenm_GCPNWNlBskUbZMlYCCwakelA_LbCvxjQeYiEww0HKgd3n6uzJkEdxaBJG97wXB8agO1Ik2TgNt8IKH_cMDK-YHi8wud8hXXqPk94q7MUwLOiWDOk9qpzWDABXlQEfiXJFVoC_GLUvW7Db35thNA8hGjHR_yA/w640-h306/20230820_111052(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Ripe Spicebush berries.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wDH0K9hjen1leU06dCFCJqo8SHY1Pl_u_C0ofJXQQeAlO_EDKNKR-Rv7TSU1hntRXuZXaWmEco2JOE3E0MTpRCXT92YuOAQaTC3mSlUQD3imS9KIVzhpXZfvNJhyAOciyQBr6soR0v7LOdOwNw6h4gjPmG8hZaVu7AEFGNtWPnRCgFtELreso4SPLWc/s1593/20230822_114632(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1593" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wDH0K9hjen1leU06dCFCJqo8SHY1Pl_u_C0ofJXQQeAlO_EDKNKR-Rv7TSU1hntRXuZXaWmEco2JOE3E0MTpRCXT92YuOAQaTC3mSlUQD3imS9KIVzhpXZfvNJhyAOciyQBr6soR0v7LOdOwNw6h4gjPmG8hZaVu7AEFGNtWPnRCgFtELreso4SPLWc/w640-h284/20230822_114632(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A berry is still green on this bush.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWf9kC0ahvnZL7BsQPSHCu0ob4uSGDaUvzA5-OSYvwluddkFCiG-xhi5VNWZzb6WkQt88XuHcDW-6V5h_T7P069n6HvNZoYSYBPfMfaEzVm5mo-BF4pUETruNGf5v2Sc2OTnKDIhv1AgiZdfbyph2xdLuTiUw9XDLwnt6OK9TzHIrc305XkxDXcXFaTyw/s1284/20230822_114649%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1284" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWf9kC0ahvnZL7BsQPSHCu0ob4uSGDaUvzA5-OSYvwluddkFCiG-xhi5VNWZzb6WkQt88XuHcDW-6V5h_T7P069n6HvNZoYSYBPfMfaEzVm5mo-BF4pUETruNGf5v2Sc2OTnKDIhv1AgiZdfbyph2xdLuTiUw9XDLwnt6OK9TzHIrc305XkxDXcXFaTyw/w640-h386/20230822_114649%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Probably feather of a Common Grackle</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">in potted Aromatic Asters that will be planted in fall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLnusLqCx0HZ_-FAgeN5Yd4CljQmgOi6UeE6GvJnMmhl-n0uag9lrIhbSdWbMO3x7OwIG8mDIq85tUkyWhdXWdpKDbpvW8YG21bdWjKMq_Zn_BZ-ujL6aYKTPv1V-GZVOUGjOzTQ3SNrrG668GCIiDE6rd5szEMB_USq9Hnu6KbBaeIQwb2V-qMaLefA/s1403/20230822_142218.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">'Winterthur' Viburnum </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This little branch is changing to fall colors,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">probably due to lack of rain and intense heat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSFHNnAZytwh0KP1woMnDCRA5otlgzqHSfUmuHLB7sRkQ_qluII2U_JAC3iPwlvl-J5Q10MR_YwSHMbm0KRjwCFJvZjSsPpsgGbPcCb_S3bZEml5P7V26VDf4p9qU_xWrh9Q0demP0XyDcHXgm6J6hTroCGfUGpdEqiZ9Wgz0P2TDQSHtO7wlJebitRA/s1535/20230823_120307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">moved in on its own.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Quite a few tiny bees are on it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLl18-MNJ6NBl4bEUl5UHQ9EgWFQNf6MKHdEOYufs3YXFPIVe9xWozx9wWaj7zgJDRBxgF5_xr1DArohd6m1_EmXwxysyTImvAllC3R0bss9Sy4KFhVhER1R6v7bXkiMZHXmhb0IW9Ri-BPYmldD5ZfllL_AO3q1ewunB9c7dOeyGUFg0dn-9d9MNjrPI/s1063/20230823_120716%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1063" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLl18-MNJ6NBl4bEUl5UHQ9EgWFQNf6MKHdEOYufs3YXFPIVe9xWozx9wWaj7zgJDRBxgF5_xr1DArohd6m1_EmXwxysyTImvAllC3R0bss9Sy4KFhVhER1R6v7bXkiMZHXmhb0IW9Ri-BPYmldD5ZfllL_AO3q1ewunB9c7dOeyGUFg0dn-9d9MNjrPI/w640-h496/20230823_120716%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I think the bee is a Leafcutter Bee.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Tip of tiny flower looks like a daisy,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and the seedhead looks like a tiny dandelion seedhead.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I keep it for the insects.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayfIDbn3hCztez9YRz0YzMB2UdgJ12jqnZI4hx19pd-NDEJTOGJuOAjASSYvXz-Ji1w3ItaKM_dSrqcNOg1lHit2AacwttjFdRuncXfRk_Ndw_NCxuFWjznWCdtKsjopHBUd7uXczFlec2DYx56FJUINWVVNeT0kFxiVc_y8P9dzyHZn_Mnu8gp76VZQ/s1623/20230823_120753.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">Callicarpa americana</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to suck contents out. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjRlDJaonEVuouSBktOj3Fr_qShyKX5HD5l2rP6GnZjlJNaRzGB5fQuxrmNnUNe7M09YGPMEhK0bIKDRmjjTS0tVUEe3Ww70mEHjqOF3Kt1geJaThB36sRFuB798ZYacSnbbQTPAIWhp1VCJSI9IfC36UL4nJTluqjU2S3Q2DnktwoK8rabbLCmvvwHc/s1619/20230814_115141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1619" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjRlDJaonEVuouSBktOj3Fr_qShyKX5HD5l2rP6GnZjlJNaRzGB5fQuxrmNnUNe7M09YGPMEhK0bIKDRmjjTS0tVUEe3Ww70mEHjqOF3Kt1geJaThB36sRFuB798ZYacSnbbQTPAIWhp1VCJSI9IfC36UL4nJTluqjU2S3Q2DnktwoK8rabbLCmvvwHc/w640-h288/20230814_115141.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This Post Is Linked To:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2023/08/saturdays-critters-506.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday's Critters</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-corner-of-world_01159659077.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div></div><p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-82267319934180660472023-07-19T23:43:00.007-05:002023-08-03T00:16:42.626-05:00A Garden of Many Dreams<div style="text-align: left;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">The garden in front
of our house -</span></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Hum-m-m, how
do I give it justice? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">We mow the
weeds by the street, so diligently,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">and pretend
it’s grass without any class.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">And add a lovely
row of mulch to give definition, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">between those
wild ones with heads still attached, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">and those
defiant rebels mowed to a wee bit of stubble,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">and still - we
never, ever pull ourselves up into first class.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">That row of woody
chips has melted quite a bit, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">crossing the
line of demarcation into enemy territory,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">and causing a teeter-tottering
effect when walking, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">if
you dare…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">to stare at the
flowers that aren’t always there.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">I sit on the
porch in the cool of trees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">that have
defied the pruning given each year,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">boxing with
the eves when the wind is high.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Next year, I
suspect, they’ll be half way to the moon.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ll just
watch it all engulf me,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">as if I am food
for thought for dinner,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">While cicada
songs crescendo and decrescendo around me,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">As the earth
spins into that world of darkness.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4XcxwgQmmc3LXH10horKYrWH0cHgkIWVgdEpJUwhbkXiAfj8Cjr0cFNpiiqDVPiPi4BG6RacOe7cDi5m2PNhqIYirnS5jgitLc3PATif7_QqbkbDFcp-ZnHWYAYKaUOUxYXu8nNptByuymXD2beDweWw-OFnW1StgY2VIzo-x1gV87t0DOKoWgB0T4c/s600/c514005_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="600" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4XcxwgQmmc3LXH10horKYrWH0cHgkIWVgdEpJUwhbkXiAfj8Cjr0cFNpiiqDVPiPi4BG6RacOe7cDi5m2PNhqIYirnS5jgitLc3PATif7_QqbkbDFcp-ZnHWYAYKaUOUxYXu8nNptByuymXD2beDweWw-OFnW1StgY2VIzo-x1gV87t0DOKoWgB0T4c/s320/c514005_l.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">What the..?</span></b></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">A spider spins
its silk, back and forth, between chair and door, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">A mosquito
comes with friends to eagerly dine,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">A cockroach silently
scampers past the toe of my shoe,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">While a
strange feeling sends shivers up and down my spine.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Has it passed
through the grapevine -?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">That
invitation to come and dine as you are<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">With some
daffy lady still on her front porch,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">As the
darkness curls around and swallows her up.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Ink Free"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWAkCv34RxYhRAFaQnFMJW0Kf0L2KQQ8xiUXDd7grGKe18kyRtqRtr2N1ioCFQtYCapS037CjJjvIDnhQUfenqB3T3HExOLQiZinLcg_uUozuvNylTW1esH1qAuhK6JcB5c9U_XNcANAeQ9zpKeOSHUdlHj8DIY9R02tFMMxwFcf45QG588OtaYWwdl4/s600/c1802505_l%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWAkCv34RxYhRAFaQnFMJW0Kf0L2KQQ8xiUXDd7grGKe18kyRtqRtr2N1ioCFQtYCapS037CjJjvIDnhQUfenqB3T3HExOLQiZinLcg_uUozuvNylTW1esH1qAuhK6JcB5c9U_XNcANAeQ9zpKeOSHUdlHj8DIY9R02tFMMxwFcf45QG588OtaYWwdl4/s16000/c1802505_l%20(2).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Joe Pye Weed flower buds, <i style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #58585a; text-align: left;">Eutrochium fistulosum</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XiTJ8a_vXSiIHGY0DVx29nh5t26ph0ZAgXvWgm4bCwo3WR7GpS6X1CsobYAL4ZUwPq793m57UjZMs5eByjqDYWda3Pc4L27vrNejg9O9Mcm8DpitGlAiqMeVQz-bRaI17N7634Ta5Oy0p-WMNcyfNyrwke_Wvu_zl7yYfXRpA207EUX1HkJlxDk6Nl0/s1611/20230715_124654.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1611" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XiTJ8a_vXSiIHGY0DVx29nh5t26ph0ZAgXvWgm4bCwo3WR7GpS6X1CsobYAL4ZUwPq793m57UjZMs5eByjqDYWda3Pc4L27vrNejg9O9Mcm8DpitGlAiqMeVQz-bRaI17N7634Ta5Oy0p-WMNcyfNyrwke_Wvu_zl7yYfXRpA207EUX1HkJlxDk6Nl0/w640-h290/20230715_124654.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Hibiscus moscheutos</i>, the Swamp Rose-mallow</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Flower buds with fuzz that sparkles like sugar, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">or appears as if velvet.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JPOZWoziJthSepRdxe5Q-9NUF74jX_NOYTG6Yupq0LmU_fmmSqxqF-26TGFlG34Dvo8m4hutBHPj5RZ8HfZanJbNKYaiTAKFBwrMCrRnLJAh_iSeBZKHBEneQOTq8HQ30vPYeKsq2bodWdGDZGEXpVfo-OMFTjKxymS2roA_T1DsoO7njKbaK24rbuA/s1615/20230708_121514%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The female tiger bee fly deposits her eggs in places </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">where carpenter bees have laid their eggs. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The bee fly larvae eat the carpenter bee larvae.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfawwmcSsugKOS8J2yfkTAppS_b_n22UC0Vz7JVGWC9sNNux4VsQ0zJDswaHBHOkRpQlVp-0sxQqiosjj2ytrmmtCKTn99W1WU4yv1kJwOlbbrcSbWjQOsSrSyt0XxqB7gztniKqmsCXqjM-NCEC5IEYDbeQ_yf2HpCvXkNneylUkgftnRPKbH_M1a3w/s1615/20230711_091409(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1360" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkP4R7Fgpn43FXRci3It77haKxiu_qdFCLOFfPFRcqorg2-RqhtQ0aALNhODsch4OSwIxutm-c7gx7zbl3opy4_o1xx49m61NpHsXmQ2dTrsTZCoDmJkZEPrvWKARr6Ezs4hRk8J1-aPABQW1TM-R2md59FVKDSGtP0iyBJwaXIQo0lCdLQKrwRTYVV3w/w640-h348/20230713_104632(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Always the mallow flowers have been light pink.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I think seeds that fell from the seed pods last fall sprouted this year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The flower colors are variable in the white, pink, and red range; </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">so one never knows what color of flowers the new plant will have.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGKW-OLvdr8rFaRK_elf8MeUf7nYWLorZX3C3JZMcpCxRdgKkc1UJJEW7TIkpVo8WFh62gmQTgG5Kqqbcp5AEa70S243ow0W9_ivdnXuBsm1fbULFkaqm5AMkQyhdGUFNXcOHcZwKOIlZwm6AoyS9OqrToVtkO73sJVArPUbGr4fs6RM83YElvsvOAUo/s1610/20230713_104928(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1610" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGKW-OLvdr8rFaRK_elf8MeUf7nYWLorZX3C3JZMcpCxRdgKkc1UJJEW7TIkpVo8WFh62gmQTgG5Kqqbcp5AEa70S243ow0W9_ivdnXuBsm1fbULFkaqm5AMkQyhdGUFNXcOHcZwKOIlZwm6AoyS9OqrToVtkO73sJVArPUbGr4fs6RM83YElvsvOAUo/w640-h290/20230713_104928(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Anavitrinella pampinaria</i> - Common Gray Moth</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObsL_eSIsDwaRqZiwihhEI1lWU3Nw3WUO6B0AxqOgBsr1nUGBHwkh3crx8D1xFSFRoQh0cCWaP0HuH2EApwfHuLCLSx5_tnmgO4dTSZcoz0pFI2xoKU6IG3a6T-lO9UGi1vXorzP00W-9TW3s52TjcHF3PnTQBRqZbEMC254hivFbTW5gudy5I4HuoRw/s1645/20230710_122710(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1645" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObsL_eSIsDwaRqZiwihhEI1lWU3Nw3WUO6B0AxqOgBsr1nUGBHwkh3crx8D1xFSFRoQh0cCWaP0HuH2EApwfHuLCLSx5_tnmgO4dTSZcoz0pFI2xoKU6IG3a6T-lO9UGi1vXorzP00W-9TW3s52TjcHF3PnTQBRqZbEMC254hivFbTW5gudy5I4HuoRw/w640-h290/20230710_122710(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Moths enter a state of torpor to rest. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Torpor is a resting state where the insect </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">slows its brain function, metabolism, and heart rate.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-KOUdRpyFoph8dVOTAia_thMezvQXR6arlBqvHppSvpXutjeBWU5hm3UTOpBT-PFBK0YNSpAtFVrMe1W0ywmv-dZWSqIebEuaoepF-qR-PQuQECeKyERuTd94WgVJFPuIYbxsDfUaWma01hWE_nX5wA66Xyzkor72ubv60ku9IXwNmG49iwuiq4daus/s1616/20230710_122710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1529" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGDO2Vg_xN0K9Yb3bbz1Rpna86Peql5LLZaucC-ZMhpbRIyYgAeow234GWIOrvOC9wQ6NrfTTpwN9nSusa8dAWVaCPE51VjMB57bl9R_0twNL7kXkN0M-24rBrSluNme6Xbx5_I3uteHK7MXhqFdq5lnpcvcMXr2t19bYMEPqsRNzwTpbMgOjpZ6Pblo/w640-h310/20230710_122915%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mourning Doves, <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><i>Zenaida macroura</i>, at the bird feeder</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHD8ZoSFTUvLmZr7BELKKKbJ2HefIa152GBzQ2M0P_9dpo6QZOhM6t3Z0ophI_Ax6hYz792Ep1TBhEVAvOlAz1k4alTC6egQ1krECm171qAWV1_8xr12hW_E0LDiC_tezgRuNSO8sPm4SeuniwvfKjuwgyemr0qdzOqEy1AG8FFmZxA2K_kemf1koGS0/s1598/20230710_124636.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1598" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHD8ZoSFTUvLmZr7BELKKKbJ2HefIa152GBzQ2M0P_9dpo6QZOhM6t3Z0ophI_Ax6hYz792Ep1TBhEVAvOlAz1k4alTC6egQ1krECm171qAWV1_8xr12hW_E0LDiC_tezgRuNSO8sPm4SeuniwvfKjuwgyemr0qdzOqEy1AG8FFmZxA2K_kemf1koGS0/w640-h292/20230710_124636.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Not the best photos, but I'm working on improving them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSUQB91JLYLVl_We9Rn8jO8gj6W0_TNTNEh5lqLzr2znJeozLw9MAKxF3hMnA81d5gWPRYP-uu5owM4jcY3EYCwiR1ZdSdzXBmmOK_MwOIgAInI-b4zg8UeZrPTSi83CMBNgJDBr2HPWCEuC2N4irDHUWiJvux3LnXO_dfDiNX-x8CfbSkzyzlY-fwHQ/s1599/20230710_124659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1599" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveMslZZEU0BM3XETSVvH3EyTv5V0JOkAjdlV8MkO7SklkHgXPebWJW8gBWFCs9g-ndzaP-AutNWHtCoDEykx-UJBrgLRw1_ZZ6np5wwjLJS58VWzNb2W0DB4aHjrfB27hToTAawMCgB1UV4hg3bv0y71l4PA6PBSuyPnNyjjlepPN812LwyLl9JDBMEk/w640-h296/20230710_124835.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rrMoTbMeAGhEuTFo_S4oT1RQfr0UVWQcVI0CVM7IYyMnU2v8hf32qTudhgeVyqftWyvl7mtEcnO61wUmiI7iNsoxreCAt3r3WWkHWHgrEwA2yd7IaVvNa7vkgSnMY8LEaklglEFMANHYwOPTbb7GxSsMGZdLqu9OhgP-4U1-y0iG36eZH9UYmJzw13M/s1596/20230710_124848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1596" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rrMoTbMeAGhEuTFo_S4oT1RQfr0UVWQcVI0CVM7IYyMnU2v8hf32qTudhgeVyqftWyvl7mtEcnO61wUmiI7iNsoxreCAt3r3WWkHWHgrEwA2yd7IaVvNa7vkgSnMY8LEaklglEFMANHYwOPTbb7GxSsMGZdLqu9OhgP-4U1-y0iG36eZH9UYmJzw13M/w640-h288/20230710_124848.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">American Goldfinch, <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Spinus tristis</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EN_d13MLi88OBcCnIft2G44xPkVRADNUt1-XT1vkm3_OTC_pIaRnS1bHGptkUHsia8ZONNljb6EAdS6Zwiw6MfHT62o11_jPV0BdzPctLOycd4HbOAlnV6r9V1mtCFbl5i9PpsDgQ-LOhqUIiE35IMkw4JTowezdw6sVdhmmWm1Ip-wWWZDnr2XA2yY/s1627/20230710_125444%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1627" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EN_d13MLi88OBcCnIft2G44xPkVRADNUt1-XT1vkm3_OTC_pIaRnS1bHGptkUHsia8ZONNljb6EAdS6Zwiw6MfHT62o11_jPV0BdzPctLOycd4HbOAlnV6r9V1mtCFbl5i9PpsDgQ-LOhqUIiE35IMkw4JTowezdw6sVdhmmWm1Ip-wWWZDnr2XA2yY/w640-h288/20230710_125444%20(4).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Northern Mockingbird, <i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Spinus tristis</span> </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrKMIhftjozqkWpaCAip0E64fZF4Qj2bMtINfb0PH8RD8YuN2TgYjaUsO3APlTEmrI2IfpHPRjC4apR8KOXFWz91z6GWzjNsBwZo56rT6L5bvo8_SKUJ683rHWbu1hB2g6MQDTaQNpsRdhO2WtARgIRjPC7QY8VsNHjpnVW4UpHLQ-bWtJmKB-vWfKKQ/s1614/20230710_130256%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1614" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrKMIhftjozqkWpaCAip0E64fZF4Qj2bMtINfb0PH8RD8YuN2TgYjaUsO3APlTEmrI2IfpHPRjC4apR8KOXFWz91z6GWzjNsBwZo56rT6L5bvo8_SKUJ683rHWbu1hB2g6MQDTaQNpsRdhO2WtARgIRjPC7QY8VsNHjpnVW4UpHLQ-bWtJmKB-vWfKKQ/w640-h290/20230710_130256%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">House Finch, <i>Haemorhous mexicanus </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglJfEv5pxKUAxC9xe-19P4x7F6dip9BTOSuk6WthLOBVgVCPwlcCfYF-Q3Fc1omvVcN_6656ErxYu2DSIb8bByZavb3pjLulYooOJf0aZr3XHs_EUst7Vk2SZrpk7_-4P4r12NJtVvXnwpUmo2d5ieGvhe7gI85hTjmyEdG-P2VZzEv-GPFvoGj7tpdE/s1599/20230710_130307%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="700" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVQAmdZVYYy6egm-umSdKjl9Du0pVsf2eVFS7lwAlayiIKnz1-DncY0pZlcEyRjFMAKgI-f6bOUfhkVq5QKWMEdtvWGM3RkiJzObSiObYE7iMrCEIHk5KvzcRa1Fc62lM7vXBLuRoHOsQdny8KoSXVK-P786_lj7on1RL9G2Xo72WM7EvMStqRfHuiPk/w640-h182/1birdsonbranch003%20(6).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">nsects are attractive things and very human, or perhaps we men and women are like bugs. I have known dragon flies, swift-motioned, gleaming; and hornets, unbeautiful but effective; some people are like honeybees, engaged in sweet unselfish labors, while others are crickets that only chirp; some are butterflies, flashing in the pure light, while others are noisome, creeping things that lurk in dank shadows. Some persons are fireflies, lighting up dark places for others, while there are those who are house flies, inquisitive, annoying, noxious... Yet there isn't anybody who isn't interesting, and so there is no bug that doesn't repay you for studying it. I wonder what insect I am like?— my family would doubtless say a mosquito. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">~Dorothy Scarborough, "Entomology on a Country Porch," <i>From a Southern Porch</i>, 1919</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzBG1uil3go0Sqpx9-CIApw592wW3uX1okJPXj8fL3WGUwZvWPvERd7VRz-b417O3kYycbjCvNN19V9O5TLPV2Jqj4m8K48k6C4M5CrXYfWb00U6nJhwrJYNAK1UGdnq9F4CizbM4vtcSseCY-62bykmS0W-PN9nfB2Iq0aL8wWja5fcxzQVM6asaxR8/s700/1birdsonbranch003%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="700" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzBG1uil3go0Sqpx9-CIApw592wW3uX1okJPXj8fL3WGUwZvWPvERd7VRz-b417O3kYycbjCvNN19V9O5TLPV2Jqj4m8K48k6C4M5CrXYfWb00U6nJhwrJYNAK1UGdnq9F4CizbM4vtcSseCY-62bykmS0W-PN9nfB2Iq0aL8wWja5fcxzQVM6asaxR8/w640-h182/1birdsonbranch003%20(7).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EJGSiO8ng7NmBSNoUDoVJ1AUM_C29Y7Xb7edvXslCsJbzt_tEMPDfYlObdn1Nwil9w3lrP7Vsp6y3SqQ2Qng6ttw3oIz5AZI7_040BxvtBMG8Ri8DwLFQxqe-9-G1DnxI-l3pqDy_Darjki6SCAcPLs7cUEwMKhhA2iIgQbxrpjTaT_Ji9oT6EAv030/s1619/20230716_090842%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1619" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EJGSiO8ng7NmBSNoUDoVJ1AUM_C29Y7Xb7edvXslCsJbzt_tEMPDfYlObdn1Nwil9w3lrP7Vsp6y3SqQ2Qng6ttw3oIz5AZI7_040BxvtBMG8Ri8DwLFQxqe-9-G1DnxI-l3pqDy_Darjki6SCAcPLs7cUEwMKhhA2iIgQbxrpjTaT_Ji9oT6EAv030/w640-h286/20230716_090842%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Rose Mallow Bees resemble bumblebees, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">These bees do not resemble bumblebees, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">therefore, I do not know what kind of mallow bees these are </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">that visit my rose mallow flowers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfrfortRVfyzivfX5vmLF02CTnDTP7oUCT-vLsMANUY17Lnr5SzSmMsn4aeJKwAcISqsKJQ3q8ocCnJKyLFyWWsCzJ4vcCrqJ-Vyd4RXNtMgP3M9c4lhzJTIWZxLiYGExyBOwZRTftc_CgBNKZGtYDP6P_9a77eBuYvSpaUF0k6rQEKWvHIDgydffI88/s1618/20230716_090843(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1618" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfrfortRVfyzivfX5vmLF02CTnDTP7oUCT-vLsMANUY17Lnr5SzSmMsn4aeJKwAcISqsKJQ3q8ocCnJKyLFyWWsCzJ4vcCrqJ-Vyd4RXNtMgP3M9c4lhzJTIWZxLiYGExyBOwZRTftc_CgBNKZGtYDP6P_9a77eBuYvSpaUF0k6rQEKWvHIDgydffI88/w640-h288/20230716_090843(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">There is a third, much smaller bee in the flower</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">that ignored the mallow bees fighting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">At first glance, it looked like a ball of bees rolling around and around,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">but it turned out to be just two bees.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I observed this behavior on three separate occasions.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydE73REKpI76Y_3HWoR0xpTDsjutpurPq36Ucrpv_kJ1Yljsh_KXN_QE_w4qCZxuz2_x1MhqI5omvU-yKJeND4CrdTjGBXbcn5zrUHKam7EopwhswpFACdwO-N0Efs_S-Uyv13aOognQ0Jh5P1_HoaJEpJUThMCOqHx5YfxVi-YhAOyeyqY9aeHq6LIc/s1615/20230716_090848%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1615" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydE73REKpI76Y_3HWoR0xpTDsjutpurPq36Ucrpv_kJ1Yljsh_KXN_QE_w4qCZxuz2_x1MhqI5omvU-yKJeND4CrdTjGBXbcn5zrUHKam7EopwhswpFACdwO-N0Efs_S-Uyv13aOognQ0Jh5P1_HoaJEpJUThMCOqHx5YfxVi-YhAOyeyqY9aeHq6LIc/w640-h288/20230716_090848%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I think this is a mating behavior, where the male bee </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">rests in the mallow flower, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">waiting for a foraging female bee.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Males will chase away or fight with other males </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">that try to land on their flower.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I could be wrong :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They could be protecting their food source. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfNxa9VWlfROvnHd3j0mCdow0s3ZzO4OQ9hw0v9fxdVlYC95qc_HCeYeFakAJtCLaRVV5SZtmXnUm8sy__WdqtNCwz88gQ9ihtcIuWOzY4HkDlVPWK0UlQQlZuwh8bUE_ERkDi_IfWRH9l3ufAw-t2Dg78BI1MReaRxQ99jXwA9dVtVLu83zcdbVOGtc/s1619/20230716_090849%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1619" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfNxa9VWlfROvnHd3j0mCdow0s3ZzO4OQ9hw0v9fxdVlYC95qc_HCeYeFakAJtCLaRVV5SZtmXnUm8sy__WdqtNCwz88gQ9ihtcIuWOzY4HkDlVPWK0UlQQlZuwh8bUE_ERkDi_IfWRH9l3ufAw-t2Dg78BI1MReaRxQ99jXwA9dVtVLu83zcdbVOGtc/w640-h288/20230716_090849%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Twice one of the bees flew away and one bee stayed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Once both bees flew away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPJtrvXW50-Iw0DPwuZRw4X8e0Ar87u7ylcLSY3a9e6F1_m0ACOydxHOg12i0wUY-KU63kiTyM7mbH9M1uwuFTv_A7dLQT3Pv3WFtDfjBoEZE3D7kFWO4AidZz_CYzAVV-vwYJWrxgdyK7gfNgcCMbNryzLikJ85jj6wYP9KCltrnXYwVPNAO689nz8c/s1616/20230716_090851%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1616" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPJtrvXW50-Iw0DPwuZRw4X8e0Ar87u7ylcLSY3a9e6F1_m0ACOydxHOg12i0wUY-KU63kiTyM7mbH9M1uwuFTv_A7dLQT3Pv3WFtDfjBoEZE3D7kFWO4AidZz_CYzAVV-vwYJWrxgdyK7gfNgcCMbNryzLikJ85jj6wYP9KCltrnXYwVPNAO689nz8c/w640-h290/20230716_090851%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">These bees are solitary bees, meaning the females </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: start;">nest individually </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: start;">in hard-packed soil. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: left;">E</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: left;">ggs are deposited into brood cells </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: left;">provisioned with masses of pollen and nectar,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Predation in the larval stage is most commonly from </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">parasitoid wasps, fire ants, and assassin flies</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfO3l9Zt207ARzDUjdG_kWyr5xSyVP5w2_1WDIneMU9aJsvQOD9L86rSKJFyiDOr72Du51WlRzIZI84DGoW5CozprOn9XNI6mFC7LA1pCq8W00f1L-8ovx-MlLkR39V6EqCESqAuR3LugH9q517w9P3ZClKxjLBjTIGrdga04XlEUYjAH7GweFAocd7E/s1615/20230716_090852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1616" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikA9l8bNg2IFRtOkKZVhLJxo3R2WxOedFIsOKBQyuSttaNMwPipQlx62LaNcSSRC_kTOaJOo57csT0xfDeUgogTZI4z6GMzo-awFFA6MJQw6VBJbUwHU2T9NF4iGiw0kmKF6YxA1fJqhU9kALyd79ZE5JNmXGXLY3_MsRASbI_BINhWtDvSEx4ZzEKDSI/w640-h290/20230716_090858%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is a mallow bee after the other bee </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">it was fighting with flew away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_nWtAXWk5twuiVM6eRXkIpsb1Rz-O2pzN0Fu8AHfgdwEU3cK2QD_bSewuI78XGaZesuaM6OCu2QRqf7Nh5yGl_sJtzcQshKdynkZXXHgk5tb0xF6A1AswYVpnAbMP3zAT6cVEIqnmLOJ9UBr_jUPL9bQPlgrzYhed6io32w3IDp6wGULk7GFhNPmmaQ/s1438/20230716_091000%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1438" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_nWtAXWk5twuiVM6eRXkIpsb1Rz-O2pzN0Fu8AHfgdwEU3cK2QD_bSewuI78XGaZesuaM6OCu2QRqf7Nh5yGl_sJtzcQshKdynkZXXHgk5tb0xF6A1AswYVpnAbMP3zAT6cVEIqnmLOJ9UBr_jUPL9bQPlgrzYhed6io32w3IDp6wGULk7GFhNPmmaQ/w640-h314/20230716_091000%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is a mallow bee resting or hiding in a flower,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">maybe waiting for a female mallow bee to visit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXsjteFNlfIx7oc1XZnhaewEh-NfDEQ6e08Fdr3_0E_IgQ0zgHJN5vV24jEOUl8Sc7TBodOEdWjDCuHQh2xHvFODRYveHt4hFUrkH2fE2lG5hLawEqFFBtXJNPZN8QwTjq5FliQIGM9xi-iVfYHuBRgILV2cKLOKAAIWxp4Sep3RNcnbyUqgaaGkipjE/s1619/20230716_132907%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1619" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXsjteFNlfIx7oc1XZnhaewEh-NfDEQ6e08Fdr3_0E_IgQ0zgHJN5vV24jEOUl8Sc7TBodOEdWjDCuHQh2xHvFODRYveHt4hFUrkH2fE2lG5hLawEqFFBtXJNPZN8QwTjq5FliQIGM9xi-iVfYHuBRgILV2cKLOKAAIWxp4Sep3RNcnbyUqgaaGkipjE/w640-h288/20230716_132907%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is a bumblebee resting with its legs clamped to the flower petal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdiVv6ujuOF8rchWtL2oh51o5qBYtK-TVF07AVoltR0BTcQcVn-I8Tj0jKr1yy8QcLBXoMTKlnqsXfOsAcQ80yO5kTrirvJwYaXJyZ9l4dzVfZnXb65e1UNKVWJAVUpjIJzCwhKp83Dq42gCf0tQDo_krRC3lYQYLgLmq8PGb2iq2nqU1okvYPeLfzh0/s1615/20230716_152130(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1615" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdiVv6ujuOF8rchWtL2oh51o5qBYtK-TVF07AVoltR0BTcQcVn-I8Tj0jKr1yy8QcLBXoMTKlnqsXfOsAcQ80yO5kTrirvJwYaXJyZ9l4dzVfZnXb65e1UNKVWJAVUpjIJzCwhKp83Dq42gCf0tQDo_krRC3lYQYLgLmq8PGb2iq2nqU1okvYPeLfzh0/w640-h290/20230716_152130(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsqqG_LenDW8B5gtNUt3nSKZAc3ZuozDjBBaU8RFY1i9A0EXHDnCvkXubwcIq-LwBfokfbb6AUdqqxrxxSTOw21f8yLbhYMFAedVFpC4BXfjgQMz1NFMYnh42UBCLK4Mccpk4kVp2rC5ZZ6rDUrWotBVd8ec_1VhzzYALHGMbxMfNcVL1CIx3roZGkho/s600/c1802505_l%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsqqG_LenDW8B5gtNUt3nSKZAc3ZuozDjBBaU8RFY1i9A0EXHDnCvkXubwcIq-LwBfokfbb6AUdqqxrxxSTOw21f8yLbhYMFAedVFpC4BXfjgQMz1NFMYnh42UBCLK4Mccpk4kVp2rC5ZZ6rDUrWotBVd8ec_1VhzzYALHGMbxMfNcVL1CIx3roZGkho/s16000/c1802505_l%20(2).jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Along the fence behind the house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JFKb0DN-9iQCOopB-x68V97kptm9kqeCAt6xc-bs7yxKu163a_kJDA6xJ2gSbPXEFP6NzZzuW3qAXW-zY31Nogl1oFPKXtM9n8FFwtDH2dRQhWo7tVxZZcpO42iOvgWc0QyLxDCzD8okwLHiQDcBllJha2qnvRDijR37WWnfqGXsOZYsInkKJ2XTywY/s1440/20230710_190031%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1440" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JFKb0DN-9iQCOopB-x68V97kptm9kqeCAt6xc-bs7yxKu163a_kJDA6xJ2gSbPXEFP6NzZzuW3qAXW-zY31Nogl1oFPKXtM9n8FFwtDH2dRQhWo7tVxZZcpO42iOvgWc0QyLxDCzD8okwLHiQDcBllJha2qnvRDijR37WWnfqGXsOZYsInkKJ2XTywY/w640-h348/20230710_190031%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Autumn Minaret Daylily</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Flower stems are as tall a me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvxfCfZHXNiuPEQn8SUzeytglm2DuQvNE2Lmrl_TxD4H74avKIIBrVMGdc_Kj49cUw9gEuHwC90qRK6cNGZo56wjZvrsU-_QJuqT0oZpt0h4eeJH83LIoJnlYQUNey6AypLw_iNu7ezGjD05wVxTk5yvzpIhkSrBL3wOXJboi71wsMIT0Nzymy92TNYg/s1426/20230716_091732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1360" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhmBl0-dhOqMBKvZkqY---BC67PjiCaLZj7kCK6BIPpv6CtWhGgPCPycmHkmH3-rCxDAWe-xZxVbkpuiBhrhWRvUPMXXj1RnnjbBJcebSYtAtOGKZjZmJt0kLc9wSvsvDw3DxPpWqg4_Joj5bIevUuFwagXUSXShK-kA99xa3fn_Fuq05RP2e8JresxI/w640-h346/20230710_185945%20(5).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Phlox paniculata </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">'Jeana' with Carpenter Bee</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfI2uemp7zR7Ezb3PPE8I7TWy28Ihm283nJ1GbsnM9lnGnsxEyu9RmnhwpdB3xXdGv7VQ7YWyqC4iiUoBFRbw2_13qidgq9e62-Ewfm8OzhYhCP86PlM4VPI3cWyuo-lc7JnG3_RXml0Sor84Us01Qkyg2DpzSyCqvgrbYvfGHoxBQRrbwk6JIujtDNg0/s1523/20230716_152216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1523" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfI2uemp7zR7Ezb3PPE8I7TWy28Ihm283nJ1GbsnM9lnGnsxEyu9RmnhwpdB3xXdGv7VQ7YWyqC4iiUoBFRbw2_13qidgq9e62-Ewfm8OzhYhCP86PlM4VPI3cWyuo-lc7JnG3_RXml0Sor84Us01Qkyg2DpzSyCqvgrbYvfGHoxBQRrbwk6JIujtDNg0/w640-h290/20230716_152216.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Bumblebee on Purple Coneflower, <span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><i>Echinacea purpurea</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HhEuM8Yiy0kw1GPTb3QCgBr8aaHz_Ljx-fpSiVjq89JDbF-9uh6p88pZ83mKBgYd5UVDqIDEe6FEy2ph-7ZlPPjq-ZzEych16anD-vLqYeOPtNJP4wWV5fvZrcXqe2uAPlvaIv6ECLTvtKi2BQkudkpj8pgGYQmqWo_hkSegaD9nI9IWoBZPuH5ETYg/s1618/20230711_124453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1618" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HhEuM8Yiy0kw1GPTb3QCgBr8aaHz_Ljx-fpSiVjq89JDbF-9uh6p88pZ83mKBgYd5UVDqIDEe6FEy2ph-7ZlPPjq-ZzEych16anD-vLqYeOPtNJP4wWV5fvZrcXqe2uAPlvaIv6ECLTvtKi2BQkudkpj8pgGYQmqWo_hkSegaD9nI9IWoBZPuH5ETYg/w640-h290/20230711_124453.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Unripened berries of Spicebush, <i>Lindera benzoin</i> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTO5tAP3UcU4bszHGjTOhxqa9z60_-z-L1rJliwZR9LrT5IT3zHoS9DXVxqZ0EPzV6XfjhxsunjLKYgt_T1D23Bb8KIBzXPSKQ7LuWeN1bOXFGrJlyAKbQsiIKfMkftBkdMPQ45mtvWitBOy1R1lQ8G_iqJsKBBxHqkfjqCwTemEJzPg70XSkvdQEpXe4/s1582/20230715_173207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1582" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTO5tAP3UcU4bszHGjTOhxqa9z60_-z-L1rJliwZR9LrT5IT3zHoS9DXVxqZ0EPzV6XfjhxsunjLKYgt_T1D23Bb8KIBzXPSKQ7LuWeN1bOXFGrJlyAKbQsiIKfMkftBkdMPQ45mtvWitBOy1R1lQ8G_iqJsKBBxHqkfjqCwTemEJzPg70XSkvdQEpXe4/w640-h288/20230715_173207.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Bumblebees</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiem6GWs1Qo9km3Dp7Zf-6Y5nYl2wSoQgjUu-BfZGC1PnGAAmXOQhqaavEYqAEUXjrP6aHMr1jzV7xK58LK_KIZfuKNXyE_gbX1oIAcSJxMF3ZumpXPifZrzxsh0bOxZWBzIbZ5DgfdSlTz0eEQxIUqc9Yui6HNU9mJtYq5dBbHgFXAU5pU-w3MtdU2TcQ/s1515/20230711_125122%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1522" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fzMHV4s_UUosF1DlA9gTNmRu0hzG2x7NHOSYDyXJ20LbhnPmm-r0vtx-Qa6z3NOuZEsA9_s80fG8VY60EbGDmVj1XdL-6Er4nqgB1kfVFbmpwZyvCfVGetp7bG1XPUVAMCI8Wm0H2QVLbvJEy40kBmqQLSdtQhcB9EiJ1z-BfwhQfhFRqqPulLMVvzY/w640-h288/20230711_125125%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Phlox paniculata</span><span style="background-color: white;"> 'Laura'</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCGtn5e19xTcqAfgtCgm6cc3IYuSstFyqlQMKP5ZGO_nIik-wfKeffunKB2-kGr4MF3ehRhYirOEhD9Cfl8chWWIdZjHYi6AsaDRqfp3YZne33jcrwLZLf_TLuFfj1MiFsQ39vK13S-YttzlkhuNWTWpsBZxvbbaJaXsHJgDd5wmNtxififILzD-hsG0/s1421/20230711_164948(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1421" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCGtn5e19xTcqAfgtCgm6cc3IYuSstFyqlQMKP5ZGO_nIik-wfKeffunKB2-kGr4MF3ehRhYirOEhD9Cfl8chWWIdZjHYi6AsaDRqfp3YZne33jcrwLZLf_TLuFfj1MiFsQ39vK13S-YttzlkhuNWTWpsBZxvbbaJaXsHJgDd5wmNtxififILzD-hsG0/w640-h314/20230711_164948(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Bumblebee on Hairy Sunflower, </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; text-align: left;">Helianthus hirsutus</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQmLVe7o0yXM8bRFEqa3Hct7O2Xgp_alKiQE2hM4sU7D-nr-3Sbfp4CaSyxC7PD-i81_gCmpO2Zfvp9ZSb-s8L0y8jeaw3TjALaf3pMN1iN7zPtQEUEo50OMkPQBuRSQsi0txEdgpVd88ygUAGQSamzOHPgtXoyqW3w16ZCaOWA85SaGsu1mlV5Uqc-k/s1523/20230711_124958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQmLVe7o0yXM8bRFEqa3Hct7O2Xgp_alKiQE2hM4sU7D-nr-3Sbfp4CaSyxC7PD-i81_gCmpO2Zfvp9ZSb-s8L0y8jeaw3TjALaf3pMN1iN7zPtQEUEo50OMkPQBuRSQsi0txEdgpVd88ygUAGQSamzOHPgtXoyqW3w16ZCaOWA85SaGsu1mlV5Uqc-k/w640-h288/20230711_124958.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Stylophorum diphyllum</i>, commonly called Celandine Poppy.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It blooms late spring, and usually goes dormant before summer's end.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">These patterned leaves are showing signs of drought stress.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbnuNM8i4iU8vU6suc6KRPfVa99G4_0k_VdT7wBzpdvHJmagEmie02Jyeh1X4f3smisyMdGdKLc_IB0LRoLeQC9os28AeeqlGhtNj7JExRwjOKRdn9vWROSArTrTNjZaGo_Zr2ro7q-IdL_XcTbDCEau-WKs6yetFWnEUO-w2pIC0v-2Ab4hvRgiXofw/s1359/20230715_130017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1359" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbnuNM8i4iU8vU6suc6KRPfVa99G4_0k_VdT7wBzpdvHJmagEmie02Jyeh1X4f3smisyMdGdKLc_IB0LRoLeQC9os28AeeqlGhtNj7JExRwjOKRdn9vWROSArTrTNjZaGo_Zr2ro7q-IdL_XcTbDCEau-WKs6yetFWnEUO-w2pIC0v-2Ab4hvRgiXofw/w640-h350/20230715_130017.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Plant Hopper Nymph (True Bugs)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Order Hemiptera, Family Aconaloniidae</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Feeds on juices of seeds and plants.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Secretes a filamentous wax from glandular tissue </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">at the tip of the abdomen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1u-YpxrRjgy_Wc25IhhBArCGCg8FHyRhUA0hrFSjGddiNz5AbvzOM7YvAgnCVEd3Mh5TPYeAr30c1zWQvLT1CJgeHnoiaW0DDGd7GMV1WVJbRwjOeIFdGBql5GAXg2BQxOFx2s_8bK46bjQOhjO9ezXDuaRjDYTuVmzEwgrDI3tFqZPYjY6ndgddnFck/s1613/20230713_124559%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1613" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1u-YpxrRjgy_Wc25IhhBArCGCg8FHyRhUA0hrFSjGddiNz5AbvzOM7YvAgnCVEd3Mh5TPYeAr30c1zWQvLT1CJgeHnoiaW0DDGd7GMV1WVJbRwjOeIFdGBql5GAXg2BQxOFx2s_8bK46bjQOhjO9ezXDuaRjDYTuVmzEwgrDI3tFqZPYjY6ndgddnFck/w640-h284/20230713_124559%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The waxy coating sticks to their preditor, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and while the preditor is cleaning itself off, the nymph excapes. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They don't stick to spider webs, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and the waxy coating also helps them float in water </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and swim to safety.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneWrgxsYG36B6i8aqqFiD9i5sFHh2uM4ghCu2JRUsmUrckdzM5j4gjRk-7fneK7JgHfLcxY5RZJdQa7egi-0QdO6dYOlkvQrcrXOfYDPMHilsYLhvn9zeYw4rxzleRV9vXOLiTX2I7KDVpzKvozlKZb3dUcUcjlo2DIme9kvXE9je51iTZ3HQGyPofpM/s1602/20230713_124650(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1602" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneWrgxsYG36B6i8aqqFiD9i5sFHh2uM4ghCu2JRUsmUrckdzM5j4gjRk-7fneK7JgHfLcxY5RZJdQa7egi-0QdO6dYOlkvQrcrXOfYDPMHilsYLhvn9zeYw4rxzleRV9vXOLiTX2I7KDVpzKvozlKZb3dUcUcjlo2DIme9kvXE9je51iTZ3HQGyPofpM/w640-h288/20230713_124650(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Pale Bordered Field Roach, </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><i>Pseudomops septentrionalis</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Native to Mexico </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">A rare example of a new invasive insect that is not a serious pest.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHhWaW5L_J6Qb1lbMcIGF8BlMb82HenRxFgGOJ-B3ob_Tl5O8-MXaVDNvopyNL0gxUW8jZ_QsDZ8GOfDahe2louCDX5FrMI5hNDw7bizKgMZTQyqQcB-PtmGY5bBLmZOYC4mtM_k0VbnfBpyUUy-J0EvE2tLQ4XF7Dd_Tju2cj2sdwAOynTTFC8Pvl4c/s1900/20230713_124811(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1900" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHhWaW5L_J6Qb1lbMcIGF8BlMb82HenRxFgGOJ-B3ob_Tl5O8-MXaVDNvopyNL0gxUW8jZ_QsDZ8GOfDahe2louCDX5FrMI5hNDw7bizKgMZTQyqQcB-PtmGY5bBLmZOYC4mtM_k0VbnfBpyUUy-J0EvE2tLQ4XF7Dd_Tju2cj2sdwAOynTTFC8Pvl4c/w640-h288/20230713_124811(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On a Turtlehead Plant, <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><i>Chelone lyonii</i> 'Hot Lips'</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">not yet blooming.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp00aPFzyxZA0I4AJmUM7tHIDVbQDP8CAqrs7ufnP2jvkwGGSa-O10wL0YUSZTAFmEMGriqEyYLZLRCcFdOlEZdb_739wCnmQ6DzG8KClZqrHSMarR01lVcDx9hcX69A8Yt5CtJECeqFMOYIuFiiPz2D6J9rnSIbDybzAZqjovXEAiQwe4aZBOjSzEY5M/s1358/20230713_124811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1358" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp00aPFzyxZA0I4AJmUM7tHIDVbQDP8CAqrs7ufnP2jvkwGGSa-O10wL0YUSZTAFmEMGriqEyYLZLRCcFdOlEZdb_739wCnmQ6DzG8KClZqrHSMarR01lVcDx9hcX69A8Yt5CtJECeqFMOYIuFiiPz2D6J9rnSIbDybzAZqjovXEAiQwe4aZBOjSzEY5M/w640-h350/20230713_124811.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They only live outdoors where they are scavengers,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and do not harm plants.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7XpgX5p1VCPW05D6hPCW58zps6Zp1fetw-OD6FUoGDAgZPe3rkxpjP3FMP3hLh9GEWXzbpV48s-yX5kcFmbFIMgIFbXaL-lYTHjCArG_kJpLqi2kas5py0TWp7VBQrzn1eNBpsB4ozcYhhQgivJfyXkVof8MLCDkVBH1VrvUmRtUtc7jhgBJie4cdaU/s1586/20230713_124853(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1586" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7XpgX5p1VCPW05D6hPCW58zps6Zp1fetw-OD6FUoGDAgZPe3rkxpjP3FMP3hLh9GEWXzbpV48s-yX5kcFmbFIMgIFbXaL-lYTHjCArG_kJpLqi2kas5py0TWp7VBQrzn1eNBpsB4ozcYhhQgivJfyXkVof8MLCDkVBH1VrvUmRtUtc7jhgBJie4cdaU/w640-h282/20230713_124853(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Five-lined skink, <span style="background-color: #fefefe; text-align: left;"><i>Plestioden fasciatus</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> Natural habitat is moist woody places with a place to sun.</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKG7YRMJljwF7PbnE81RXl9MRzj_lWy5LpiAu61WRH52k77eJoEBa6HkEEviRVRa9PG8CaGvA7WmBGGriu60WgPworbEL50noG3tUF0jFG1-FtnYMUel_AxLJj4agh-_sK9SpF4V5S_EcO2DA7eYbuumM6xEb6I4zoU71h5-Lg9wbUofBA0e5rwiLwbY/s1506/20230715_125146%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1506" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKG7YRMJljwF7PbnE81RXl9MRzj_lWy5LpiAu61WRH52k77eJoEBa6HkEEviRVRa9PG8CaGvA7WmBGGriu60WgPworbEL50noG3tUF0jFG1-FtnYMUel_AxLJj4agh-_sK9SpF4V5S_EcO2DA7eYbuumM6xEb6I4zoU71h5-Lg9wbUofBA0e5rwiLwbY/w640-h308/20230715_125146%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe;">Sunning in front of neighbors fence on our concrete wall,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe;">where the huge blue flowered violets grow.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUv0YO78_dIhwv2TmGr4_f5P2gkTbe1pS-WH7DLiV_9VXyEtJY1zvY2avBOiSawk21drjieG4YylOAP9z3lr_NSjeNhZouuPXxyemBi4G6IKwxwuor8iSyUQbL-KTE88COAYT-6nLSyhaMxtEGDZLZH1IehUyJ09trsmWTaXFqOrVotO99NzBIfv20Jo/s1617/20230715_125146%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1617" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUv0YO78_dIhwv2TmGr4_f5P2gkTbe1pS-WH7DLiV_9VXyEtJY1zvY2avBOiSawk21drjieG4YylOAP9z3lr_NSjeNhZouuPXxyemBi4G6IKwxwuor8iSyUQbL-KTE88COAYT-6nLSyhaMxtEGDZLZH1IehUyJ09trsmWTaXFqOrVotO99NzBIfv20Jo/w640-h290/20230715_125146%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Orb Weaver Spider on a front porch column.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Begins to spin a web at dusk, and takes it down by daylight.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It hides during the day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcrT6pREt7iSRR-U2YkkpQ9SGLadlmGbbR8luIdnTdwRImtXobnTy0v7rt9ThjPZzywPp9l3YcOArmseRAx00brv1Y940UzNAcfv6O-XOFVtMfx2flBEbExYzip0fh5ytDXsoUZYmtnshDvsY7FoEIURHQ65n5LtoOv3wW7Havd8rex9IWZvui9e2QKs/s1619/20230714_181823%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1619" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcrT6pREt7iSRR-U2YkkpQ9SGLadlmGbbR8luIdnTdwRImtXobnTy0v7rt9ThjPZzywPp9l3YcOArmseRAx00brv1Y940UzNAcfv6O-XOFVtMfx2flBEbExYzip0fh5ytDXsoUZYmtnshDvsY7FoEIURHQ65n5LtoOv3wW7Havd8rex9IWZvui9e2QKs/w640-h288/20230714_181823%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">of course,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">my most favorite critters</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">taking over Dustin's bed before he passed away ~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Miss Charlotte and sweet Austin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8uGKtmIB2rQmpMu3t_3N0ej37NKUf4jl3osTILLyrXc1qsCbnRotrs6-pG4KazeyCTMz0lsR4vWwUp6fWBO-5vQaDFj6LAe_ptgtZpOLTu3CYiLiEyL_16iXasGBtqQfSV8BsPhtX-Np8uE8wWGdJjEZbjWPNbY1rqjOlWADarABvCywFwWmqQQB7PI/s1478/20230603_223957%20-%20Copy%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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My Dell laptop is being sent to their service center to fix a hard drive problem. My first cataract surgery is this coming Monday, and right now my neck is giving me lots of problems. I'm going on with the surgery anyway, as I don't think feeling better is on the table any time soon. I love all of your blogs, but my laptop has been impossible to work on for months, and I am so far behind on catching up that it's not going to happen. I'll comment on days I feel okay. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Love you all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Thank you for all the lovely comments you have left me in the past.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This Post Is Linked To:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://caroljmichel.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-july-2023/"><span style="font-size: large;">Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day</span></a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2023/07/saturdays-critters-501.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday's Critters</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/07/my-corner-of-world_01992777909.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-85456121418750963562023-07-06T22:29:00.003-05:002023-07-12T18:58:08.247-05:00Sometimes perfection is just a word in the dictionary.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368; text-align: left;">Purple Coneflower</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">, <i>Echinacea purpurea</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">with mating Japanese Beetles and friend.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EmWzJX2MVtj5_wva9OZOBE0Vt6vC24luiHasu70KGwrSHcIblzxGxPSxMmX0Pkn7X1MnAwZ2kN3mvKVkl9nsACrWwQ8SiEzPz40u_tRq8soMLUQYbpCEjwJ5Yo8KlW9LrKWxygLqJ2VDWXJUeK_Z5qJnijPBAyN1x2mg035zYo9RcKNPPeI-pyvnVvg/s1612/20230624_161823%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1612" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EmWzJX2MVtj5_wva9OZOBE0Vt6vC24luiHasu70KGwrSHcIblzxGxPSxMmX0Pkn7X1MnAwZ2kN3mvKVkl9nsACrWwQ8SiEzPz40u_tRq8soMLUQYbpCEjwJ5Yo8KlW9LrKWxygLqJ2VDWXJUeK_Z5qJnijPBAyN1x2mg035zYo9RcKNPPeI-pyvnVvg/w640-h290/20230624_161823%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I don't see any damage from the beetles on the flowers,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">so perhaps the neighbors are feeding them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPv6p-kaULv9dgwxgXbyOVwmpuiG_g4GFTbvQB8O27KHGXtAaJEI0kONKVBpUBM39XF8ZYmzSJD-G_W3lev3jOEc5fvGcDzQbGEebD6dZpvARxw6VMJTDJhzYA-JZ8u5KADdkxTZ9Ccl1btnr80ppE6p3ce5jN8NKAW75vwcfbgBHWjE6dO1-y-YQnyk/s1618/20230624_161842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1618" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPv6p-kaULv9dgwxgXbyOVwmpuiG_g4GFTbvQB8O27KHGXtAaJEI0kONKVBpUBM39XF8ZYmzSJD-G_W3lev3jOEc5fvGcDzQbGEebD6dZpvARxw6VMJTDJhzYA-JZ8u5KADdkxTZ9Ccl1btnr80ppE6p3ce5jN8NKAW75vwcfbgBHWjE6dO1-y-YQnyk/w640-h290/20230624_161842.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is the first time I have planted straight species purple coneflowers,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> and the shades of pink vary with each plant.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Wg4F4G69HktnsG5lmRCMLhjISmz19z6RsCxGdW4lPdY0NS_Px4Nxp9866JvQ1dukqBl9CntYDRDCjuVrHdUMzdFE0gQAnJXqyPLxPJGifp5g865sfmHXrGPqTYPgy7jxiuc2evgp7oemCaSyu2OjpJrunNWhuos2BD4FS3dJi6oSM9KDrk2NYJxgpvA/s1621/20230624_161844(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1621" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Wg4F4G69HktnsG5lmRCMLhjISmz19z6RsCxGdW4lPdY0NS_Px4Nxp9866JvQ1dukqBl9CntYDRDCjuVrHdUMzdFE0gQAnJXqyPLxPJGifp5g865sfmHXrGPqTYPgy7jxiuc2evgp7oemCaSyu2OjpJrunNWhuos2BD4FS3dJi6oSM9KDrk2NYJxgpvA/w640-h288/20230624_161844(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The size also varies from two feet high to taller than me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The tall ones surprised me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The books say they are drought tolerant, but they wilt in drought.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RSpu3Ktx-12NoWsOC5OUJ0t3LrwO6_caVHL5Edyk6nPgt3Ib7QbO-q9ufYVk2wdulpqPr9JZzGTRHltwl-FOk5Gcjoie3l37cMhkYsY4lrmH53Fgu53r3ZgvYglAFUoZsJVpXOZxRPCzjemcuEjWlAHC-0Jgn-lX7Miw5YH6yIEOFCqCNMYtB4-44u0/s1440/20230624_161854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>It’s a feeling I get, that
the things that matter to me are like dust in the wind, blowing into the cosmos
and onward into the infinite, and yet… they still matter. It’s complicated, that little list in one’s
head of what’s precious and what’s </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">insignificant, fluctuating like a ribbon in the wind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>As pathetic or maybe as
marvelous as one might think it sounds, it’s the reason a cat or dog or both
usually have worked their way into my life at some point in time, becoming a
type of anchor for me, incapable of betrayal. I have </span><span>that calmness that makes
me feel as if I will be okay, as long as they are in my life.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My day has been a bit
boring, and I’m sitting here this afternoon under an umbrella on the deck with
my laptop and a glass of tart cherry juice on ice, trying to think up something
interesting to divulge while swatting a mosquito here and there.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>The sprinkling of rain is
beginning to run off the roof and umbrella edges, splashing at the hem of my
dress.</span><span> </span><span>The temperature is cooling to a
lovely breezy feel, and I seem to have only minutes before a deluge will trap
me at my table.</span><span> </span><span>Oh, drat!</span><span> </span><span>Now the kitchen timer is telling me it is
time for a pill.</span><span> </span><span>I guess I’m out of here
until…</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxvQOpDCAEyHjUPt-YdEhvAsr3XdQtxaMFOqu98PxFcps9uA0pOXf_E7IsC7Tin-mZGg05oTwoBzxkt38n7WaR1bMn8nxf4IyLBfowqmorz36Pfa093kpUBtcnne6Vw1LIIgKLhIn-m1rcsRNEn38gEQ2zb0qhcIXgHZhWl4sWtFynriVyjqcVb1GHWQ/s568/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxvQOpDCAEyHjUPt-YdEhvAsr3XdQtxaMFOqu98PxFcps9uA0pOXf_E7IsC7Tin-mZGg05oTwoBzxkt38n7WaR1bMn8nxf4IyLBfowqmorz36Pfa093kpUBtcnne6Vw1LIIgKLhIn-m1rcsRNEn38gEQ2zb0qhcIXgHZhWl4sWtFynriVyjqcVb1GHWQ/s16000/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93gqbqRlewtu1z8eD7h6VjgTIkVk6QEql_aMWQni04XIpqykiRpKQyLOzGyOsghGedlDO2v52KtVdUyFpjipZF7EIH3OJc-QGaqtwVJBfJqB3pYrNMqffXHXg2jXcPIB7M24D-reFNJjBNgYysJHjSqKsNKa6rISvpJF6wLDdiRBVn5kYK9ie94w4r28/s1528/20230621_133706%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1528" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93gqbqRlewtu1z8eD7h6VjgTIkVk6QEql_aMWQni04XIpqykiRpKQyLOzGyOsghGedlDO2v52KtVdUyFpjipZF7EIH3OJc-QGaqtwVJBfJqB3pYrNMqffXHXg2jXcPIB7M24D-reFNJjBNgYysJHjSqKsNKa6rISvpJF6wLDdiRBVn5kYK9ie94w4r28/w640-h312/20230621_133706%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #5f6368;"><span>Wild Petunia,</span> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">Ruellia humilis</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;">Not related to Petunias.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;">These have a taproot and do well in dry conditions.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;">Mine grow in clay soil and seem to love all the rain we get.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yWu6-X6cSQLUssvHNafKCIp-Gd3UB44xGkHLkaTxSY7MAc3b3iyp4rn_i50iYI0yk3NIj1E8oxKjLlUNgNr02mc_pQh4NRelQV0q6oLyXu4glS2s_Z-qcIEZ-eyKNbPCaRDoTmeEawJJpzWquT9bmyBGWhhSLcGsgRTCy7LORC3t9P4AM_GmlP9xyHw/s1305/20230621_133505%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1305" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yWu6-X6cSQLUssvHNafKCIp-Gd3UB44xGkHLkaTxSY7MAc3b3iyp4rn_i50iYI0yk3NIj1E8oxKjLlUNgNr02mc_pQh4NRelQV0q6oLyXu4glS2s_Z-qcIEZ-eyKNbPCaRDoTmeEawJJpzWquT9bmyBGWhhSLcGsgRTCy7LORC3t9P4AM_GmlP9xyHw/w640-h354/20230621_133505%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The flowers open when the sun, still below the horizon, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">begins to light up the sky. Each flower lasts only a day </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and wilts early or late afternoon, falling to the ground.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchn4c3OwTPt01IURMrLtOCEjAjKbh-F7b4nCdsYaGqH3-xQu7TsVplcjYxh8GZ89OkB-MT-f_dqtaBQGdX9_18Tf_hRc4a6foixUuQDQ_Kp-A3EW425Fzwqro_xTR6YDY5_sxaGeUnCzT4MTS66jGuh_SNOVlkCIRJZdFGcCru3AwSGAnVz6PtLwO1Jc/s1399/20230629_102105%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1399" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchn4c3OwTPt01IURMrLtOCEjAjKbh-F7b4nCdsYaGqH3-xQu7TsVplcjYxh8GZ89OkB-MT-f_dqtaBQGdX9_18Tf_hRc4a6foixUuQDQ_Kp-A3EW425Fzwqro_xTR6YDY5_sxaGeUnCzT4MTS66jGuh_SNOVlkCIRJZdFGcCru3AwSGAnVz6PtLwO1Jc/w640-h332/20230629_102105%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Eastern Grey Squirrel, <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><i>Sciurus carolinensis</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">on Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0ViRs1GJ3KMXyv2sGLFiYMYi5FDQwHx27f5QB7iP_fDw48PM16YFmRbkL848OxDcp8JLruJyLT_yyDy1ftlGNxJABjwBF9rE-bDRYv8FPN9284tWkwLbVRCtgoqodyi8n6R49AKKFfhivbVskDG7C3FlbxMG2-4Z-pzyrJmKb6LUelouLpYN8ZLJ6lA/s1331/20230622_121731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1331" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0ViRs1GJ3KMXyv2sGLFiYMYi5FDQwHx27f5QB7iP_fDw48PM16YFmRbkL848OxDcp8JLruJyLT_yyDy1ftlGNxJABjwBF9rE-bDRYv8FPN9284tWkwLbVRCtgoqodyi8n6R49AKKFfhivbVskDG7C3FlbxMG2-4Z-pzyrJmKb6LUelouLpYN8ZLJ6lA/w640-h358/20230622_121731.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">After munching at the bird feeder</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInqtEKygOM_a9ou9g8NY5YqlllXKGDVQwT0m6f3K9phQOIkovPPlbUNNCVGrb1TqvWm7a8tg4H13PqdKq9sChQDk3PjEIBRwfo9eqSuntsglZtuzRIbjlkuPNbgoW4Usz3x-9xo9tVTDFudOdQdf8SeqiKeDiTHhQGJfxcBnUkWRR_Jc3FIUpR0B-eAU/s1360/20230622_122022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1360" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInqtEKygOM_a9ou9g8NY5YqlllXKGDVQwT0m6f3K9phQOIkovPPlbUNNCVGrb1TqvWm7a8tg4H13PqdKq9sChQDk3PjEIBRwfo9eqSuntsglZtuzRIbjlkuPNbgoW4Usz3x-9xo9tVTDFudOdQdf8SeqiKeDiTHhQGJfxcBnUkWRR_Jc3FIUpR0B-eAU/w640-h352/20230622_122022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #58585a; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">23 June ~</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Seems like a waste of a
day moving outside just past noon.</span><span> </span><span>The
sun around the umbrella creates warmth on my shoulders, causing me to turn my
back to the garden for a cooler feel.</span><span> </span><span>I
sit here with my feet cushioned by a carry along foot stool and lean back to
see all the grime of last summer, winter, and this spring collected in grunge mode
above.</span><span> </span><span>So inspiring.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The old white ash tree
looks as if it could kill me at any moment. </span><span> </span><span>Every storm brings down branches to the ground
and deck, and leaves are plagued with fungal problems with the density of rain
we get at times, even though it is a tree that thrives on moist ground.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Every two years treated to
save it from the Emerald Leaf Borer, curtesy of across the ocean, it is fairly
one sided these days with the patio left unshaded… hence the umbrellas taking
its place.</span><span> </span><span>Of course, the effect is all
wrong, not magical anymore.</span><span> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Then… a bit of cloud cover
and a breeze caresses me in cool as I listen to the Blue Jays, not calling but noisily
chattering amongst themselves endlessly in the tree canopy.</span><span> </span><span>If it weren’t for the suffering traffic past one
house up the street, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, this
moment would bring great peace to my being.</span></span></div><div style="color: #58585a; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #58585a; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92mRJgfvtX1YIhTbQ69UCxcFevHVDoFm0RowwFiNek6OLs_40tcXy3Bvb-cBDzo5MN69zLinnOIJGzzOc524Lw3Bp96OxmfByM7noWLxrAAH_5PNBQHPcXBOaSyGSdXywUDcSDTMJTMLoh6DSA5tIrpXhufWCe2kczgpqwzPyN3UGMpdMj1KiF3ztmiA/s568/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92mRJgfvtX1YIhTbQ69UCxcFevHVDoFm0RowwFiNek6OLs_40tcXy3Bvb-cBDzo5MN69zLinnOIJGzzOc524Lw3Bp96OxmfByM7noWLxrAAH_5PNBQHPcXBOaSyGSdXywUDcSDTMJTMLoh6DSA5tIrpXhufWCe2kczgpqwzPyN3UGMpdMj1KiF3ztmiA/s16000/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Lacewing larva (Junk Bug)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uvhI3CugQ_QjsVgz1BK-XtWGWLTrePi4SRMZH1rDZES5YR-VWTfC21_W0ZomW5uZ5nIRI0uYomQsLKN-eHNAkqcncftyqLoUHoV21u32W7qc9xkmMQnSE9_Kdz1N5BRcgDGONbgIktJVLQDPwBBQpL8u1aBzwRGro_vJPbxEG6gHMt6R321oTatBIPo/s1543/20230627_095415(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1543" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uvhI3CugQ_QjsVgz1BK-XtWGWLTrePi4SRMZH1rDZES5YR-VWTfC21_W0ZomW5uZ5nIRI0uYomQsLKN-eHNAkqcncftyqLoUHoV21u32W7qc9xkmMQnSE9_Kdz1N5BRcgDGONbgIktJVLQDPwBBQpL8u1aBzwRGro_vJPbxEG6gHMt6R321oTatBIPo/w640-h290/20230627_095415(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">J</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">unk they carry around are the carcasses of the insects they eat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They are beneficial, and one must be careful not to step on </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">a little, slow moving round lumpy circle crossing a space.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLPTO-jgRG2kQh_VfIx9Y7YyH5ZhEZ_l3ftvdUp3lYWu8Ut0-aoKfNuDZu3QkUgBSOCo5QcarlLbP0iruEzkWIilH-W4FdLjHKcVh4rtjNPZm1xPUNiNI7d24rYw8FSo8Cz55zK9a98ONyidTFv2j5INDziuda0cf3exCRbrPYr_pF5xTr84fiXUACoA/s1347/20230622_121206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>All plantings are on hold,
as I don’t relish meeting another tick for dinner in the underbrush.</span><span> </span><span>Most have been relocated into bigger pots
until the fall when the bottle brush grass will be lying on the ground.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>The Hairy Sunflower seedlings
I’m mulling over their demise or inclusion, as I’ve heard it’s aggressive, even
though I’ve had one that isn’t aggressive in the prairie garden for
decades.</span><span> </span><span>In fact, it almost died before
coming back to life as the climate began changing.</span><span> </span><span>I’m feeling too old to tackle anymore runaway
plants.</span><span> </span><span>Decisions, decisions, decisions…</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Worked in the front yard
this afternoon… I know, it’s hotter than hell in the afternoons, but having a
partner who isn’t a gardener, well… we do lots of impractical things these
days.</span><span> </span><span>Braced the aromatic asters one
month too late, so it was a full head on embrace to circle the plants into the
curved supports.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Just now I am enlightened as
to why this aster is called aromatic aster, as its flowers are totally scentless,
but its leaves are sticky.</span><span> </span><span>My arms were
left sticky with a scent of aftershave wafting up around me for the rest of the
day until soap and water sent it away.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOfFE7T4QKKHyomT_ZznwFnWv1cnJ5kTVJdhi1ryBsPQw7KvaObS1ZnjxrBWW7sFo1FRl6YwX4zaoj0fggEEeT9866uqc9oIydUT5tLONwL-mtPm9f06bHTFilNQTgAYEejMTRO4u9FJNq2Uisfdwicl5tCTxBHeo9J_Qy7k2wT4az00Y6-pVEWduIu0/s568/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOfFE7T4QKKHyomT_ZznwFnWv1cnJ5kTVJdhi1ryBsPQw7KvaObS1ZnjxrBWW7sFo1FRl6YwX4zaoj0fggEEeT9866uqc9oIydUT5tLONwL-mtPm9f06bHTFilNQTgAYEejMTRO4u9FJNq2Uisfdwicl5tCTxBHeo9J_Qy7k2wT4az00Y6-pVEWduIu0/s16000/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Bumblebee with Coralberry flowers (<i style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #58585a; text-align: left;">Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6DZjmHYrrMKSaBQdH_K9iDNDtCjCOE7OexhF50_3OZe2AcYWraUkojTwxBvae_WzLI21xJeRcKcLYp3dEJR7dKijKTiPeRDxNo5rpG0ejn6hWJ6Gt69WcNl6DL6cpn_ZFRQdOIwMNIKVEO3RbGzmjx7HMs-vCSMiAQZDMlrMpeyYsWo9pNE2xORRyHI/s1567/20230624_171411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1567" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6DZjmHYrrMKSaBQdH_K9iDNDtCjCOE7OexhF50_3OZe2AcYWraUkojTwxBvae_WzLI21xJeRcKcLYp3dEJR7dKijKTiPeRDxNo5rpG0ejn6hWJ6Gt69WcNl6DL6cpn_ZFRQdOIwMNIKVEO3RbGzmjx7HMs-vCSMiAQZDMlrMpeyYsWo9pNE2xORRyHI/w640-h270/20230624_171411.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">False Solomon’s Seal, </span></span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Maianthemum racemosum</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHazYSWqOwZzPqZNUdvy0E4YPBw-4HyYyCx5TtT8ZV8pT6nQUM5EHilc4iEpccGlbPAh3Acv4EWPo8jpQQdghUZQ8__Ha1jacgcuPLLlEd5rjn0SKYB-43yTdgkN3TkIubMR5IkJuZqYQ44nTZdngYOubG064h1smCLj6ooxYW_GX5FrGWRiIc4gulH9U/s1468/20230625_104756%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1468" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHazYSWqOwZzPqZNUdvy0E4YPBw-4HyYyCx5TtT8ZV8pT6nQUM5EHilc4iEpccGlbPAh3Acv4EWPo8jpQQdghUZQ8__Ha1jacgcuPLLlEd5rjn0SKYB-43yTdgkN3TkIubMR5IkJuZqYQ44nTZdngYOubG064h1smCLj6ooxYW_GX5FrGWRiIc4gulH9U/w640-h300/20230625_104756%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 July ~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>It’s a surreal feeling,
that exhilaration one gets as a seemingly forever rush of wind sends beings to
shelter as a thunderstorm enters one’s space. </span><span> </span><span>A little rain almost sideways across the
street, then immediately a wall of rain carried by the wind, horizontally.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>The
flashing of heavenly lights are as flickering candles in the clouds, as the
rumbling roar of thunder goes on and on and on.</span><span>
</span><span>Then louder thunder coming out of the bowels of hell vibrating the floor
beneath you. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>It
travels further southeast with the rumbling sound diminishing as one realizes
the rain has stopped, and then suddenly a bolt of lightning as if it’s in one’s
backyard and rumbles growing in intensity as the rain returns.</span><span> </span><span>It’s going to be a noisy, wet afternoon in
the garden.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Lf_3ZuVyuBDHmadBwEtI2M-iaxZApZEv-Zpnn347e-4VRKoU4EUjhLvl7aIIQRXhBkZRYckSc1TXlLsam-qsDodwlwW3b8TolyEvjmD_CQj9owDuI4jxqRPI7LqCIHdxj3LMaPCqev_zBt3vbYTaXwDkGhujVDurej_c4AkCgQ6dQaUx-UJV9XT3qgQ/s568/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Lf_3ZuVyuBDHmadBwEtI2M-iaxZApZEv-Zpnn347e-4VRKoU4EUjhLvl7aIIQRXhBkZRYckSc1TXlLsam-qsDodwlwW3b8TolyEvjmD_CQj9owDuI4jxqRPI7LqCIHdxj3LMaPCqev_zBt3vbYTaXwDkGhujVDurej_c4AkCgQ6dQaUx-UJV9XT3qgQ/s16000/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">3
July ~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>The
weight of my life seems to have fallen upon me this day.</span><span> </span><span>It hit me, the knowledge that I would be
alone in the garden, without the company of my little dog.</span><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Alone
outside isn’t always my cup of tea, and his inclusion with me in my days of gardening
always gave me purpose and a feeling of companionship.</span><span> </span><span>I cried for some time on my own after
breakfast.</span><span> </span><span>All things pertaining to his
existence seem to be vanishing off the face of the earth.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Whenever
this is published, is when it will be published.</span><span> </span><span>I’ve lost that drive that compels me to create.</span><span> </span><span>I’m dead in the water.</span><span> </span><span>I’ve had this wearisome stalemate before, like
being put into pause mode at the same time I take my first step off the
cliff.</span><span> </span><span>I always manage to catch the edge
as I fall and hang on for dear life, but I think this time, maybe, I’ve already hit the
ground below…</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> SPLAT!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>It’s
been miserably hot outside, like gardening in a sauna with the heat at cremation
setting.</span><span> </span><span>Needlessly to say, afternoons
are inside, unless I’m crazy enough to venture into hell for a while before
dinner.</span><span> </span><span>It seems I’ll do anything for a
good photo.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Cataract
surgery on the right eye, then the left eye; so I’ll be gone as long as I feel I
need to be.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn3RaN98Pt7-KNlQm9WTa_GD55oKYOOBriEOYbIqeQl3s-v23LGyuu6vfzWafPx1btpw_8t814hHa6wMp43Fg9X79rvHjQwnK_c7dkLNDVInglE_gy4A7mM0FgxKWIOp978S-18nfKhK7lHv1YkO1gf-TvLUX_a0O9FWCI78C4cne4oKT6eP0kyshJW0/s568/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn3RaN98Pt7-KNlQm9WTa_GD55oKYOOBriEOYbIqeQl3s-v23LGyuu6vfzWafPx1btpw_8t814hHa6wMp43Fg9X79rvHjQwnK_c7dkLNDVInglE_gy4A7mM0FgxKWIOp978S-18nfKhK7lHv1YkO1gf-TvLUX_a0O9FWCI78C4cne4oKT6eP0kyshJW0/s16000/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Common Sage </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Salvia officinalis</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This plant has seen better days, as my helper </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">is an all-plants-are-watered-the-same type of guy.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Phlox paniculata, Jeana</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Pinned down after thunderstorm.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7nbs7KEbo4zts-tEPh1hnkUumun_KhCeFoYytaTzPlE5BEf-hE0RvLXc0Ahwv90zRDrWze_ZgcVOYoqV7PdCGoQ5AnrT5ypuJHIVH-b6L2rdQg1HA8xc9lrA94oqAZoGBe91SSWOG3dLP3RRQyKbvM95yOObu4EQHQUtYrlTeXWsok-HecInrOhh5SM/s1522/20230701_112902.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1522" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7nbs7KEbo4zts-tEPh1hnkUumun_KhCeFoYytaTzPlE5BEf-hE0RvLXc0Ahwv90zRDrWze_ZgcVOYoqV7PdCGoQ5AnrT5ypuJHIVH-b6L2rdQg1HA8xc9lrA94oqAZoGBe91SSWOG3dLP3RRQyKbvM95yOObu4EQHQUtYrlTeXWsok-HecInrOhh5SM/w640-h290/20230701_112902.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Summersweet, <span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">Clethra alnifolia</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">Fragrance of </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">liquorice</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixktG9K3taabGRpMkE4Z5iUdxMC_XKr7KHlQNkpgSm5ofrZmykDDdqAFXOS0-ZLkqWKKjvjWwMSgTaJPzK34wX6YxR1AmEdVI0u3YdZt5XcdN8oB9ajdM6LOQjoE8Wl0pF5UMS7AigluIhmi_wYok4bt2dhxzA4ZmNUH7-6muu1mkU1hGy3W69P0QZm-o/s1619/20230703_171544%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1620" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvK9bLV3GgqOT4GXZHcsCazbupgEqI2N0JJuMfHklO5q-F8aTCIctc83m8q6rc_KSoV9e32OAM44wGmdDYqueqEMxzZH7Vpnlb6lMuDlUZgamcRScpQ-Hp-GPEKl8ia4lWAGl-C65-79epcaDVnpvSgkZczD6ruZi9csfgBrwSkKbPe_dx2DGdtx7Ou0/w640-h288/20230703_171543.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I'm fairly positive that this is an Ambush Bug,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">since I saw it eating something small as an aphid,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">rolling it over and over with its front feet as it ate.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;">Hemerocallis</i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> 'Aabachee' Daylily</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kBYJjZLk6k_DAS_Bi0ntv-oLyIl4x4UDC6bd2w4tGUQJN1M6yiomEiankisUVJS0gmM1tXD23Avr7I6T1AqknwBqQYVPCEKbTtp-36XJsf1C26nE5653fik-yLBIHCSz0zupAxeiHcae3ohcgHTAFAG6Fps2jFUdAlHkxgN3TQD-EL-4CSTT34Xs52g/s1268/20230703_172236.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1268" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kBYJjZLk6k_DAS_Bi0ntv-oLyIl4x4UDC6bd2w4tGUQJN1M6yiomEiankisUVJS0gmM1tXD23Avr7I6T1AqknwBqQYVPCEKbTtp-36XJsf1C26nE5653fik-yLBIHCSz0zupAxeiHcae3ohcgHTAFAG6Fps2jFUdAlHkxgN3TQD-EL-4CSTT34Xs52g/w640-h354/20230703_172236.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Insect on the buds of American Beautyberry, </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #58585a; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Callicarpa americana</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3GlgMxdO9tPaGbX6X_cGaB1eQar0Qz-Y09TpyzO4Wg-BHIexEmkw2IMVVsFL6BNEq2RJJ5oP0bGJ94mCNGb4QDo2CBy6O93hwc-K2VrAv-0E1slZ-Ybhz0XCAq5qWkH0X30DKDT382yqlvCm788givQuAo46DzVLCcOVuHWgqvtdmCkjj8e8I0w1-Jk/s1617/20230703_172312(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1617" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3GlgMxdO9tPaGbX6X_cGaB1eQar0Qz-Y09TpyzO4Wg-BHIexEmkw2IMVVsFL6BNEq2RJJ5oP0bGJ94mCNGb4QDo2CBy6O93hwc-K2VrAv-0E1slZ-Ybhz0XCAq5qWkH0X30DKDT382yqlvCm788givQuAo46DzVLCcOVuHWgqvtdmCkjj8e8I0w1-Jk/w640-h290/20230703_172312(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">After a thunderstorm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33cyD6-EVfsH_5NV3yWFVFI4bYhib3v4qdsskJ9UlGwhsdQ7GPmciiQA_H_OKTbNtC8D1ZaH9j9FKfJ3uUxu8fMva2aWG9e4_fayQU0C_FdjAC6etn_fLQAeCvUVBv9M7ZiYXrTKVTmBEL9c4om5HpWWXaDWkadTUyXLEKA9hG79bZLcjpRxM9bMTYdQ/s1513/20230701_151124.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1513" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33cyD6-EVfsH_5NV3yWFVFI4bYhib3v4qdsskJ9UlGwhsdQ7GPmciiQA_H_OKTbNtC8D1ZaH9j9FKfJ3uUxu8fMva2aWG9e4_fayQU0C_FdjAC6etn_fLQAeCvUVBv9M7ZiYXrTKVTmBEL9c4om5HpWWXaDWkadTUyXLEKA9hG79bZLcjpRxM9bMTYdQ/w640-h306/20230701_151124.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">5
July ~</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Bumblebees
have quite a presence in the garden this year.
There must be nests nearby. We
did find an underground Yellow Jacket Wasp nest under a large steppingstone
pushed up by an oak tree root. We’ll
wait until it’s abandoned next year to fill it in and reposition the steppingstone.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Something
happened from last year to this year in the dynamics of this neighborhood’s
home fireworks. Sounded like a war zone
for over an hour with smoke drifting across the landscape. Big fireworks… popping all over the place
high above the ash tree and house. It
brought to mind the house several blocks down the road that burned to the
ground amid fireworks two years ago. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Aside
from fireworks, sleeping early this morning came at a crawl as wandering
thoughts of our loss of Lacey wouldn’t leave me alone. It’s not easy handling two
pet deaths in less than a year. Memories,
sooner or later, come to the surface when all is quiet around a restless mind.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s
a nice day, except sweat covering my entire body after topping off the planters
and changing birdbath water. It comes
with the territory this time of year when we wish it was cold again… we are
such fools, wishing our lives away. I’ll embrace this heat, as it gives me bloom
after bloom, after bloom, and food abundantly for all inhabitants.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Cicadas
sing here and there, the momentum is beginning to pick up as the music of sex fills the morning air. Fireflies embrace the setting sun as
the time of poetic love. A simple thing
to wait for dusk and count how many fireflies are really in the garden. It always ends with idle chatter, and that is
so reassuring that all is well with me for another day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENXxazqJ0JwaR9l6mjxylHTHJWE2rVcHmOJRjht3cg90tWepej14eyn5oFCFV7220Jlm2Pat1K9cPBwmzrDISbLauVJduchrkrpkpxwAnIVk3xRI3bsi33WE329sJui8mBLkUG5mbXNGAX2K8d2Xr-SsQ4gljobskqW1UC8NOYxVmjpeE2JijpZ9Rk04/s568/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENXxazqJ0JwaR9l6mjxylHTHJWE2rVcHmOJRjht3cg90tWepej14eyn5oFCFV7220Jlm2Pat1K9cPBwmzrDISbLauVJduchrkrpkpxwAnIVk3xRI3bsi33WE329sJui8mBLkUG5mbXNGAX2K8d2Xr-SsQ4gljobskqW1UC8NOYxVmjpeE2JijpZ9Rk04/s16000/i1240054_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div><p></p></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-54222144808916286652023-06-15T00:19:00.020-05:002023-12-31T08:59:16.047-06:00Eulogy for a little dog named Dustin<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A walk through the garden Dustin knew like the back of his paw.</div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUigdR3oa6sAJiRsq44A9_6O2p0-x2l6tgkRBv0hP5KZMLGXa6zVmrsnm0sRTO88Diblx_77IiUfWYAxGdorBWa1AqGqCDtDEH9UA1C89M_z4O73GEpZYfpn2-83Ln5SQj-SFhmsbls6roohh1ioHYEcBdptbnGe7WvEkeP8ADk7FRV0u8fHmFuA7T/s1618/20230613_165019(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1619" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviqUaStQzEOg6rIu2q-dbCftIBcZXhMqoc34Vu_V-88gCodtWM2-OQ6Cg6n5Ou2SDwlfMZ_Tmpp78RWezuVhN67IswNMho0VZMsuWPsuiUaxINAJtzAnrS27ovVJfNjx3gi0UB1LaFujzZz-MdrwR0oPuLfYOtG1oPY5zhXi_3_F10D4somzlyoLU/w640-h288/20230611_170545%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia;">Hanging By A Thread</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOA6SYyQuVV0V0OP1eeQxQjgGEydE5xYS4-vhtkf1ssL3yrk9IxDFB37yE_Fa7LueGL3HaIz8QX_rx-_0f9sgbwRweGKlf6CilhbAG1mFIpNgi3ObmvCUNXPbe-j0bqMPZMl3zeJNlaEJvUxcsvXzSXOQ2zM6jXibLL99c8Be-WnGsVuf-3cXBZ7a/s1522/20230611_170530(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1522" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOA6SYyQuVV0V0OP1eeQxQjgGEydE5xYS4-vhtkf1ssL3yrk9IxDFB37yE_Fa7LueGL3HaIz8QX_rx-_0f9sgbwRweGKlf6CilhbAG1mFIpNgi3ObmvCUNXPbe-j0bqMPZMl3zeJNlaEJvUxcsvXzSXOQ2zM6jXibLL99c8Be-WnGsVuf-3cXBZ7a/w640-h288/20230611_170530(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia;">Orb Weaver</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRReBR8mDPIG1GZIsIdDCijCEbLQfI3fQYpt8Jii6tMT0ujxJGokn1rGpA4cBVO0orWxPKLGBJkI22nsGby651FedZN_-2xJKqsyCYeJJueD23AmW4KgId27H7le7FlaOzONFyOx2rogQE7xdu2nFzjPq3_PauN4HPTv10pDCnrhxoaYJuD-Z6-A4/s1521/20230608_134009%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1521" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRReBR8mDPIG1GZIsIdDCijCEbLQfI3fQYpt8Jii6tMT0ujxJGokn1rGpA4cBVO0orWxPKLGBJkI22nsGby651FedZN_-2xJKqsyCYeJJueD23AmW4KgId27H7le7FlaOzONFyOx2rogQE7xdu2nFzjPq3_PauN4HPTv10pDCnrhxoaYJuD-Z6-A4/w640-h288/20230608_134009%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia;">Penstemon 'Husker Red' (Cultivar)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vAdfexdJSJyyK5VsTsI5asZj_xEhd-l1H3MXA_CASfDZ1AD_KUVgP4PpZE9TM-C0XxtICj5ayeDoZsHMA1cDEe-fZ0ilJjQ8k5yAryMO_rTV4Nd2xYiqqJJ0-svrp5dz7bkIx0TnpxXur6aNQejQQdmP2OvAUHxLqsuUC-JfqXnukJoR6edQ15Cw/s1524/20230612_165659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Dustin's daily morning routine always included </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">walking the parameter of the back garden with his nose to the ground, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to pick up the scent of anything that had visited the night before.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBG0aznwd7Xv09d09eJyhgIzRR43CwjXNCpYUh7yu1I3-n4qHCgcYvsyku_BEGdlNHOfHtkKcGIjv0HC2qtE2bVRcv7q7bIqlOzU7evP4AMS0z3m686aE6lmrLBCSjgFGnY7ICXOb9HU5UbUJH2iAZfkUPFuVDa-7LzHFQjTvf4Q-IA9pwoITEEpm/s1530/20230606_114306(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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On days when Sophie's owner was away, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">he conned Vic into carrying him the rest of the way to the house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Vic tells this last part differently, but don't listen to him. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIJD8KvYEn9rv9HDsXJf_fRufZoUeE5YFj_-Jo1Af-x-DO1ombgVBK2v36w5Jl7KMzTn-3EUnJsoNuprWzCGSOHOVAKmDONQG2YGih8t2l3ZxR_jLKH8MZZLwO1L5dhAzb_Gzl1oER6XVERrdatCSoaTAM7or0bElwhM_mIY2bmIcv01KEQRK2Q11/s1585/20230612_163433%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">He
came to us because someone lost him, I guess… anyway, this man was chasing a dog around the
stopped cars way up ahead of me on that two-lane country highway to and from
work. I watched as the man threw up his
hands, got back into his pickup truck, and drove off on down the road away from
the dog and the line of cars stopped behind him.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The
dog was stopping traffic both ways, running scared around the cars and under
them. I could see he ended up under a
huge SUV stopped in the lane going the other way. As the cars in my lane inched up the road and
past the SUV, the dog exited to the side of the road. I yelled out my window when I was one car from
opposite the man in the SUV that the dog was out from under his vehicle, but I
couldn’t guarantee he would stay that way.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Opening
the door of my Toyota Solara with the intention of getting out to coax the little
dog into my car, the little terrier bounded across the road, leaping behind my
seat and onto the back seat of my vehicle like he owned the place. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s
funny how intentions changed with this dog, from staying outside in his own
cedar doghouse with a warming pad, to totally taking over the inside of our home. My bedroom became his bedroom, and he always
tucked himself into his cave bed, when I tucked myself into my own bed. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We
could see the end coming, but we always think there will be more time. He stood at that gate the morning of his last
day as I laid down a throw rug to cushion him while he soaked up the warmth,
watching and listening to the neighborhood before coming back inside. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">At
5:30 the next morning, on the 9<sup>th</sup> of June, Dustin woke Vic up and
passed away on the floor as Vic comforted him.
He was fifteen years and five months old.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It
sneaked up on me. this heartache that settled in after Dustin’s passing. To not see him curled up in his favorite armchair
or tucked into the sheepskin that was especially for him on the couch, the silence
that once was filled with barking, the empty space by the side of my bed that
once held a dog’s bed– I’m reminded over and over that our little terrier is
gone.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>I
think my most favorite story I like to tell about him, is when he slept inside
the house, but still had his beloved dog house outside. I call it the night </span><i>Dustin Went Camping</i><span>. I remember it was winter with snow on the
ground, and while he was almost the perfect dog, he could be an obstinate little
stinker, with a mind of his own.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After
his dinner, I waited at the sliding glass door to let him back into the house when
he returned from his potty break. That
little rascal came up the long ramp onto the deck and disappeared into his doghouse
in two seconds flat.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My
coat on, I walked across the snow to his doghouse, opened the flap, and called to
him to come out. Repeating the command several
times, it was obvious he had parked his butt on the warming pad and was going
nowhere. Back in the house, I decided to
play the waiting game with him. Surely he
would eventually start barking at the door.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Evening
moved in, dinner was eaten, television watch, and at my bedtime, still no
Dustin. I was a bit twerked off after I opened the flap, and called him out with not a peep out of him. It took me shoving a broom through the dog
size door and flushing him out with a bit of pushing, and into the house for the
night where he would be safe. This memory always makes me smile.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">To
all his friends, he was the perfect gentleman.
To me he was a sweetheart with a few flaws thrown in. To Vic he was his little buddy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We miss him.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxE051-f7rYWaP5MZbQJKfYqbbM7qpxB0ecDwEiPUcTwJrb_DyCCIj8DDkvmjJMP0h6ilz3-40Z7SaD1EGsEV0ksNaMqFxZb8SCmDDVbwsTQF6VxfakaFPxlb6XWq9_OZ9mHYIhNea-gTj4iz5r8orqf_kY7ile6bhaetcawxLPHM7eM5IiXIeK25/s640/686%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Things stay the same
sometimes in my garden. The pathways are
trimmed of all vegetation, including the strip along the sides of the pathways
if it contains grass. Personally, I
feel it’s difficult to garden in the south once the weather begins to warm up,
and the abundance of blood sucking ticks takes all the pleasure out of becoming
immersed in vegetation.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A sheet of toilet paper
was used last week to catch an illusive one trying to flee further up my
leg.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sounded like Velcro pulling apart
when I loosened its legs from my skin, the little devil, and flushed it down
the toilet.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yesterday was spent
carefully cutting down batches of bottlebrush grass that someone else failed to
trim while it was shorter.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Well, that someone else,
while cleaning up the cuttings, brushed them against me when passing by.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Brushing my hair out afterwards over the
sink, a tick fell into the washbasin, causing my demeanor to sink along with that
creature as it was dropped into that swirling vortex of toilet flushing blues.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I don’t dally much in the
garden area now. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whatever we haven’t
planted will be waiting until late fall or finding a new home in the trash can.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s so tricky now with the heat and cool in
the house.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Days have been close to
ninety degrees F., while the evenings still cool into the low sixties.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Okay, so much for the
weather and its effects on my well-being. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I did manage to find enough interesting things
to photograph for a decent presentation, although the focus is a bit off on a
few. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Telephoto shots of a bird at the
bird bath… almost in focus, but I deleted about a hundred photos of Grackles at
the bird feeder that were nowhere in focus.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s a tad frustrating… okay,
truthfully, it’s a screaming fit of screams frustrating that this new cellphone
is getting the best of me.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today started with a new
door put in, then a new door ordered to replace the new door put in.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s what happens when the sales representative
flubs up the order.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I suppose we’ll wait
another two months for the second door to be made.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The afternoon was heavenly.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A cool breeze and comfortable humidity – it won’t
get any better than that, if you pooh-pooh the existence of ticks.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We cut down the bottle brush grass along the
pathway by the prairie garden, and braced the grass further in with plant
supports to keep swaying in the breeze to a minimum.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As a child with a mom who
loved the wildflowers in the desert of Nevada, we always accompanied her in the
early spring after it rained to find the wildflowers that only grew a few
inches tall with their amazing blooms that would fade away too quickly when the
drought period came.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My love of
wildflowers has never ceased since then.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Clasping Venus’s Looking Glass
wildflower (</span><i>Triodanis perfoliate</i><span>) is an annual that would appear in springtime
in my garden when the landscape was mostly in sun.</span><span> </span><span>It is capable of growing three feet tall, but
in our clay soil all it could muster up was about a foot in height. </span><span> </span><span>As shade took over the garden, it disappeared.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After years of looking, I found
a nursery specializing in wildflower seeds sold individually, instead of in a
mix. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Four packets were bought last fall,
and when I emptied all four packets into a cereal bowl, it looked less than ¼ teaspoon.
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was mixed with a handful of dry dirt
and scattered into the prairie garden.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I found one plant of Venus’s
Looking Glass blooming today.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of course,
the photos were out of focus, but tomorrow’s another day.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One miracle out of a thousand seeds… I’ll
take it.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m hoping to get them
established in the prairie garden, even though their time in the spring is so
fleeting.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ve rambled on long enough,
and it’s so late... I’m not telling you how late. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Until next time…</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAi-qmWb4AbeeGXyuPr4qhpo2JsZnLuhS8qofkGI4KCyj9gYIBeQzx9NsQfwWBwbg7xwdz9WfZX9ONnzC4qawfcvp5IT_V2Sthsw5o5A0dsqHahtwqbauZi92UK9gfD2a-0AWc8-jdNefyHn9n5smx83PjbqDhaoAiMsMrzjm_RU-kX89YOR_8E7_/s1198/20230520_153540%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1198" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAi-qmWb4AbeeGXyuPr4qhpo2JsZnLuhS8qofkGI4KCyj9gYIBeQzx9NsQfwWBwbg7xwdz9WfZX9ONnzC4qawfcvp5IT_V2Sthsw5o5A0dsqHahtwqbauZi92UK9gfD2a-0AWc8-jdNefyHn9n5smx83PjbqDhaoAiMsMrzjm_RU-kX89YOR_8E7_/w640-h392/20230520_153540%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #58585a;">Eastern Purple Coneflower, </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #58585a; text-align: left;">Echinacea purpurea</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKhFcTLBsxI8C_vqt5SU3j6DHpmhrNUw5v8FVYB8CHUqaWOmGs2RlLzCYZ366aJyXjqOys0GaTz6bndS3xL-VB_nID_Xt5HOytBbzksoL0uC_pA7OJ_LRyDfHg384NCR0JYKs-c9Msy9i60tldOs-2L7H05tQnndb630-BpN8ymoLeChDDJmAcZGv/s1400/20230520_153557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1400" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKhFcTLBsxI8C_vqt5SU3j6DHpmhrNUw5v8FVYB8CHUqaWOmGs2RlLzCYZ366aJyXjqOys0GaTz6bndS3xL-VB_nID_Xt5HOytBbzksoL0uC_pA7OJ_LRyDfHg384NCR0JYKs-c9Msy9i60tldOs-2L7H05tQnndb630-BpN8ymoLeChDDJmAcZGv/w640-h314/20230520_153557.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Flower just opening up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CSg7xgeZqnp6WflBz9_8FHLfjxFoJ-XOhIln_tPoft09iFutLtcG1sIv7MX7b7IR9swS2S3boPb_knizIAKpKPDMRXFGb0KK0gtGsuzNaoYFHc3xjF8uc3JZl_33JOcU7Z9LUaIHXoanT_aRgFk3VKZDZnddhOO88CS3hW85WsETiOAQn70FSP9u/s1519/20230525_160638%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1520" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8955-xJyzW3BboHo-8LOBAp5qUNQEpmUE8UJH0LIXdAdTBpPNJvdl4BOyRTFwzoG3bhXt5Oo2mEuynfuB5ElAzxFFdMAjeYcUro6hrSjBcZCIQYujMp3AVnMJ9qt16Z3rtuLHLtWMAJQoz2ZrJBRuubzLWb2D1XRK6Nc4g5x-9QyN_anT1GGyJdP/w640-h306/20230520_153645%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A cultivar that attracts pollinators, but not as many as the species attracts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSvLyH8ETdchb8Ixniob6mKBXscVRLoxHCfzkxcxibyiJfGZzcnqi5aaAIy-j30FYVJSd1vrBRfb1m_7_mN0S6rXBtmU1rpH4CdfCjLdESezAkCRP3GbNfGpgZ31NN6EdEgdCQe2vIj4UXsArRXUfK6j4Ebha-zHr7OlwHua_k53prZ7DRIGKeCOg/s1520/20230520_153658%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjap5Zjb9hDav5OGnM8Am0DQK9Y_mI7NibqpaePkp_-ucBLFxiv1XD850Co7DBdBfnrEMWnYQ9AUPjreKIdtZ8lXUy8_jwEWRgqBKM4Er9F2ZanIGG4Y30u_VfTXw3NkXylHzjT8eV2Pq8GbKv9ZG-6wZSLV-whwNtCn7-XWv72ja0mIHpV87h7Eign/w640-h288/20230523_101119(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Cicada <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">exoskeleton clinging to </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Primula meadia</i>, Shooting Star seed pods</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzxFbaVWNJTEFerwOjIYJjhsEm2exVnyXXZ6w5Je1QDBI0Q8u2-FO1Rq_00gs-vth-L9aMU5sb1sEG0aI9y43TLxI95-gBLXgGSk49GEAY9ygttoKl9pORdOmfC1hely02XDwsjfQYU4UFJr7xNaC1ENr6b3BJTBq2_gJpY2QfIaFdC1vobCCBpAB/s1391/20230523_154159%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1391" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzxFbaVWNJTEFerwOjIYJjhsEm2exVnyXXZ6w5Je1QDBI0Q8u2-FO1Rq_00gs-vth-L9aMU5sb1sEG0aI9y43TLxI95-gBLXgGSk49GEAY9ygttoKl9pORdOmfC1hely02XDwsjfQYU4UFJr7xNaC1ENr6b3BJTBq2_gJpY2QfIaFdC1vobCCBpAB/w640-h362/20230523_154159%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Clematis viticella</i> 'Purpurea Plena Elegans' (non-native)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiMpj9EQnECtKSqxHWi1YMx5J-Ktn1IN6WaUVi0eMN15DhxTUaSKNpU3YXVDnVqxNQAv7IaI7HjIyKYEBeNpdHjd1II5Nsq42ExlPW7uMv-VGJS7zcXhO5KqL-PqTWITnCBKEWZxt2GYbxpNkvI60MyxgFacVbfHg26nKGW5iaOfAIIIUS0qgy-3E/s1520/20230520_153742%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1520" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiMpj9EQnECtKSqxHWi1YMx5J-Ktn1IN6WaUVi0eMN15DhxTUaSKNpU3YXVDnVqxNQAv7IaI7HjIyKYEBeNpdHjd1II5Nsq42ExlPW7uMv-VGJS7zcXhO5KqL-PqTWITnCBKEWZxt2GYbxpNkvI60MyxgFacVbfHg26nKGW5iaOfAIIIUS0qgy-3E/w640-h288/20230520_153742%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Since this is a double clematis, it is of no use to <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">pollinators</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It can serve as protection for birds and other wildlife, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">if it has lush growth. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvNCnbw7tR0KVpCNjq0PVy0rMa4CKRGylbKh9S8kjBFySDqQEAdAcrlX3jS8TuY8qOr8EhBCUxOvrSVwWR2bGaCp4_LEONcOH-9LTknt3Pj25CfrN7s54g1fGyZh-_CxMOT7W_deawUD4dXFusKLkDLaHKvZ4zQ8LRSyUk89a9lqHr4UEZEXGTvdA/s1510/20230520_153825%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1510" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvNCnbw7tR0KVpCNjq0PVy0rMa4CKRGylbKh9S8kjBFySDqQEAdAcrlX3jS8TuY8qOr8EhBCUxOvrSVwWR2bGaCp4_LEONcOH-9LTknt3Pj25CfrN7s54g1fGyZh-_CxMOT7W_deawUD4dXFusKLkDLaHKvZ4zQ8LRSyUk89a9lqHr4UEZEXGTvdA/w640-h292/20230520_153825%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I thought these had died years ago from drought during the summer,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">but with much rain our last two springs, they are a large vine once again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bsuahtP4pyzz8g5MWGtIDghtvl9a9UEP4roTIurjCEnwRzFsAWcqEGNdMI28M1C_t031dVsw69xI-r1T3TsUGhzu_WIciWyQTpkLtufCrhEc3gE2IYnAgxjJ3oEEa1tRKUKjiuLURTNcBmizOnhnKTLY0IhjiwSwyDuJbH8CTGf21mZzXGPg7vPv/s1390/20230523_145530%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1390" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bsuahtP4pyzz8g5MWGtIDghtvl9a9UEP4roTIurjCEnwRzFsAWcqEGNdMI28M1C_t031dVsw69xI-r1T3TsUGhzu_WIciWyQTpkLtufCrhEc3gE2IYnAgxjJ3oEEa1tRKUKjiuLURTNcBmizOnhnKTLY0IhjiwSwyDuJbH8CTGf21mZzXGPg7vPv/w640-h288/20230523_145530%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I watched this honeybee search each flower, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">trying to find a way to any nectar, with no luck.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zfd9fR0io0-O5CFAC2I3lUIlfAfx20KNGgq-m4txVIHjfJVuVPzHB1vVX9jugZPRaF-wA-ClpZdTTksyCJE1NACS8OnU-a0DSLNykyrRheRPt-Mt-9TncYVn4GcgXqunkzl1JfAL6sGBKJ1AoZ84EtsCaLxUNDr1MqHm8hnhtijq8raI9zaiQ4RL/s1593/20230525_160444%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1593" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zfd9fR0io0-O5CFAC2I3lUIlfAfx20KNGgq-m4txVIHjfJVuVPzHB1vVX9jugZPRaF-wA-ClpZdTTksyCJE1NACS8OnU-a0DSLNykyrRheRPt-Mt-9TncYVn4GcgXqunkzl1JfAL6sGBKJ1AoZ84EtsCaLxUNDr1MqHm8hnhtijq8raI9zaiQ4RL/w640-h280/20230525_160444%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Wild Garlic,<i> Allium vineale</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Non-native and quite invasive.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbLmvgokAuTY5Z14lbOe1Lv90HybG6Hic3suj917miGIIJd55EH8rmh9CbiguY_WMIwzSaYSCQU5TxdRLXDUlG_tJhebs_0_RzkSeR7xDDW9kL5F0yV_RJDwDrHY8oM93TvY0BZKqQwJKtM6mxOhF3inWQva2YSl_Y3y2ddqMJhPE9wUCR3fMfR6C/s1343/20230520_154711%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1343" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbLmvgokAuTY5Z14lbOe1Lv90HybG6Hic3suj917miGIIJd55EH8rmh9CbiguY_WMIwzSaYSCQU5TxdRLXDUlG_tJhebs_0_RzkSeR7xDDW9kL5F0yV_RJDwDrHY8oM93TvY0BZKqQwJKtM6mxOhF3inWQva2YSl_Y3y2ddqMJhPE9wUCR3fMfR6C/w640-h368/20230520_154711%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Flowers are usually followed by bulbils (small bulbs), </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and sometimes bulbils grow instead of flowers.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Small and purple, each bulbil sprouts a stem,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">which makes it look pretty wild.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8AvAJn09LdovlPj35EnSTU8fcLWJFzDf3VvxhWD-X_oaS--58isGeGfDb5Dx3l0Q61QbVp4vgXcIGjo0C_y015_7EIuO8rL_-Oet2QJ5koryHaZReeAFoEPVIJ7kevEKvcf1ULlTYXLB5DOY9DHQ68Gg4mLep40fxBFjo1eBGoPD162a57uXzzyN/s1358/20230520_154951%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1358" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8AvAJn09LdovlPj35EnSTU8fcLWJFzDf3VvxhWD-X_oaS--58isGeGfDb5Dx3l0Q61QbVp4vgXcIGjo0C_y015_7EIuO8rL_-Oet2QJ5koryHaZReeAFoEPVIJ7kevEKvcf1ULlTYXLB5DOY9DHQ68Gg4mLep40fxBFjo1eBGoPD162a57uXzzyN/w640-h350/20230520_154951%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Daylily with a small purple flower. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Not sure what its friend is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(At first I thought a tick, but the shape and coloring is wrong.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYOBGcrHC-Cxb9T7Qh1jCVyCZ7yuV7NLO04fD_vesJVv-jt3hFc3fzmg-LET9JE1NmLNPMrKQ1ihO-xsQGR0_21KkQRMp33zfbenv8d5daMAG1gA9nGZFObhdE56BMOau-SEQomLXxf9liqaNOzZLwsSiVGqtszG8SSb4I56ivO8T-2SJ4HOLKblf/s1524/20230523_100632%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1524" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYOBGcrHC-Cxb9T7Qh1jCVyCZ7yuV7NLO04fD_vesJVv-jt3hFc3fzmg-LET9JE1NmLNPMrKQ1ihO-xsQGR0_21KkQRMp33zfbenv8d5daMAG1gA9nGZFObhdE56BMOau-SEQomLXxf9liqaNOzZLwsSiVGqtszG8SSb4I56ivO8T-2SJ4HOLKblf/w640-h296/20230523_100632%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Tree. weed. friend or foe?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_P6vaIv5ORnueFwBtPn9YvBRUojXjlsGQbPxPKx2Gb0GgHRC_xcJx_LZTg6xLubGac46CMlajXVEG_jYsH4GpzBJ6VRT-Wx5kAfK4aEFWFVr7AfJsjlorlWksOoyQ8n8cEfaVPBXEn_P4-EpXT9jviIuuB4jBPFm3IDlulCmlwNpmaxOnk1E0iRBy/s1078/20230520_154759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="1078" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_P6vaIv5ORnueFwBtPn9YvBRUojXjlsGQbPxPKx2Gb0GgHRC_xcJx_LZTg6xLubGac46CMlajXVEG_jYsH4GpzBJ6VRT-Wx5kAfK4aEFWFVr7AfJsjlorlWksOoyQ8n8cEfaVPBXEn_P4-EpXT9jviIuuB4jBPFm3IDlulCmlwNpmaxOnk1E0iRBy/w640-h422/20230520_154759.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is not the same type of native clematis </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">that has grown here in past years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqn8gUZBTjTlr7Ml1C7MNVMTRoobCdzWQV0p68cfU8fezyNYK5MHp7KiSKBM_LhTpP_xLR5dYnVcy02LU62FZLZFYNbxlzk8gk_wEBHBe2uQOLwwkvBc8uEjDf-aKU_LeD6Sxq24gUstlnsOjclGggbxtXfB1v2g5SikRhD5gg9jWA_zAr01OjEl39/s1392/20230520_155121%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1392" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqn8gUZBTjTlr7Ml1C7MNVMTRoobCdzWQV0p68cfU8fezyNYK5MHp7KiSKBM_LhTpP_xLR5dYnVcy02LU62FZLZFYNbxlzk8gk_wEBHBe2uQOLwwkvBc8uEjDf-aKU_LeD6Sxq24gUstlnsOjclGggbxtXfB1v2g5SikRhD5gg9jWA_zAr01OjEl39/w640-h308/20230520_155121%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Winterthur Viburnum flowers</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3QJ7vkZJnug3bsO8Kx4cCLqq1PKDS4IbuqS0t4OpyBcLREAk-35ALiNAtvijhydxrp1img7UGQuyl2ukLgjbuccknpRV1o0N-f_AiHzJjWaHnAhtT8aOWU4nfrFhyvwONdBUv5ZRzOivGQ4u2bHB5bAYgTAtJ0FG07b1bKY2YQ0ohHTN82iQWbOf/s1519/20230521_182000%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1519" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3QJ7vkZJnug3bsO8Kx4cCLqq1PKDS4IbuqS0t4OpyBcLREAk-35ALiNAtvijhydxrp1img7UGQuyl2ukLgjbuccknpRV1o0N-f_AiHzJjWaHnAhtT8aOWU4nfrFhyvwONdBUv5ZRzOivGQ4u2bHB5bAYgTAtJ0FG07b1bKY2YQ0ohHTN82iQWbOf/w640-h290/20230521_182000%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Small Wolf Spider</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3iigorhdjZKZ2Z2lSxZiuiY7aeQ5wgbgmzcgpxlUo8V3HVgDdoJ4se0Lkx8yZ4qFot7sQicU6czjybnbQXiip1VMSR-EtBLXpVclMaUyItYjj8Vtr4gTqFqzs7YtO-JkyqmyQh8tId1hrfMjOhCosaQAm4IpVKID4HtjtkqBQgI8bQl7dcy11d83/s947/20230523_144559(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="947" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3iigorhdjZKZ2Z2lSxZiuiY7aeQ5wgbgmzcgpxlUo8V3HVgDdoJ4se0Lkx8yZ4qFot7sQicU6czjybnbQXiip1VMSR-EtBLXpVclMaUyItYjj8Vtr4gTqFqzs7YtO-JkyqmyQh8tId1hrfMjOhCosaQAm4IpVKID4HtjtkqBQgI8bQl7dcy11d83/w640-h476/20230523_144559(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Woodland Pinkroot, <i>Spigelia marilandica</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4h47qokYX4qQxulqTmB3KQTX4hcpLLM3G8NculEyUP3926fYmphGMOQUKzqBe0Q8djPJm6EIXulohylLMDkBXZA2h0JAU5VuVUNvpwPDjiiMMv0YqBXkuJ8AuRpWDDh6tTjK2784tX-bOOZDCptAxvbMZUWPzP8jSRq5PwQ__GNh-NUzJG7d4Bre/s1267/20230521_183103%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1267" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4h47qokYX4qQxulqTmB3KQTX4hcpLLM3G8NculEyUP3926fYmphGMOQUKzqBe0Q8djPJm6EIXulohylLMDkBXZA2h0JAU5VuVUNvpwPDjiiMMv0YqBXkuJ8AuRpWDDh6tTjK2784tX-bOOZDCptAxvbMZUWPzP8jSRq5PwQ__GNh-NUzJG7d4Bre/w640-h356/20230521_183103%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Winterberry </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Ilex verticillata</i> "Sparkleberry"</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">flowers with a black hover fly.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Although a cultivar, it attracts plenty of insects.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibviPI9-j9qoSOBfowwgXbxE2w9GEBq6tNSaHCa6xVqQ1s8rsZ6K3cK_QbCngjtMRkyO6J7vBP_H1dqjOkkWYmRpJ5AVZbWq8rJe4_ZjcMrB876_6mmPUaYFQwm16KJeqnKj7RH83D5UmZqZZYb0u0sJ8Z1kSB43_cmYvW3En4uy_TB0A3gbbDAyDr/s1525/20230521_182554%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1525" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibviPI9-j9qoSOBfowwgXbxE2w9GEBq6tNSaHCa6xVqQ1s8rsZ6K3cK_QbCngjtMRkyO6J7vBP_H1dqjOkkWYmRpJ5AVZbWq8rJe4_ZjcMrB876_6mmPUaYFQwm16KJeqnKj7RH83D5UmZqZZYb0u0sJ8Z1kSB43_cmYvW3En4uy_TB0A3gbbDAyDr/w640-h290/20230521_182554%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Five foot tall plant, opening bud looks like a Fleabane.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwerTSHYDlrqc68yB5VdQGoNM1hAbCXy5jQatWEifcsAk9q8FDj_s87ORdwdRjXdrd9WbmvxzfrBHhyk_HR_OQYW1p8x9XbUHukGFfWtbay0KbwzISlJeIEqafxQiumIb7MrfsZ-_7fB-XON_lNQwQSvQJ3YZh9jugA_cPQE-MXq8uFLNjAktjVw8n/s1617/20230520_154934%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1617" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwerTSHYDlrqc68yB5VdQGoNM1hAbCXy5jQatWEifcsAk9q8FDj_s87ORdwdRjXdrd9WbmvxzfrBHhyk_HR_OQYW1p8x9XbUHukGFfWtbay0KbwzISlJeIEqafxQiumIb7MrfsZ-_7fB-XON_lNQwQSvQJ3YZh9jugA_cPQE-MXq8uFLNjAktjVw8n/w640-h288/20230520_154934%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Small Orange Fly, about 1/4th inch long.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjNnCAZOC2G8a4QjjOfyiqSgeYoLc9ERueWo2AeTAdJSm7A1JypScz7FiWKaTHy27Xh705e2rmDsYOAI6qh0H2N9QMBEdfahmk4EBLlCnag-i53BHmK-tJEVDPRlfqhsNzO6ry4nlC3Q9dyJ_TWyMqzFGGvzka2366m0hbeeBhZC_wmCMEneMm8RR/s1486/20230522_123754%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1486" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjNnCAZOC2G8a4QjjOfyiqSgeYoLc9ERueWo2AeTAdJSm7A1JypScz7FiWKaTHy27Xh705e2rmDsYOAI6qh0H2N9QMBEdfahmk4EBLlCnag-i53BHmK-tJEVDPRlfqhsNzO6ry4nlC3Q9dyJ_TWyMqzFGGvzka2366m0hbeeBhZC_wmCMEneMm8RR/w640-h298/20230522_123754%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A set of Joe Pye Weed leaves unfurling.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3MdMLFP1C1whREwpnB2gxbHA7SkXg-6Td7CK0Hr8xc5aFBq7kUq1UVo8IcBwp8eSf_K1hZHi6q-lXghCh52ex5FlEJk1VlPD3wyo_WgvsqUP4JHW7QFJrpkTlUYDc5ifIZ7Kt1QMXAvnyQCW_QXx8x5q4IqMiwkez-QRco1qaET8EJ4XTLJSllwS/s1515/20230525_160031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1515" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3MdMLFP1C1whREwpnB2gxbHA7SkXg-6Td7CK0Hr8xc5aFBq7kUq1UVo8IcBwp8eSf_K1hZHi6q-lXghCh52ex5FlEJk1VlPD3wyo_WgvsqUP4JHW7QFJrpkTlUYDc5ifIZ7Kt1QMXAvnyQCW_QXx8x5q4IqMiwkez-QRco1qaET8EJ4XTLJSllwS/w640-h288/20230525_160031.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then the stem will grow and a new set of leaves will unfurl.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwCTemVWnlfkJbPJ628rc-7P97rjwGtVubwCEt1degJBojnMyoL2Lvt4dGUsIgOTdJiqsB3H5KEUyBVkxDKyVmI5Axs-PIxqSjRcL4os4l_AB1uvhEO9SpUXIOVGVJpthnvr1zu4lfNx-cUArqKvU4kH_xvZDkORUL4ogSOrEGuA-EdmshgS4zeM7/s1476/20230525_160103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1522" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4XUiu0lJVzGC4vjOOKh8XdwTnEa7w6E42UHF_z1IpFNODDgfmTAMO73GloAAdJ4oTP0tesz_pgaoW1taqZoaiqKEa_-NwxwfXbBQoMKJbmWjy4msPEFlhYW0_NXRtGmKpZLS9puAfVASMZZTqVqm_ZeerieZ_j2o62bh6fbSD39OY7sIr-0EyMM9/w640-h288/20230525_160143%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Joe Pye Weed plants on left, and Turtlehead plants on right.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm0ZCqpz3eVRIuyE161eHAunNLXCWs_zEhmh_yOxUgoHxvdDCmyJ_ojhnMdt4SGPct5YoWH__brd3TjeY1lebT9I2HjdAvFu7r9O_ztQGu1pu0pM4c815vF8quzFFPfOQ4ZeRga6VYas7wf6WpzclAWe77gYWXib58yd9-eJToEJzo93Mh-C_J6bE/s1518/20230525_160143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1518" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm0ZCqpz3eVRIuyE161eHAunNLXCWs_zEhmh_yOxUgoHxvdDCmyJ_ojhnMdt4SGPct5YoWH__brd3TjeY1lebT9I2HjdAvFu7r9O_ztQGu1pu0pM4c815vF8quzFFPfOQ4ZeRga6VYas7wf6WpzclAWe77gYWXib58yd9-eJToEJzo93Mh-C_J6bE/w640-h286/20230525_160143.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I thought this was a Carpet Beetle on the Fleabane, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">but the color pattern is different.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I haven't found a similar photo to identify it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">Butterfly Weed flower buds</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn4R3xkhfmGZ_gOejMEAzq52j0bFSxNdv5nQaAZp99MbvqhdYD9TL0CZY5Kr3iMJ6pBbaABSo2T3SX81Io2kLxgEKtOWUV5pMnxSV0xwomtfHRnYceWPb7b53FxlaGc6_oh56rUMwIiWypPUsgptB_wh52g4iC4m8s5AfbUnXE8JFyv9QhmAwAcIu/s1520/20230526_161158%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1520" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn4R3xkhfmGZ_gOejMEAzq52j0bFSxNdv5nQaAZp99MbvqhdYD9TL0CZY5Kr3iMJ6pBbaABSo2T3SX81Io2kLxgEKtOWUV5pMnxSV0xwomtfHRnYceWPb7b53FxlaGc6_oh56rUMwIiWypPUsgptB_wh52g4iC4m8s5AfbUnXE8JFyv9QhmAwAcIu/w640-h290/20230526_161158%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Taken at birdbath by back deck.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXw4Cqj_85wxig-YTIIM_b7h91v5stAM2dRKmNVm-NCIhI_DayWSclCty8H7x7D9pkq7TRv3WUOcDXwR8KLiI_MaFuw5sORAE1UvRdPg9o-u6ilSNzZgKCMLcpOggqbVj3UpHy7A6_oT2y1Uy601ZblCc1Cn6IQfifxzbqG0l4ODSNBOhgy54eoUDO/s1520/20230526_161816%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1520" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXw4Cqj_85wxig-YTIIM_b7h91v5stAM2dRKmNVm-NCIhI_DayWSclCty8H7x7D9pkq7TRv3WUOcDXwR8KLiI_MaFuw5sORAE1UvRdPg9o-u6ilSNzZgKCMLcpOggqbVj3UpHy7A6_oT2y1Uy601ZblCc1Cn6IQfifxzbqG0l4ODSNBOhgy54eoUDO/w640-h290/20230526_161816%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My commentors identified this as a female House Finch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufQbZAwxrPlW62aleH7bjoURYhPJWkXqDH-LJbSAyZTvYbjVILsvIksT0UZ6hjIUYaJbR3jvsPtMsWVA06tIQYljSuQzBwbKN3WrINlJOVXYNs8WxppjrNiE-rofPAt_vpGVdDDipPeW9LGU8h5jXEjrwQt5PqwTx_JItRU2-NeR-fcg1nsmyi68M/s1521/20230526_161819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1521" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufQbZAwxrPlW62aleH7bjoURYhPJWkXqDH-LJbSAyZTvYbjVILsvIksT0UZ6hjIUYaJbR3jvsPtMsWVA06tIQYljSuQzBwbKN3WrINlJOVXYNs8WxppjrNiE-rofPAt_vpGVdDDipPeW9LGU8h5jXEjrwQt5PqwTx_JItRU2-NeR-fcg1nsmyi68M/w640-h288/20230526_161819.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This post is linked to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2023/05/saturdays-critters-493.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday's Critters</span></a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/05/my-corner-of-world_01589225925.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-73518475724974190352023-05-18T13:48:00.005-05:002023-05-23T19:45:40.937-05:00Funky Dunky<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxee5NMKAWuHtYGmCoZRqErpnpyrpulshjdfsM3DCS6HWpHlMMUHE3RHAmZQbJKqkYlXXEObo31Jin8Gg3PKCF_WVZAYZF6PdqWjQ0NlGbk0p1OWo_3UklYcTeEwuyesC1ScLRV7o-H_2-No6x4aBd2atzXVrNNud0uW7e6nWhBEzwcL9wNxZMXxWW/s1535/20230513_132715%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1535" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxee5NMKAWuHtYGmCoZRqErpnpyrpulshjdfsM3DCS6HWpHlMMUHE3RHAmZQbJKqkYlXXEObo31Jin8Gg3PKCF_WVZAYZF6PdqWjQ0NlGbk0p1OWo_3UklYcTeEwuyesC1ScLRV7o-H_2-No6x4aBd2atzXVrNNud0uW7e6nWhBEzwcL9wNxZMXxWW/w640-h326/20230513_132715%20(4).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Miss Charlotte, the
delight of any camera in sight<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s said she’d rather snooze
than beautify,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As her low key contenance rather delights </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">her humans.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She
may know her given name if it’s to her advantage,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And much of her is as one
imagines, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As she disappears - the
rest of the day – hidden – not here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She vanishes within herself
with that long empty stare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A mystery not waiting to
be solved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She’s her own being living
in middle-class luxury.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A tricky balance, not rocking
the boat, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Giving affection one pinch
at a time,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Seeking the contentment of
solitude,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In an environment of multitudes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I’m thinking, more or less,
that sums it all up,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Meeting half way in all
there is to say.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She’s an enigima - someone’s
darling in her long, lost past, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Another one's darling in present tense,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She is Miss Charlotte - and that's one hundred percent enough.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdn_Rz4PCj6wDVawJRw_QYFvoLVAGmTZeIE2o33AJEhdU7PciZguBGqaaWFwf2p0lVu9VfxihO05VAsuSLHLlodbLtVnPFsOIFr_Rcpz8uuqyPlk3zkpt21uROuKlIGAor3WZZk0ISRDj-OXEQYhIuNKYcWtn3GLlmHcQ7cRNSZ2SHTTzjEzjWPJ2/s1546/20230513_132715%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHibmjQxO5JOIGWWMj8x1-onkcN6ODbQKOKHYwDDaX9KQGu_gBa6hLO0tc_OyAaz6Cl2B6URTCXWg1MHYDKpaG7gL-luV-sdBSayEaZjd6vxpm5u2u1Na5KvI7A-Q-w7LPoqNdOk_GVm5pf4JG9UCrWpXxg1wH0eMUnb16IE1hIcpiwk2FR88cy0OE/w436-h640/i1618158_b.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Very little of the garden
this time around, as we are having to work out the kinks of giving our terrier
a good quality of life before we must let him go. It’s been tiring searching for food he will
eat that doesn’t cause more problems with his kidneys.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My phone camera sometimes
refuses to take a photo until I go out of camera mode, then back in.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Other times it wants me to do something it
has picked out, instead of the choice I have picked out.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s very exasperating arguing with that darn
thing.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Blooms have come and gone
without a photo to record the event; but that’s life, isn’t it.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Most days are filled with so much rain, we’ve
had to do our pruning in between all the storms of the day.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Charlotte’s macro photos
came out nicely, but I think I must increase the pixel rate on the telephoto
ones, like the grey squirrel.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The quality of its photographed fur leaves much to be desired. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I haven’t used a regular camera
for so long, I’m having to reteach myself how to work the “Pro” App.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">At least when I use focus, green appears
around the subject when it’s at its best.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first cicadas of the season have begun digging themselves out of the ground, and climbing up any plant nearby to shed their exoskeleton before drying out and flying up into the trees for courtship time. I briefly saw one today as it tested out its wings with a few buzzes, then flew up into the canopy. It was only about an inch long.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watched a newly appearing lady bug, still in its yellow phase, stretch its wings out a few times, then have the audasity to fly off before I could photograph it well. A small snail traveling in creep mode, became a small snail not traveling in squashed mode, when I totally forgot in my hurriedness where it was. I feel a tiny bit bad about that one.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Sweetspire is the darling of the Carpenter Bees, and amid all that buzzing one might think a few photos would follow below, BUT... with sunshine in one's eyes it was a lost cause. I had to be content watching all the tiny shadows buzzing around on the ground.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm calling it a day, as I'm working without my laptop; writing at a computer whose chair hates me profoundly. The laptop's at the doctor to see if it will go into it's chaotic phase for him. Circles popping up and disappearring just as fast, then word documents opening in differeent size windows, layering upon each other as the circles are still dancing about, then... well, it goes on and on and on. I have a little monster on my hands, clearly possessed.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjnqzhExQldsqvZYasXAqNeRE9Mf3qKGzmkVA-FRvGWPsrO0YlkZ3sJHvmCXi6Rbp2Jr7hJukcNbW-fYB5UJ-SCMwg5jKnqOd1QuiL0hnwm9k7pYGWDLLK-GhwSbXrWBkPc9R8GcxjMjTvlDQID7Fxug2NdO_CXLLA1_A9G1tbsA9eZCdukcH_-3j/s581/c407627_x%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjnqzhExQldsqvZYasXAqNeRE9Mf3qKGzmkVA-FRvGWPsrO0YlkZ3sJHvmCXi6Rbp2Jr7hJukcNbW-fYB5UJ-SCMwg5jKnqOd1QuiL0hnwm9k7pYGWDLLK-GhwSbXrWBkPc9R8GcxjMjTvlDQID7Fxug2NdO_CXLLA1_A9G1tbsA9eZCdukcH_-3j/s16000/c407627_x%20-%20Copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia;">How beautiful are the rosy footsteps of May! Less showery and changeful than April, and not so heated and burdensome as June, she stands like a gentle mediator between the two... With her soft blue eye, and her mild but radiant countenance, she comes like an angel of light among men... She scatters in her path the sweetest flowers of nature, and everywhere breathes fragrance and joyousness. The birds of the air are carolling her welcome, and even the mute beasts of the field seem happier at her coming. ~"May," </span><i style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia;">Eliza Cook's Journal</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia;">, 1850</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTgfZ4H2vJQstKAZrYxeYqTb6f-rSi8kebWvSGI2-aPE_8bbdICVXI4ZrzH0eYM3OIbs-G5byv4ZTxkwzbkU4yr_VNL28PLG5cp_yhQLNVoJN7kSNulfhbfU1QEBg8nQz2IGeBEozE8Bihq2bkrpIS-PjjSTa8sL6T07ieffQNigx38bljEpvf_xa/s581/c407627_x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTgfZ4H2vJQstKAZrYxeYqTb6f-rSi8kebWvSGI2-aPE_8bbdICVXI4ZrzH0eYM3OIbs-G5byv4ZTxkwzbkU4yr_VNL28PLG5cp_yhQLNVoJN7kSNulfhbfU1QEBg8nQz2IGeBEozE8Bihq2bkrpIS-PjjSTa8sL6T07ieffQNigx38bljEpvf_xa/s16000/c407627_x.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">This about says it all with my garden this year. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Stay happy and safe and full of love.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/05/my-corner-of-world_0900372122.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div></span></div></div></div><p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-32019378964732343612023-05-06T02:21:00.005-05:002023-05-10T23:49:47.763-05:00A Robin's Sanctuary<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyX2bpgY__MyZig3LIKm79JFHsJlsh5IMvv_ALK_gWG3U6tS20mNQkj4oQSCGFnXgvFfWC7_PYgM7z7iqmzrU7wJXHwH7duOLRu_-08Hm5wJGfgsEZggG2Hrdj852Lpi4hVPjQ_51aZal_MYgVA5Rf8QIAqQBRPsg6l_92UBuCcsWBnyiOg0oYCsA/s600/c916469_l%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyX2bpgY__MyZig3LIKm79JFHsJlsh5IMvv_ALK_gWG3U6tS20mNQkj4oQSCGFnXgvFfWC7_PYgM7z7iqmzrU7wJXHwH7duOLRu_-08Hm5wJGfgsEZggG2Hrdj852Lpi4hVPjQ_51aZal_MYgVA5Rf8QIAqQBRPsg6l_92UBuCcsWBnyiOg0oYCsA/w400-h266/c916469_l%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Robin's egg shell</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44dsqheuPaKzVQ2pBt-G7HpJBcXVLJlAxpd-D93G5-y_WxsqzvZKipHujRLmd3HUxg2MmDP8kemTR70pXxSmot_9r73sh8mV0uosVDhWBNLDdPOrxHT0fhTIbUuwg9_vLsRXKLwXmFkJm5wcpFHoUNPKCsriBBmebR7x4M13F-XCjguv7WiH1Ug_L/s1575/20230422_121911%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1575" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44dsqheuPaKzVQ2pBt-G7HpJBcXVLJlAxpd-D93G5-y_WxsqzvZKipHujRLmd3HUxg2MmDP8kemTR70pXxSmot_9r73sh8mV0uosVDhWBNLDdPOrxHT0fhTIbUuwg9_vLsRXKLwXmFkJm5wcpFHoUNPKCsriBBmebR7x4M13F-XCjguv7WiH1Ug_L/w640-h296/20230422_121911%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A rabbit hiding in plain site</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdkP48QUGvuliNpezQrp3sxTcVlO1opTwQ-ZdSVLZdDTlXBqK8zXfy7fEylMqi6NzgowPCeAtXTrSXHGgWRJS4g8pPzU3ra6GmBHK1H6-N2b1wT3GtFex6cgnew4qzwp4vEP7GpvVuTXjs5__UOsgiInJSVugZpHVPytv9qwcDx3BcFvKHeFD_tj9/s1402/20230416_183109%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="1402" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdkP48QUGvuliNpezQrp3sxTcVlO1opTwQ-ZdSVLZdDTlXBqK8zXfy7fEylMqi6NzgowPCeAtXTrSXHGgWRJS4g8pPzU3ra6GmBHK1H6-N2b1wT3GtFex6cgnew4qzwp4vEP7GpvVuTXjs5__UOsgiInJSVugZpHVPytv9qwcDx3BcFvKHeFD_tj9/w640-h372/20230416_183109%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Spent white flowers of the Blackhaw Viburnum </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">that have dropped to the ground.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Looks like part of the Trillium.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAR2C2yYg9DOBhkMQ9cL4eOepU2-51c9Pm6e7H-PI78cVHNK8ME-0WNIvZ7k1aO81EcdIWJ3PUICZkLtV5yVdjJs1oiQ5kp0anXFpMo_DTiocEnK9EmsyUjz5yiD70KZsBre7FQgzMpzUq-X4AA3D0kNPMAuyfYRqt5YuzXG5w5B-PTxK61qzh7hVY/s1518/20230417_142336%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1518" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAR2C2yYg9DOBhkMQ9cL4eOepU2-51c9Pm6e7H-PI78cVHNK8ME-0WNIvZ7k1aO81EcdIWJ3PUICZkLtV5yVdjJs1oiQ5kp0anXFpMo_DTiocEnK9EmsyUjz5yiD70KZsBre7FQgzMpzUq-X4AA3D0kNPMAuyfYRqt5YuzXG5w5B-PTxK61qzh7hVY/w640-h296/20230417_142336%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">'My Mary' Azalea loosing its old blossoms</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8ELe3Yp1ADUxbuDzdNHxvO6uPQuOod-ydvn3RAn5PTFyM9AnBGmXXf2G-aggMs-maUmdHmyptK0-t0YvCNIXcI48AP6vm0hZPrgW3ixu5D-rdRaJLvJtCBBPwt3YXuj6119tJ1T-k7WHAnEtQYjkBcbAYxdK3VSdtt9ctD7mMc_u99RyPpAbA5z8/s1524/20230418_172052%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1524" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8ELe3Yp1ADUxbuDzdNHxvO6uPQuOod-ydvn3RAn5PTFyM9AnBGmXXf2G-aggMs-maUmdHmyptK0-t0YvCNIXcI48AP6vm0hZPrgW3ixu5D-rdRaJLvJtCBBPwt3YXuj6119tJ1T-k7WHAnEtQYjkBcbAYxdK3VSdtt9ctD7mMc_u99RyPpAbA5z8/w640-h286/20230418_172052%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Maple seeds</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySlWH_9Ug0UEdCSgN27LAh12Cx_3yYGPuMPRSgLRdYA8E5Kvz321sBAjAoyhKmrGAJmcWRdwKwNehRKFIX_YsPTCld9BdahxNE8MJCZE_lrpVv2mPWQjGlr0pborawr6R2ueJM6OW9FTqhEmIvVrvGotBjUTev1K7DEzM2-RUmbW8FgKF5QRN318S/s1524/20230418_174517%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySlWH_9Ug0UEdCSgN27LAh12Cx_3yYGPuMPRSgLRdYA8E5Kvz321sBAjAoyhKmrGAJmcWRdwKwNehRKFIX_YsPTCld9BdahxNE8MJCZE_lrpVv2mPWQjGlr0pborawr6R2ueJM6OW9FTqhEmIvVrvGotBjUTev1K7DEzM2-RUmbW8FgKF5QRN318S/w640-h288/20230418_174517%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I think this pin head size insect is the nymph </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">of the Florida Predatory Stink Bug.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The dried up spots on the Wreath Goldenrod leaf </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>are most likely caused </span>by leaf sucking insects </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">that the nymph has already devoured.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sB2Fsf2o7-X6rbPOZHOx-nI82vGXUCb8Xd5jLeaKrCJ3LQ-7mJyKraA0aYbtKIyHxVnHsAIEuGveZ5V-m-U7VoQOFeqllubYjgHqVQTvDYSAemnANCxNyIKL9OqoU7v0fLVDpoqItxSPQYHBh4LZ2_CeVJSxEhsgDUpSW_R2p8ZYjBjdvf4f5MuD/s800/i1291523_b%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="800" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sB2Fsf2o7-X6rbPOZHOx-nI82vGXUCb8Xd5jLeaKrCJ3LQ-7mJyKraA0aYbtKIyHxVnHsAIEuGveZ5V-m-U7VoQOFeqllubYjgHqVQTvDYSAemnANCxNyIKL9OqoU7v0fLVDpoqItxSPQYHBh4LZ2_CeVJSxEhsgDUpSW_R2p8ZYjBjdvf4f5MuD/w640-h131/i1291523_b%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I suppose nostalgic is the
word that comes to mind when I walk and sit in the garden, of which the best
part of my life has been devoted to. It’s
a feeling of contentment laced with a bit of quiet desperation when one’s state
of mind endlessly desires to accomplish more, and one’s state of physical being
must accept the fact that the sky is not always the limit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The patio and deck
cleaning are out of the way, and the recovered fallen Ash tree branches have
been redistributed into the garden to slow down erosion. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We are talking about small branches over six
feet long and the size of my skinny arm.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I cannot even comprehend
the sound of such a tree limb cracking and falling through a maze of branches
on its way down to be stopped by the earth.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I thought I heard one yesterday, and when I found it, the size was like
a two foot stick no thicker than my thumb.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I thought for sure an elephant had come crashing out of the heavens to
dine with me at lunchtime.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Talk about dining, a
bumper crop of five hungry piranhas masquerading as juvenile squirrels have invaded
my garden from their hidden nest in the huge tree across the street.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A quart of sunflower hearts runs out long before
the sun has reached its zenith for the day.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spring wears her disguises
of winter and summer so cleverly, that one may wake up to a warm morning in May
and end their day back in the coldness of January.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Summer has a way of sneaking in unnoticed
until one day it’s hotter than hell in the neighborhood.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A new cellphone has entered
my life, even though I usually wear something out before retiring it and moving
on.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The learning curve is a bit exasperating
when a Samsung Galaxy S7 is replaced by a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank goodness for YouTube videos.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My garden comes across
mostly as fifty shades of green, because… well, because it is a garden of fifty
shades of green.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sunny areas around
the edges are always full of color, but the shady areas are more subdued in
their shy coloring.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s a garden where photos
never fully justify its quiet beauty, and yet I try, sometimes succeeding.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Welcome to my May, and a day that began in sunny warmth and ended in a growing coolness worthy of a coat.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_18pijLcl7IiTWhc_cX2f8uBZtRPPzJEC0rt3D85SIgxWjo5VvYHu0kOpeQzuu20k3gIL6cDDugLzhADTGin4KWLBsryT0mMJRNTlhppqjVaJO4XNeTKr9QDkS-K-eMrYUVp46gcziSuQDPxQ6e1S0kvlFt-W4V2ddTWQhbu6ti4l63WfA_tXdgG/s800/i1291523_b%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="800" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_18pijLcl7IiTWhc_cX2f8uBZtRPPzJEC0rt3D85SIgxWjo5VvYHu0kOpeQzuu20k3gIL6cDDugLzhADTGin4KWLBsryT0mMJRNTlhppqjVaJO4XNeTKr9QDkS-K-eMrYUVp46gcziSuQDPxQ6e1S0kvlFt-W4V2ddTWQhbu6ti4l63WfA_tXdgG/w640-h132/i1291523_b%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2UshKVp3HNYNZWaXAXWRrniM6qtfvOO4QKwZHF_Epa6j8wH4YMfeQirPFZ2eCocGZZ1eU407Gt_fLi_NBqqLkY1t2nw0boPQcW5MeGfcJUdnAbOFY3Vsze3hkVAcTVkw2L4sSt3Ag-f8NPP5GEmGwV4YuGYv8gxmimaEPAjSUmP5jFEjNedQGj--/s1521/20230421_121228%20-%20Copy%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1521" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2UshKVp3HNYNZWaXAXWRrniM6qtfvOO4QKwZHF_Epa6j8wH4YMfeQirPFZ2eCocGZZ1eU407Gt_fLi_NBqqLkY1t2nw0boPQcW5MeGfcJUdnAbOFY3Vsze3hkVAcTVkw2L4sSt3Ag-f8NPP5GEmGwV4YuGYv8gxmimaEPAjSUmP5jFEjNedQGj--/w640-h288/20230421_121228%20-%20Copy%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Physocarpus opulifolius - Ninebark</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Top photo are the seed heads from each pollinated blossom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Insect is most likely a carpet beetle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTh-KUYfQrNLQvtFDeIo-RDqfe2COuPk9whtBbZCgMLk7Om6wB5jzvWJ-v7mH2kqCQs7dDCxOXA24WgMxqCvuKiqlqn5qjAC9teEqNZzTdoWE0lIM_HKpF4PAsPPOlMjtZb9k_yRGsGG8vIwkyEpW3AVBg5vjK6iBIyO9ZuCqUZtuK620yazUvQcJ_/s1621/20230421_121251%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1621" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTh-KUYfQrNLQvtFDeIo-RDqfe2COuPk9whtBbZCgMLk7Om6wB5jzvWJ-v7mH2kqCQs7dDCxOXA24WgMxqCvuKiqlqn5qjAC9teEqNZzTdoWE0lIM_HKpF4PAsPPOlMjtZb9k_yRGsGG8vIwkyEpW3AVBg5vjK6iBIyO9ZuCqUZtuK620yazUvQcJ_/w640-h290/20230421_121251%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpkQTlQ3U4e2odgPojlzKw_1jsGKFZS6m4n434XVLL2q-V-K2YczIgLEBgy62kfL69A2nPAY9_KFdIwbjdutAJVPDTbo_8QhifXIYeOyojPOwCWXvtaEZT_j612psgkfXDq1MyZaX2vAU1H694iO7vbXDDg6POPb4FhOuoj1ZEqXHlxANYsXj89JJ/s1523/20230422_172206%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1523" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpkQTlQ3U4e2odgPojlzKw_1jsGKFZS6m4n434XVLL2q-V-K2YczIgLEBgy62kfL69A2nPAY9_KFdIwbjdutAJVPDTbo_8QhifXIYeOyojPOwCWXvtaEZT_j612psgkfXDq1MyZaX2vAU1H694iO7vbXDDg6POPb4FhOuoj1ZEqXHlxANYsXj89JJ/w640-h290/20230422_172206%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><i>C</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><i>onradina verticillata</i>, Cumberland False Rosemary</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">a member of the mint family.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It has been classified as a threatened species.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AkgW39T-rAALCmYFds3a6WsZhdNpOmJNAcNIhGrmVp__yrh6ygm0QfiudMMS7YKjCaIurjCRYBNm8q16YpOePIVpDUwfYFveUa2oXUGtbTyjfH2V5f0sDiSkjgLa5hrwYNKparVM04vfbMd2Fpzg28LpVoGP5qNAFV8KGwx0b_1h4xdRrxj37IjT/s1523/20230425_164704%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AkgW39T-rAALCmYFds3a6WsZhdNpOmJNAcNIhGrmVp__yrh6ygm0QfiudMMS7YKjCaIurjCRYBNm8q16YpOePIVpDUwfYFveUa2oXUGtbTyjfH2V5f0sDiSkjgLa5hrwYNKparVM04vfbMd2Fpzg28LpVoGP5qNAFV8KGwx0b_1h4xdRrxj37IjT/w640-h288/20230425_164704%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Fleabane</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWes7ME7fn4UeRzElHEdO6k4E4INAgvfyxh2ecu3VTbMbDPapFVq8zHaMKdYzJJd31bYcDMetngeBFi5Pf9G1XT6Mi3PlT-_bMFAwWa-oVvSzjTK_CZMsK4gmxicNaLB2aSw7eHzidkEP-l5yQ_0LKAa_2sYnvWLosJI8O44yblaPye83Yqy-xc78e/s1394/20230422_172733%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1394" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWes7ME7fn4UeRzElHEdO6k4E4INAgvfyxh2ecu3VTbMbDPapFVq8zHaMKdYzJJd31bYcDMetngeBFi5Pf9G1XT6Mi3PlT-_bMFAwWa-oVvSzjTK_CZMsK4gmxicNaLB2aSw7eHzidkEP-l5yQ_0LKAa_2sYnvWLosJI8O44yblaPye83Yqy-xc78e/w640-h334/20230422_172733%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Byzantine Gladiolus</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This photo looks abstract, but it shows the </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">iridescence</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: start;">of the glad.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibc2TJTKPdMbmOqP0hcRigZPdmwDPvnEWo_uEx6LOoare8hRorUEN_xbionbI3PcsJ2phkrWoEQQm0cMKfZBqwdI9LXKG_7RwgeilZulCZjeTquKIdiA5y0Fs1smsTWMnAqmt3wLnOLZvwL7stS66QvDS_SebdmVvH5uOOtRwSNj-q4I09Sa9537Xf/s1389/20230422_173333%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1389" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibc2TJTKPdMbmOqP0hcRigZPdmwDPvnEWo_uEx6LOoare8hRorUEN_xbionbI3PcsJ2phkrWoEQQm0cMKfZBqwdI9LXKG_7RwgeilZulCZjeTquKIdiA5y0Fs1smsTWMnAqmt3wLnOLZvwL7stS66QvDS_SebdmVvH5uOOtRwSNj-q4I09Sa9537Xf/w640-h336/20230422_173333%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 1 / span 15; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Euonymus americanus, </i>Strawberry Bush<br /></span></span></p><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Pollinated by ants.</span></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsQf4vy-eeCmGmDHPAlFjvknjqvEw-fac2Uudp6Aarm-9FzMGVY12qAi-TO3vm9JiQq57TTPqSkXU8DUTnycXGaAUurIZ8sxRAteHnPDqvLNDFIR5ZLCfLP1FcEXTBuvrMmXya4JuqoxzCVwxepFuTzMJVRwyvX_ETkiNoWKoMpcUfJDYegK2Ur6P/s1433/20230422_173825(1).jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1433" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsQf4vy-eeCmGmDHPAlFjvknjqvEw-fac2Uudp6Aarm-9FzMGVY12qAi-TO3vm9JiQq57TTPqSkXU8DUTnycXGaAUurIZ8sxRAteHnPDqvLNDFIR5ZLCfLP1FcEXTBuvrMmXya4JuqoxzCVwxepFuTzMJVRwyvX_ETkiNoWKoMpcUfJDYegK2Ur6P/w640-h308/20230422_173825(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #58585a;">Philadelphus inodorus</i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #58585a;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #58585a;">L.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #58585a;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Scentless Mock Orange</span></span></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #58585a; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; 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text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A crustacean</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vLn0hINKPD9syqp8GdG2kxFnDsQ974cMC0iNG6SEMCAlp4txWuGvOIPsshibJX79jJfre8JgH76Ycg3y0M71tC4JCcu9pYGF8rNCV-WRrU44t5xPJK5VPtg2MqvaSViHVAbAxyyXZOY2oHVixqB3IKUhVJXTsn8NjZyLUYe1z9SEyb8CbVd_v-ft/s1535/20230422_174047%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1535" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vLn0hINKPD9syqp8GdG2kxFnDsQ974cMC0iNG6SEMCAlp4txWuGvOIPsshibJX79jJfre8JgH76Ycg3y0M71tC4JCcu9pYGF8rNCV-WRrU44t5xPJK5VPtg2MqvaSViHVAbAxyyXZOY2oHVixqB3IKUhVJXTsn8NjZyLUYe1z9SEyb8CbVd_v-ft/w640-h296/20230422_174047%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">'Polish Spirit' Clematis </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Grows like a weed in clay soil without amendments.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wK44EXfsHhwYSLOeA2A3Jsm36iga_DNkmWK_Wl-A0D7LYsQjztFg0XVNDUcUh-iidx6iYJpFSukljVnp8_Wt5Zwf3nDqlvwuz1oN8kes61nDCC6WRnn7-PnXvpjFf_AFQaQstiD65HbcVBmy4fBBdcg1PIjrPQe8xNKYmt3suNs7ZkVZQ1on7jW0/s1763/20230422_174621%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1763" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wK44EXfsHhwYSLOeA2A3Jsm36iga_DNkmWK_Wl-A0D7LYsQjztFg0XVNDUcUh-iidx6iYJpFSukljVnp8_Wt5Zwf3nDqlvwuz1oN8kes61nDCC6WRnn7-PnXvpjFf_AFQaQstiD65HbcVBmy4fBBdcg1PIjrPQe8xNKYmt3suNs7ZkVZQ1on7jW0/w640-h250/20230422_174621%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Have no idea the names of these two small flowering clematis.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ILacavr3TxrDjrpHNubJbYurDY4QWKKfJAiDyASg-J8LCc4UPNnUbRSjbA9H9Sc7f1LJIonAUBEHVg2hjJXYKpQ-RdOeVSziApnR35X7MoXmSeFYii4EAkV1v4gqe8_jIGRB18NdS2Sl51T8KiBmbpV-zFLM1go3DoZ5ccRxhHIyQxwCrioPxLQj/s1439/20230504_170119%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1439" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ILacavr3TxrDjrpHNubJbYurDY4QWKKfJAiDyASg-J8LCc4UPNnUbRSjbA9H9Sc7f1LJIonAUBEHVg2hjJXYKpQ-RdOeVSziApnR35X7MoXmSeFYii4EAkV1v4gqe8_jIGRB18NdS2Sl51T8KiBmbpV-zFLM1go3DoZ5ccRxhHIyQxwCrioPxLQj/w640-h304/20230504_170119%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Solomon's Seal with flower buds not opened yet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUtP_cFTKhrxRvNdZVbIU5w0omsJit7AvoNIfA2CwYyEpMxeEhMiza0_3d6CkCv5fad95p0kSdjsdJKqEurHICXUer_KL5fKidIKECFPjxidSnnUh7PxeTQ9LsCLkZX1n-o8oRMT9b6i1Mh24ZdyR6p8B08g8s438N30upX7Kc8af1TQnWgJsVTsO/s1521/20230425_160931%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1521" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUtP_cFTKhrxRvNdZVbIU5w0omsJit7AvoNIfA2CwYyEpMxeEhMiza0_3d6CkCv5fad95p0kSdjsdJKqEurHICXUer_KL5fKidIKECFPjxidSnnUh7PxeTQ9LsCLkZX1n-o8oRMT9b6i1Mh24ZdyR6p8B08g8s438N30upX7Kc8af1TQnWgJsVTsO/w640-h290/20230425_160931%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; text-align: left;">Hexastylis arifolius</em><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">*, or evergreen wild ginger</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1N5XGYwPunRn6-lxbuIxcywEqRJ8zvEh5gtWlQoktdZq7ko3i1L_qtRJwmWYAr6l8bpzrIB8zBHnuE9BI_B731Oou8v0MAmCl1B0CUVIHMaNhoWii2ComGAm0wwYi795-v3EJRzGGmTf2XfjI0F-ROVr9QAu61J_BPzQxzmt6sOG_XNLjqXsKb_k/s1525/20230425_161402%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1525" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1N5XGYwPunRn6-lxbuIxcywEqRJ8zvEh5gtWlQoktdZq7ko3i1L_qtRJwmWYAr6l8bpzrIB8zBHnuE9BI_B731Oou8v0MAmCl1B0CUVIHMaNhoWii2ComGAm0wwYi795-v3EJRzGGmTf2XfjI0F-ROVr9QAu61J_BPzQxzmt6sOG_XNLjqXsKb_k/w640-h288/20230425_161402%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I removed the non-native <span style="background-color: white; color: #493513; text-align: left;"><i>Dicentra Spectabilis</i>,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #493513; text-align: left;">to be replaced with native plants.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #493513; text-align: left;">Discovered a few survivers that will be left alone for now.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYtzWZXVOWVE2gC7zsH7TTEe2H6d5C2JRufkLuprz6OoP-L9hUUwiNOWsufKxp30ErlNphK6fNt4mRDIxo8qx7fybWyeBvU3K-JKnUSwNxKFx1cmeMnP-yM-YLTSNPWfa3GE43SKemVyYHww4V_hij80ks6fw_g1VR3YjPQ6K2eHWDWCxVFrsrRE6/s1525/20230426_112938%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">Pretty new leaves and flower buds not yet opened.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprO_RYJTmgY8gZ13CoOhd6_pgOOSXI4nRLaEncj4Sn8JSLJ7UT_CxjAPcFQQe2a9iam9KSTHYFCgOOUgea-bgGugjhbsOq3PorpILAE0pz8ypByWHPuvWfzG67MsLcimRNmc3MCvwRhwyI--lhNQveKSxD-5zt1it6XLRhwjbuu7gFeanb_dChXsf/s1524/20230502_131440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1524" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprO_RYJTmgY8gZ13CoOhd6_pgOOSXI4nRLaEncj4Sn8JSLJ7UT_CxjAPcFQQe2a9iam9KSTHYFCgOOUgea-bgGugjhbsOq3PorpILAE0pz8ypByWHPuvWfzG67MsLcimRNmc3MCvwRhwyI--lhNQveKSxD-5zt1it6XLRhwjbuu7gFeanb_dChXsf/w640-h290/20230502_131440.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; text-align: start;">Bellwort, <i>Uvularia grandiflora</i></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Surrounded by wildflowers and grasses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLe9erwn7MPLO-rIauvl722muq5SU7pHKgovN2ftZIB1ys-iuwU00t9CGl_Oby2WMymVvZyROwPxHcAJcON1EiZkbudOZJwMElz7hpQ9zCji48W7OYJ0lhUDbEElHJWaWQNEG3Vzf15UQ0PKS2RBAyJeOvTaSZe_dRe0qWgZAY5r4hGF2frVeV_VSZ/s1613/20230502_131806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/05/my-corner-of-world_0824098395.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div><p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-29229591519148735282023-04-13T19:09:00.010-05:002023-04-20T00:07:51.069-05:00In the chill of an early morning in April<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfO8qrNSFU74aICU7L8KBt34qnt435ZA5tRKe4C5ytNiBL7JHTht6pPc8L47SLFsUCoqVVz2MUe4UOMp5nj9e9qqE4ApoKQoDqYRToYZFZbe9WDGUtVv88RqPp7lHXcZW014gRK2GdcduQcZ3Y9vpc2sNaQr7IUMiDtkR-zRDE4MwXMRPgLOZyfKG1/s774/i374594_b%20(3).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfO8qrNSFU74aICU7L8KBt34qnt435ZA5tRKe4C5ytNiBL7JHTht6pPc8L47SLFsUCoqVVz2MUe4UOMp5nj9e9qqE4ApoKQoDqYRToYZFZbe9WDGUtVv88RqPp7lHXcZW014gRK2GdcduQcZ3Y9vpc2sNaQr7IUMiDtkR-zRDE4MwXMRPgLOZyfKG1/s16000/i374594_b%20(3).jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />In the chill of an early morning, damp with an earlier passing
rain shower, a huge crane fly hugs the door jam while the lady of the garden
passes through quietly to not disturb the gentle being. She’s aware of the errant ways of the Virginia
creeper’s tendrils rushing to claim new territory crossing beneath the
overgrowth of earlier risers, and yet she carelessly stumbles without a tumble
as one has just tried to trip her.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It is a day of promised work, so she dallies about the paths
with her new companion… a cane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
dandelions have rushed into bloom, dropped their petals, and seeds dispersed in
the March storms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second flush of
blooms have met the April showers with the same exuberance as the first, while their
upward smiling faces greet any honeybee passing by.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">While the dandelions are as tough as nails, another nonnative
has suffered badly in the early March week of twenty-degree mornings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lily stems are lying on the ground, stunted
and deformed… a miracle they have survived at all. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another early spring like this one will surely
see them meet their demise. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Crane Flies, large and small, hug the north wall of the house;
waiting for the day to begin it’s warming up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A very short season for the species tulips, as the lovely fuchsia petals
are already turning a crisp brown along the edges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will miss them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are a favorite of hers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Back in the warm house, she changes into jeans and an olive-green
wool sweater with a zipper down on each side around the hip area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was meant to be a warm casual evening out
sweater, but there are no evenings out anymore, so she wears it as a work
sweater in the garden. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It suits her with
her uncut frizzy hair twisted in the back, pinned in place. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She’s a site that can make one’s eyes sore, but she tries to
ignore that part of her faltering beauty and embrace all that crepe that drapes
on her so well. She’ll be spending the
afternoon weeding, and hopefully taking a break by June. April, indeed, has begun her quest to return the best of laid out gardens back to nature.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Barricade to keep cats off the plant table at night.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">After several weeks, no more barricade is needed.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytj-FAriSocSSJy4N490kWjq9tr7kcCBugKJuDuRsWujyb28R9IwR-dmjY19pBk6yRdd3dmsqbGJtz01Y2tx_y-mPKT4-QO2NA6JmeuQymw_gHKUzHYwDLCy3MCc9CUEBD89z6-iSoXgVbtpVXrZ4gEZ7J9t03mQwlkkJE-P5A-rovvaal_kXRo-w/s1420/20230322_102519%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">'Little Beauty' species tulip</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMwIH2PNDOTElIHnugRRdQC6Xx6mrBFyVovWUmVsY6P_S22K7Ih6ftReYseOWoLGmXFFfTkT5BCOAL3hkAl9QBA3nQ3SyL2CoHbDDhzhVgvLUBKXh1SHrzlIkH_a4tEAJlrVNgU532pDstW_nyaOBi4QEF7NXu-SoHolVv6AplZvVkuw0mQd_Nwvz/s1523/20230323_133513%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMwIH2PNDOTElIHnugRRdQC6Xx6mrBFyVovWUmVsY6P_S22K7Ih6ftReYseOWoLGmXFFfTkT5BCOAL3hkAl9QBA3nQ3SyL2CoHbDDhzhVgvLUBKXh1SHrzlIkH_a4tEAJlrVNgU532pDstW_nyaOBi4QEF7NXu-SoHolVv6AplZvVkuw0mQd_Nwvz/w640-h288/20230323_133513%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #58585a; text-align: start;">Spring ephemeral, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><i>Dicentra cucullaria</i>, Dutchman's britches</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Maybe this year it will bloom... maybe.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_Oufd8OPiDohV-Se3rUJk-Dm5U2pon1u34GMZSFrGttxOlcg2ZCFL0tz4waJEmYIEqxMZ2a-theJ2CykHe7ZyziBTjbXg40wofdNrGI_ThiDsxrLraq_PWRdpt-l-VRw2T-NvPinnrR8pIEMPEJH3y5U1pDUvXvCaRHLANYrma0u6GtCD6gLbQ1j/s1491/20230403_122453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Baby Trillium on right bottom of photo, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">tucked under the Bluebell leaves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Since the Trilium patches are in the back meadow area, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;">ants have collected trillium seeds and brought them back to their nests, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is the first year it has a flower.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">it can take up to two years for fresh seed to germinate, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and another five to seven years for plants to bloom.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPT_VhAaGOP9uXk7hNJhFgtvYhl1nIYt5izB9PJYUSdq_4LS54wa0RCG9UVJ4is-ebpZTGWmzyEUP3pihvxfT64bt7tfdfEZfjyc6LukEudvylfIbVkJi3pEwTMOq88b0PimaOdJr0Knk7bSEunyg10bvUFuL_46RiecvwqgvKhOUXIcsSfbjGZ6F/s1523/20230411_135736%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Pallida Balmatica Iris</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The fragrance of Concord Grape juice fills the air around it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsDCfQx0QJq0OeJNjqpC06ZhC7nk_Klii5k7kXEaA2dTHGX1_5vdcqiJaAWr9ZO3_hO8Vj8wzscxZul1WrwYTRZUDaGJwMSEXUNpZeN8-kbKtSCU8KBJrjVkdNQNrP8TfcKyFkZ-LwNe-z0X-wBw-KzoyJC8OwB-b_FvHzd0linl1RqJlRAzUII-Rt/s1523/20230411_133657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1523" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsDCfQx0QJq0OeJNjqpC06ZhC7nk_Klii5k7kXEaA2dTHGX1_5vdcqiJaAWr9ZO3_hO8Vj8wzscxZul1WrwYTRZUDaGJwMSEXUNpZeN8-kbKtSCU8KBJrjVkdNQNrP8TfcKyFkZ-LwNe-z0X-wBw-KzoyJC8OwB-b_FvHzd0linl1RqJlRAzUII-Rt/w640-h290/20230411_133657.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><em style="color: #636b4f; text-align: start;">Erigeron pulchellus</em><span style="color: #636b4f; text-align: start;">, commonly known as robin’s plantain.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #636b4f; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A biennial that usually dies after it sets seed.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjfq__khuBpLnMsL_W9MSaEVc2s_ZE9z2_jG46e-M_DPH1B7tY2VOG1QnHhX5hWrFlFqIgz4xAtuSTboHg9ZFkYfEi-wcd2l03FQQ-EWkww_Zn2uk4js_8EdSWm7B-qKznjBy8OPZmYo_txmVj286_S23OKab471JaYODeZwfU9sqXtCQmS0vdCQS/s1342/20230409_160504%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1412" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCWoTgLWsKsxMbFH8gr_h1Rg_SLoBBdC4YdsUTFCzzYp3KN3O8gdTTVHLnVYGdf_GzKO0zI_p4Y2EKxkEV3J1MrNMk0r-rUWXfdduGZddGQnOri31DvLMYMoHITAWNKa0AoP5GgiaDF-wZ_k49_41kMXbbF_B7RrV7SI4_sxmd0E1WwSrrGfZu-8D/w640-h350/20230330_114956%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Blackhaw Viburnum</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDMXg4deWOfY1jnOc0ZKJ_-Uw74rIjIhwlvCFz-EUf-zBbmM7sQ1GoFgVUgf4Z2Tia0AF16s1DNKrWIGKhXU4D4bHxADtnjw58BB74Mz-NuORibhJgtKOjZJ4MVtx1r0XgFvXVTYTwaC-9YBT9rZQASnMGSWTqEK5DYgC5U6rL0ycecebCPbZGea-/s1584/20230331_111931%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1584" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDMXg4deWOfY1jnOc0ZKJ_-Uw74rIjIhwlvCFz-EUf-zBbmM7sQ1GoFgVUgf4Z2Tia0AF16s1DNKrWIGKhXU4D4bHxADtnjw58BB74Mz-NuORibhJgtKOjZJ4MVtx1r0XgFvXVTYTwaC-9YBT9rZQASnMGSWTqEK5DYgC5U6rL0ycecebCPbZGea-/w640-h296/20230331_111931%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">No longer know the name of this pretty clematis, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">which is sometimes tinged with pale pink or green.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4htvr04SJY3VVT66vS34YUTNJaV9pmjVrdDBoE0h28QJM3LpYrPY4MrDwJRmRRYu1E_VtL7yrnquTLIUe1IYzSA7VQXHHiD1RLsRJM28bL5XfK5Zp6aNFMAD-JnJWFlM7BU_jc1wx9tTX6SnodzxeBf_Jo1kAs3WrvKKIkcO9-LagDFO2LKw5jvs/s1479/20230401_140150%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1479" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4htvr04SJY3VVT66vS34YUTNJaV9pmjVrdDBoE0h28QJM3LpYrPY4MrDwJRmRRYu1E_VtL7yrnquTLIUe1IYzSA7VQXHHiD1RLsRJM28bL5XfK5Zp6aNFMAD-JnJWFlM7BU_jc1wx9tTX6SnodzxeBf_Jo1kAs3WrvKKIkcO9-LagDFO2LKw5jvs/w640-h298/20230401_140150%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKev1c_StVIwSucboIZH6FOaFELDHFe9Cyk93aq7h0Q1ldG_U6cfJvE7UWncFWChBwghhFpAkRUNQRvHRiJRCNqEdtqWMDwMANBkhCNzDcxnrma5FlAWOgsIQre4ELJaZYufK2IeBQkfUSnLJBdjOTaZ1pGDrJ3XgxkRLeKCX279jzZzwibB44g9L-/s1524/20230401_140215%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKev1c_StVIwSucboIZH6FOaFELDHFe9Cyk93aq7h0Q1ldG_U6cfJvE7UWncFWChBwghhFpAkRUNQRvHRiJRCNqEdtqWMDwMANBkhCNzDcxnrma5FlAWOgsIQre4ELJaZYufK2IeBQkfUSnLJBdjOTaZ1pGDrJ3XgxkRLeKCX279jzZzwibB44g9L-/w640-h288/20230401_140215%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Pupa attached to outside door, maybe a Hover Fly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0xP46pCmsKc9G6EVN-gbrfiCpPkZK-O7BRBZleWBy03Aua-aundWPwbxfUuROcBrPyub1krvGP9rrjGTREewulh8wf-91wV-JRrzlcf8igDP174abD3syZ3NV8BoV2txGyeBZj1oTlUYxGiytIJPFofh0WDLk5TMPGFWGLcadjwOkLwx4ZW1ZuPj/s1609/20230330_113658%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1609" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0xP46pCmsKc9G6EVN-gbrfiCpPkZK-O7BRBZleWBy03Aua-aundWPwbxfUuROcBrPyub1krvGP9rrjGTREewulh8wf-91wV-JRrzlcf8igDP174abD3syZ3NV8BoV2txGyeBZj1oTlUYxGiytIJPFofh0WDLk5TMPGFWGLcadjwOkLwx4ZW1ZuPj/w640-h288/20230330_113658%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="page-title-wrapper product" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><h1 class="page-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="base" data-ui-id="page-title-wrapper" itemprop="name" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wild Petunia, </span>Ruellia humilis</span></h1></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Leucauge venusta</i>, Orchard Orbweaver Spider</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdq0GYruckaiwzg7rYTOr5GpfvJZEqV2FDVppHlt0xwEqiL_K-nvHQy4-vAogmWyU7wxspFcCUxlZz1UpSzqSHILapIX7PpCD4UE_m7xIYmRaOkJ4TUw8eFPk7pjW10tEwtQPnETFtgAtApAAjk-i8jZkwIuK1YUrcfc4PZTFAyBk7mwip3YmfOP9J/s1522/20230406_162858%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1522" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdq0GYruckaiwzg7rYTOr5GpfvJZEqV2FDVppHlt0xwEqiL_K-nvHQy4-vAogmWyU7wxspFcCUxlZz1UpSzqSHILapIX7PpCD4UE_m7xIYmRaOkJ4TUw8eFPk7pjW10tEwtQPnETFtgAtApAAjk-i8jZkwIuK1YUrcfc4PZTFAyBk7mwip3YmfOP9J/w640-h290/20230406_162858%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">"My Mary' Azalea, very fragrant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcduYM_aTOjXvEF-FegpQHsE5Mt8-rnDVy7BWMwwXFmS1_Kkze5lmmES54dOhQscX2LqAMXbYSZ09-vElGeYvVtF2ztdZh0Bm2sWomhOmMvnYA4eXq5DM3No5ticI5VHwMSe67jv_--D_vVSz1KPwICRexx2uY4fu4df2Z92sAkx-4eRveT0H2iAON/s1294/20230410_185601%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1294" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcduYM_aTOjXvEF-FegpQHsE5Mt8-rnDVy7BWMwwXFmS1_Kkze5lmmES54dOhQscX2LqAMXbYSZ09-vElGeYvVtF2ztdZh0Bm2sWomhOmMvnYA4eXq5DM3No5ticI5VHwMSe67jv_--D_vVSz1KPwICRexx2uY4fu4df2Z92sAkx-4eRveT0H2iAON/w640-h386/20230410_185601%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Tulip-tree Beauty Moth (<i>Epimecis hortaria</i>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">About 2 1/2" wingspan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwRx1KjLc-vGg2tqr3IZaaolzIiPyUu-NWvhxoqmWm3cMwsYOUABE2Ftxz94DyHzZHnNWrV3bqKnEjT25xcWVFnvnAlmS9hw45Cn5NDTXioIrUiDuJ0pXFPRkG2aWfYaYgNjNcnuBdMyWfXpfXMkEzO2VUVz4knqM2ZWjCVZ9DYkCdy8sXKKIY9J6/s1617/20230412_164851(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1617" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwRx1KjLc-vGg2tqr3IZaaolzIiPyUu-NWvhxoqmWm3cMwsYOUABE2Ftxz94DyHzZHnNWrV3bqKnEjT25xcWVFnvnAlmS9hw45Cn5NDTXioIrUiDuJ0pXFPRkG2aWfYaYgNjNcnuBdMyWfXpfXMkEzO2VUVz4knqM2ZWjCVZ9DYkCdy8sXKKIY9J6/w640-h288/20230412_164851(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">From the back deck</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLbmm4LP0FQPqmThbh3IExaSMC7C4pxgIFnXBO9IF6GAeuapDnFVq3WmvJKmhioTQrUWYPYoHXoi3HOVIwJjtG8kDJU0ijpYAY8Blwep2Dj4BMuZD8iaBXkZ7nNXHqOTZ91JfubhDteBcYFtkOy6CWa-HSXTSHq5vOTunC_ElkAKDxmxVxkLTiUzL/s1490/20230410_190038%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1490" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLbmm4LP0FQPqmThbh3IExaSMC7C4pxgIFnXBO9IF6GAeuapDnFVq3WmvJKmhioTQrUWYPYoHXoi3HOVIwJjtG8kDJU0ijpYAY8Blwep2Dj4BMuZD8iaBXkZ7nNXHqOTZ91JfubhDteBcYFtkOy6CWa-HSXTSHq5vOTunC_ElkAKDxmxVxkLTiUzL/w640-h302/20230410_190038%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>- Please bear with me until and through this coming summer when I will have cataract surgery on my right eye. In the meantime, I'm having a bit of difficulty with the quality of my photographs, and catching all the annoying errors in my writing. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>I'm a bit wobbly on my feet on uneven surfaces, possibably from the p</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">eripheral neuropathy... I'm not sure. Falling has become a huge concern for me these days in the garden where the paths are not flat or made of rock instead of stepping stones. I feel like my husband has become a helicopter husband, always hovering over me. Drives me crazy.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirODCHaH2Veh3F3DFAAH_4znvMOH1yEAz0WRbyJRnC1PSkQwXlPA2-QozIVD7WJdGjU3zMez_RVgEUzEiL52Rm7xhyLZh0REPS2z51XGzuyR02RAQPalQzAWSXdFOjV2aCM2NABa0UiFi4pFT8lUNXcioeZZnwsxJuNOtUgP48SoQahHQdQWT98R-P/s160/i1618411_m%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirODCHaH2Veh3F3DFAAH_4znvMOH1yEAz0WRbyJRnC1PSkQwXlPA2-QozIVD7WJdGjU3zMez_RVgEUzEiL52Rm7xhyLZh0REPS2z51XGzuyR02RAQPalQzAWSXdFOjV2aCM2NABa0UiFi4pFT8lUNXcioeZZnwsxJuNOtUgP48SoQahHQdQWT98R-P/s16000/i1618411_m%20-%20Copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This post is linked to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturdays-critters-487.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday's Critters</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://caroljmichel.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-april-15-2023/"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/04/my-corner-of-world_01495829020.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div></span></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-28703906959763301082023-03-16T00:06:00.005-05:002023-03-27T13:26:09.688-05:00Early Risers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZrE0DguazF43PtMC5gsT57cpwWxJyjcUPXtObPBxzBqLzHlZHnwyDdxybOt6xYkRnQpzM_OfjPsGWhuGnzFezGrMrz6iEuEvwc-K65yp2gZtMWnPDtV8KqCSUuZn2labbeFvZdaHRRSChkOO_bJeaCnH6AplswE8r0mN7ewrP2_ykONZ1oEX0Wh9/s400/c549641_m%20(2).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZrE0DguazF43PtMC5gsT57cpwWxJyjcUPXtObPBxzBqLzHlZHnwyDdxybOt6xYkRnQpzM_OfjPsGWhuGnzFezGrMrz6iEuEvwc-K65yp2gZtMWnPDtV8KqCSUuZn2labbeFvZdaHRRSChkOO_bJeaCnH6AplswE8r0mN7ewrP2_ykONZ1oEX0Wh9/w227-h320/c549641_m%20(2).jpg" width="227" /></a></div><p></p><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She moved among us for a
while, that tease of spring forward into the arms of warmth. She’s such a flirt. Then poof! She took flight, and frosty air surrounds her flock of early risers frozen
in time, bending and twisting, warped in frozen air. Winter has little compassion as he watches
them fighting to not give up, waiting for her return. <br /> </span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As I survey my frosty domain,
the dandelions are perky, bathing in sunshine on the frozen earth, their faces
unfazed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daffodil flowers bend downward ,
their cups beginning to shrivel, while the young dogwood flower’s bracts twist
away from each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Celandine Poppy
flowers are closed tight, while Columbine leaves wilt to grasp the cold ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /> </span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Dusk inches across the
landscape with its ability to cover up the flaws of this wintry day, while the
blackened trees stand out in the darkening sky as a reminder that earth will
not let go of her grasp and allow one to fall in this wasteland of winter, at
least not tonight.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As I sit here plagued with
the complexities of how this narrative could end, the dog’s stare is fixed upon
my being as he’s frozen to the floor in front of me waiting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cat’s loud complaints fill the air, louder
and louder, until he’s staring through the open door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plopping himself down, as if in defiance, he’s
grooming his derriere with no intention of ever stopping.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I must take flight before
Miss Charlotte appears, as she’s the last straw, before my toes begin to look a
bit more like kibble to nibble. We all know spring is just around the corner on the calendar, but winter has a way of laughing at our calendar and whispering "<i>you fools</i>". </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">May your weekend be as you wish, and may your wish be happiness.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukCn_QaSvlQ1VwmReUTcoKbrJ4B3qK7gZ6Hq3soTL6UMC9Rw7mCDPzt-LjF_vblyqw1NlRShNfnxxMZQtP3aigx2td4nGl3FUBX_qkt6hIbKWXLu-kFWHi_jcxBpa-a9C4d1orFdP2N1S8F0idIrT-UkY_fllqMqicnDsVVKEoZq_LkHyToeoWcIs/s580/c450968_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="91" data-original-width="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukCn_QaSvlQ1VwmReUTcoKbrJ4B3qK7gZ6Hq3soTL6UMC9Rw7mCDPzt-LjF_vblyqw1NlRShNfnxxMZQtP3aigx2td4nGl3FUBX_qkt6hIbKWXLu-kFWHi_jcxBpa-a9C4d1orFdP2N1S8F0idIrT-UkY_fllqMqicnDsVVKEoZq_LkHyToeoWcIs/s16000/c450968_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- Most photos were taken before the deep freeze -</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">'My Beauty' species tulip</span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This tulip actually comes back year after year.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijw1cdPqgUn4ALoWxQttYbGEAg2P2kbvLGzolT3B8NFRglZVitHgNk_Sj_0M9czirXGFzjsLyDnSkq5xiTwcrpxGIP1a5wcd6sseWKPJV6hKFTc_6P11YvzyzQv9u8tmKM8iZUdNfuPr0icgde3fppHoV5uEVoSp8tN_JUcjEAq2wunct_C8IrMwU/s1522/20230306_120029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1522" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijw1cdPqgUn4ALoWxQttYbGEAg2P2kbvLGzolT3B8NFRglZVitHgNk_Sj_0M9czirXGFzjsLyDnSkq5xiTwcrpxGIP1a5wcd6sseWKPJV6hKFTc_6P11YvzyzQv9u8tmKM8iZUdNfuPr0icgde3fppHoV5uEVoSp8tN_JUcjEAq2wunct_C8IrMwU/w640-h288/20230306_120029.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Wild Violet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdR0BSodbTK-TxTU240FGxaDzV1oaJlz57jpyQfamIo5imHE0AWBOZ_EgrL099NAy-ovb0iBAvRpU2Z13Rs1xG87jLm6grLRLf4j4KezxECpbBbmsQSgfIW3QPV1yYhxcIjWvjQjCaAo_nNd0SmhP4fk26JwjrK8-nZGroGAr58hKViRnORBBRfUq/s1426/20230306_121151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1426" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdR0BSodbTK-TxTU240FGxaDzV1oaJlz57jpyQfamIo5imHE0AWBOZ_EgrL099NAy-ovb0iBAvRpU2Z13Rs1xG87jLm6grLRLf4j4KezxECpbBbmsQSgfIW3QPV1yYhxcIjWvjQjCaAo_nNd0SmhP4fk26JwjrK8-nZGroGAr58hKViRnORBBRfUq/w640-h294/20230306_121151.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Celadine Poppy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnokNlx4P7hLEATRi4yzpy0BYubG7Wu8SBokzl2CdMA-nlrAuqKJaZInyPfa0WQSL6Ilbdl2-novxmDlwn9mdN-61VPCGbEt5mH9bitQoJRMGbYQCqu0dBKnUGnffEZdMuvCr0wpj15QL3xJOHlQ2MOMAXGSR3-jPMa-0RxxaHD9wCH7o76roFDLxe/s1524/20230306_122406%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnokNlx4P7hLEATRi4yzpy0BYubG7Wu8SBokzl2CdMA-nlrAuqKJaZInyPfa0WQSL6Ilbdl2-novxmDlwn9mdN-61VPCGbEt5mH9bitQoJRMGbYQCqu0dBKnUGnffEZdMuvCr0wpj15QL3xJOHlQ2MOMAXGSR3-jPMa-0RxxaHD9wCH7o76roFDLxe/w640-h288/20230306_122406%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">American Dogwood</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Four leaves called bracts surrounding the flower buds in the center.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Early bracts are green, lightening to white as they mature.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Miss Dandilion meets Mr. Dandy Lion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">She's not impressed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wICnS-Xn5zrJ8lFP5AtYI--dbbkOJhQ-_PGBlBtzUsYGpEjaX1z0SYd5XCRxr5_6zldW2-5om4jGo5y3rjOFQB3VieDMI4KAvBY5E3M-VtxkeWvsaDl1Pg5xd5Zyb3mwTgr4SjTuRWt9ST4kIghfWxA9XkcoNc5js5RX1jqTx8mscImlgIn38r_g/s800/i48220_b%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="786" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wICnS-Xn5zrJ8lFP5AtYI--dbbkOJhQ-_PGBlBtzUsYGpEjaX1z0SYd5XCRxr5_6zldW2-5om4jGo5y3rjOFQB3VieDMI4KAvBY5E3M-VtxkeWvsaDl1Pg5xd5Zyb3mwTgr4SjTuRWt9ST4kIghfWxA9XkcoNc5js5RX1jqTx8mscImlgIn38r_g/w629-h640/i48220_b%20(3).jpg" width="629" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPUzf7pa2sCyyO5ETtwZ2TORXV4RLA6sAzyaaeqxb8E5DdH0fyzFDjbJbTFdtVNkvweb7UJRV2Da0KC4XAPK0u8cuH07IjvYXHOxW0vwlMOqaWoU3r4j0wcqd1zYXxVesW-fhW_bHR3mzRWtLRFhbwaNx0jBdgApXXjhjmfns_DNEWPi30paPyK38/s580/c450968_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="91" data-original-width="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPUzf7pa2sCyyO5ETtwZ2TORXV4RLA6sAzyaaeqxb8E5DdH0fyzFDjbJbTFdtVNkvweb7UJRV2Da0KC4XAPK0u8cuH07IjvYXHOxW0vwlMOqaWoU3r4j0wcqd1zYXxVesW-fhW_bHR3mzRWtLRFhbwaNx0jBdgApXXjhjmfns_DNEWPi30paPyK38/s16000/c450968_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">This blog is linked to:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/03/my-corner-of-world_0584629840.html"><span style="font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://caroljmichel.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-march-2023/"><span style="font-size: large;">Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2023/03/saturdays-critters-483.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday's Critters</span></a><br /></div></span></div><p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-86322550886757321572023-03-02T00:38:00.012-06:002023-03-15T23:28:03.689-05:00A demon rocking horse and other front-page stuff<p> </p><p></p><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Another birthday’s arrived. <br /> </span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEALhHY0IgLa36zRvoXaQxQeLB1Vg_pVpLennIGTaliiQ5Oz2l4zBvxX-uoj7jozce_cKYsErQRgwo0WiALeLl_K6l_t-3cA01EcVMAceziGdYa7AKAYxma4QWb-N9P1cIDwOT7qhD_62jqtbDOiIGoBg4zvwjtmoXMwUgAtkvn6VHtTWDgOwod0pg/s486/c881140_l.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="486" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEALhHY0IgLa36zRvoXaQxQeLB1Vg_pVpLennIGTaliiQ5Oz2l4zBvxX-uoj7jozce_cKYsErQRgwo0WiALeLl_K6l_t-3cA01EcVMAceziGdYa7AKAYxma4QWb-N9P1cIDwOT7qhD_62jqtbDOiIGoBg4zvwjtmoXMwUgAtkvn6VHtTWDgOwod0pg/w320-h226/c881140_l.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s difficult making this
post interesting, so feel free to bail out at any time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /> </span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">There was a birthday party
where my entire grade school class was invited, and no one showed up, not even
the person no one seemed to like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I</span>t was a birthday
party without the party. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a birthday with mom
taking me to the local department store, to the children’s area, to a rack full
of skirts, for my only present that had to be practical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The skirt I adored was just above my ankles, but
mom promised to take up the hem, so I chose it for my present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was like “when will
she”, to “will she”, to "I'm 76 years old now and still waiting".</div></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIczYcXDGRkjrQck93XcM4pF7uuRogcmkfVh7xYLTAigjdmq5gkTLxG4CTV4j14M0EhK0bl7uIMchHa0NcewsyZPgyFo9Nf1gssJS3ydz-nOOu9JP0hCQpI9Nqeff6JU4SSmG4lh6oQ_NIk-Mygsh05HFNj7dxFBlilBbtEAhGHjDUkMJvRF5wgeD/s230/ofs026c.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="230" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIczYcXDGRkjrQck93XcM4pF7uuRogcmkfVh7xYLTAigjdmq5gkTLxG4CTV4j14M0EhK0bl7uIMchHa0NcewsyZPgyFo9Nf1gssJS3ydz-nOOu9JP0hCQpI9Nqeff6JU4SSmG4lh6oQ_NIk-Mygsh05HFNj7dxFBlilBbtEAhGHjDUkMJvRF5wgeD/w200-h159/ofs026c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />It's not all bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A choice of a giant stuffed teddy bear, or a
painted rocking horse… how can it get any better than that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, this was the first birthday party
of just me and my present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one
before I began learning about disappointments. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teddy bear was bigger than me, and would hog up my space, so I chose
that white stallion to rockity rock off into the sunset.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I have no idea what time
period this was… maybe before school days began.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still an innocent, as they say, I was plagued
with ideas of monsters lurking about in the dark… you know, normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A curtain doored closet, maybe four feet wide
or maybe I’m being a bit too generous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was tiny and held a meager amount of clothing my sister and I wore.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The window by the closet
looked out onto Mrs. Morris’s corner yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mother didn't like her much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
son, Junior, was what the town folk called a juvenile delinquent. Skip a year or two, and dad will build a six-foot
tall wood fence to block out and pretend they no longer exist.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I remember little about
my sister during this time frame, even though we shared the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was four, maybe five years younger than me, just a baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wasn’t in my world much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The window looking out over the front yard
and street, with the sheer curtains blowing in the breeze during the daytime,
and a shade pulled down during bedtime was the window the devil owned.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">On hot summer evenings, mom
would open the lower half of the window with the shade </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">only pulled down halfway,
letting the moonlight fill the bedroom as it cycled through it phases.</span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVxgmX_RJWcL7lU7HNRAsEz69_LdVVRIV1mZKVKuQaJSB3Qi3e7Ajp_JFTEL18i2ql1aAPdSb8XYE_biSu_Q8c2d4seGZBKCcmlUaO024dVNi8-V-F69cS1Bmy6oToBOtXqChxmqJCRbhDVGwXkzhPc4BKN2iY1BoaEilZrbtHJsfWZ9zFyvn5Psz/s317/i1481425_b%20-%20Copy%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="238" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVxgmX_RJWcL7lU7HNRAsEz69_LdVVRIV1mZKVKuQaJSB3Qi3e7Ajp_JFTEL18i2ql1aAPdSb8XYE_biSu_Q8c2d4seGZBKCcmlUaO024dVNi8-V-F69cS1Bmy6oToBOtXqChxmqJCRbhDVGwXkzhPc4BKN2iY1BoaEilZrbtHJsfWZ9zFyvn5Psz/s1600/i1481425_b%20-%20Copy%20(5).jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRRIBHxmnqG2r6rCceWZW4fBBhecS5VfU1L7VLs4wyC3CEfY51ZsYUyXf3T9V-YTv8oMY63mOqw00D_MnQ7Jv6gEHkc0EZ2dsA-vY6sbP0-Cqqn3TTqu_PLRJ-xCDQvpl_OQ9wG77c6T92HF-lQn6sDXj5cUVwhOUdU38tiEAT96CHN25yU2WxgZ_/s257/i1481425_b%20(4).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRRIBHxmnqG2r6rCceWZW4fBBhecS5VfU1L7VLs4wyC3CEfY51ZsYUyXf3T9V-YTv8oMY63mOqw00D_MnQ7Jv6gEHkc0EZ2dsA-vY6sbP0-Cqqn3TTqu_PLRJ-xCDQvpl_OQ9wG77c6T92HF-lQn6sDXj5cUVwhOUdU38tiEAT96CHN25yU2WxgZ_/s16000/i1481425_b%20(4).jpg" /></a></div>It was full moon when my cherished rocking
stallion gradually, as the night filled the room, became backlit with moonlight and changed into a demon hunched over
on the floor watching me as I frightfully tried to sleep.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> That hoofed cherub on rockers was eventually banished to the corner, and my demon moved on over to next door.</span></div></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij543X3IGTq71GOS_EpMDsiS2SgFT1iOlt2tmvO_QCdjcpfqseyMxW4hQZFObDG4lKSAtdd4kg04IVgUOTKQjg_L9DBUs37aX4udYR67xtqt1UXMSEhopf65DteX0bDXUCzRI0e2oYERabP3DzCM0SCwTFy1igkQ9PsE1pTM7_vXp6akTNX5bFqmfw/s400/c916581_m%20(7).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="353" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij543X3IGTq71GOS_EpMDsiS2SgFT1iOlt2tmvO_QCdjcpfqseyMxW4hQZFObDG4lKSAtdd4kg04IVgUOTKQjg_L9DBUs37aX4udYR67xtqt1UXMSEhopf65DteX0bDXUCzRI0e2oYERabP3DzCM0SCwTFy1igkQ9PsE1pTM7_vXp6akTNX5bFqmfw/w176-h200/c916581_m%20(7).jpg" width="176" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oh…</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and yes…</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">little leprechauns
hiding under beds, ready to grab ones legs if they dare to get out of bed for
a potty break, do exist. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I only saw him once, but once was enough to plague
me with the potty break blues until I mustered up the courage one dark night to
take a second look and discover he had moved on to better pickings.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The third memory is fond,
even when filled with demons from hell.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">At least they dispersed into thin air when confronted.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28b5HFS6ijGIg0a5_h7_5jEZ1hYKPGZlazAVZ84r_6OcW2CPCIRwZaw_DZ24siXceqMHpY1428A8ihKwCqxYA20SXv1WYEayeUMDPagax7L875GnMzTYpHEbEacrXNgMC7zQjBYgQWx-y9JckI_xpO09GnQeq2Jcdv5zdLW-ZDDyeOAgWKeyy_z-K/s576/msl039g%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28b5HFS6ijGIg0a5_h7_5jEZ1hYKPGZlazAVZ84r_6OcW2CPCIRwZaw_DZ24siXceqMHpY1428A8ihKwCqxYA20SXv1WYEayeUMDPagax7L875GnMzTYpHEbEacrXNgMC7zQjBYgQWx-y9JckI_xpO09GnQeq2Jcdv5zdLW-ZDDyeOAgWKeyy_z-K/s16000/msl039g%20(2).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s rainy and harsh, windy days now.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We've had a few days of temperatures in the
7o’s F, then plunging into the 40’s and 50’s, then back up into the 70’s, then
now back to the 40’s and 50’s.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m
getting a little dizzy.</span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Even with the bad weather,
as a whole this winter seems too short.
One can feel it in the air that warmth is waiting in the shadows to spring
forth. We have begun a bit of spring
cleanup… me supervising and my husband listening poorly. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dished out a chunk of
money to have a landscaping company prune our overgrown Grey Owl Juniper before
it staked a claim on our neighbor's yard. That monster is over </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">twelve feet wide and
still growing.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ve been building up a
bug hotel of sorts with the stray fallen branches and stiff thick dead flower
stems we cut down.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s not as spiffy as
the Gardener’s World ones, but I don’t think the bugs will complain.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">An Eastern Kingbird graced
my garden this past week.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I spotted it
by chance, and had to do a bit of research to identify it, since I’m not really
a bird watcher by trade.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Grackles
and Starlings are appearing, which is another sign that spring is near. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mourning Doves… well, I
look out my window and what seems like a few dozen are milling around on the
ground eating whatever is edible, while a few are up in the feeder duking it out </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">with
the grackles and starlings. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That lonely
cooing filling the morning air brings back Twilight Zone memories of an old,
deserted mansion in the deep south surrounded by trees dripping in Spanish moss.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A killer in the shadows with
a long handled hatchet is thinning out any population unfortunate enough to have car
trouble that conveniently happens in the vicinity of that mighty place of evil.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The night of carnage is filled with the
cooing of mourning doves... the messengers of death in this particular episode. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Gave me the
heebie-jeebies about dove cooing, that has been forever burnt into my brain.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m out of here.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have a pleasant March. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I always do; just as though it were my very first breath of lovely air.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">"Hope" Peperomia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Above is how it came from the store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Below... well, it fell apart when I tried to put it into it's new pot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKmq5tl3rp2zP9ZTPXcz7uc9tuy6GEDa-K-ODX6JWzFvmeqUOUqao-2lnKAY63w7EPnvrVuy08YOrP4ZEw2EGuQZYbj9uIvycbvbZq4ReGoWdwGfhLzo91r2-19xRjEXa3R_xm0q7RhWlAPGB_JCPt94uqS2vBZsoFBclBUIwVJrmPvgbqSG44xhP/s1448/20230226_153337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1448" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKmq5tl3rp2zP9ZTPXcz7uc9tuy6GEDa-K-ODX6JWzFvmeqUOUqao-2lnKAY63w7EPnvrVuy08YOrP4ZEw2EGuQZYbj9uIvycbvbZq4ReGoWdwGfhLzo91r2-19xRjEXa3R_xm0q7RhWlAPGB_JCPt94uqS2vBZsoFBclBUIwVJrmPvgbqSG44xhP/w640-h306/20230226_153337.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Lemon Lime" Prayer Plant (<i>Maranta leuconeura</i>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face=""Libre Baskerville", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; text-align: left;">I discovered humidity isn't a room; it's the whole house,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face=""Libre Baskerville", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; text-align: left;">so if a plant isn't happy, then bye bye.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3ydhL1BxnbqcnSxiIddO0RQtUPpwUDjdcXCq46qDFg8BWayVI7ZTjAgoylOIQQ1NIoZ5VyKSKrqGFiOlA2a0AoCGy4C74c6knSt4EpBJisk_3Z97jPoPgDNEH7mBTSknzSsnLIPfcDmgNGb6A8ldU_kaL5-o5uRQBhzyvLI1RildBFoon6lzroGT/s1524/20230225_115957(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3ydhL1BxnbqcnSxiIddO0RQtUPpwUDjdcXCq46qDFg8BWayVI7ZTjAgoylOIQQ1NIoZ5VyKSKrqGFiOlA2a0AoCGy4C74c6knSt4EpBJisk_3Z97jPoPgDNEH7mBTSknzSsnLIPfcDmgNGb6A8ldU_kaL5-o5uRQBhzyvLI1RildBFoon6lzroGT/w640-h288/20230225_115957(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Grouping will make them happier,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">and this one appears happy with its microscopic flowers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">One bloom each day going down the stem, from top to bottom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Each bloom opens for less than a day, then dries up and falls off. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Virginia Bluebell buds getting ready to ride their stem </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">to greater heights and open up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgSq7Cz7Uj5fyrOnTB774PYLRabkZsgfdmLEf7TyyQPtizzBoTpTcD7elSF-7XAIvHhBsAiQ3IaKkQTTpo99K7bjFpFfECfvmmbtTeJayfyi7sEvn-Vw2AYdGur9d4zU4hPSX72DI8Gfh-l29c6kfZxLl0OiP4gqrKh_taK3eEie0gJ4tXS2xlhQK/s1524/20230228_090441%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgSq7Cz7Uj5fyrOnTB774PYLRabkZsgfdmLEf7TyyQPtizzBoTpTcD7elSF-7XAIvHhBsAiQ3IaKkQTTpo99K7bjFpFfECfvmmbtTeJayfyi7sEvn-Vw2AYdGur9d4zU4hPSX72DI8Gfh-l29c6kfZxLl0OiP4gqrKh_taK3eEie0gJ4tXS2xlhQK/w640-h288/20230228_090441%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">High winds blew them sideways a bit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYEgFnaezIHFJvkQQVPouKAmIkiCuspdIYKihSP75yvVwes3pPDG-GppkHmHPp_C0AP9XXNiIgoFIDa2J9j8QTjaMbHfV8kz18TH-M9ZbhfoOKXyDlePlA_bnG7acJ7Ml_1yabo98Kws6zpQKjzfVP5joz0RmkbLepmO2kl84f1h-X0Ky8gKsBzAg/s1523/20230228_091027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1523" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYEgFnaezIHFJvkQQVPouKAmIkiCuspdIYKihSP75yvVwes3pPDG-GppkHmHPp_C0AP9XXNiIgoFIDa2J9j8QTjaMbHfV8kz18TH-M9ZbhfoOKXyDlePlA_bnG7acJ7Ml_1yabo98Kws6zpQKjzfVP5joz0RmkbLepmO2kl84f1h-X0Ky8gKsBzAg/w640-h290/20230228_091027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212529; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Fothergilla flower of a dwarf type.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212529; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Always few flowers on few stems. It's time to plant something else.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8lSwB4E5sPFsjdrJjgum_Nvce1WUz_LGaAp7By0lxM-i4NzrbgeAmwCTI2bO7nML5nB9Mms32pKKddQkTnIVT3Mw0a24caPyjDX0bcr24ff_wXsVxmORyLb2NUUd7TgwcnsmLAItswN5TDCakiZRWi4fHCmm2w50FevEggeR6_u9VIm7E9yPRFpU/s1521/20230228_092643%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1521" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8lSwB4E5sPFsjdrJjgum_Nvce1WUz_LGaAp7By0lxM-i4NzrbgeAmwCTI2bO7nML5nB9Mms32pKKddQkTnIVT3Mw0a24caPyjDX0bcr24ff_wXsVxmORyLb2NUUd7TgwcnsmLAItswN5TDCakiZRWi4fHCmm2w50FevEggeR6_u9VIm7E9yPRFpU/w640-h288/20230228_092643%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">Small-flowered Buttercup,</span><i style="background-color: white;"> Ranunculus abortivus</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">Flower is about 1/4th inch wide</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisClLOX3r2O3luaIsxK93unYU6vJxDp5hkDUPHAS-pMO7CPGRPgXnHU4h40vIwGoHLu2Ivq1AyHyPshu3Yg7dVfmGYlyAhvRrXN2Cfph5ulGg4z8LPsV3eX6DBPBBfGEBG5Vqx1AfgVkl0KgEBbQ7OQ36UDSTb10S7RaOcuATTbnzdlLH09HpAxKMC/s1521/20230228_091558%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1521" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisClLOX3r2O3luaIsxK93unYU6vJxDp5hkDUPHAS-pMO7CPGRPgXnHU4h40vIwGoHLu2Ivq1AyHyPshu3Yg7dVfmGYlyAhvRrXN2Cfph5ulGg4z8LPsV3eX6DBPBBfGEBG5Vqx1AfgVkl0KgEBbQ7OQ36UDSTb10S7RaOcuATTbnzdlLH09HpAxKMC/w640-h290/20230228_091558%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I wonder when lunch is?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMq3wIsVeAR6SFsAjCi3fT-T5vKUi8hmxYlzg2Us9T-9PYnG-Il2Zaiz046xmyplJmHoK4Xl0URCIIAB7Ke6EcTxO7_8V9xI6d8wBzSPwowQgaV20CS6X5fjWLZ7WslG5u79iB5_g40uAUA-ukupewz2PDIN_tP1oI0paX3xvEFPOE7VC4WTU7EAaN/s1459/20230203_092402%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1459" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMq3wIsVeAR6SFsAjCi3fT-T5vKUi8hmxYlzg2Us9T-9PYnG-Il2Zaiz046xmyplJmHoK4Xl0URCIIAB7Ke6EcTxO7_8V9xI6d8wBzSPwowQgaV20CS6X5fjWLZ7WslG5u79iB5_g40uAUA-ukupewz2PDIN_tP1oI0paX3xvEFPOE7VC4WTU7EAaN/w640-h300/20230203_092402%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Oh, this is sooooo boring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpBfPg_4ogs9kHuG43GiKXCHn4BhLQzgFJJSSn9vWxvtnrumnt-tbggnkBjiKgXEB63DoZqv_iuYt3jfEuwn3pgBtIT6UR5e2kZzEdEfTdXGqRjgNKpOewjrmgbonyjN27XEeyy2v2xno4Q7po0wgS9saYqqT1iOvYuVBnRVa--8z2nnJj0LNBlJy/s1468/20230203_092405%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1468" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpBfPg_4ogs9kHuG43GiKXCHn4BhLQzgFJJSSn9vWxvtnrumnt-tbggnkBjiKgXEB63DoZqv_iuYt3jfEuwn3pgBtIT6UR5e2kZzEdEfTdXGqRjgNKpOewjrmgbonyjN27XEeyy2v2xno4Q7po0wgS9saYqqT1iOvYuVBnRVa--8z2nnJj0LNBlJy/w640-h300/20230203_092405%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Is that the mailtruck? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Cute Miss Sofie Dog across the street? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">The schoolbus dropping off kids? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Lady walking dog down the street. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Man walking dog up the street?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Amazon delivery guy?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I bark at them all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I'm a good doggie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_7KjTAZQOoSqpluO5A0yZtz9B9salsWIYKVf4J2z5sDAoX16rye-skX5P-eAm2GzFmoJ4kAq1yHlZZCxnq2cL9d8clWggaitlX-rwPlO340EFO0OLs_72m7n_lqNIIuc7Z5fCsiKhD6PK6d3ehjhjZG-Rkm26AGLFyI5_JwPDtapogCBb5bENzT1/s1393/20230203_092439%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1393" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_7KjTAZQOoSqpluO5A0yZtz9B9salsWIYKVf4J2z5sDAoX16rye-skX5P-eAm2GzFmoJ4kAq1yHlZZCxnq2cL9d8clWggaitlX-rwPlO340EFO0OLs_72m7n_lqNIIuc7Z5fCsiKhD6PK6d3ehjhjZG-Rkm26AGLFyI5_JwPDtapogCBb5bENzT1/w640-h314/20230203_092439%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dustin and Austin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lIf8fOi58D7rQedXI2NyxWm-3jAL7IUuFWDac6OgqX0m3UxWD3UBVx8qL5_SSlNj7nnvhi8nsEkZ3zdiUxrF7eZmp6QfrsomfIjljnogoAbfpIWCzWjTz4N2dr51Myu65PIHKSjM66YIl-cDMCv9d6KcRYaesB9rxdW0jCX8sCjdv-yJbG9YTM09/s300/000803_1075_6720_v__v%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="300" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lIf8fOi58D7rQedXI2NyxWm-3jAL7IUuFWDac6OgqX0m3UxWD3UBVx8qL5_SSlNj7nnvhi8nsEkZ3zdiUxrF7eZmp6QfrsomfIjljnogoAbfpIWCzWjTz4N2dr51Myu65PIHKSjM66YIl-cDMCv9d6KcRYaesB9rxdW0jCX8sCjdv-yJbG9YTM09/w200-h139/000803_1075_6720_v__v%20(2).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">💖</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This post is linked to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2023/03/saturdays-critters-481.html">Saturday's Critters</a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/03/my-corner-of-world_0989460207.html"><span style="font-size: large;">My Corner Of The World</span></a><br /></div></span></span></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-28707426208806524992023-02-13T11:40:00.005-06:002023-03-15T23:30:54.990-05:00I thought houseplants were "little beings of happiness" bringing pleasure to one's space.<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The biggest reminder that I
am living without Lacey is that I am constantly being reminded that I am living without Lacey. I loved her, and
she became past tense way too early in her life.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgNghH207AotOQQAIR0JRqxsbWxxAgGeIinlNUTKL79Iud-gDBJhSxuePRvZRrsjcNypZ_RotAps09zFRhDzoC_nqlZ-4qeeOMlHCShCuCSinioDc7-SvAS9uFR27EKvX3leANv73_xvBvvbXGvECl_LiwQ0kPhVjj0CUF_SHxRzehUNQIvP91QsH/s193/c1721483_m%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="174" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgNghH207AotOQQAIR0JRqxsbWxxAgGeIinlNUTKL79Iud-gDBJhSxuePRvZRrsjcNypZ_RotAps09zFRhDzoC_nqlZ-4qeeOMlHCShCuCSinioDc7-SvAS9uFR27EKvX3leANv73_xvBvvbXGvECl_LiwQ0kPhVjj0CUF_SHxRzehUNQIvP91QsH/s1600/c1721483_m%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="174" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Those jackrabbit legs
propelled her to great heights, conquering the peaks of door tops, the summit
above the last shelf of the bookcase, and lofty tops of kitchen cabinets.</span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The angled leap from the
dining room doorway floor to the freezer top in the adjoining room, then climbing
the five Christmas wreath boxes stacked next to it to reach the overcrowded shelf above of boxes
and cases, and then, of course, stuck, not being able to turn around.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Next came the cries,
calling for the assistance of someone stupid enough to assist.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Climbing up the ladder, one was always
hesitant, trying to pick the right angle to grab her and avoid those terrifying
razor-sharp talons.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing could stop her
except death itself.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">She is so deeply
missed.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0Ni46ENkVJrMeP0b5OsOyRNyhqbDj1uGzmnaZYhQOART6MiQMVRIM9R2JoUdm3M0Kcpa5RhbkWwAsi2BnUNKcvPi_xrVAbtn37XIWSsoMwh8rrBmTJDKq9hpHow1ddTt6Uo7Ry1JmQp3XbZGHprN_dEpXQLccseYf-L8Hs6C48YQzvRYMa82fPOt/s900/20190212_113332%20-%20Copy%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="900" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0Ni46ENkVJrMeP0b5OsOyRNyhqbDj1uGzmnaZYhQOART6MiQMVRIM9R2JoUdm3M0Kcpa5RhbkWwAsi2BnUNKcvPi_xrVAbtn37XIWSsoMwh8rrBmTJDKq9hpHow1ddTt6Uo7Ry1JmQp3XbZGHprN_dEpXQLccseYf-L8Hs6C48YQzvRYMa82fPOt/w400-h319/20190212_113332%20-%20Copy%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZ-CXFhMk0dOpmrmMQwo_PQECz4T5mspyKdUnF4wzW1T-gC1OtARqdFyp1nVvdjPOaIXlNPQxTqhCMPilwTfKm6vRmKU4_W9iLhIds3XNFrqfDp6k6xLlK5Dl5k2CQSUSH1MaHyt5N_E-3Xy91i4bBWliThCvBd31P87t9Ha71PRcMyuo5yCuqjnx/s600/i1497109_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="73" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZ-CXFhMk0dOpmrmMQwo_PQECz4T5mspyKdUnF4wzW1T-gC1OtARqdFyp1nVvdjPOaIXlNPQxTqhCMPilwTfKm6vRmKU4_W9iLhIds3XNFrqfDp6k6xLlK5Dl5k2CQSUSH1MaHyt5N_E-3Xy91i4bBWliThCvBd31P87t9Ha71PRcMyuo5yCuqjnx/s16000/i1497109_l%20-%20Copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Having more bad days than
good ones has pulled me down a notch or two towards purgatory, but we won’t
dwell upon that series of unfortunate events.
I’ve had plenty of misadventures down decrepitude lane as my life is beginning to dissolves
into the winter of no return.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In my thirties, I lived in
an apartment dwelling of brick and mortar and radiator heating. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With no car, I hitched a ride to work each
day, and with no phone, I traveled across the street to the telephone booth for
emergencies.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My kitchen was maybe six
feet by six feet, and the kitchen hutch was a cheap dresser in the living room that
held most of that which I owned.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let’s
just say it takes money to be materialistic, and in those days, I was extremely
unmaterialistic.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The saving grace in all
that unluckiness, was the plant stands and plants I brought with me from that
unfortunate arrangement that ended sometime after my marriage ended, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Enough said about that.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_5rmlBnPYiHoWC82SkG3tAW8jmAEELQMz8eiYepPH7AFg2gsipCpbQJtIlDBHJ4vyZ3JgcZlRSZm_1A5hqTjMMSHGE47EB3mX_V3KMm_5mlno9tPabv0K7yNCrL-oZuglNbCQWfbUnzmQ7T0rZ3pvtMz5CO8U-ValcBWEnBVYxvZJIpVrakXmO56/s600/i1497109_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="73" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_5rmlBnPYiHoWC82SkG3tAW8jmAEELQMz8eiYepPH7AFg2gsipCpbQJtIlDBHJ4vyZ3JgcZlRSZm_1A5hqTjMMSHGE47EB3mX_V3KMm_5mlno9tPabv0K7yNCrL-oZuglNbCQWfbUnzmQ7T0rZ3pvtMz5CO8U-ValcBWEnBVYxvZJIpVrakXmO56/s16000/i1497109_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I gravitated towards
houseplant ownership when living on my own, because I grew up with a mom who eventually
crowded so many houseplants into our living space that we began to live in
propagation hell. Of course, I
exaggerate, but just a tiny bit.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On my own, having cats,
well… propagation became cat food, so that ended that.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not having the internet
back then, I grew a bevy of houseplants that could croak a cat in two minutes
flat… so my mom informed me.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Eventually metal
plant stands stood in front of the windows with plants or </span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">bric-a-brac on the windowsills
to leave no vacant space for cat paws.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">When living in a
house became possible, I gravitated towards hanging plants with hemp rope
hangers I knotted myself with a few decorative wood or stone beads, a carryover
from my younger hippy years.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">It was
molly bolt heaven with a houseplant or two at every window.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">It’s quite unfortunate
that none of you out there really knows the timeline of my life to correct me
when I write a slightly warped account of my existence.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">It’s not a priority with me in this day and
age, to remember the details of any of my past.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Around this time was
the four years in Panama, Central America, when all houseplants took a flying
leap into a pile of debris at the garbage dump, while I was on my way flying
into four years of hellish bliss in a jungle paradise… a time best forgotten.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I do write about it somewhere on this blog.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Then came the dreaded
cat tree era, with a cat and a cat tree for one window in every room of the
home.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I was a sucker for a homeless
ragamuffin with fur and whiskers.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I had
become expensively materialistic. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Of
course, the hanging plants went the way of the trash can, I think.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I could fabricate a story and pretend they
all found warm caring homes, but even though I tried to always have houseplants
in my existence, they were a far cry from being a passion.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkqQXQh87H5mq1QMLY0jLbA9HhBbDeCJRZgmbXAA4ldUUR7_ThU9wNnA1AfZAQUOpy6GLSMpxLcDp2hGZaFlp0uGd8ENmIod0ualrlYqTYVU7Rb5wUdWWeN0s_yvhaZmKu-LJ326h2fbf1ubVJF5tO6LcqzJneng1iHlf1UV-uts4ZPruyeX4Ry8R/s600/i1497109_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="73" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkqQXQh87H5mq1QMLY0jLbA9HhBbDeCJRZgmbXAA4ldUUR7_ThU9wNnA1AfZAQUOpy6GLSMpxLcDp2hGZaFlp0uGd8ENmIod0ualrlYqTYVU7Rb5wUdWWeN0s_yvhaZmKu-LJ326h2fbf1ubVJF5tO6LcqzJneng1iHlf1UV-uts4ZPruyeX4Ry8R/s16000/i1497109_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">First flower in the garden, not counting the weeds; although, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">weed flowers provide plenty of food for the early pollinators.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEr9A_8d2e_xHsajIcA9Xm-jdofX2cWLCQu5KX42A5h9fK9Jpl3msagFIZ8hOaTMwgNi00jiZes-6EQ13j5a7kpPpUn4_yV00xFSU6RHQJnTQJhyS9Fo-BTG0yR5Yh9D795_5_WqBnUBpRkYHGbG8VVtus_YFAZ3Li7u6nUGieQ1TCejjZrKrl_2I/s1130/20230212_155032(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1130" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEr9A_8d2e_xHsajIcA9Xm-jdofX2cWLCQu5KX42A5h9fK9Jpl3msagFIZ8hOaTMwgNi00jiZes-6EQ13j5a7kpPpUn4_yV00xFSU6RHQJnTQJhyS9Fo-BTG0yR5Yh9D795_5_WqBnUBpRkYHGbG8VVtus_YFAZ3Li7u6nUGieQ1TCejjZrKrl_2I/w640-h360/20230212_155032(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The name of this daffodil has been forgotten by me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3dstVIW68PfnCZjs-pJ9tvcPUSAZMpi17VCZD7aPWj16RztYu5X6v0dZ4_f3nI76peczUkCUopzTg20USw-UMO-4Q2P2xAhtzW66U3UACLIVkop-TkgHuyIpPtcEH8zKYox3Ft8MC3UZLDxHzbs1M0SUmRl3H5fa844GHRk7ACspsFhPCAlDo5N8/s1160/20230212_164104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1160" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3dstVIW68PfnCZjs-pJ9tvcPUSAZMpi17VCZD7aPWj16RztYu5X6v0dZ4_f3nI76peczUkCUopzTg20USw-UMO-4Q2P2xAhtzW66U3UACLIVkop-TkgHuyIpPtcEH8zKYox3Ft8MC3UZLDxHzbs1M0SUmRl3H5fa844GHRk7ACspsFhPCAlDo5N8/w640-h406/20230212_164104.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present time…</span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">On a whim, upon
leaving the doctors office, I asked husband to drive me to Bates Nursery and
Garden Center, way north of our location, to look at houseplants.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">What a sucker he was to take me there.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I say that in a loving way, poor guy.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I bought three little
houseplants, two peperomias and one prayer plant called lemon lime or something
like that.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">It was cute in a dramatic way.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Peperomias had been in my life before and
they are easy peasy to grow.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Prayer
plants… I know nothing about prayer plants.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">My two peperomias
have been neglected, standing in their four-inch nursery pots on my desk,
moving around like pieces on a chess board to accommodate the changes in the
prayer plant’s location, whom I would say is queen of the chess board at the
moment.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">She’s in a raku plant pot that
may be a bit big, but doesn’t look too big, if you know what I mean.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I’m not sure if a different size, that I don’t
have, would better suit her.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I’ve read two hundred
thirty-eight versions of how to take and not to take care of Her Majesty until
my eyes have crossed and my brain has fried to a crisp.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">She’s a humidity glutton, quite demanding in
what makes her happy, and slowly developing into a monster with expenses.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">A 3D humidity tray was
ordered after rocks weighing a ton on a pie plate with water has proven to be
difficult to take care of in the long run. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Her set up, at the moment, hogs the territory on my desk.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">It looks like half my kitchen is
in here, because quite frankly, half of my kitchen has been in here to try out any contraption that
might work in her favor.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I GIVE UP!</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I’ll get back to you when I know all is hunky dorky, or if Her Msajesty has suddenly taken a flying leap into the trash bin. Stay tuned. </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBr_xPEPFiigxQXGUroAZEX7E3GDwFee9Ir62BbLBuZBd8xyd0L_tth_XMrFASCzEyMkNlcgqbzESJaBeCsCHCICQ5hDXf-iCcl5kWw1J3OgNFx0Kw9MzIqn104Tpe4q4Hyo7ZcM--qflN2RfxojrcAuSHZL_0SbnS9lz_l_eRRxUOMKacO7WAHOub/s600/i1497109_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="73" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBr_xPEPFiigxQXGUroAZEX7E3GDwFee9Ir62BbLBuZBd8xyd0L_tth_XMrFASCzEyMkNlcgqbzESJaBeCsCHCICQ5hDXf-iCcl5kWw1J3OgNFx0Kw9MzIqn104Tpe4q4Hyo7ZcM--qflN2RfxojrcAuSHZL_0SbnS9lz_l_eRRxUOMKacO7WAHOub/s16000/i1497109_l.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">This post is linked to:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/02/my-corner-of-world_0777227147.html">My Corner of the World</a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://caroljmichel.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-february-2023/"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-89876370936915630542023-01-23T21:11:00.004-06:002023-01-27T23:06:08.209-06:00WHATEVER ~ For lack of a better title.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymJCiS5nRkLphDxl5N-hwdbk3a7VbJsiUFvwOKQSdLzh5tlkkR5r9PP_WJGa6m_KiWiI57CEJhnqkoGkxENboRDTpiTW0faXsXq6El0A_KCNrYS1-Z8P8QD0WtlDKtGSOegkXih0KQmCatOzJHZyNUcHM-Yqgta7JV0H1gLFSnrbrpuvsfiP_8Dul/s800/c961315_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="800" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymJCiS5nRkLphDxl5N-hwdbk3a7VbJsiUFvwOKQSdLzh5tlkkR5r9PP_WJGa6m_KiWiI57CEJhnqkoGkxENboRDTpiTW0faXsXq6El0A_KCNrYS1-Z8P8QD0WtlDKtGSOegkXih0KQmCatOzJHZyNUcHM-Yqgta7JV0H1gLFSnrbrpuvsfiP_8Dul/w640-h164/c961315_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My life is mostly memories now, and whether they
are as the caressing warmth of a late summer day, or as the jarring chill of an
early winter morning, they are the sum of my existence.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Well… </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">maybe.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s a good feeling to
think I really mattered in life, but the truth of it all is that I will never
know if I ever mattered at all.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our neighbor next door on
the corner of our block, came into a windfall of money just as the wife was
becoming really depressed with all the operations she had yet to endure after a
scooter accident a year ago.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">After
selling their home to a corporation that fixes up homes to sell again, they
disappeared out of our existence in less than a weeks’ time.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A group of workers came in
and literally wiped our neighbors’ existence off the face of our block, by ripping
out their entire garden and disposing of it at the landfill.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was quite jolting to see nothing left but
a row of tiny new shrubs along the front of the house.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A solemn reminder that we don’t always escape
the whiteout of our existence when we no longer exist in that time.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I suppose it may be
different for families whose generations pass on their legacy, but my legacy will
be only what remains in the minds of those who knew me and cared about me.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When they pass on or forget, it will be as if
I, my pets, and my gardens never existed.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is a sobering thought that doesn’t amuse.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Basically, my legacy is only
what exists in present tense. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sum of
me is me today, at this moment in time… nothing more, and nothing less.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m beginning to feel the shortness of life, like I'm a </span><span style="background: white; font-family: georgia;">nanosecond in the sea of time.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Winter Savory</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Still evergreen in all this freezing weather.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0-xUh7Rt4zabEI1sJtbVi7LnYrcEKXuy9PkW1r_YamHCS1r3QAO6IFo1TdavCsT30JZfUmeTLvsrMUaWaw6SdiDhqgfBhKjYhdwExov87NP7DmPqAJbRQAeYHxVVUqZfiJcmhgoGDLtwwwbh3L52-dWHE2Rx5jsQslmtVcbX_yKI6lqDaALg8GLu/s1474/20230121_110905%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1474" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0-xUh7Rt4zabEI1sJtbVi7LnYrcEKXuy9PkW1r_YamHCS1r3QAO6IFo1TdavCsT30JZfUmeTLvsrMUaWaw6SdiDhqgfBhKjYhdwExov87NP7DmPqAJbRQAeYHxVVUqZfiJcmhgoGDLtwwwbh3L52-dWHE2Rx5jsQslmtVcbX_yKI6lqDaALg8GLu/w640-h300/20230121_110905%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mockingbird in Flight</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgggiMlvbeqvO6Sac36lhUmjRp32fehfyOEzPtkN3M8qQEP1OthFPVq9nE8gZ05R2dSBjDQnEcv2NYFr3ZF7xSFUt5sNreQ-_fhP0Rv0pVajngxxkYA4uV5i903Ci6T9RBV0qYFWCFgLQkaWzqeRbNmHTRL235QFXis-w5ceFECGU8Vehca1AVl8mQ/s1297/20230121_111100(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="1297" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgggiMlvbeqvO6Sac36lhUmjRp32fehfyOEzPtkN3M8qQEP1OthFPVq9nE8gZ05R2dSBjDQnEcv2NYFr3ZF7xSFUt5sNreQ-_fhP0Rv0pVajngxxkYA4uV5i903Ci6T9RBV0qYFWCFgLQkaWzqeRbNmHTRL235QFXis-w5ceFECGU8Vehca1AVl8mQ/w640-h402/20230121_111100(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Seersucker Sedge, I think.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I moved it to a better location when it sprouted on its own last year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">It's happy here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNro6BdV610rN3pMiSp3pxv4oBYU7GQrVvvBCn9xRVb1ntjpiCfL3cfEYjUGm0Kt9h2zlyhhjxoYnRyY0LE1nWdN6MNIu-msWTwlxaoLoRAMzIeIHDrmkrjPQNizrWNMltfPD-V5LUxZ1Rv0W4amyNDASFMq9BAue_Cx52-fCYVi4iMTnELxBQKh60/s1074/20230122_115942%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1074" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNro6BdV610rN3pMiSp3pxv4oBYU7GQrVvvBCn9xRVb1ntjpiCfL3cfEYjUGm0Kt9h2zlyhhjxoYnRyY0LE1nWdN6MNIu-msWTwlxaoLoRAMzIeIHDrmkrjPQNizrWNMltfPD-V5LUxZ1Rv0W4amyNDASFMq9BAue_Cx52-fCYVi4iMTnELxBQKh60/w640-h460/20230122_115942%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When one has cats,
one must always check all nooks and crannies before closing any closet door. Well… not following my advice, I was woken up
at 2:00 am by a talking closet door that when swung open coughed up a perturbed
cat disappearing in a flash down the hall and out of sight. She was trapped three hours, as my medicine
acts much as a sleeping pill, sending me to the depths of sleep.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">She seemed fine and
the day after she was surprised with a veterinary visit which almost didn’t
happen.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">It was a bit of a struggle to
secure her in the carrier, and her visit was just a short in and out to get a
urine sample.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I guess that added trauma was
the straw that broke the camel’s back.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">She closed down and during
the next seven days she only ate one half of a three ounce can of food,
refusing steak, chicken, baby food, and nine different flavors and textures of cat
food, despite having an appetite stimulant applied to the inside of her ear
each day.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">She remained in my writing room, with the gate put back up and the cat pan reinstated in the
corner.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">She had another
veterinary visit in the mix, but he found nothing medically wrong with her,
although she had already lost a pound.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">This
is when one has to really start thinking outside of the box.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I overnighted an
order of a Feliway Optimum pheromone plug in, played very soft music for her to
listen to, and spent practically every moment of my time in my writing room
with her, gently stroking and talking to her.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">It was the eve of the
seventh day as I laid in bed, that I heard her meowing for me.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Optimistically, I opened a can of her regular
food and she ate half of it before calling it quits.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">I was relieved.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">The next morning, she
appeared anxiously at the gate, and ate three fourths of a can of her
food.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">There was no stopping her after
that.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Deciding to feed her
smaller portions more times of the day to put her weight back on, she is doing
just fine now.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">In all of this mix, I had
realized that I had been ignoring her way too often, and am currently working on
strengthening the lovely bond between us.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Only a person with a
cat knows what I am talking about.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">When
a cat totally trusts one, it gives one that feeling we often attribute to
loving us.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Whatever it is, it’s one of the
best feelings in the world to me.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuD1l-rxq-x1UC5FJvErJ921lffH9e-0s5UVLGf54QIcJK9TBouZw5Kk8s5zK8wkOg04askvWNB7aw_I8Oyz__PVgywk_aPOD_-lBhIQoVSOpfiJniL-zunrV3JPp1RsRTUtLojwZ1aeBahYkeam25dIzV3CvIBqwcM5gLI-cZIXY5ddmKeiQlKk86/s221/c1597773_m%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Base of old gnarled Blackhaw Virburnum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Planted when I started the garden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPD4NSK8NDYeR3HMSsZ2pGr_cO-uE-nta3SsZgvWjwzGZeo_wI1D4nWx7i48d9edGlxVIl56U8t0ecq_6-NsjLwrbwlX5xn9GJzRjzIiKbiV0UixE8OU3YYHlSRI1GtD7ldPnxrBL0iR_tNsbzpgwedwzU9jJ4CWtBDZBr_4VyT8DuFPCM4MmsQVyB/s1523/20230122_120512%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPD4NSK8NDYeR3HMSsZ2pGr_cO-uE-nta3SsZgvWjwzGZeo_wI1D4nWx7i48d9edGlxVIl56U8t0ecq_6-NsjLwrbwlX5xn9GJzRjzIiKbiV0UixE8OU3YYHlSRI1GtD7ldPnxrBL0iR_tNsbzpgwedwzU9jJ4CWtBDZBr_4VyT8DuFPCM4MmsQVyB/w640-h288/20230122_120512%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sheltered in the driftwood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFAhoEID6k0ysqik30j0_I4gw1h_JJc0prr6nEw48AfuaXrP9A-BLaNjVKLEmqsfQyCndLQB6IPcSp7e8UK5-890yibKMSK9L50iIENGMPDNNCDV1Kdv4bHUJxcmjG8A8lC1GsUsBjIhp0XdNv_j65l-fz8Bw5yoZHxUw9DYE9aJPrwcSfTw9SqHG/s1520/20230122_120556%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1520" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFAhoEID6k0ysqik30j0_I4gw1h_JJc0prr6nEw48AfuaXrP9A-BLaNjVKLEmqsfQyCndLQB6IPcSp7e8UK5-890yibKMSK9L50iIENGMPDNNCDV1Kdv4bHUJxcmjG8A8lC1GsUsBjIhp0XdNv_j65l-fz8Bw5yoZHxUw9DYE9aJPrwcSfTw9SqHG/w640-h290/20230122_120556%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tough daffodil with buds ready to open.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mind you, this is still January.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-rer3ut4Sv4pfaEo_n8PXyBt-n6VD0FulxXRJeLxyV6426yU_LzMBpA3th3DAoZThh-qHn9Jir-ff8QpZQbQb8wrh4cJYvK9u5FL9r0m5FR27Auc4sag2uCJ-lh9dNWVqD2DN7nPMwQJHAvJn8TWa4yWuY4jQSWQYfYN-TryL6J2HRJqJFfKgySHB/s1474/20230122_120705.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1474" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-rer3ut4Sv4pfaEo_n8PXyBt-n6VD0FulxXRJeLxyV6426yU_LzMBpA3th3DAoZThh-qHn9Jir-ff8QpZQbQb8wrh4cJYvK9u5FL9r0m5FR27Auc4sag2uCJ-lh9dNWVqD2DN7nPMwQJHAvJn8TWa4yWuY4jQSWQYfYN-TryL6J2HRJqJFfKgySHB/w640-h318/20230122_120705.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Seed pods of <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Appalachian Mock Orange</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6V65x9DE3o-HpEi_yWt2BeVlwRyz6sf86R7PhjBdiyWNfdhsMFVbZl_Z0nQGGZZrhaXG-P1sGFHWWGJ5AbMyuYEPr4cRna0LcHv6tGg_BBMiaA6cx8bZTKGVFRb05UOjQU_B13u1HN89prgFHotdWLZ6glu2jsPf7ETS6OxglDHLtryFD6WrqMuK/s1430/20230122_120911%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1430" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6V65x9DE3o-HpEi_yWt2BeVlwRyz6sf86R7PhjBdiyWNfdhsMFVbZl_Z0nQGGZZrhaXG-P1sGFHWWGJ5AbMyuYEPr4cRna0LcHv6tGg_BBMiaA6cx8bZTKGVFRb05UOjQU_B13u1HN89prgFHotdWLZ6glu2jsPf7ETS6OxglDHLtryFD6WrqMuK/w640-h308/20230122_120911%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The weather
fluctuates between freezing then warm, then not so warm, then repeat, much like
it always does this time of year in the middle of winter. Rain is always plentiful, and I bite my lip to
not utters these words “not again”; as rain once again caresses the ground in
gentle drops, while a thunderstorm could be coming in just over the far horizon.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Without this weather,
our spring would be a failure.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">This
abundance of water brings on the lushness that overruns our gardens in springtime
when the moans of the weed picking blues might be heard over the buzz of plants
new to the block greedily staking out their territory.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">We have an appointment
for a week of rain near this month’s end.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Not again.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Oops! </span></div><div style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Soaking up the sun on a chilly day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUUguzyWY_sDVf_rOFnb6HzZ7dWjv8CofCaCKxJj2VcKjdovjG3rytWrilI3OP0HNz17_5MCVrIadipvlix8US3F_Uphezqey1LXL30eUmpgwG23smXyTEeZKiUUAZTPQ62IdW7zumCbgTXG2gtnZ0UlwaJr8eA9gPcc5FL7Z8TNKOyqeU71ISb-x/s1327/20230121_111205%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1327" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUUguzyWY_sDVf_rOFnb6HzZ7dWjv8CofCaCKxJj2VcKjdovjG3rytWrilI3OP0HNz17_5MCVrIadipvlix8US3F_Uphezqey1LXL30eUmpgwG23smXyTEeZKiUUAZTPQ62IdW7zumCbgTXG2gtnZ0UlwaJr8eA9gPcc5FL7Z8TNKOyqeU71ISb-x/w640-h400/20230121_111205%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This Post is Linked To:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-corner-of-world_0302735054.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2023/01/saturdays-critters-476.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday's Critters</span></a><br /></div></div></div></div></div></span></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-29166309780989331752023-01-01T00:56:00.007-06:002023-01-27T20:41:00.933-06:00The Year is New, but My Life's Still Old :'(<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFwPMJIXAEtYCi_BtydZMDtymDOjCRmJ9pfko0E0oEZyFxtZMBKbugILKntlfvOhLJhfPO_5bmNwXynDDdATsUoLLdPrRjsV3vrcNYfmaGfJABOMujNbxdzfPYySWaGILPHlmB1H4OeheV_i4PmGwliyGDQJUpQH-6yKo11UM81m3pLUFY491AU0j/s600/c1051442_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="600" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFwPMJIXAEtYCi_BtydZMDtymDOjCRmJ9pfko0E0oEZyFxtZMBKbugILKntlfvOhLJhfPO_5bmNwXynDDdATsUoLLdPrRjsV3vrcNYfmaGfJABOMujNbxdzfPYySWaGILPHlmB1H4OeheV_i4PmGwliyGDQJUpQH-6yKo11UM81m3pLUFY491AU0j/s320/c1051442_l.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s January now, the
month that embraces winter in all of its glory and misery… giving us beauty,
hand in hand, with frostbite, that mischievous Jack Frost. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now I know Santa just fakes it when reading his letters, as </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was forced to order my own rust-colored cast stone pig for
the garden when Santa missed our house for the umpteenth time. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tWCqW9lDxkj_Kgy8a9WKLBX46W94c3WzqoikhXLyuS_dwL-nNzPYqFMyOAOxQOZlSLguCeCPVOo8hZEB03R1CutcZ-kJfUnjaKCZNVbMEp-5yVxgh93SivSOVBdhMksJr-7ym4O_wzhpulUIyQh_s7eLEOE6gygGmwmUkzLGFGxn7cLNuc6XFt2t/s400/c1805272_m%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="400" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tWCqW9lDxkj_Kgy8a9WKLBX46W94c3WzqoikhXLyuS_dwL-nNzPYqFMyOAOxQOZlSLguCeCPVOo8hZEB03R1CutcZ-kJfUnjaKCZNVbMEp-5yVxgh93SivSOVBdhMksJr-7ym4O_wzhpulUIyQh_s7eLEOE6gygGmwmUkzLGFGxn7cLNuc6XFt2t/s320/c1805272_m%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: left;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I rarely ever celebrate New
Year’s Day as new beginnings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think if
we want to change something in our life, we will do it at that time, instead of
saving our wishes up for one day of the year when we bewitchingly arise
reincarnated into our perfect selves.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">New Year’s Day is more
about Earth’s birthday, one complete rotation around her Sun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We celebrate our rotation through the twelve
months, so why not the Earths; after all, the Earth is the mother of all life
as we know it.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Happy 4.543</span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="jpfdse"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">billion, give
or take a few million years, birthday, Mother Earth! Without you, we wouldn’t even be an afterthought.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisoOMGpTX191c8CGkpGOM3ajDBMqQZyMhzbwMZ6XA-Q0iU4Ic-cldlhc843T7Ov1YrIwSIkM3QGxCq2vwMC-OUh8xBnOsMRHeQN2tVOrsyaZKoFdoKHrfSuLU2TcjzxORr4BSytj9uHmmK9syU_fNMM8PyGBKJv2Ms1Oi7m9U7ZrrIQQn9Hcr6LNAC/s352/c2790378_l%20(2).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="305" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisoOMGpTX191c8CGkpGOM3ajDBMqQZyMhzbwMZ6XA-Q0iU4Ic-cldlhc843T7Ov1YrIwSIkM3QGxCq2vwMC-OUh8xBnOsMRHeQN2tVOrsyaZKoFdoKHrfSuLU2TcjzxORr4BSytj9uHmmK9syU_fNMM8PyGBKJv2Ms1Oi7m9U7ZrrIQQn9Hcr6LNAC/w173-h200/c2790378_l%20(2).jpg" width="173" /></a></div><br /><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Bleak is a common expression of cold winters
without snow, when the evergreens and naked ones stand guard as seeds and
spores left from the previous summer and fall wait patiently hidden in the
rough textures of soil until warmth beckons germination. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s also the time when nature’s hardy flora somewhat
hibernates through these dismal winter months, their roots growing when the ground
is thawed and resting when the ground is frozen until warmth signals leafing
out time.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe3Lk4ELOZC0395HC27-QmX4PkPWoh5QFVZez79dSo56wXppQv-r6pLwtHCsB6R97SEgnMw2wKJWNSfnzjtdABX1QGhQHwZsxZzrupOCJ0OpxIuCziNYzJUsVnHQzOfM7YPRHZGwcRvQR6RQ0fmeUtH1I_rCEO-GZQbG0APLhJmftCaSyu-U55hGk/s400/c624986_b%20(2).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="221" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe3Lk4ELOZC0395HC27-QmX4PkPWoh5QFVZez79dSo56wXppQv-r6pLwtHCsB6R97SEgnMw2wKJWNSfnzjtdABX1QGhQHwZsxZzrupOCJ0OpxIuCziNYzJUsVnHQzOfM7YPRHZGwcRvQR6RQ0fmeUtH1I_rCEO-GZQbG0APLhJmftCaSyu-U55hGk/w111-h200/c624986_b%20(2).jpg" width="111" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Winter has a beauty of its own when the skeletons
of tree and shrub limbs show us all their glorious curves and twists against
the horizon.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">Bronzed flower stems with empty
seed heads decorate the melancholy emptiness while browned grasses lay as
blankets across the landscape as others stand erect defying the wind.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XVFhPL5utZqUn-0-8Y5Hi9x_zMToTCrdGhIMDaBhPz7UFd5zZNQoHIHZgqikROKAFQOj_4xLSarj7F6E-1YFWrKa13iDosA4YeamcFrhzc1gbftocF4PbgMeStgBQLs_Nkld6CvEOK4_gFjrWQxhLForEjvydD5UJdvyaxIOYE-vGlzPqNrlzqWo/s897/20210224_162523%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="897" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XVFhPL5utZqUn-0-8Y5Hi9x_zMToTCrdGhIMDaBhPz7UFd5zZNQoHIHZgqikROKAFQOj_4xLSarj7F6E-1YFWrKa13iDosA4YeamcFrhzc1gbftocF4PbgMeStgBQLs_Nkld6CvEOK4_gFjrWQxhLForEjvydD5UJdvyaxIOYE-vGlzPqNrlzqWo/w640-h488/20210224_162523%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Swamp Sunflower</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRUormR0QzqWJmasN6I_BKjmm4ZO7cpGhbZanOvtFZZlmIg_2K_BorwO_StCuWB7YJE8iEv_xofZFrTATThLBU7EBJH4HAeYIBsLNlp358J_YbgFjjBVEaOxgIwGQlQE8yZH53D9PMDo32MmFLkv3No27yepOBYRqpBU8OE116BF_iegDeWSflLAM/s1465/20221230_120116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1465" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRUormR0QzqWJmasN6I_BKjmm4ZO7cpGhbZanOvtFZZlmIg_2K_BorwO_StCuWB7YJE8iEv_xofZFrTATThLBU7EBJH4HAeYIBsLNlp358J_YbgFjjBVEaOxgIwGQlQE8yZH53D9PMDo32MmFLkv3No27yepOBYRqpBU8OE116BF_iegDeWSflLAM/w640-h300/20221230_120116.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When I look at my garden, I often tell you I don’t always see the specialness in it. Most things lay wasted in winter, but there is a mystery in the front garden where the oak leaves never fall… a little plant that sprouts in the areas that are considered sunny in summer, carpeting the ground in green like a groundcover of a million tiny plants, no matter how cold it gets. It dies out by summer, and I guess, it will always be a lovely mystery to me. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">My backyard has greens popping up everywhere
that stay short during the winter.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">I
guess, one might harshly call all those little sprouts weeds, but I’d rather just
welcome them as groundcover that gives the garden some life.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioz4GdzQviDI9M4obboMQ8wfJBE5luu7roF3mMOW4ELRk47kyBe6uUw85IPCN8L0Glw6x_u3ae3Ju-40VvLpu_xhz9yPLiZ7SoHuQjI1PkjO2MFQenUXVEZ353Fk4akYI-ouF9GPJP4GKhuosbPvUEyNCN92X4a6B4SrDyGPb2RwHY-3BlBCJZf-I-/s1517/20210224_162035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1517" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioz4GdzQviDI9M4obboMQ8wfJBE5luu7roF3mMOW4ELRk47kyBe6uUw85IPCN8L0Glw6x_u3ae3Ju-40VvLpu_xhz9yPLiZ7SoHuQjI1PkjO2MFQenUXVEZ353Fk4akYI-ouF9GPJP4GKhuosbPvUEyNCN92X4a6B4SrDyGPb2RwHY-3BlBCJZf-I-/w640-h288/20210224_162035.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOIT1ljjM_DFcuyS-SVb-8B0S_78umjZ0jH0VF73U-ggZn2FJoJzn-dR2stdvOVtRIOAMWaIIQnSnyu_lq0hIEC2WRHvgtF0GFO3LrLDDcelMdC3wj7sSBLudLvGcxdB0N48rg9NLW9b1-8b5LRk-W79_7P-S6F2RZpoh-CPbHd1n0xMsWpMD2T5-/s1386/20221231_144152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1386" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOIT1ljjM_DFcuyS-SVb-8B0S_78umjZ0jH0VF73U-ggZn2FJoJzn-dR2stdvOVtRIOAMWaIIQnSnyu_lq0hIEC2WRHvgtF0GFO3LrLDDcelMdC3wj7sSBLudLvGcxdB0N48rg9NLW9b1-8b5LRk-W79_7P-S6F2RZpoh-CPbHd1n0xMsWpMD2T5-/w640-h324/20221231_144152.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bottom of photo:<i> Smilax bona-nox</i></span></span><span style="text-align: start;">, the S</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;">aw Greenbrier</span><span style="text-align: start;">, a vine, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;">can be controlled with herbicides but has been known to adapt</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;"> to the effects of them. It has also been known to not be affected at all. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;">Some herbicides have been known to also help it grow </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;">instead of causing it to die. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;">Each leaf has a row of prickles around it </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;">and while all parts are edible whether raw or cooked,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;">it can be very difficult to live with in the garden. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;">Middle: Narcissus</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;">Top: Bottlebrush Grass, </span></span><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Elymus hystrix</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Evergreen in winter, blooming in late spring.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXP4MEOFZwAuNIBYsvnYqDAVOZUuSiKYY5aVu4ee5Vs282r3Dw8cQz4ANKNUPSEEEDm6x4irxP5Xuqs0x2RByaVRq6PRnARt_mwewW9JV8o4L9CFR0EDuoxpSATp5BCSizb3ssaxTkqxcmeocZrWtVgh68BeykuS5sYSWfzbjJPtq-ieCrSadTi_I/s1457/20221230_115201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1457" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXP4MEOFZwAuNIBYsvnYqDAVOZUuSiKYY5aVu4ee5Vs282r3Dw8cQz4ANKNUPSEEEDm6x4irxP5Xuqs0x2RByaVRq6PRnARt_mwewW9JV8o4L9CFR0EDuoxpSATp5BCSizb3ssaxTkqxcmeocZrWtVgh68BeykuS5sYSWfzbjJPtq-ieCrSadTi_I/w640-h342/20221230_115201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: start;">S</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia; text-align: start;">aw Greenbrier</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LoQLIA-c7E5E7YGgLLBefgblPXVhQuAkHq9eTjZqLMtQTs5LUxNxrkD4GpNxDNtESYnqIMdo24w_A-ijFEMWz4c2H95GCeVo5-wtpQ3XTAHo2lgaQsi5Nm3qWRLmTT93LXNVAJtsrnxTmF2x6wlG_fAPud140JYu8hwxWrDpkfSiw3U2qWrI7CBW/s1518/20221231_144231%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1518" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LoQLIA-c7E5E7YGgLLBefgblPXVhQuAkHq9eTjZqLMtQTs5LUxNxrkD4GpNxDNtESYnqIMdo24w_A-ijFEMWz4c2H95GCeVo5-wtpQ3XTAHo2lgaQsi5Nm3qWRLmTT93LXNVAJtsrnxTmF2x6wlG_fAPud140JYu8hwxWrDpkfSiw3U2qWrI7CBW/w640-h290/20221231_144231%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Winter groundcover with no identification.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-x_aSrTYFfhmB_SzhhZqDhrHK3wbwuGOTAI2NJ3Tc-ib3xQmfmJcK_jqJZINSTywG7M8JKNOvAKyhB3BDLdlnLz3aLboEnzTjSWSQOOUqA7ezIggim0eyJOTV3fd01q5ecaw5_7XxkmsubWiiE1nJMmkH5HPc7g2r_Ylw9K5bhES9JUuOK3E2l_Z/s1612/20221230_115313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1612" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-x_aSrTYFfhmB_SzhhZqDhrHK3wbwuGOTAI2NJ3Tc-ib3xQmfmJcK_jqJZINSTywG7M8JKNOvAKyhB3BDLdlnLz3aLboEnzTjSWSQOOUqA7ezIggim0eyJOTV3fd01q5ecaw5_7XxkmsubWiiE1nJMmkH5HPc7g2r_Ylw9K5bhES9JUuOK3E2l_Z/w640-h290/20221230_115313.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">First year plants of the biennial Brown Eyed Susan, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;">Rudbeckia triloba.</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It moved into the garden on its own, and reproduces adbuntantly each year. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Can be transplanted easily.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPtO21eh3SOd5cZMdVhDrNubbgaLgEqUMPGfb99S8lH4I0cAh_YDI1byMsEZFlMHolCV5hbxEHE0Oeutq0e7Jif_FTidc-Mi9uuWa7lJCXEBy3verm2IwMwbzDGBVVfwFCH5CIN9TFmChO5sLGmp1-EfXJ9Br-7c_guOG7XT2TASev6AAh8b7qV1w/s1619/20221230_115426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1619" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPtO21eh3SOd5cZMdVhDrNubbgaLgEqUMPGfb99S8lH4I0cAh_YDI1byMsEZFlMHolCV5hbxEHE0Oeutq0e7Jif_FTidc-Mi9uuWa7lJCXEBy3verm2IwMwbzDGBVVfwFCH5CIN9TFmChO5sLGmp1-EfXJ9Br-7c_guOG7XT2TASev6AAh8b7qV1w/w640-h288/20221230_115426.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">I’ve seen sporadic traces of compressed pellets
of seed husks that the opossum has spit out after chewing the sunflower chips we
leave for it, so these deep freezes haven’t killed it.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">It has a warm place somewhere to bed
down.</span></span></div></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Last night when the dog was to be taken out in
the dark for a short walk after Vic arrived home from work, Dustin began
frantically barking as the door was opened.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Vic took Dustin around to the side door while I tried to remain frozen
at the storm door taking photos of a fat fluffy opossum feeding on a pile of
sunflower hearts.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">It moved behind the planter when Vic and Dustin
walked down the driveway, then cautiously moved back out to the seeds when they
crossed the street to our neighbors’ yard.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">I was taking photos with a cell phone through the glass at night, so the
photos are what they are.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">A pleasant surprise for me and a comfort
knowing it’s still alive.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Isn’t it a bit
crazy how easily we get attached to these marvelous creatures?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">I never see these critters enough times to
tell them apart, so I’m not 100% sure this isn’t a new one.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">So be it.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAli7zYM0CXEwHDNb9HeFZiA8rjjF-wEWovzLxrF1NuKBFoofbkTC0Y0TET_KHHtj0mkVUdkAeI0fRzrAz00QYoLnpdd2-PNLZpxVGKPUiGIjShQzOZV9fuMaCqUh56JW_yxbrB05QvqG3K-jzanb3ySiRGg9DI2gyKB0uU-W4XtKE_Xgv2sX22llm/s1714/20221227_184932%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1714" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAli7zYM0CXEwHDNb9HeFZiA8rjjF-wEWovzLxrF1NuKBFoofbkTC0Y0TET_KHHtj0mkVUdkAeI0fRzrAz00QYoLnpdd2-PNLZpxVGKPUiGIjShQzOZV9fuMaCqUh56JW_yxbrB05QvqG3K-jzanb3ySiRGg9DI2gyKB0uU-W4XtKE_Xgv2sX22llm/w640-h290/20221227_184932%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Virginia Opossum, a marsupial , and a nocturnal omnivore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Around 60 million years on the earth, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">beginning around the time of mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2ot9r_o-vDPBy30ZDbYax80JTAPXr3UdToRVKpeGVEyjt0lTLPJJUK_wvNHwGGk_zs5ZcSr7OZokI6DXTOUHr5thyGdVriJ6GmAvDWy0GeXGKZpCSw9AsPThjqMmwWwycZrmGccLG7hMtZVygoHNM0D37c_HeZtMhaSBSxiLgcYoNB_vy4P8j-JJ/s1543/20221227_184944%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="1543" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2ot9r_o-vDPBy30ZDbYax80JTAPXr3UdToRVKpeGVEyjt0lTLPJJUK_wvNHwGGk_zs5ZcSr7OZokI6DXTOUHr5thyGdVriJ6GmAvDWy0GeXGKZpCSw9AsPThjqMmwWwycZrmGccLG7hMtZVygoHNM0D37c_HeZtMhaSBSxiLgcYoNB_vy4P8j-JJ/w640-h288/20221227_184944%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Life span of 2-3 years in nature, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">becoming geriatric during the last 6 months of its life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Its four feet are hands with opposable thumbs on the hind two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tail is like a safety belt to keep it safe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It doesn't sleep hanging upsidedown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLFy4rOAQXh21PnQoDHNLfz8UdFC-x0ja7axFFUmarMie5pVJ4ZDE86wHVRPW4Y_GUIuzX9CTfUsgcE0IKRoatO-tcXe8PqetqEsmtI4EMEStuNorbqNN4MXAxnkhe1kSAvd4NHzG2XxUguKQvOulIsDS5w2f61eg768VydUX-N9WYxrUn2GtF_R-C/s1708/20221227_184951%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1708" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLFy4rOAQXh21PnQoDHNLfz8UdFC-x0ja7axFFUmarMie5pVJ4ZDE86wHVRPW4Y_GUIuzX9CTfUsgcE0IKRoatO-tcXe8PqetqEsmtI4EMEStuNorbqNN4MXAxnkhe1kSAvd4NHzG2XxUguKQvOulIsDS5w2f61eg768VydUX-N9WYxrUn2GtF_R-C/w640-h290/20221227_184951%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The female can give birth up to 20 babies, up to 3 times a year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A female is pregnant only from 11 to 13 days before the birth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After leaving the birth canal, the babies (Joey's) are the size of a honey bee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She helps them crawl up her abdomen to the pouch </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with the mammary glands, which only have 13 teats. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first 13 to arrive in the pouch will survive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Joeys don't suckle, as milk is supplied constantly to their mouth. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wildlife Rehilibating Centers tube feed orphaned Joeys. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaB4kMTSI2Ki0ANj7Ss9oyRItW87GiOvXbc3sxaB4ranssZDhP_K6INdAOh_BoJmCwRntdY-RQ9Iqp3MRe01IfL_s89jz8tIQnNMDRS2xj9ge1O6dJ8stE8exoGKcAxRKZdIU6bvgXrfi-6egOcrOvSXFLZjfPludyjAXU6era-Z8jCEBAGMw2kYe_/s1710/20221227_185032%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1710" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaB4kMTSI2Ki0ANj7Ss9oyRItW87GiOvXbc3sxaB4ranssZDhP_K6INdAOh_BoJmCwRntdY-RQ9Iqp3MRe01IfL_s89jz8tIQnNMDRS2xj9ge1O6dJ8stE8exoGKcAxRKZdIU6bvgXrfi-6egOcrOvSXFLZjfPludyjAXU6era-Z8jCEBAGMw2kYe_/w640-h290/20221227_185032%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Joeys will stay in the pouch for about 2 1/2 to 3 months, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">making her eventually fat in the middle as they grow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When they venture outside the pouch, they will ride piggyback style, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hanging onto her fur for another month. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(That's a lot of weight on her back.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After 4 months, from time to time one will fall off and is on its own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Survival rate from then on is below 50%.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yaZIf-AHJHCVzKxw34MaEKl-kkwJlbfe77sNFRB86G5G_C5BDNRgsbJ_jaFvd4LP8hgxTWlOFIwaADNjXP3AyWVEg8wEEHqIfqHl3VbtR8OKEN8AW6zqYV_yyd6FFZX8AzjWVAzdmmsrv2us2Bz1lnJFi0YhvFn8rzjtTXnvNF7O5ra8EApD3JN4/s1404/20221227_185751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1404" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yaZIf-AHJHCVzKxw34MaEKl-kkwJlbfe77sNFRB86G5G_C5BDNRgsbJ_jaFvd4LP8hgxTWlOFIwaADNjXP3AyWVEg8wEEHqIfqHl3VbtR8OKEN8AW6zqYV_yyd6FFZX8AzjWVAzdmmsrv2us2Bz1lnJFi0YhvFn8rzjtTXnvNF7O5ra8EApD3JN4/w640-h350/20221227_185751.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Opossum's defensive tactics work against it in todays modern world. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Its fainting when stressed defense can get it killed on the highway, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where they are attracted to food waste left by humans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The food was on the porch as the ground was iced.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Usually I leave food at the bird feeder. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rest of the year they feed on food the plants in the garden produce,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">although some may find that climbing up the shepherds hook </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">will have a nice surprise for them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnpybFkzgdHKzNbuHTpfPH-0ME9dV8CUmPZVv3OwmlydvvraahDGLNrJBr4DDBXnksVOX2tbG3tRrwsFemuekvc2kvHQ726zpb3PhHAsYNBTbaboUlSfeVXfSTXDWfz_umbqO7fegYDBgErfdScg5xOALCnba8fqg7SXYjh5WoTEkCkoBsBY6xf4f/s1714/20221227_185903%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1714" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnpybFkzgdHKzNbuHTpfPH-0ME9dV8CUmPZVv3OwmlydvvraahDGLNrJBr4DDBXnksVOX2tbG3tRrwsFemuekvc2kvHQ726zpb3PhHAsYNBTbaboUlSfeVXfSTXDWfz_umbqO7fegYDBgErfdScg5xOALCnba8fqg7SXYjh5WoTEkCkoBsBY6xf4f/w640-h288/20221227_185903%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are here at the first day of another year of
Earth’s life, and I’m grateful for the complicated existence she has given me even
though she tries to kill me off occasionally… she’s
complicated that way.</div></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">May you look at your little patch of earth with
optimism, for it will love you as much as you love it back.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;">May common sense and good luck keep you safe,
and may your feet stay grounded to the earth while your head is in the clouds.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Kunstler Script"; font-size: 48pt;">Happy New Year!</span></span><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 48pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hugs!!!</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This Post Is Linked To:</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-corner-of-world.html"><span style="font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="jpfdse"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2023/01/saturdays-critters-473.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday's Critters</span></a><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="jpfdse"><a href="https://caroljmichel.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2023/"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day</span></a><br /></span></div></div></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-56138748558211531682022-12-12T16:56:00.010-06:002023-01-03T12:37:18.993-06:00Spellbound at Christmas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSrgKo9Rr6Ksf1LB-HhKy64rCFVHi9p4AOtN0slwQNZ3jRf3mDNAde9APIu3VsHJLEy3QHb4nThNYyzrHjzlTvqgA7vLBNu-qrVxSJmRd3duFbmEUeJBghCcRT_j7_cDM2y80lya3DJlTMEoekWOD39BARkauCENQFpQGAnFnd_boshMwK0vJbpGQ/s600/c961041_l%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The night is darkening round me,</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The wild winds coldly blow;</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjoGn6qzrdvStaymsNOh_43LjH9O-tfMTUJK_cRyy45GJt17MN0dKq7IdRMBlyJE9_b8hCmkV5HGxMttxBguSiiyvgZft35aZCn2cp62pzogA74eJgORZt8tDyYWlPTRSc1N1PWdNSvIKV5K257LuGGTOyewEUgVgJvJaepCDguE5TO6zkelD-MVz/s600/i293839_l%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjoGn6qzrdvStaymsNOh_43LjH9O-tfMTUJK_cRyy45GJt17MN0dKq7IdRMBlyJE9_b8hCmkV5HGxMttxBguSiiyvgZft35aZCn2cp62pzogA74eJgORZt8tDyYWlPTRSc1N1PWdNSvIKV5K257LuGGTOyewEUgVgJvJaepCDguE5TO6zkelD-MVz/s16000/i293839_l%20(2).jpg" /></a></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center;"><br /></p></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But a tyrant spell has bound me</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And I cannot, cannot go.</span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9w-e7y2c9fWiFKbFlRo_1VMAiF3_jJU2sjzh2xcv-1tFwiEB_zXErHkKgbm4lFxIT6HWq-60mrp9y5E_-hlAJJ3MHxErk0oK9zD_ge14TuNYTtptaqx6ediyNFWbKzcuqiA-hBf0RazA23W52_O3aSZp22DJI9XCOKwlBw3VX8euEIjrBmFyItU0/s600/i293836_l%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The giant trees are bending</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Their bare boughs weighed with snow.</span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeMd6-rXmU7i7frB_eCb_wJw0C3W3uxdAT_q-AgZI-A9ThP0q64Q2hAT8ARane4MhnJc_wMf-Bzfo0ZFs_YVq_qof5KDA9oke7DQwxO4kzjE0R5dvCR9rZrB0pPXEbbFZxLCqHP9_UhSHmGZQbpAg96Urabgx54NbMtLejhH6TSCjIPzB8B_dSVNP/s600/i293842_l%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And the storm is fast descending,</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And yet I cannot go.</span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOIbA27KYNxXlw0InLlFYbOXfoFB69GIlbZCWRvsVmXKP7H_UcZfRgOJOCzgoeT_NB-jpmOjuF8C_x96y9EVZ8lF35QWSxnM9XDIogSV1h2_0FgPAsH1HFDJ_J0TowByebsWABfvdpiWz3DUzmjwAkCiT4eZbyajGClkHa7sgHonPxSppX_9xFLZ3/s600/i293843_l%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Clouds beyond clouds above me,</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Wastes beyond wastes below;</span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlPhITxqYLHMGV2BwMkPU3y6K-bZfoi733LtHPE2Ekeu8141pKBRCqm2SBG3IzC4ehRc2X0aLO77Kh2CY6WfOsiS9W9FfC8crXcE8_9gAVSAthY0560XBuiy4HR4_OSNAOyTqrA8LbsUPJG49eeNoiGEmWNa_VKkGjTZPVyftlsnJLGYHze73qsTt/s600/i293841_l%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But nothing drear can move me;</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I will not, cannot go.</span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjZ7BW2aXJ_HysboCv0e5sRYxcYtUqnMLza-xlRDKwMBi6sugfuvqxLnb7adNm4zCKsHtilKEqLZz0M-QT2kY6gE-Dabfemml5WAgowVhfNRHV-ma4i7n7BBwKJGc2gz0GS22FE-1KKBt8qu7RyyeuWFgui1r2cAGKZvr8tDReoZKxLIT95AVE3-l/s600/i293838_l%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It seems a
nothing thing this morning.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A morning of
munching on a huge gingerbread cookie with a cup of steaming hot Irish
Breakfast Tea and watching Gardeners' World Winter Specials 2022/23.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lunch is scooping up a mashed avocado mix of
chopped onion, lime juice, salt and pepper with seed filled crispy crackers and
another cup of hot tea.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing
happening.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Every day nothing is happening except rain, rain, and more rain. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Decorating
for Christmas is on a smaller scale this year, as I seem to procrastinate big time when it comes to packing it all up afterwards for storage. This year the decorations lack that
finesse that pulls it all together into something magical. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s disappointing.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ll try again tomorrow.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I had planned to write a bit about the gardens, but I think they floated down the street and out of sight two days ago. I do have a few photos taken before the rains began to outstay their welcome.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIev-0s61vdz3V7jQLvsj0tzJQ9mYG06mpn61xv2w6TO_0NeBUD0UqDtD-UVwscpa-7FBlA9Gei1RBu0Z1L8UFhVOQpouxkYdfBYlCaO9nqbSqLer5rYVgzCVj-ow4wycqd5wZOW781pwpqVSe7hqunB0RAeFcEqaGwp1vKNyQAkG9spjrSXJ78t5/s1128/20221212_121602%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="1128" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIev-0s61vdz3V7jQLvsj0tzJQ9mYG06mpn61xv2w6TO_0NeBUD0UqDtD-UVwscpa-7FBlA9Gei1RBu0Z1L8UFhVOQpouxkYdfBYlCaO9nqbSqLer5rYVgzCVj-ow4wycqd5wZOW781pwpqVSe7hqunB0RAeFcEqaGwp1vKNyQAkG9spjrSXJ78t5/w400-h217/20221212_121602%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; text-align: left;">Hearts-a-Bustin' (</span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Euonymus americanus</em><span style="color: #333333; text-align: left;">) still holding a few leaves.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">The green stems will decorate the winter landscape.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> Viburnium 'Winterthur'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ox2bzDYP2jGTcVUITcRnirS9cMa04hphdGkn9uyyGE33KwvAPMknKlH9tBwMSdNTl9swn9AYgLyHG5nu6rYdXF3vHg9g1g9Pj6unbj6Y3MBYh3eXHn1izbqsUkOCWGj_Dj88eLG100OlHLxEg1HaYN-ZEbVYVixNEtVrhOhOGP5HPy06_ilZHmcM/s1523/20221126_074549%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ox2bzDYP2jGTcVUITcRnirS9cMa04hphdGkn9uyyGE33KwvAPMknKlH9tBwMSdNTl9swn9AYgLyHG5nu6rYdXF3vHg9g1g9Pj6unbj6Y3MBYh3eXHn1izbqsUkOCWGj_Dj88eLG100OlHLxEg1HaYN-ZEbVYVixNEtVrhOhOGP5HPy06_ilZHmcM/w640-h288/20221126_074549%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">In the rush of early morning,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><p style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-top: 2px;"><span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span> When the red burns through the gray,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>And the wintry world lies waiting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span> For the glory of the day,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Then we hear a fitful rustling</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span> Just without upon the stair,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>See two small white phantoms coming,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span> Catch the gleam of sunny hair.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span>Are they Christmas fairies stealing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Rows of little socks to fill?</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Are they angels floating hither</div><div style="text-align: center;"> With their message of good-will?</div><div style="text-align: center;">What sweet spell are these elves weaving,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> As like larks they chirp and sing?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are these palms of peace from heaven</div><div style="text-align: center;"> That these lovely spirits bring?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfi7kYSpUR2_IUo9iFcduMrVy_y-Rso3P7N791cy5btS5vxhJc21AbKUphJVpWke-yJRbGSOjetzVlhoayr3PtaYunt84PTNGtfLaCOtZgc9vvYfa663DVeFiArfqoM_ORRYpagnmGgExIzBhfuCwAkcmNiCRBwjtKv-XLfI884SJmyp4FejjKdlM/s1660/Vintage-Angel-Postcard-GraphicsFairy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> Of this innocent surprise;</div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span>Waiting, watching, listening always</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span> With full hearts and tender eyes,</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span>While our little household angels,</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span> White and golden in the sun,</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span>Greet us with the sweet old welcome,—</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span> "Merry Christmas, every one!"</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span>Merry Christmas</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> ~Louisa May Alcott</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-AOoFdDK2GCo09cpgKi9cCtq5-kexDmW5_HJBDhN8Yk2fQt2yE0pRr5_uQ81klpGQonxhtcF3ksCZdWxwwJY4cTY121sDWROsY0IAJJR-szPWFBO35kP37gdloJr5OB_TLpf9f_PYkfemNw6ZmFVXvow8RnKX2WQf7DReN70TQpovX4Aipk14Cy-/s960/ChristmasPine-GraphicsFairy%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-AOoFdDK2GCo09cpgKi9cCtq5-kexDmW5_HJBDhN8Yk2fQt2yE0pRr5_uQ81klpGQonxhtcF3ksCZdWxwwJY4cTY121sDWROsY0IAJJR-szPWFBO35kP37gdloJr5OB_TLpf9f_PYkfemNw6ZmFVXvow8RnKX2WQf7DReN70TQpovX4Aipk14Cy-/w640-h410/ChristmasPine-GraphicsFairy%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Is Santa Only A Myth?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Is Santa a myth, Mommy dearest.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Silly cat, arf arf arf! Mommy is Santa!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">WHAT?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">:( Dustin dear… mommy isn’t Santa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Yes, you are! Yes, you are!! You gave me the car seat last year… you did,
you did did did! It said from Santa, but
it was you mommy… you you you! Daddy
told me so :)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mommy isn't Santa! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">VICTOR!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I didn’t do it. Whatever it is, I didn’t do it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Mommy is Santa. You told me so last year… MOMMY IS SANTA! </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Uhhhhh… I remember nothing. I hear my phone ringing… BYE!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Listen, Dustin dear, Mommy really isn’t
Santa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Daddy lied?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Uh, he's not a fan of Santa, since he's on the naughty list most years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Oh…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Hey, what gives? Space Doggy gets presents and we don’t???</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That was the past, little Charlotte, let go of it and move on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Move on?
I’m moving on right over here at your feet looking straight up at you,
Mommy not so dear! </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh… good grief, how long do you plan to sit
on my foot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Suck it up, Mommy Meany. When was the last time presents awaited us on
Christmas day, huh huh huuuuuh?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Mmmmmm… what are presents?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Exactly!!!
Even Austin can’t remember!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Sigh…)
What exactly do you want from Santa, Miss Kitty Commando?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Forget Santa! If you, MOMMY, give the presents, then what
happened with ours? Don’t you love
us? </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Presents don’t equal love, they’re just
things. Good health, great meals, warm
beds, cat trees are the things of love, not a pretty package wrapped in curly
ribbon, sweet Charlotte.</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Who turned on the Hallmark channel?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Well, Missee Charlottee Complainee a
Lottee, where are my presents from you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">I am your present, Mommy dearest. I keep giving and giving and giving.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Quit giving. I’ve had enough headaches this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Presents, Mommy, presents… where are my
presents?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Okay my little Pesto Gigantico, what do you
want Santa to bring you?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">I would like a kitty size adjustable bed and
mattress just like yours, sweet Mommy.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What the hell! You’re kidding me, aren’t you? What’s wrong with my adjustable bed?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">It’s only one person size and I have to
stretch out thin as a toothpick to fit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Santa’s probably going to say no.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Then I’ll know for sure that Santa is “Mommy”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">:(</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Why don’t I ever learn? Reasoning with a cat can drive anyone to
eating two dozen Mint Milano’s chased down by a liter and half of Chardonnay. Merry (hic up) Christmas to one and all,
while I plan some last-minute shopping to deter a pesky little kitty from calling
me Mrs. Scrooge every time she passes by.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDimtyn_fHkfEzmbM4gNf7tWxvJA72ogFOOmXMyhv68DuG5YkgWeiaWb6YSWWq_SYaLO61cjg_pW8aGOB4rTmYSvTu_D_u3YG-JNZj62Op5abwWq4z_27NXCT3-GVqO-jDgJC2cVp94L2IHUXbhC5QhhI9xD4nODSRseG8-wVYdvC9z0CahJcnOaN/s975/Antique-Santa-Bike-Download-GraphicsFairy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="807" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDimtyn_fHkfEzmbM4gNf7tWxvJA72ogFOOmXMyhv68DuG5YkgWeiaWb6YSWWq_SYaLO61cjg_pW8aGOB4rTmYSvTu_D_u3YG-JNZj62Op5abwWq4z_27NXCT3-GVqO-jDgJC2cVp94L2IHUXbhC5QhhI9xD4nODSRseG8-wVYdvC9z0CahJcnOaN/w530-h640/Antique-Santa-Bike-Download-GraphicsFairy.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I seem to remember my childhood during the holiday season in vague recollections now with too much emptiness sprinkled about. It’s as if there’s a frightfully long snowstorm brewing in my head working on whiting out the entire landscape of my previous existence. It’s frustratingly frustrating.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>So, I'm going to tackle the most
unanswerable questions I have ever asked myself. Why has </span><span>Christmas always been a disappointment in my adult life? </span><span>What ever happened with the ability to see
Christmas through the eyes of the child I once was?</span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fX2bxOifiOF6H4_i_lYqdPotDpfxdiDU2VQkC9gb8aKCcLw6A4dfkldMByxbZgmd1bKsVzK95b2WXfw94LZLTnVjKDsx5TCmJHikDOlp2yU_kywOzySqATRyTzYjOJVVMZQjmhEa0mLgJmhvPPouqKaicMAJ5CIrcBwuNnM1s8SmSdkjNDJoMwOK/s647/Actress-Gladys-Cooper-GraphicsFairy%20-%20Copy%20(7).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="347" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fX2bxOifiOF6H4_i_lYqdPotDpfxdiDU2VQkC9gb8aKCcLw6A4dfkldMByxbZgmd1bKsVzK95b2WXfw94LZLTnVjKDsx5TCmJHikDOlp2yU_kywOzySqATRyTzYjOJVVMZQjmhEa0mLgJmhvPPouqKaicMAJ5CIrcBwuNnM1s8SmSdkjNDJoMwOK/s320/Actress-Gladys-Cooper-GraphicsFairy%20-%20Copy%20(7).jpg" width="172" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The answer seems straightforward
enough… I’m not a child anymore, but it grows deeper than that.</span><span> </span><span>The orchestration my parents put on to create
the best Christmas they were able to give us children seemed agreeable and
enjoyable to them.</span><span> </span><span>Christmas was alive
for mom and dad while they were giving to us children, but as we, one by one moved
away from home, that flame grew dimmer until, by themselves, it was
extinguished quietly.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>So… does the wonder and
magic of Christmas exist only in the eyes of a child who has been blessed with
parents who make it an all-out Broadway production, as best they can?</span><span> </span><span>You bet!</span><span>
</span><span>I think as an adult, giving keeps that tradition alive, but if we are
left with only ourselves to give to, then Christmas begins to dampen our spirits.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Of course, I’m talking
from my point of view as a person whose dislike of Christmas seems to grow
stronger each year as my health begins to descend into the bowels of hell.</span><span> </span><span>Oh dear, here I go again getting off the track
of positivity into negativity.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Okay… I’ve up-righted myself
again looking towards that horizon of eternal sunshine.</span><span> </span><span>When I began blogging, around the time my
husband began working overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan as a civilian, time was
spent collecting cat and dog Christmas tree ornaments spurred on by the gift of
a </span><i>cat carrying plum pudding</i><span> ornament given to me by my half-brother that
December.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Can you imagine!</span><span> </span><span>We quit buying real Christmas trees years
before, and that one ornament caused me to buy a lovely cut metal tree three
feet tall and over the next few years covering it with forty-six vintage cat
and dog ornaments, mostly bought from Etsy sellers.</span><span> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Then I bought a second cut metal tree (WHAT! ARE YOU CRAZY, LADY?) and filled it with forty-six more cat and dog ornaments. Thankgoodness the availability of vintage ornaments began to dry up brfore... I'll let your imagination run away with that one. D</span><span>uring the time of downsizing, one was given away with me keeping the ornaments
I loved most.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>My Christmases were always
spent pretty much alone, just me and my pets.</span><span>
</span><span>I decorated every room of the house, and as one entered the door there
was never a question as to which holiday it was.</span><span> </span><span>Now the fireplace, the fireplace that is
never used, is where the extravagance exists.</span><span>
</span><span>A bit of fluff in the foyer, a wreath at the entrance of the hallway,
and a few lovely decorations in my room that is especially for me… my writing
room.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Although magical is
nowhere in sight this Christmas, I still enjoy the peacefulness that overcomes
me when I am alone in the late evening with the ‘mistletoe’ candle burning
along side the fake ones that sparkle when twinkling.</span><span> </span><span>If I’m lucky, I’ll be blessed with a lovely
cat sprawled out on my lap enjoying snuggle-time. I'm thinking nothing in these moments of quiet... just blissfull empty peace. It's so refreshing before bedtime. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>In the heyday of
decorating, Christmas was packed away for another year by my birthday, March
2.</span><span> </span><span>Last year the anticipation of all
that packing drudgery stretched it out to the middle of June.</span><span> All I can do is laugh about that one. </span><span>This New Year… I promise nothing.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9pQ98b8VRKaGu3HgmgIZkizC9b35wwzInXE0QKycvVR7R3N-niHnym_N5o1eOTcgCp-wu618o6cH1Q6tN0kZRQ_Iz7yKo1yjXszbE6VFVkej4SJ4EGzAErDt-OP6ELP8TgYRweTvf3bMXuA1v0j4vHEfeXWaW6RSqUfq3gFlATNoDGT7zqCb3IWZ/s1518/20221025_152341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><b>From the gang in the little yellow house</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><b>down at the end of the block.</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><b>We love you.</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDrcBlXAA0C3HRLEw9Grvc9Z2rNBMZBcN9NEP8Sb4JPrF7a9aYUQNGQjpdPJM5UbpqZ1-rTDt_57XuaH_WeIRCghZhXl67wQ3MiTg5oDC8yFip6gis3zoTzbcY77SaznHdjVnPfH-HKKgodq-Tu-yZXPDkE5r7RP8p3n9DbuxkulCHrVpwTXYDuQU/s200/i1387886_s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This post is linked to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2022/12/my-corner-of-world_0788749294.html"><span style="font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2022/12/saturdays-critters-470.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday's Critters</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://caroljmichel.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-december-2022/"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></div><p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-8015299506435178292022-11-20T18:49:00.010-06:002023-01-03T12:35:25.969-06:00A Passion for Native Plant Gardening<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I'll see a peachy glow </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">as I look out the living room window.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It's the signal of the beginning of a fantastic sunset </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">at the backside of the yard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_32mFyKL1JDDfmShftihENc_NaQR_2qM0FVgVQgq_cg43JTRvsBJvpRl6LVDFQHyASKulOyPJzHb9MdNvXm3Pb-rESxo3HUd2dw4-hah8Ajan91c4HYntthlq9cpBvjEjs4cOdW0HyTTuNwjcMxaXxSRmA3b95r6YO1C_n3hLSHIDdq8WyDHDnFIV/s1520/20221110_164859%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1541" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yBxW-qyzYdQeN2rueE0t5ynC3QhhHtH2W546OcANHhLFVrHwtiEbVnNUsFpKab9hToj6vuOKWnensZFMwJOyw5KtZBAc8zhwIZSJraPnAGW7y6OCSkLq5w6_ozbSTupwX9K34N5xjdHA8eRProUiZDTZWl0nOMZbM1A5WNUL1oGYKgZd3SHe8ZUd/w640-h310/20221103_135802%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">IN THE WOODS</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~Albert Laighton</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="background-color: white;">I walked alone in depths of autumn woods;</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The ruthless winds had left the maple bare</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The fern was withered, and the sweetbrier's breath</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">No longer gave its fragrance to the air.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The barberry strung its coral beads no more;</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The thistle-down on gauzy wings had flown;</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">And myriad leaves, on which the Summer wrote</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Her blushing farewells, at my feet were strown.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">A loneliness pervaded every spot;</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">A gloom of which my musing soul partook;</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">All Nature mourns, I said; November wild</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Hath torn the fairest pages from her book.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">But suddenly a wild bird overhead</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Poured forth a note so strangely clear and sweet,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">It seemed to bring me back the skies of May,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">And wake the sleeping violets at my feet.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="background-color: white;">Then long I pondered o'er the poet's words,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">' The loss of beauty is not always loss,'</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Till like the voice of love they soothed my pain,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">And gave me strength to bear again my cross.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">O murmuring heart! thy pleasures may decay,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Thy faith grow cold, thy golden dreams take wing;</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Still in the realm of faded youth and joy,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Heaven kindly leaves some bird of hope to sing.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Poison Ivy beginning its fall glory</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">American Wild Senna, <i>Senna hebecarpa</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The seed pods haven't opened yet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-JLQ0N49-Ik6hTF7SbB588tCJ7e166VUR5J2i-Bq3B0DiEXU61cTJKiKzB-ff_drJHkrduiIi0Z0O644JV94yMjoznAruao9tG_cFdULPqMSEZBbL_JTMpkU3iW0CznzsM5PX8fRjC1D0XOOrZo9wtUc9ZRXanfpxSX-gqU9O9V1kZOAo8uNS-HN/s1474/20221103_140043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1474" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-JLQ0N49-Ik6hTF7SbB588tCJ7e166VUR5J2i-Bq3B0DiEXU61cTJKiKzB-ff_drJHkrduiIi0Z0O644JV94yMjoznAruao9tG_cFdULPqMSEZBbL_JTMpkU3iW0CznzsM5PX8fRjC1D0XOOrZo9wtUc9ZRXanfpxSX-gqU9O9V1kZOAo8uNS-HN/w640-h316/20221103_140043.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Low bird bath in back yard before it was drained </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and turned upside down for winter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-G5pWq-OLT0Y2HSsGIqNGRYfn4zEbVVretPkPUKq8rTKPKAOf1lSamHR7lVFBVHELW85XCXMgykwVcphT50MepviTo1VK4sKTn_Q3U35qAL83IXRfBxzM2plVI6Bx-zbeWXyoqTuepK9mIYbCAq2kZMpajm5y2nQR_ppuuwpsR3_tfkzlJrTd6XP7/s1385/20221111_152415%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1385" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-G5pWq-OLT0Y2HSsGIqNGRYfn4zEbVVretPkPUKq8rTKPKAOf1lSamHR7lVFBVHELW85XCXMgykwVcphT50MepviTo1VK4sKTn_Q3U35qAL83IXRfBxzM2plVI6Bx-zbeWXyoqTuepK9mIYbCAq2kZMpajm5y2nQR_ppuuwpsR3_tfkzlJrTd6XP7/w640-h338/20221111_152415%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Telling someone
I garden with native plants to attract wildlife, well… it brings up images of coyotes,
raccoons, groundhogs, rabbits and mice; all those things’ people seem to hate
in a garden. For thirty years my back
yard neighbor lined his side of our chain link fence with whirligigs and
mothballs to repel groundhogs from entering his yard, even though I have yet to
spy any groundhogs in residence.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My yard with
house and gardens is a one fourth acre plot in the suburbs south of Nashville,
Tennessee.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wilderness originally existed
next to us, but over time the suburbs expanded leaving us isolated from that
wilderness.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We garden to attract all
insects and birds, so no pesticides are used.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Other wildlife is welcomed, although the selection has dwindled over the
years.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I garden with
native plants of Tennessee, or more specifically, the Outer Nashville Basin,
and less specific, the Southeast Region.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Southeast Region varies according to which map one looks at, as to
which states are included.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The up-to-date
flora map of the southeast region is more accurate climate wise.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s best for
me to use natives that evolved in this region and are adapted to living here, in
terms of climate, soil, water needs, and interaction with other plants and
animal species. Natives that have not been
altered by human desires, and remain in their natural state regarding characteristics
such as bloom size and growth habit, etc.
That means they have been molded only by natural selection and are
expertly equipped to live in this area.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To acquire these
native plants, I must either dig them out of the wild, which is unethical, or
grow new ones from seeds collected in this area, state or region.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rltQhKQWEB4CDh4yGrInDGCCB-m4_RwxVIz7GSVDqbSQCLPIjmBM53uDl76m016GV5O-ETENa6oJJ3PUTk5y9leD4FUZioX-vuxpTtytxllpkonBSr25MzXXYv6UXziRXFpkyd6M-_V6al7Cl-gaEWjq8DMJDZQxeX67LghnH_avevF8chk_iglD/s200/i1387764_s%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="183" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rltQhKQWEB4CDh4yGrInDGCCB-m4_RwxVIz7GSVDqbSQCLPIjmBM53uDl76m016GV5O-ETENa6oJJ3PUTk5y9leD4FUZioX-vuxpTtytxllpkonBSr25MzXXYv6UXziRXFpkyd6M-_V6al7Cl-gaEWjq8DMJDZQxeX67LghnH_avevF8chk_iglD/s1600/i1387764_s%20(2).jpg" width="183" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A Female Midge, <i>Chironomus plumosus</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The male has a<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;">ntennae</span> that are feathered.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Seen before freezing weather.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpr6yAs_ELQGlBFME47_08ML_dcADflLYNuRKbbFZ5KC_Avj-6x7q7A_gBGVDdKE3wncYj4t-QjXO49yiZhskbegnVFT4SuqEYq1gvoN1LGw7uwr6GW5A5mUv8ufUhtfR82TsgTvA8Smx2OGiiagGt-dZrOzfbY_574WQ9D6z7RfqFGZ8ZwpEXUKE6/s1407/20221108_130750%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1407" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpr6yAs_ELQGlBFME47_08ML_dcADflLYNuRKbbFZ5KC_Avj-6x7q7A_gBGVDdKE3wncYj4t-QjXO49yiZhskbegnVFT4SuqEYq1gvoN1LGw7uwr6GW5A5mUv8ufUhtfR82TsgTvA8Smx2OGiiagGt-dZrOzfbY_574WQ9D6z7RfqFGZ8ZwpEXUKE6/w640-h350/20221108_130750%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A cat ID Tag dug up by the ash tree when I began gardening.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've always wondered if Iggy lived a good life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjUN_FXedUceLSFn_2UsosFdapcxmGehxPhMCD2yGZVD3fWbFAsesYw_isKQ5LJbYU6DU00cffJHHjizUWfikb5I-tSteKc0NzZhcHn21UDZBKX40sSC64Ujq67MSgMxHmV1dZMNQ4dpyRr3qnJa76A-BgpJfGDDfDiOl-ThY0WIHX4AZRLhVp-zyR/s1328/20221117_103226_006%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1328" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjUN_FXedUceLSFn_2UsosFdapcxmGehxPhMCD2yGZVD3fWbFAsesYw_isKQ5LJbYU6DU00cffJHHjizUWfikb5I-tSteKc0NzZhcHn21UDZBKX40sSC64Ujq67MSgMxHmV1dZMNQ4dpyRr3qnJa76A-BgpJfGDDfDiOl-ThY0WIHX4AZRLhVp-zyR/w640-h290/20221117_103226_006%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Winterberry leaves late to fall to the ground, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">while berries will laste until eaten by birds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZL_3P5TUpn_bAOh-rrqYI_0QuzQnTWwxeCHflMLRhEWCvJsVtfU0GSjVTUEbvcZzmW9Lj6X7HoPrGtadbqKgz4GuX7i_RghQbhWFQ4W1Q88cAxvEx7D_UbJh1iFgViBQbvQb5y1xIJZfY0_jCpy44PzHoNOPwO8O5gVx4glpB9Hxb8yREeKp5uIR/s1270/20221119_113835(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="200" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyrG2RuAaGdMiz8xI059joKzmq6SyXGh4tK3Xs2Tx4Ao8Y7_Dy3Jl53Q8Px4Dv2BjjiRTwSnmAUCn9lI1ory459pfDxxLylHL3QUi3iMm6ZdzdfPJCHwSVfNL7dJo5_8XE2LXSMYZHRHB5t7gHz5fTi8UzO2LbKXlNka-VF2weMZmZ-P1P_UcyP4c/s1600/i1387869_s%20(2).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With plant
eating cats in our home and no room for a greenhouse in our yard, it’s been difficult
finding local nurseries that grow area native plants from seed. This garden contains plants grown mostly by
seed, from nurseries in middle and east Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Missouri,
North Carolina, and Louisiana.</span></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nativars and
cultivars… things keep getting more complicated, don’t they?</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A cultivar is a native plant that has been
bred by humans to have a dozen different colors, be more extravagant looking than
the original, changed in size or shape, or… </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">you get the idea.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It sometimes feels like a marketing
strategy to sell more plants.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">What
attracted pollinators to the original plants, like pollen, nectar or fragrance,
doesn’t always exist in the new cultivars.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>SAMPLE: </span><i> Lonicera sempervirens </i><a name="_Hlk119096113">‘Major Wheeler’</a><span> - Lonicera sempervirens = name of
species, ‘Major Wheeler’ = name of cultivar, which is unitalicized and set off
in single quotation marks.</span><span> </span><span>If the plant
species has a name attached to it then you know it is a cultivar or nativar.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <a href="https://wildones.org/">Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscape</a> organization considers nativars the same as cultivars, because the natural cross formed in
the wild is cloned into thousands of identical plants creating a loss of genetic
diversity.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whether the seeds will be
true to the original is not guaranteed; therefore, it is cloned instead for
resale.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">By cloned, we
mean cuttings were taken from the original cultivar or nativar and rooted in
pots to plant or sell; creating identical plants to the original, down to its
genetic makeup; therefore, no genetic diversity. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">If we plant the seeds, then we have genetic
diversity; but, of course, no guarantee the seedlings will be true to the same characteristics
that nature breed or that humans breed.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Being a purist native plant gardener has been difficult, as the rules have changed multiple times over the years.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To replant a garden more than once, well… let’s just say, I only do it in patches now, if at all.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Allegheny Spurge</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pachysandra procumbens</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Evergreen in the winter, shedding old growth when new growth begins.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc21YOw02YkOgZ3I57X7hj4n15279HHcbxQb-fAZo1IxKyX5-ue--g1ij175VFVJqcBja-WYQhj5_vusvcuSP1DD5ooOK_PA46Eq4eNNXAczpayqB9uacJP778BqAC2tqfm3w51LHO4-3h-ttnekoiHK06aHmLI9rAar0PUn0N0c7_tdqQFQQt074-/s1619/20221120_155927(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1619" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc21YOw02YkOgZ3I57X7hj4n15279HHcbxQb-fAZo1IxKyX5-ue--g1ij175VFVJqcBja-WYQhj5_vusvcuSP1DD5ooOK_PA46Eq4eNNXAczpayqB9uacJP778BqAC2tqfm3w51LHO4-3h-ttnekoiHK06aHmLI9rAar0PUn0N0c7_tdqQFQQt074-/w640-h286/20221120_155927(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Coralberry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Symphoricarpos orbiculatus</i> Moench</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The author name for the plant classification, 'Moench'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">is for Conrad Moench, (1744-1805),</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">German botanist and author who also named the genus <i>Echinacea</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yrI1yDDnAeqdKB8ks73gViv3gkQbuazjX1Uags2u_Ai3-CyUrtZLvQRG7xxq4WkU1J5ZA_r63i9Tx-JFd0R4cVl_BG7YmIr8f5V13BcBGiMJ7NXTEc3BjF2GGwMID0RYWRP0P5_6WFEpbAXMsQ8yek7g7Yl21HvcnEq5d7kH6UP5Kk9djQHCIqtr/s1276/20221120_155809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1276" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yrI1yDDnAeqdKB8ks73gViv3gkQbuazjX1Uags2u_Ai3-CyUrtZLvQRG7xxq4WkU1J5ZA_r63i9Tx-JFd0R4cVl_BG7YmIr8f5V13BcBGiMJ7NXTEc3BjF2GGwMID0RYWRP0P5_6WFEpbAXMsQ8yek7g7Yl21HvcnEq5d7kH6UP5Kk9djQHCIqtr/w640-h370/20221120_155809.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Clematis Seed Cluster</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICSCcs0e4PRgX-us62aknr9ckQfAtFLcgV8eMpzst_lYYqmcpiOchyxhPOTzjPOuRU9pbHMkd19fVNHWi7WQimrVORVjI5OGMMFOP8izYgLgTWI7HHXiPfNyjeoYBgs3wHg40DK9V_s2kawXbV5XcmWsYYZLFcT4rKn0i88OkcQH61BDTx2YKmyv1/s1378/20221119_115455%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1378" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICSCcs0e4PRgX-us62aknr9ckQfAtFLcgV8eMpzst_lYYqmcpiOchyxhPOTzjPOuRU9pbHMkd19fVNHWi7WQimrVORVjI5OGMMFOP8izYgLgTWI7HHXiPfNyjeoYBgs3wHg40DK9V_s2kawXbV5XcmWsYYZLFcT4rKn0i88OkcQH61BDTx2YKmyv1/w640-h384/20221119_115455%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Butterfly Weed seedpods are still popping open</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to let the wind take the fluff crowned seeds away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">Aromatic Aster still blooming smaller flowers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kMMNQurGlYVwNwECz_zNuOmn1Q9EDEWeZal0KBEOB4jRRUgCUcxof1p1faEM7UBC1kH3x3g9HmVLzqhjvwo0zhUOf9k4trJuw7dlfVEVTvQ_wNd7WrJc8224rs3DtahLAuDVzkbkw8G1U2M-FpaXS1UJkK9PpCt-aL-nLqaElwwd2MC0wWIYNLg-/s1498/20221119_115227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1498" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kMMNQurGlYVwNwECz_zNuOmn1Q9EDEWeZal0KBEOB4jRRUgCUcxof1p1faEM7UBC1kH3x3g9HmVLzqhjvwo0zhUOf9k4trJuw7dlfVEVTvQ_wNd7WrJc8224rs3DtahLAuDVzkbkw8G1U2M-FpaXS1UJkK9PpCt-aL-nLqaElwwd2MC0wWIYNLg-/w640-h330/20221119_115227.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I seldom talk
about my passion for how I have chosen to garden, and the above is who I am while gardening; but, of course, I fall in love and stray a bit here and there,
after all… it is a garden. Overwhelmed these
past few months with p</span><span style="background: white; font-family: georgia;">eripheral neuropathy</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> pain, this post
isn’t quite what I wish it to be, but that’s life, isn’t it?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">An opossum regularly
visited this past summer and into the fall, and always extra sunflower chips were
left on the ground for its nightly visits to the bird feeder. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It gave me much joy seeing those wads of sunflower
hulls messing up the ground, as I then knew he was still a living part of my
garden.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I saw him in
the Juniper tree where he fled to when Vic, walking our dog, scared him.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was late day on the eve of temperatures
plummeting into the twenties (F) for all of last week.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sadly, the seed lies untouched now, so I
think the poor little tike is no more.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Opossums don’t
have winter coats, others to curl up with to stay warm or store food for
winter.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">They survive fridged winters
only if they find warm shelter and food in a sparse landscape. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My yard is too small to put an opossum house
on the ground, as skunks and raccoons might find it inviting also.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s a harsh life being wild, and I’m not
always able to step in.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Walking the
back gardens to find something photogenic this early morning that felt like
winter, well… I lasted but twenty minutes while the sharp winds weaved their
way through the fabric of my coat chilling me to the bone. Later, as I looked through my meager array of
photos, it’s clear my gardens have enchanted me into thinking they’re still, well…
still enchanting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">What I do find enchanting though are Charlotte, Austin, and Dustin; our two stray cats who found us one cold winter, and our little terrier-mix dumped by the roadside and who, quite literally, jumped into the back seat of my car and into our hearts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3z71ol4vVdABAdV5dUT6XUnW38QF8pU94604aIwmNCPXsGlnYi0D0JhWWHrtRzEefTJpX5wYI5KIrABxVJyRlaZ5gTvJN_3IpsskXSwEfb0m56tlFytSqEcREALfjwZqO7iNP6yf5rQXWsN_2PhvXJ8QE8QmnktwPxrCo2DfN8YXk845dkAJ8gBy/s200/i1387927_s%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="400" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEsDv5dA9D8KGthhUZ4q7tGnloR1gIPihg3nJaPRRAtUvjk0Mid4_rcDfFtGeVDq-5i8kQ2D_2Xhtm-xeVr8b-xyMqKxOG1p7fm_pQrcjXBfTsUnZvme_8vwVKG8mrnmyop0dm6ZxbPPs94y6N2ALdDi4-ULI--xhpLJmE1nxUFQ0zLZoOsv2uo2A/s320/c515910_m.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">...we can only be said to be alive in those moments</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">when our hearts are conscious of our treasure... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; text-align: left;">~Thornton Wilder, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; text-align: left;">The Woman of Andros</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; text-align: left;">, 1930</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">THIS POST IS LINKED TO:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-corner-of-world_0882610891.html"><span style="font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2022/11/saturdays-critters-467.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday's Critters</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://galeria-himmelsblick.blogspot.com/2022/10/himmelsblick-33-november.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Sky View Galeria</span></a><br /></div></span></div></span></div></div><p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-34796735639575409432022-10-30T23:11:00.009-05:002023-01-03T12:36:42.837-06:00...with the faint sound of phantom footsteps playing in the garden.<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_YZshsZW5qo4oLzUEv3FPcoy2GLWdc-AeGrj-65Xlsc8E7mSb_DmjqTp3e_E66J8rJDDvaCftwO3WVwOmcKb9XFoosKEh4j8CxTm5eYsne_qDxW5Z8IokTpKBkd2hTEACdusvji-e2b4YMlEoPJBe_vVCT7hh6mQo19SVROyqO9zjlDfoGFkIs5A/s598/c1721191_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="598" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_YZshsZW5qo4oLzUEv3FPcoy2GLWdc-AeGrj-65Xlsc8E7mSb_DmjqTp3e_E66J8rJDDvaCftwO3WVwOmcKb9XFoosKEh4j8CxTm5eYsne_qDxW5Z8IokTpKBkd2hTEACdusvji-e2b4YMlEoPJBe_vVCT7hh6mQo19SVROyqO9zjlDfoGFkIs5A/w400-h135/c1721191_l.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Virginia Creeper Vine autumn color</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdX2Vwxh5l2ZwkLIhIIlVxzav2KcxWuElMCbLAJ3zBYDchNqjuUqxE2G41hHSsO1MMV4ya3LtKN_4-OJv6w0Vyu1V7W5CUtIrgxmWfzyAWKsAr9WVRzO0zog_9uZ1Z6C5dUDBly6vK8LxTwGtnTecyoGy9mb6SvTcNWezr_vwCpZmuV5lwLKc3BlUx/s1307/20221018_102541%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1307" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdX2Vwxh5l2ZwkLIhIIlVxzav2KcxWuElMCbLAJ3zBYDchNqjuUqxE2G41hHSsO1MMV4ya3LtKN_4-OJv6w0Vyu1V7W5CUtIrgxmWfzyAWKsAr9WVRzO0zog_9uZ1Z6C5dUDBly6vK8LxTwGtnTecyoGy9mb6SvTcNWezr_vwCpZmuV5lwLKc3BlUx/w640-h366/20221018_102541%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">October 21 ~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With frost in the air for three nights, the
warming days since have been welcomed, even though their heat pales to the
summer past.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The last three butterfly weed
plants were put into the prairie garden just before the frost; then yesterday
the remaining three heartleaf ginger plants were added to the others in the
front shade garden, as the oak leaves have begun to fall.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometimes when I sit outside, as I do
today, the sky seems so beautiful with playful wisps of clouds floating past
high overhead on currents of air.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">What
seems so boring in photographs that cannot imagine what the soul feels… well, as
I gaze up into that eternity above me, it closes my thoughts, and leaves me in quiet
peace.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5j4_fhZGWAH1_pwyCgIi3NON4A_KCLMYdVaJL60ou3ZaUZ4ZvMTW17UZm2GZUjK7WG-m41yPbB3ELIfy1wgaM_hHA5c_zNvYcFZT2SP3_89qeVgQX71nSKAqzFgIb7LIhXP1viW95qSh6-_pK6HwfORA7N7IGVdbZMOSCVvoWsXtY600Bv7w3THuP/s1524/20221022_114834%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5j4_fhZGWAH1_pwyCgIi3NON4A_KCLMYdVaJL60ou3ZaUZ4ZvMTW17UZm2GZUjK7WG-m41yPbB3ELIfy1wgaM_hHA5c_zNvYcFZT2SP3_89qeVgQX71nSKAqzFgIb7LIhXP1viW95qSh6-_pK6HwfORA7N7IGVdbZMOSCVvoWsXtY600Bv7w3THuP/w640-h288/20221022_114834%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIaI0mFMCP5MunvDo2AWg7_GP2bw8y1hTd1rZWGJuYAva-aH_dE5TY-VzuEqmJkMFUbyqWTdyXcVIArt4dml6YapWnO0RHZUGBZEVuPYOiMPJBQg35EoiqlpEbLgeMI0EQiso61K_9SI7FrAapGMveLLw_H8wII6BlAZgmBNAEacpgwIreMKrqsmd/s1522/20221022_114722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1522" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIaI0mFMCP5MunvDo2AWg7_GP2bw8y1hTd1rZWGJuYAva-aH_dE5TY-VzuEqmJkMFUbyqWTdyXcVIArt4dml6YapWnO0RHZUGBZEVuPYOiMPJBQg35EoiqlpEbLgeMI0EQiso61K_9SI7FrAapGMveLLw_H8wII6BlAZgmBNAEacpgwIreMKrqsmd/w640-h286/20221022_114722.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkPt8a7J8Y4HEWnPSdxE90DjgfES0EQbYU3CcziQhbnvzrgYhwaw9wKsvPHIfAcsiRiUkPHn1FVdLBCy6uvUKWLTqV0KBTbwTuN9D2IDtAYM0gEiYNmvM_cPLwLJpsvAKAiDN2qIepxRa4TxNx1HgJbfVxXE9e8i0IhpASprzb1emi0Zo-HNo02k_/s1542/20221022_122540%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1542" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkPt8a7J8Y4HEWnPSdxE90DjgfES0EQbYU3CcziQhbnvzrgYhwaw9wKsvPHIfAcsiRiUkPHn1FVdLBCy6uvUKWLTqV0KBTbwTuN9D2IDtAYM0gEiYNmvM_cPLwLJpsvAKAiDN2qIepxRa4TxNx1HgJbfVxXE9e8i0IhpASprzb1emi0Zo-HNo02k_/w640-h306/20221022_122540%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The front porch glider bench was added to
the potted patio area as a place to rest while working around the potted plants
and new raised bed area that is quite small… just enough room for lettuce to
grow next spring. Mostly a sunny area,
short breaks work well; as during the sweltering months of July and August,
shade suits me better.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The worst apprehensions experienced in my life are occurring as I hand over the control of my gardens to my husband, the Great Destroyer, so he declares. It’s disheartening, entrusting thirty years of one’s hard work to a person who has never cared about gardening in all of those thirty past years. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Perhaps he’s changed </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">😎</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">, perhaps I’m too much of a dreamer</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">😒</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">; either way, It's best for me to let go of it all.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; 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text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amsonia (</span><a class="_3Bkfb _1lsz7" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=w810" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; line-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank"><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Amsonia hubrichtii</span></em></a><span style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Brown-eyed Susans, a biennial.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The first year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They will be dug up next spring, and placed where needed in the gardens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReA_PA9YtbrzbYz4MVnnRkUu6MrVvFSEUTUgWajZ0MN8sooh84RVEnWkNHLhthdXulZGnX7T3mjdZCRzkKsoGONR0eCFCzaRHUR2VWWZKVa06LEfakz0VcSBnb8zNkdrewkQHDPKaZoPmL3tdlNQabY5X6gW5ZvY-C_XHc8LlSwb5KyNAfaTEZvRr/s1171/20221029_092508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1171" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReA_PA9YtbrzbYz4MVnnRkUu6MrVvFSEUTUgWajZ0MN8sooh84RVEnWkNHLhthdXulZGnX7T3mjdZCRzkKsoGONR0eCFCzaRHUR2VWWZKVa06LEfakz0VcSBnb8zNkdrewkQHDPKaZoPmL3tdlNQabY5X6gW5ZvY-C_XHc8LlSwb5KyNAfaTEZvRr/w640-h350/20221029_092508.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Just as leaves are beginning to fall</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBtgLqqDea-uUpqNx9aoXJd-IjkaGNacDx0Qq7Lo-OXpTFg52Yu2x1EzsZWLUDzySPXEcDIw_GCmd1BmhzbKBowwzf4cql4rOrJxqQkbv3T9mSBm04EspORgD9phRNUUOXKH-V1e4PnXYaH45p0ec18XbugfEE0UBToHolsfvK7aScr36T1VWcqZI/s1405/20221025_125611%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1405" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBtgLqqDea-uUpqNx9aoXJd-IjkaGNacDx0Qq7Lo-OXpTFg52Yu2x1EzsZWLUDzySPXEcDIw_GCmd1BmhzbKBowwzf4cql4rOrJxqQkbv3T9mSBm04EspORgD9phRNUUOXKH-V1e4PnXYaH45p0ec18XbugfEE0UBToHolsfvK7aScr36T1VWcqZI/w640-h320/20221025_125611%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One week later after high winds and rain storm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KFwnHGsMJ5ilQsO3KrbfxrxkxytUrTFB9JFRAAecOJN6VTrDBnzCFpZhffzqm5zEb9OOxO1sVtG7eW8jeITP6DR0OoZJyEyYwDZ2HVAQqaL-LO-3ZPJbgiQFMuT3jgD9s0tZoUN-dEMxN0mELbppj9MfDANwauDeDCbuIW8bjuywlC1cqfYdAOTg/s1236/20221025_172817(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1236" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KFwnHGsMJ5ilQsO3KrbfxrxkxytUrTFB9JFRAAecOJN6VTrDBnzCFpZhffzqm5zEb9OOxO1sVtG7eW8jeITP6DR0OoZJyEyYwDZ2HVAQqaL-LO-3ZPJbgiQFMuT3jgD9s0tZoUN-dEMxN0mELbppj9MfDANwauDeDCbuIW8bjuywlC1cqfYdAOTg/w640-h384/20221025_172817(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">October 30 ~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s so difficult making decisions out of
suppositions. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My chiropractor thinks the
forever pain with neck adjustments is caused when the adjustment aggravates my peripheral
neuropathy.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My orthopedic doctor has implied
the same.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Physical therapy is fizzling
out lately due to so many cancelled appointments from headaches and neck
problems.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I feel like my life is
spinning out of my control, and it’s a feeling that drops me into depression. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Instead... with my early morning walk, chills race up my spine as the cold breezes brush past my face like love fleeing the scene. Two hours later the sunlight warms the degrees to early spring, and love returns. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUXtRhAfNrvrskS78TKPj5oIPPcTSkT0s6d__cFwASdR19IkbW5V4H1S1iFCy6qT3MbJieYkPFoM0eQC6sTume5W7H2Wu870mXnFQMl9bOpRZEzBVjR0YVSiZcSMUQqYOzIst7yjuPXEjlqi4wGpqDPzaBGql-nNLnQnEUIyEo-RlLoaUQcCJf8BH/s1518/20221018_102322%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1518" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUXtRhAfNrvrskS78TKPj5oIPPcTSkT0s6d__cFwASdR19IkbW5V4H1S1iFCy6qT3MbJieYkPFoM0eQC6sTume5W7H2Wu870mXnFQMl9bOpRZEzBVjR0YVSiZcSMUQqYOzIst7yjuPXEjlqi4wGpqDPzaBGql-nNLnQnEUIyEo-RlLoaUQcCJf8BH/w640-h290/20221018_102322%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Crocus 'Goulimyi'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The fall crocus endemic to Greece.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Named in honour of Greek amateur botanist </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Constanytine Goulimis (1886-1963)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is growing in morning dappled shade, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and afternoon partial sun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">as I love them and the hover flies </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and some small bees visit them regularly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGfadgOzCYiiRALXmccSCMw-K7rdw_JVaPP_vmW6dJGx68OVIuSvUgF47VcpzOC5AmGj4NflWy2bhEEoSBoKtUPoiYOaASEOb56WwuZmuH3Rsvye355Fq7GI0KB-_5EIOKuU4m9y-wV8YdtTiQx6V_Uu0uzpyM3Z32krsTM0A1XWmDws8bogv0Rnn/s1524/20221021_114806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGfadgOzCYiiRALXmccSCMw-K7rdw_JVaPP_vmW6dJGx68OVIuSvUgF47VcpzOC5AmGj4NflWy2bhEEoSBoKtUPoiYOaASEOb56WwuZmuH3Rsvye355Fq7GI0KB-_5EIOKuU4m9y-wV8YdtTiQx6V_Uu0uzpyM3Z32krsTM0A1XWmDws8bogv0Rnn/w640-h288/20221021_114806.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">American Hover Fly eating pollen from Crocus 'Goulimyi'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Their larvae feed mainly on aphids by sucking the juice out of their body.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">They may also eat thrips and other small insects.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQicRcdy96KcLRCzXy0qH0dagWInRjMisMiHz4xuy7L_W1zRoYHOmvYKL3b82LlfoDpO2QxQVKlI_N22Kfl201OYYI0MwHaCSrwiku7tOX3jSD3U1IbBC7nZgSyfV79PDjDT5mP7ObpS2zd4tqS86srnuotMay-r0doKyTxrcg_XpMtQpMIp1Y-6w5/s1588/20221021_114907%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><i>Symphoricarpos orbiculatus</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">leaning on dried leaves of a lily plant.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHjjhP5txCA2Q8AguDj3y1j3aa1-Ni4bguthXlc9sWGLITx-YPPj_TkpfyfqbvMPulWU4qiIqXLmj0jaWTwfpYLNSwNfpWS4Yi8m6GMzwRcbyqPaTffN9uQWF7SvbkmXxJEONgHfQlOfmjyKbVnFWH8R-Uffh_0KHifrUimmC2vT09cv5034FUA-l/s1385/20221030_130828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1385" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHjjhP5txCA2Q8AguDj3y1j3aa1-Ni4bguthXlc9sWGLITx-YPPj_TkpfyfqbvMPulWU4qiIqXLmj0jaWTwfpYLNSwNfpWS4Yi8m6GMzwRcbyqPaTffN9uQWF7SvbkmXxJEONgHfQlOfmjyKbVnFWH8R-Uffh_0KHifrUimmC2vT09cv5034FUA-l/w640-h318/20221030_130828.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span>While
sitting on the glider swing, I lean back and look up at the old white ash tree
looming high overhead. She has only a
few yellow leaves left after the winds and breezes have relentlessly coaxed the others to
let go and lightly land on the earth below with the faint sound of phantom footsteps
playing in the garden. The panicles of seeds are plenteous on her branch tips,
as she will rest this winter while her children feed the birds and perhaps grow a new seedling early next spring.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I have no elegant prose or even a poem I
could relate to, to end this meandering trail of thoughts and photographs. This is just <i>The End</i>. I’m hoping to be back by Thanksgiving, but only time will tell. After the leaves of many colors have fallen
and browned on the landscape, embrace the season and ask yourself what you still
like about it. There’s always something
to like. See if you can find it.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYfYWyrwuOl1s7tVb9RcCw7qbG2m4GsmpAAmsohwU_KLodQuuR0EHIHL-g8cA-LJEjdCQZZ35unDV2VH6nSx70dJvjY-n42DaSqKqivm2OuXMfpFtc_YhcANZWDZ-EtBZ1lAJDPkDPPqrp4SFInk1_XJmrlaSXmQSQaXDgpN47cLfDm7ZOqq3uS1n/s1359/20221028_112610.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1359" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYfYWyrwuOl1s7tVb9RcCw7qbG2m4GsmpAAmsohwU_KLodQuuR0EHIHL-g8cA-LJEjdCQZZ35unDV2VH6nSx70dJvjY-n42DaSqKqivm2OuXMfpFtc_YhcANZWDZ-EtBZ1lAJDPkDPPqrp4SFInk1_XJmrlaSXmQSQaXDgpN47cLfDm7ZOqq3uS1n/w640-h362/20221028_112610.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Toothed Spurge, </span><i>Poinsettia dentata</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">with autumn color and 3-lobed nodding fruit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Summer annual with 3 seeds in each fruit that mourning doves love to eat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Grows in the dry garden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVardeLela4ZR_ENJEZEDcIIcwtvRG3iVEO3v8gojHIaHq4YdMKvKY0HRDJEMrMkw1vV6AVHfFLSrf1nfSQANNenFjd9JpjsMHQjGZ0Y1m8RjOke3212ONCnT3toM7aF-D-NsD60kU-pNbYNODocwAWZFJoEqwV_r68oGFu0LNZJqeytYR3X0ONS7/s1522/20221018_104307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1522" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVardeLela4ZR_ENJEZEDcIIcwtvRG3iVEO3v8gojHIaHq4YdMKvKY0HRDJEMrMkw1vV6AVHfFLSrf1nfSQANNenFjd9JpjsMHQjGZ0Y1m8RjOke3212ONCnT3toM7aF-D-NsD60kU-pNbYNODocwAWZFJoEqwV_r68oGFu0LNZJqeytYR3X0ONS7/w640-h288/20221018_104307.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Dry Garden with Aromatic Aster 'October Skies', and a weedy white aster</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtTxl2-8bYsgL4uGK74eISFK_i8K-C8qZ01CvY6tjcjgUA1pKGB8wPd3h9nFGEeIm-kjP0zEW8mh75mhDVo6cIvAhLLzu8yYFOA5Zby1cMexL2yAkU7aejCIh8yCXDHtkC5is1TRfbE0_1osjrSdEVGquMXbq1q8yVwX2SqzO626dX5szmLFL2qmI/s1523/20221015_163114%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtTxl2-8bYsgL4uGK74eISFK_i8K-C8qZ01CvY6tjcjgUA1pKGB8wPd3h9nFGEeIm-kjP0zEW8mh75mhDVo6cIvAhLLzu8yYFOA5Zby1cMexL2yAkU7aejCIh8yCXDHtkC5is1TRfbE0_1osjrSdEVGquMXbq1q8yVwX2SqzO626dX5szmLFL2qmI/w640-h288/20221015_163114%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I think this is a Fiery Skipper Butterfly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It's caterpillars feed on grasses;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">so if you mow your lawn short or too often,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">you probably destroy them before they are able to turn into butterflies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThtb8yzaccoiXcPn52La0mtd_sB8tevY-MerHLsYwJTxsOGuQydBmwIW5-kemspGmozdsvXSI7Tww7dyvI1kVXkLYqD8TcfWVblY27DuEhj73a-Xteb4AYmx7YbBgMshpEVoQ6gJmppFqPso43nC9RvNfijO4LdMJxxKkWBGweJ8iRA64oAeU0dGy/s1521/20221020_154538(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1521" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThtb8yzaccoiXcPn52La0mtd_sB8tevY-MerHLsYwJTxsOGuQydBmwIW5-kemspGmozdsvXSI7Tww7dyvI1kVXkLYqD8TcfWVblY27DuEhj73a-Xteb4AYmx7YbBgMshpEVoQ6gJmppFqPso43nC9RvNfijO4LdMJxxKkWBGweJ8iRA64oAeU0dGy/w640-h288/20221020_154538(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Common Checkered-Skipper Butterfly, <i>Burnsius communis.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Its caterpillars feed on mallow plants.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-aMCoeehpQ_mPC1eW9SJdMeUtmjT2k-tPS2-y7lud9SPyw02XwnuT4f3e9GqDEA0haxUU8WuNHdszF7jPCSJ5nCvJ7t8qEwy2YLN5frhYokjjnnAAqRCoSovqQmswi045GLKawhkwAcRhnzRqGKK-8si9z7ZgEd0Xvi5cKfV6ceqPjT2lZaB9Mwsf/s1613/20221020_154600(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1613" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-aMCoeehpQ_mPC1eW9SJdMeUtmjT2k-tPS2-y7lud9SPyw02XwnuT4f3e9GqDEA0haxUU8WuNHdszF7jPCSJ5nCvJ7t8qEwy2YLN5frhYokjjnnAAqRCoSovqQmswi045GLKawhkwAcRhnzRqGKK-8si9z7ZgEd0Xvi5cKfV6ceqPjT2lZaB9Mwsf/w640-h300/20221020_154600(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Phoebis sennae</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqifCDrlSliQ_aJUG-yVof7JgNTCJ0KkB3122jsQB6xAWx7_nx6gM1Pf0xP9uhII26fbhpOei38tbP_whEVqCqlNnp5IKCuk2k3-qcpwOkU__H1JKe5ifKvmREqHV3S6o6NGcbLVrUdYawlHBJ06aUZMd642rTEuXkZfUw6qX4sr-4Wfv8TQQHp0zc/s1520/20221028_112524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1520" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqifCDrlSliQ_aJUG-yVof7JgNTCJ0KkB3122jsQB6xAWx7_nx6gM1Pf0xP9uhII26fbhpOei38tbP_whEVqCqlNnp5IKCuk2k3-qcpwOkU__H1JKe5ifKvmREqHV3S6o6NGcbLVrUdYawlHBJ06aUZMd642rTEuXkZfUw6qX4sr-4Wfv8TQQHp0zc/w640-h290/20221028_112524.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Northern Red Oak Tree</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZDiczasIuiiVz7HjW5PSs_QhHb_8bN85J3ravJAGlIZxGRGoCaW_A0cyKJtnThBO-ZJxbFhQmBpyQJyWbkEpk93ZbT3vNijD3mZboqWKOokiASbsmrMbWHZBHDf1SVtUw0jz8K1L3UKwUO16zKl8yqedlHqg8kdVoHYSDXcekv9MWXcqz2a19iVm/s1520/20221028_133431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1520" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZDiczasIuiiVz7HjW5PSs_QhHb_8bN85J3ravJAGlIZxGRGoCaW_A0cyKJtnThBO-ZJxbFhQmBpyQJyWbkEpk93ZbT3vNijD3mZboqWKOokiASbsmrMbWHZBHDf1SVtUw0jz8K1L3UKwUO16zKl8yqedlHqg8kdVoHYSDXcekv9MWXcqz2a19iVm/w640-h290/20221028_133431.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">Saturday's Critters</span></a><br /></div></div><p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-1130876538103642732022-10-10T23:54:00.009-05:002023-01-03T12:38:28.056-06:00Ebb and Flow<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFl-8Aerx1opQOzcnvEHs7M5Z1uOCadrLRCI34sSGjERuRZddl4aV3vHL6Ztho6h4YodDn0s5jT-A1-kxBIvvZ2T8avWyAwRXECixggM9PLuW3VPK1U_WoTWt2DTjbFZSRfYfZNHWZAyFPf0oRV0KOePvv3Byo8dzUA_ejpiH8_cMFkykwJXqy7FI/s894/set_autumn_flower_02_f%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="894" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFl-8Aerx1opQOzcnvEHs7M5Z1uOCadrLRCI34sSGjERuRZddl4aV3vHL6Ztho6h4YodDn0s5jT-A1-kxBIvvZ2T8avWyAwRXECixggM9PLuW3VPK1U_WoTWt2DTjbFZSRfYfZNHWZAyFPf0oRV0KOePvv3Byo8dzUA_ejpiH8_cMFkykwJXqy7FI/w400-h114/set_autumn_flower_02_f%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Austin trying to fit on my lap.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXH7RUm2Lt79eNg7QIfHh9wo74hk_mKYwek0eaXGVa0EZrGhZMmGJpEpoiG2l4WpXT-B76NylRqagZEDVq8On38NUGGGmUpI50dXhmrclW13NHvRGnZo8aQoMc5mios7vMLsXFgg9r2QwqjPzFcSK3ie6vDA6oA3cdu0HwfQu93gHgJU3lMVXl0JdD/s1373/20221001_102228%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1373" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXH7RUm2Lt79eNg7QIfHh9wo74hk_mKYwek0eaXGVa0EZrGhZMmGJpEpoiG2l4WpXT-B76NylRqagZEDVq8On38NUGGGmUpI50dXhmrclW13NHvRGnZo8aQoMc5mios7vMLsXFgg9r2QwqjPzFcSK3ie6vDA6oA3cdu0HwfQu93gHgJU3lMVXl0JdD/w640-h358/20221001_102228%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">There’s a
sadness that overwhelms me at times. I
feel invisible with no value…empty. My
dreams are plagued with these feelings, on and on and on, until mercifully I
wake up. It’s so tiring pulling myself
up out of melancholy, only to trip and fall back into it.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sitting
outside, I thought I would feel better, but sixty-degree weather is a bit more
chilling out than I really want.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I cool
enough refilling the bird baths.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">How can
it be that every time I check out the living room and bedroom windows, the
baths are always bone dry with winterberry seeds left in the bowls and
deposited around the edges?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ve been
applying tape across the sliding glass doors and the front storm door to stop
the juvenile Cardinals from colliding with the glass.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Robins seem to be the bird of choice in the
back yard feasting on the winterberries and taking baths, so problem solved
with the disappearing water and orange seed mess left as a thank you.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m writing
this in Charlotte’s Room.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I tried
calling it the studio, but no art or crafts; always the name reverts to my
workroom which sounds like a drudge; and now that I think of it, Charlotte’s
Room just reminds me of Lacey in a negative way.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was Charlotte’s refuge when Lacey went
after her.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m over thinking all of
this.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s simply – My Quiet Place,
where all pets have free reign, but husband only by invitation.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ve been
reading about mindfulness, and it’s a concept I find difficult to embrace.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I seem to be constantly reminding myself that
I am not practicing it and having to reboot.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One of the quotes I picked up on today is - “Just as a snake sheds its
skin, we must shed our past over and over again.”</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That’s a task I seldom excel at; hence, all
those melancholy dreams.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There’s a
strange feeling to this garden today.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pale
signs of autumn are in the air, but look around a corner and you will think it’s
still a month ago.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The difference is the
temperatures plunging from 99 degrees F. to 72 degrees high in one day, and
never rising above low 80’s ever again.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While I walk
along the pathways, the ebb and flow of the cool breeze is subtly different.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is as if winter is lightly breathing in
and out, blowing a coolness across the garden that sharpens the mornings and
leaves the afternoons almost, but not quite, warm.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It will creep in on cat paws and dance across
the grass, then without warning change the morning dew to frost, and the frost
eventually to a deep freeze.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The
anticipation of winter chills me to the bone.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClGUsorMgBMceOmyrqDA6eV11HmZ_nHBNo7TaikI4Jx8czQClqxqlpH4L5mm-QTexMmU4d47-b9nJlZT-YUBoCnr8r_LYHx0C2bwL9ViNKKLDvu1JkIAocOMYMcanfLNHa7OB_92UrWBFO1ohMvklp0M-0hBs1lV6ADuvL-muzpIcuSmA4LsYgPOM/s800/queenvictoriaframe-graphicsfairy009c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="782" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClGUsorMgBMceOmyrqDA6eV11HmZ_nHBNo7TaikI4Jx8czQClqxqlpH4L5mm-QTexMmU4d47-b9nJlZT-YUBoCnr8r_LYHx0C2bwL9ViNKKLDvu1JkIAocOMYMcanfLNHa7OB_92UrWBFO1ohMvklp0M-0hBs1lV6ADuvL-muzpIcuSmA4LsYgPOM/w626-h640/queenvictoriaframe-graphicsfairy009c.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Honeybee visiting Asters</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndx41kAFDd740fOiiaTExaTF-CS5B2k3G9Nzrww_mKgr-1RUkAcpkvVP3qzfW0r5IM_gAvAiihh-bnFt1EM1n8S2ZjVVBJhIRWMuZIZ6hzPUlUmasRpIFxs87BT2JRISxlJHZ0PHi2muTME8TxzWhWkXqEK0Hhn56xYrNM7jDggMoOOOc3RdaaoLi/s1526/20220926_102854(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1526" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndx41kAFDd740fOiiaTExaTF-CS5B2k3G9Nzrww_mKgr-1RUkAcpkvVP3qzfW0r5IM_gAvAiihh-bnFt1EM1n8S2ZjVVBJhIRWMuZIZ6hzPUlUmasRpIFxs87BT2JRISxlJHZ0PHi2muTME8TxzWhWkXqEK0Hhn56xYrNM7jDggMoOOOc3RdaaoLi/w640-h288/20220926_102854(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Skipper Butterfly</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJycrsxo99rdgT37g4Cl5H0iu4CZo0BDraa1NjePdrOnu8eDHwGWCPLbY1lgPtlqKo9MVcm2A6AcYFweKJbZwiqjZbrUdqQtOJDRge-WNj9kpMVqrRuIfx-Vp4KTYfm8QgUNJr4lLZNKEAST-py4Q4XBvM6GeDolODz389526XYYauZ_Bz4K-fnfn/s1349/20220927_110207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1349" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJycrsxo99rdgT37g4Cl5H0iu4CZo0BDraa1NjePdrOnu8eDHwGWCPLbY1lgPtlqKo9MVcm2A6AcYFweKJbZwiqjZbrUdqQtOJDRge-WNj9kpMVqrRuIfx-Vp4KTYfm8QgUNJr4lLZNKEAST-py4Q4XBvM6GeDolODz389526XYYauZ_Bz4K-fnfn/w640-h326/20220927_110207.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The room I disappear into ~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">also known as Charlotte's Room</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I'm not a pink lover, and this room was a neon fushia when we moved in, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">so... for some reason,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I repainted it a pale ash pink, and added stenciled edging.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The closet door opened out onto the window,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">therefore, it has resided in the attic for thirty odd years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29nJ36sRZU-tEs1CBkOc7Ks2t44CYHIrlrAonB2_JKKTCx-LbOQFA2E1VYN51GJOUSBCrecQydID1aZqyJNZ9nobPT1fsZmK6HwY2IMF9Xw-85EupgmkUT-EEcxOBD9lRgBkskeaeGVO3R-FKRm3bPVGoqqgS3gmnBPtR7qHEmXxP7mFjVV4i0F-d/s1524/20221004_132011%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29nJ36sRZU-tEs1CBkOc7Ks2t44CYHIrlrAonB2_JKKTCx-LbOQFA2E1VYN51GJOUSBCrecQydID1aZqyJNZ9nobPT1fsZmK6HwY2IMF9Xw-85EupgmkUT-EEcxOBD9lRgBkskeaeGVO3R-FKRm3bPVGoqqgS3gmnBPtR7qHEmXxP7mFjVV4i0F-d/w640-h288/20221004_132011%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The first piece of artwork I ever bought.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I was sixteen, and accompanied mom to a tiny store of mostly used junk.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It's a pastel from one of the town's budding artist at that time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijovyhHrLgBjmfBvb2iSd5vl4vbPbIesOTUv5D3hmR3ep8te-2NlmMLgRJf7WeQlIbDIXoqpB1HscK_jZM7SHAL-HG-iN5dKEBVYmzT8ZUBVTL9uVaFXfAahWICkV2iI5AgnpZv-jAeOXQJ_BghEoMsJpmg2XjnUp3DxRdHUsbhlw3m7liSZd7G-49/s878/20221009_115825%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="594" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijovyhHrLgBjmfBvb2iSd5vl4vbPbIesOTUv5D3hmR3ep8te-2NlmMLgRJf7WeQlIbDIXoqpB1HscK_jZM7SHAL-HG-iN5dKEBVYmzT8ZUBVTL9uVaFXfAahWICkV2iI5AgnpZv-jAeOXQJ_BghEoMsJpmg2XjnUp3DxRdHUsbhlw3m7liSZd7G-49/w432-h640/20221009_115825%20(2).jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Something was very hungry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqrh4zBAAveOCSE70qmMQ2GrvpvtO26d9Kr5vzperBWIO5ers5CyM4NIejUOGgTEypRKuDUR3f4KmZFekG5nKy5BAVfOmOEYiTH2q_zMeBZZFdju_3xjUGisZFJdnB_OTmNaPgdEWYJNN2oS43sniMkQF0ZpqOPdj7Hdu0jb47Ipd1OWULPSHr1Ac/s1393/20220929_122403(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1393" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqrh4zBAAveOCSE70qmMQ2GrvpvtO26d9Kr5vzperBWIO5ers5CyM4NIejUOGgTEypRKuDUR3f4KmZFekG5nKy5BAVfOmOEYiTH2q_zMeBZZFdju_3xjUGisZFJdnB_OTmNaPgdEWYJNN2oS43sniMkQF0ZpqOPdj7Hdu0jb47Ipd1OWULPSHr1Ac/w640-h322/20220929_122403(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Euonymus americanus</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvOECfoUrmZ0-OaiLfZkWvtVh6-SlD27FbSr0T8BCd8cm1LeisbDtWkSW5OIgwehASpyV30PlEsUfuS66j3f4xLVz8cpVapgfU4cdi2erIY5hGt_D4Pu9afazfjUwGJfG0elePtky2Qbo1DOy3TRbTj273Gr01fnoyDoNfYxm_jqy-k_zmPivm3R7/s1411/20220929_122853%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1528" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Z5uyuPgqmG6eYksAPIRPzt_Nhr_78S_Xho4UmOO1q07oOXytV6xrm016F42Q-VcX7c8R7vJVT2SiQySZHieMMAzsI1GyhbGBgOsf_24IlELhFeG90H2oNle4qt6EYNzJ7-wHOExDbKAxd16S-4RZcDeGFgyYkglvQFQI5sBTUXpZOiTTkCss_bkA/w640-h288/20220929_122931%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I have a fondness for Italian pottery</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">of course...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">From an artist in Ukraine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Dry brush oil painting</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTgNB8FkZFg4Gf7TdF40RsZ8Sh7zjUlElkbkRRK5FLVrKTJlHgkQ8PP1mgdkMaSn-uZ8lANJVhE9ScxnEpJsHBnWmX4ChulCRr5fyE2bIxoJ9n2a18R5_Y_3uUFtP2B3UJ3BclI77IBYoMMdroTE-PDpamfCIo7bbdiDqWu_ztaE6xEFhn4GsKVhD/s1172/20221009_120330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1172" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTgNB8FkZFg4Gf7TdF40RsZ8Sh7zjUlElkbkRRK5FLVrKTJlHgkQ8PP1mgdkMaSn-uZ8lANJVhE9ScxnEpJsHBnWmX4ChulCRr5fyE2bIxoJ9n2a18R5_Y_3uUFtP2B3UJ3BclI77IBYoMMdroTE-PDpamfCIo7bbdiDqWu_ztaE6xEFhn4GsKVhD/w640-h328/20221009_120330.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Winterberry Berries</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyH8lxIKegRZ6T0iYZIM9dnBdG_G-IlotcENhHgeQNsBqSvC6uMwoPOIgq3CJCn47WFD5z7POdH3etCLgl6mq6Hn_fl9Lwjep4moi-Pb_fTL82XpbydIpKLSVpCYd4kNLBr9qnGSfowKVTk3yt5rYIj9UGeuI35PXnHKStoQWlnh4YtnSIjUa92Fy/s1518/20220929_123320%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1518" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyH8lxIKegRZ6T0iYZIM9dnBdG_G-IlotcENhHgeQNsBqSvC6uMwoPOIgq3CJCn47WFD5z7POdH3etCLgl6mq6Hn_fl9Lwjep4moi-Pb_fTL82XpbydIpKLSVpCYd4kNLBr9qnGSfowKVTk3yt5rYIj9UGeuI35PXnHKStoQWlnh4YtnSIjUa92Fy/w640-h286/20220929_123320%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Birdbath</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkO3xNj0udq_H1aTvRCtM1qeOGypmfJoYjF5S9JI_JKaCDLrJlrN3NG2nI257hMpsWlC8NHs-RSJf4D1ztqs1qE_M-dO12Y9CS3_PfKfyrSu-iwkjImVWi3hZ5m-s2zruR5uzfLUsrVgtlHb8rAfxZ7SJDBAw4GHPnOx8_WVDG0q1aBexrHJ0nKfuv/s1527/20220929_124605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1527" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkO3xNj0udq_H1aTvRCtM1qeOGypmfJoYjF5S9JI_JKaCDLrJlrN3NG2nI257hMpsWlC8NHs-RSJf4D1ztqs1qE_M-dO12Y9CS3_PfKfyrSu-iwkjImVWi3hZ5m-s2zruR5uzfLUsrVgtlHb8rAfxZ7SJDBAw4GHPnOx8_WVDG0q1aBexrHJ0nKfuv/w640-h288/20220929_124605.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>'Minnaloushe'</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Purchased while in my early twenties </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">visiting an artist coop in Reno, Nevada with my mom</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> while dad, not an art lover, waited in the car.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I still love it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYA-4OXmbshda0WRgXG-zGIs4Uo5qLp1sLYub9ZNG_dQXVHbWPKP5R7pU7mQM4YSL-MkF0EO5qW_5lngS9KYmukEKaras3b6Zu1g64Rb_lzb3_PTGBWUqZp0ohfwEQjcDxRCIxlsA0-Fp95ZjIi_auFxFP-ZVdsG8DzUFjFgdvg2TCFWQ6nfimOuK/s998/20221009_115652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="998" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYA-4OXmbshda0WRgXG-zGIs4Uo5qLp1sLYub9ZNG_dQXVHbWPKP5R7pU7mQM4YSL-MkF0EO5qW_5lngS9KYmukEKaras3b6Zu1g64Rb_lzb3_PTGBWUqZp0ohfwEQjcDxRCIxlsA0-Fp95ZjIi_auFxFP-ZVdsG8DzUFjFgdvg2TCFWQ6nfimOuK/w640-h528/20221009_115652.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Just a fun print, greeting me as I walk into my room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4tAs8E3fnK_qqR0KeANfHAN5Q-ETG00sIOZKYpyR855t7-nxqyVx-W4GZvktdcfGr_DfTY8wk1TNG69Mp1_XauLhgHqVDq7H031_YoSkdwfPjbBm83VrSkm5_i-E3Dd210T5DubOK6pu_h9qtUGFt_pvJ3RrYvNU7IVd-kiL0mX9WYFHgzINavRz/s1309/20221009_120856%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1309" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4tAs8E3fnK_qqR0KeANfHAN5Q-ETG00sIOZKYpyR855t7-nxqyVx-W4GZvktdcfGr_DfTY8wk1TNG69Mp1_XauLhgHqVDq7H031_YoSkdwfPjbBm83VrSkm5_i-E3Dd210T5DubOK6pu_h9qtUGFt_pvJ3RrYvNU7IVd-kiL0mX9WYFHgzINavRz/w640-h294/20221009_120856%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Maybe a Small Carpenter Bee on Blue Stemed Goldenrod</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYr4lU9KnhWR6tHJEAns9AxS87edtDslSPX70d1FwlwwjirIUhgUKFIIzI7Vl9uYw5z-tF3p-pVnnHfvwaYF1B0gpbXfYrqAdA41lUQzG7ekx_JnA8LVqIkdmZR--oGqp4GcoAiPqsCgQoGAx_H7sdb5aEEBXnIiQ2240z7AzrILciuS4OTqj01L_/s1099/20220929_124723.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1238" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSm4yZqxfwZLuLVuBx8nmHd_yMXhhjnTYGm4736DyXLqG5UQvIB7oviXCpAbQgL78h2RpCVcYXUfKVfBicW4rS7UG2HsNhnKNPZ2rRQL0apHxsXi7Q5OBQuAnVOuA_oEARdwS70VZHTVUL5qBTiApP_hwYJI51z301c0IoosGdQxMfskBHb8LhoU6/w640-h378/20220929_125710.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The little antique brass duck lamp finial,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">bought at a Virginia City, Nevada antique store</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">when I was in high school.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The rest is new... vase and rabbit from Japan,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and hand painted plate from Sweden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The ancient coral piece I found in a river bed fifteen years ago in Tennessee. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspykFvXTeWxhsufR5-cDKpAYCPYwOb7PSHDdWex2dTOtt_CY9XT6z4WI6pj9QcMQ4HDkpurck5Ny410ZcWvNrnjC6mX7KNjpsHVLdUS_vYEuKb7GM0vtFrtXoL0eh4fh2ShpXh73daKcCL1QkhcasU-FuzE-YXHoPTFeuHItRZ5yr_ar1gWE_OBwD/s1367/20220928_164615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1367" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspykFvXTeWxhsufR5-cDKpAYCPYwOb7PSHDdWex2dTOtt_CY9XT6z4WI6pj9QcMQ4HDkpurck5Ny410ZcWvNrnjC6mX7KNjpsHVLdUS_vYEuKb7GM0vtFrtXoL0eh4fh2ShpXh73daKcCL1QkhcasU-FuzE-YXHoPTFeuHItRZ5yr_ar1gWE_OBwD/w640-h328/20220928_164615.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A fancy table with no purpose.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The cat bowls are underneath, so we shall say it provides the place</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">where X marks the eating spot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfDk57arKXGY0ZuEJ0h2Q9IitE442ClLGQLyLEd7N8h29rQG3lpgSQSHM-nvdzsQ8gmkPfjQBJBeRBAmS5aV98QnetieEGib6NvGX5H2jfmyBaAqd4eEepgPR6Otm3UZMDUjkPcU1wGEB3MQKsWMfXbRBW4AGgZbyHOqiGjra3Ttz2Ko54tQel83Z/s1355/20221004_131628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1355" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfDk57arKXGY0ZuEJ0h2Q9IitE442ClLGQLyLEd7N8h29rQG3lpgSQSHM-nvdzsQ8gmkPfjQBJBeRBAmS5aV98QnetieEGib6NvGX5H2jfmyBaAqd4eEepgPR6Otm3UZMDUjkPcU1wGEB3MQKsWMfXbRBW4AGgZbyHOqiGjra3Ttz2Ko54tQel83Z/w640-h332/20221004_131628.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sand from my parents yard where I walked barefoot as a child.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was crazy scooping up sand as a momento,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">but I still have it these many years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">Honeybee on Swamp Sunflower</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5edjPgBDCPHCJqd-gW5jyZ5Oe02ynaR49GUggigaS5_23GcFzAJHmhFPSgiWn9b7nCTKQhfRLQmy4jzmJnOWUHdYbTxaHeLk9fvB4q6Cg0uC6BpMOMGmkZG9hr5YbjqXXSvXM21i-syCM6zd5BhlWZXbfd_MdB5vaV-jVQrznM9Tj6jxI1g-9idTn/s1579/20221002_132645%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1579" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5edjPgBDCPHCJqd-gW5jyZ5Oe02ynaR49GUggigaS5_23GcFzAJHmhFPSgiWn9b7nCTKQhfRLQmy4jzmJnOWUHdYbTxaHeLk9fvB4q6Cg0uC6BpMOMGmkZG9hr5YbjqXXSvXM21i-syCM6zd5BhlWZXbfd_MdB5vaV-jVQrznM9Tj6jxI1g-9idTn/w640-h292/20221002_132645%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Skipper Butterfly</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJk95yDFab-E8o64ZRv6ZWJxUsAM5q3W15je90USQ6VV6m1g_uWWhP-xMqWvwy4tlo1YJqU6qBshfCCWSJdnIZIG6Vvo6dvdT0NVVcPyE5qFggrPTv69HLp-Vmm5X6i3BocuGsiW-v7Xw_Xfg_7_4XY8suRZQ_0c5mAuwfQlDhL65feGhWaMlSEFsd/s1555/20221002_133112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1555" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJk95yDFab-E8o64ZRv6ZWJxUsAM5q3W15je90USQ6VV6m1g_uWWhP-xMqWvwy4tlo1YJqU6qBshfCCWSJdnIZIG6Vvo6dvdT0NVVcPyE5qFggrPTv69HLp-Vmm5X6i3BocuGsiW-v7Xw_Xfg_7_4XY8suRZQ_0c5mAuwfQlDhL65feGhWaMlSEFsd/w640-h288/20221002_133112.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">French Limoges handpainted plate</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">signed by Pierre Lenoir, an architect who lived</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">between end of 19th century and first half of 20th century.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgz-aVfYkZCnZ98T6Sy1LncPbniehfwmTWQNqbQ4TrRlaziH-mf92gsX939p-rrX3b4lRePhGXM_KR_u6ayiafhrcDXmeKR7X3b15yBQMuf0_20XuiLpE63SVJKYbcxHY_h9FA7Y223ks8D39Dv6ZO8nfz8o7sB6p-NK7Ov_P9SdMp7x408M4bJgUK/s1532/20221003_080731%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj37BHa7RqYnXQGG566ZSjYD-oHu5KOIPf_XL7vhFzQIeuon3TRFlhMyvdGeJx8Y2HQf7hMupdKZepgQV5toVqaJJieVYRNPdYBAdbuEtVT4IMJtOboyjes4mirrEEtsQL1xUFdtusZf_JZQuOQ6XEBb6eeR3elWukT6mNZpxeCP9Ti21w5Ya3FRXh-/w640-h288/20221009_120701.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Rudbeckia maxima</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">veinwork of leaf</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mommy says it's almost impossible to photograph me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMYYbflv3FLuE4O6L0WYnlNUzlDbKhsM0Z5cVg-uNY8Kp1NOi_qoLinka6fTmwP60Oah1QtMdGUbLyTj_9CqoCFoFtIBqYdF4meuGwNxAEAMI9pijimYqrqdIIdjZRt3hHxXHMqoG8iTzFAMH0m_rvaZ6gekLeO8fobzM50ufMsGCr1q7SLW6boy2/s1383/20220929_114043%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1383" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMYYbflv3FLuE4O6L0WYnlNUzlDbKhsM0Z5cVg-uNY8Kp1NOi_qoLinka6fTmwP60Oah1QtMdGUbLyTj_9CqoCFoFtIBqYdF4meuGwNxAEAMI9pijimYqrqdIIdjZRt3hHxXHMqoG8iTzFAMH0m_rvaZ6gekLeO8fobzM50ufMsGCr1q7SLW6boy2/w640-h356/20220929_114043%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The moment she enters the room, I'm up and on my way over to greet her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQoousIyVVd6XCdSnjb0RJgcGUuEi7rfM4ije2RH27tyZdVYUlOvBeIHk44ImOjI5Sy-aqOVmR_00XtEHHEXybfs0Y4EWAf06vJhbEQ0KNVF2sCraLiz8UP215un5-0O6tleljpY19sdN0oQre9UTuVfwH7-AA6qGzV6TI7ltcAXEGz_KNPo54Gsn/s1389/20220929_114051%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1389" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQoousIyVVd6XCdSnjb0RJgcGUuEi7rfM4ije2RH27tyZdVYUlOvBeIHk44ImOjI5Sy-aqOVmR_00XtEHHEXybfs0Y4EWAf06vJhbEQ0KNVF2sCraLiz8UP215un5-0O6tleljpY19sdN0oQre9UTuVfwH7-AA6qGzV6TI7ltcAXEGz_KNPo54Gsn/w640-h320/20220929_114051%20(6).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I don't know why she thinks I'm Charlotte.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She calls me "That Darn Cat" much more often.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbaaoBfAaomzFP072i5d36Etb5DrmsY0Z5WP36MtYzSNUDsM0y1Npov6gursl8gcNU6ITXC5Ke_3clVkzi2PA5sO1WCDQGlw1PmxZRlnO-7aBkeJ7DYpsk5cevd85SnmgoW2Yk4sNV-QwHr97GXH44f7KPu9CLse9pnpyFzuvazhLMFP31en_Nbs1/s1188/20220929_114052%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1188" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbaaoBfAaomzFP072i5d36Etb5DrmsY0Z5WP36MtYzSNUDsM0y1Npov6gursl8gcNU6ITXC5Ke_3clVkzi2PA5sO1WCDQGlw1PmxZRlnO-7aBkeJ7DYpsk5cevd85SnmgoW2Yk4sNV-QwHr97GXH44f7KPu9CLse9pnpyFzuvazhLMFP31en_Nbs1/w640-h374/20220929_114052%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Lifeless, waiting for the sun to warm them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HQO6F4xYdRKLZGSML5_fyaPQantfwkbqfkOGOQvGOHBxZThe7R62zcp-0GSMVfCcDvh3OZXTf8aG-_854sa4lUPHt_ekMl85zrwgp9DlFWNXKgQM244WRPnvCoeTRG43iJI2JrIrpM5e8am2DEh2bKK4lT2Zv3oKje07OaGKnKSuDBnt2ETIr2bF/s1524/20221009_114344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HQO6F4xYdRKLZGSML5_fyaPQantfwkbqfkOGOQvGOHBxZThe7R62zcp-0GSMVfCcDvh3OZXTf8aG-_854sa4lUPHt_ekMl85zrwgp9DlFWNXKgQM244WRPnvCoeTRG43iJI2JrIrpM5e8am2DEh2bKK4lT2Zv3oKje07OaGKnKSuDBnt2ETIr2bF/w640-h288/20221009_114344.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I'm disappearing for a while. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This Post is Linked To:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/2022/10/my-corner-of-world_01599617093.html"><span style="font-size: large;">My Corner of the World</span></a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2022/10/saturdays-critters-461.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday's Critter</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://caroljmichel.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-october-2022/"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day</span></a><br /></div><p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506141901518297798noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122370918663203885.post-59506821714079803892022-09-22T22:44:00.005-05:002023-01-03T12:52:26.280-06:00My sweet and sad September_ as she lingers at the threshhold of Autumn.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One day the first
prematurely senile leaf will quietly detach itself in a faint breeze and
flutter silently to the ground. All through the summer an occasional unnoticed,
unregretted leaf has fallen from time to time. But not as this one falls. There
is something quietly ominous about the way in which it gives up the ghost,
without a struggle, almost with an air of relief. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>~Joseph Wood Krutch, "September,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: georgia;"> " <i>The
Twelve Seasons: A Perpetual Calendar for the Country</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhHsEJZKMsxdKTKf3hd7Cp--s83k5QKs0k9K0dFRk4e9xEmSkFEhhrlQ0rOYnlSdQ3JfoEKpxFxNePMafOffnbqa6PHFixDMPocxm_u05EDPY_1vGlrupIGi6rm2lv51NSrDyUFRFKweM9zpBwNYVLoawptNfmsKmNGDihtDYbNdRj_dma51bQU2D/s1577/20220920_091526.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1577" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhHsEJZKMsxdKTKf3hd7Cp--s83k5QKs0k9K0dFRk4e9xEmSkFEhhrlQ0rOYnlSdQ3JfoEKpxFxNePMafOffnbqa6PHFixDMPocxm_u05EDPY_1vGlrupIGi6rm2lv51NSrDyUFRFKweM9zpBwNYVLoawptNfmsKmNGDihtDYbNdRj_dma51bQU2D/w640-h282/20220920_091526.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just like sweets</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLGS4P8juvhqs0rhSymiMRmwYO8bfqG_9PcJC5pWsK8IfREBXpWjp1ai7XHbmpTGvFCu2NOoQ3WuAZoMvlNp5efQPCIC6IzLBfuYw_Ls6y8RoHGhxTwGz4gVlV2DZf6NFbqqNsdEq7-DsNeawZF_CbyESboyG9S79EUiFFZAkvL-ChUW-_kR6b0ow/s1328/20220907_202756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1328" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLGS4P8juvhqs0rhSymiMRmwYO8bfqG_9PcJC5pWsK8IfREBXpWjp1ai7XHbmpTGvFCu2NOoQ3WuAZoMvlNp5efQPCIC6IzLBfuYw_Ls6y8RoHGhxTwGz4gVlV2DZf6NFbqqNsdEq7-DsNeawZF_CbyESboyG9S79EUiFFZAkvL-ChUW-_kR6b0ow/w640-h338/20220907_202756.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Austin and Charlotte</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think they were part of the same litter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Austin showed up a week after Charlotte and her kittens appeared</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> during a rain storm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There has always been a bond between them that I try to preserve.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s that time of the year when a twig from
the old White Ash Tree is carried with me, to move to one side the orb weaver webs
spanning the pathways or plant containers from one plant across to another, as
I walk my patio and paths. Otherwise…
there’s nothing like that velvety feeling of a spider web plastering itself
across one’s body as they inadvertently walk right into the almost invisible
wonder.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The gardens have suffered this year from
drought too long, then rains too long, then drought too long, then… you get the
drift. The <i>Chelone lyonii</i>,
commonly called turtlehead, has suffered this year from our pruning neglect
this past spring of the Swamp Rose growing amongst them, and the forever
expanding Joe Pye Weed laying across them after the flowers have bloomed. Personally, planting the Swamp Rose was a task
I now regret. We all make gardening
mistakes, here or there that plague us forevermore, don’t we?</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Spicebush berries were plucked off the
bushes over a month ago by a very determined Mockingbird. I watched it lunge up off the concrete repeatedly to
pluck berries from lower limbs too weak to hold its body weight. There’s a group of young cardinals in the
gardens; where their nest was I haven’t a clue, but it’s usual this time of
year to be blessed with their company.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So many photos of flowers with
insects, but I’m drawn to them in that a closeup always reveals their true
selves, instead of that tiny nondescript creature flying or crawling about. A flower without an insect is a flower. A flower with an insect shouts out look at
me. I can’t resist that call.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The writing's on the wall as far as planting more plants after this year. Planting nine wild petunias,
two each day at the base of the White Ash tree, caused me to cancel my physical
therapy sessions for a week to recuperate. Vic's offered to help, but by his own admission, as far as gardens are concerned, he's a destroyer not a creator. We shall see. </span></div><div style="color: #741b47; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My White Ash Tree is having an affair with
Miss Poison Ivy, and I see a new villain has enter the picture making it a
threesome… English ivy. The bane of
nature’s love affair with my garden. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I know the "rules" of gardening, but I've broken most of them over the years. Watering in the heat of the day, watering
overhead, leaving plant matter to compost in
place… my garden’s still here doing what it was meant and chooses to do. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My house and garden are a life raft floating in the green sea of expanding suburbia around us. The houses are spaced closer and closer together, and lawns seems to be the new gardens. Perhaps... the reason wildlife in my space is disappearing. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>We were commenting the other day about the diasppearance of skunks this year. Not a one seen or smelled. With country being sucked up by the housing industry to produce more homes around us, we have become isolated from the wild, causing great sadness for me.</span><span> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I</span><span>’m still in a funk over loosing my Lacey,
and it has been an uphill task to give this post the right ambiance. I find photographing the garden gives me some peace in my mind, but it is all so short lived. It will take time. I hope you enjoy the photographs as much as I enjoyed taking them. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Miss Poison Ivy</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KxUtX--P_NRNSmjV0n-5fAjp9UjjYkefDNXjO-ornLF5zXwjI3dKaygBWetL39TPo36HJnqrRRPZ13vtCCkECPB0EmResU_eAtOuLrd1x1hrja1i7V2s_8VxfKiijOvDp2zcbvCtfUUF1fmT6OVAemNlpY4PsXyHYtwZjuj5z2hQb8UHRWm9Z60H/s1522/20220920_135003%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1522" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KxUtX--P_NRNSmjV0n-5fAjp9UjjYkefDNXjO-ornLF5zXwjI3dKaygBWetL39TPo36HJnqrRRPZ13vtCCkECPB0EmResU_eAtOuLrd1x1hrja1i7V2s_8VxfKiijOvDp2zcbvCtfUUF1fmT6OVAemNlpY4PsXyHYtwZjuj5z2hQb8UHRWm9Z60H/w640-h290/20220920_135003%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Spicebush Swallowtail Catepillar's Abode</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A folded leaf for protection during the day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can see the leaf it munched on last night.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjt0uhfgYhlqnVylrRpJEehHFjNGfAkS7Tq4T6vecp6kU5t_c7bfipHH6iqC5levzJBJSCDEQBtiSqLiQf8GXlrYqOqnjj_jzfPIxDXaH1HiKfhXb2BfsxudCWkmDTepl7NSTUlCMgB4xaz-HkZCV7w3YML5J21FWU4nf7frugCdSG9kIdgMVfF508/s1429/20220920_092143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1429" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjt0uhfgYhlqnVylrRpJEehHFjNGfAkS7Tq4T6vecp6kU5t_c7bfipHH6iqC5levzJBJSCDEQBtiSqLiQf8GXlrYqOqnjj_jzfPIxDXaH1HiKfhXb2BfsxudCWkmDTepl7NSTUlCMgB4xaz-HkZCV7w3YML5J21FWU4nf7frugCdSG9kIdgMVfF508/w640-h306/20220920_092143.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Only 1 or 2 butterfly eggs out of 100 live to become adult butterflies.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe it was the early spring, I don't know, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but this is the only catepillar I have found on all 7 spicebushes. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Its chances of not being eaten are pretty slim.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: large; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8iJyCsZ7NNHoMlzefMMROND6FNNSxFmejqOPd1vTVYH2JhqMlnN7IAZqb7WMqO4Rw9kdkmKvh4f4gQDavG17LYdJJdrrskowzFTrmHc5OEN3guVtZY7xqvlGhsez5gmoUD4pDgSm68Zufu1HN_SDtCpl8JxT5JNYfWxU603Qm97TXVRklh8o6MFb/s1546/20220919_101527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1546" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8iJyCsZ7NNHoMlzefMMROND6FNNSxFmejqOPd1vTVYH2JhqMlnN7IAZqb7WMqO4Rw9kdkmKvh4f4gQDavG17LYdJJdrrskowzFTrmHc5OEN3guVtZY7xqvlGhsez5gmoUD4pDgSm68Zufu1HN_SDtCpl8JxT5JNYfWxU603Qm97TXVRklh8o6MFb/w640-h294/20220919_101527.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Little Bumblebee feeding on nector of </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;">Blue Stemmed Goldenrod (<i>S</i></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>olidago caesia</i>)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYUhgE8TCQeEtepuCGDj-1EAe4x68Y8SYJoAavmpgSDulEZModhiKtTDGAWPYTo2o9BvZ-GIeEHWik6g4qflCWRy__zVuHTcsmrE7anHXWFEAY8Sa88Kj_oHb3WA4OFLq4gOIFTB2k7hpCV0W1BPIQY4Ixii8dtWC3LLxx-syFP9Yj0ZlUw3GlHWO/s1522/20220919_095804%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1522" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYUhgE8TCQeEtepuCGDj-1EAe4x68Y8SYJoAavmpgSDulEZModhiKtTDGAWPYTo2o9BvZ-GIeEHWik6g4qflCWRy__zVuHTcsmrE7anHXWFEAY8Sa88Kj_oHb3WA4OFLq4gOIFTB2k7hpCV0W1BPIQY4Ixii8dtWC3LLxx-syFP9Yj0ZlUw3GlHWO/w640-h288/20220919_095804%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Crowns of rhizomes of Celandine Poppy (<i>Stylophorum diphyllum</i>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in dormant stage waiting for next spring.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkg3Ui0dUDcElZl6N6JSGSHWhgz0JQMwHc5iaN7Skq3O9L2oPveR4E0_JrxoI_8SxVGxpozePGUXsUh9Zlww4YB6ubStGhQw1MTy13r2ymo7vwWl1XnNWlRAgNU2apYMlQDwVCVAsd96ZKa079j2__T1ZN5m1voWyvSIqfPlVC7dcuvqRBSafJKACR/s1523/20220920_135100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1523" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkg3Ui0dUDcElZl6N6JSGSHWhgz0JQMwHc5iaN7Skq3O9L2oPveR4E0_JrxoI_8SxVGxpozePGUXsUh9Zlww4YB6ubStGhQw1MTy13r2ymo7vwWl1XnNWlRAgNU2apYMlQDwVCVAsd96ZKa079j2__T1ZN5m1voWyvSIqfPlVC7dcuvqRBSafJKACR/w640-h288/20220920_135100.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Orange Hover Fly</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFW1NGzDc91XuogdsnUbezx2gsC-LgZfzfRreUVPAFYSTwcbY0PyOBiIkLkZuu28sOpS6D8wUPN6RDOx0lpQYFco03uypj73vI3Mkil2-hJ7WLRfKQlo_SK06fms9a7aKXp0dGGixBXybU86B37qyYNGG97_eW4FiH0E9DFc2dOiWc8QNIFP-mkmf/s1531/20220913_115531%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1531" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFW1NGzDc91XuogdsnUbezx2gsC-LgZfzfRreUVPAFYSTwcbY0PyOBiIkLkZuu28sOpS6D8wUPN6RDOx0lpQYFco03uypj73vI3Mkil2-hJ7WLRfKQlo_SK06fms9a7aKXp0dGGixBXybU86B37qyYNGG97_eW4FiH0E9DFc2dOiWc8QNIFP-mkmf/w640-h292/20220913_115531%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe an olive green leafhopper or planthopper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoE8OjPFgJR37ndcKovdUMqEDx47JyOHa6sq33_8bv8gdxcqmYkavwyHfkWYJDIWQ6SoQ1BSjomG1_crNkm37UZgUk0_6urH6myU0ILTX9jgGa3aRJr78vtAb-JAeSQet8oSJOu9qzFP3YFp_D4Hmk_y4LfH9vbMZbZzyDkts5UKkaRRKdIzQW7u4I/s1367/20220912_113123%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1367" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoE8OjPFgJR37ndcKovdUMqEDx47JyOHa6sq33_8bv8gdxcqmYkavwyHfkWYJDIWQ6SoQ1BSjomG1_crNkm37UZgUk0_6urH6myU0ILTX9jgGa3aRJr78vtAb-JAeSQet8oSJOu9qzFP3YFp_D4Hmk_y4LfH9vbMZbZzyDkts5UKkaRRKdIzQW7u4I/w640-h362/20220912_113123%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some type of Katydid hiding under a leaf.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I need to see the entire insect to tell you which type.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I didn't feel like desturbing it, so this is all you get.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bmfCOGAzJ10RJxrlDoNZjpSFO163-e_tTZhVennKdR5nuwpfNH_3UQQ7Bm3y6eCzmMCwSG7Ju7JXmdsp6SMdLVO6b6BePdvwJpLWCkm_otb1dWwDxP2dMaUbUAWWO9XY1o64NJ7Oq0oHSlSHzC798u-TyGc1ZnHQu2zQjTHJLv1_TYcjgY6_c-0R/s1433/20220912_113223%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1433" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bmfCOGAzJ10RJxrlDoNZjpSFO163-e_tTZhVennKdR5nuwpfNH_3UQQ7Bm3y6eCzmMCwSG7Ju7JXmdsp6SMdLVO6b6BePdvwJpLWCkm_otb1dWwDxP2dMaUbUAWWO9XY1o64NJ7Oq0oHSlSHzC798u-TyGc1ZnHQu2zQjTHJLv1_TYcjgY6_c-0R/w640-h346/20220912_113223%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hairy Sunflower, </span><i style="background-color: white;">Helianthus hirsutus</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">with maybe a Furrow Bee.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQcjXKCnWxXxuLOct0JGt6OVuXohSUdPxGcytLBEIddzqW8MxEsTFcroLSCb8evF628n8veUKa7Bzlh2KUErgQvgZvNmbgsWpYaYrcWv6V-uKS12cN9jtmP3rk9vP5AihUbfszX7jZzqqWZJpJvhrYFjZHzLr3-gk-6d2gCa7bocrplUHpxY9A7Qp/s1415/20220912_113601%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1415" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQcjXKCnWxXxuLOct0JGt6OVuXohSUdPxGcytLBEIddzqW8MxEsTFcroLSCb8evF628n8veUKa7Bzlh2KUErgQvgZvNmbgsWpYaYrcWv6V-uKS12cN9jtmP3rk9vP5AihUbfszX7jZzqqWZJpJvhrYFjZHzLr3-gk-6d2gCa7bocrplUHpxY9A7Qp/w640-h350/20220912_113601%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Large Milkweed Bug, </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Oncopeltus fasciatus</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2wgyOBK3TXA2bRZONirFnJ2fDWuFACXhFq1Daq4xfBYAPRROBoyy292OxSeaNPU4D-W3EttenF7usQ_IHAHB5U8lDer9wKczs3XI5xAHsbTEsF07Wvc-2bktkZjwP7-x8OZHDyz3a2lRTKzKaslnpcM5CQrG1UVeG78DEqlo_VI5VVETOjupCjVT/s1393/20220912_113617%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1393" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2wgyOBK3TXA2bRZONirFnJ2fDWuFACXhFq1Daq4xfBYAPRROBoyy292OxSeaNPU4D-W3EttenF7usQ_IHAHB5U8lDer9wKczs3XI5xAHsbTEsF07Wvc-2bktkZjwP7-x8OZHDyz3a2lRTKzKaslnpcM5CQrG1UVeG78DEqlo_VI5VVETOjupCjVT/w640-h354/20220912_113617%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hiding</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwY-Kok_skEC2I2Ksnh9WnJc2uCuVKYQyapaojx7RKKV5bQBqykpcVWMOC0VhXno7kkgaQsMeCQlKEB09N_obLPfJYLz3rvin0uHdeIHf34FpnsvJib8VA8czZefXbtKyaxM-VwegUhKWCvO-OcPs-I3ExMBVOfCTXLkClDZI6Y0cTrvsA_kQJLwX2/s1524/20220912_113626%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1524" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwY-Kok_skEC2I2Ksnh9WnJc2uCuVKYQyapaojx7RKKV5bQBqykpcVWMOC0VhXno7kkgaQsMeCQlKEB09N_obLPfJYLz3rvin0uHdeIHf34FpnsvJib8VA8czZefXbtKyaxM-VwegUhKWCvO-OcPs-I3ExMBVOfCTXLkClDZI6Y0cTrvsA_kQJLwX2/w640-h288/20220912_113626%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hexastylis arifolia</i> - Little Brown Jug</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The large leaves are about 6" wide.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztoGyx4N_Uw0XgRmFRjBSQ_CfQ6zE8Qm_6WlYowVbCCPmxBrT7gJDXWNx4UkUVEyYZOiBJ0aqxBnv2Re2xRvC7Nq48mAnRDngDVcDIaRdGrylfIy3zL8WQ-tuoGk-x8EycxPsK6v7lJdm5cOaQVGjL58ZORLz07aocbp8Scy1m2EYVHdJua3xB04x/s1452/20220922_091618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1452" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztoGyx4N_Uw0XgRmFRjBSQ_CfQ6zE8Qm_6WlYowVbCCPmxBrT7gJDXWNx4UkUVEyYZOiBJ0aqxBnv2Re2xRvC7Nq48mAnRDngDVcDIaRdGrylfIy3zL8WQ-tuoGk-x8EycxPsK6v7lJdm5cOaQVGjL58ZORLz07aocbp8Scy1m2EYVHdJua3xB04x/w640-h310/20220922_091618.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The leaves of this one are amaller.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They are happy to grow in the layer of oak leaves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddQFG-wVhT_Tm0rVnYy2pZySlTnQGZZeUWj_QrDP56OnxXUXIzbkUH_hj7vYQ2pzCWpu3ZPaIKzQxmo22Aheysn_W_qpR3bOL7-Volyt5DUdfpe26RX5Tmbqj0J-XUsS-nV6gXErzhKGOfaBrzgeaQ4dlLP-n41-gIBfR14n2aPmgO_RJacklK6Pm/s1518/20220922_091640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1518" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddQFG-wVhT_Tm0rVnYy2pZySlTnQGZZeUWj_QrDP56OnxXUXIzbkUH_hj7vYQ2pzCWpu3ZPaIKzQxmo22Aheysn_W_qpR3bOL7-Volyt5DUdfpe26RX5Tmbqj0J-XUsS-nV6gXErzhKGOfaBrzgeaQ4dlLP-n41-gIBfR14n2aPmgO_RJacklK6Pm/w640-h288/20220922_091640.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="text-align: start;">Phylloporus rhodoxanthus</i><span style="text-align: start;">, </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;">commonly known as the G</span><span style="text-align: start;">illed Bolete Mushrooms</span></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5VnZie3ZHETLWbZrc5PfigdwsO5ToIKFzaZHvJFg6to61NDDNDK_IbXcGbEUF-eaoxLXfjyYckkVT6LSfu2scuNWPwNXaVjWNj9YCv0QQXpOQE2o54Fb2GWMEDD2Nd12jy61e_rgTCTYFmZrePXmJ92I74mT1XapG9q2P-PKA1vcpE2_4W4nQDN1/s1452/20220912_111145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1452" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5VnZie3ZHETLWbZrc5PfigdwsO5ToIKFzaZHvJFg6to61NDDNDK_IbXcGbEUF-eaoxLXfjyYckkVT6LSfu2scuNWPwNXaVjWNj9YCv0QQXpOQE2o54Fb2GWMEDD2Nd12jy61e_rgTCTYFmZrePXmJ92I74mT1XapG9q2P-PKA1vcpE2_4W4nQDN1/w640-h308/20220912_111145.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Underside, after being uprooted by something.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45CAuCuyaYuzJrCqDNaub1amw2Tbts1X2rUKNy5G_yP-rQPfW72pJzwf0DCt4bgz3jyq7E29e7Ojo4QYZOMkR-18cOJfIezY2OU_pntsB3KgqNCTlPX_NIV8sf42A6vYpZTFrI1VLdKwsklbJ0oxCq0fyF3Qcs82HccbPjbQBDFn_GxxQp--Vq0rJ/s1496/20220912_111253%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe a Green Sweat Bee</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKYHSYxVWbrubkwj_8tcrv4pYW8_ftLnYFUsxPwsjVG6YmCKFMcuhhUA7eTnOFanRUPaxKl4xN-wyuZFzaarGB5S6ti5mBsHsyfLjByA1HksABP6aSSYrcNTs3_LKw5nXuC48dRKusfiNbM2rtp85ZEL-Wjtn9ZcXkTN8Myw863KeYJrRJKbUj8Yb/s1221/20220912_115024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1221" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKYHSYxVWbrubkwj_8tcrv4pYW8_ftLnYFUsxPwsjVG6YmCKFMcuhhUA7eTnOFanRUPaxKl4xN-wyuZFzaarGB5S6ti5mBsHsyfLjByA1HksABP6aSSYrcNTs3_LKw5nXuC48dRKusfiNbM2rtp85ZEL-Wjtn9ZcXkTN8Myw863KeYJrRJKbUj8Yb/w640-h430/20220912_115024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think this is a type of Furrow Bee (Genus <i>Halictus</i>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's maybe 3/8th inch long and thin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZbSvQVGeOr5GVIQrOPGLfv-6TWNrO2eGcfmrORV9kFM5Tac6OsZBSOIClan9yQHVbkqypccE2oIl2uc4FLdWCcg4ZYexu77BWZq1VIGoY_bwSKpQ2Tpa6a1Qupq7kPJNHKdOXcIA36ERVet76dalLhyL82IMSTZENYdCecZ1sp-aDWneWCsZf_ht/s1387/20220912_115221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1387" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZbSvQVGeOr5GVIQrOPGLfv-6TWNrO2eGcfmrORV9kFM5Tac6OsZBSOIClan9yQHVbkqypccE2oIl2uc4FLdWCcg4ZYexu77BWZq1VIGoY_bwSKpQ2Tpa6a1Qupq7kPJNHKdOXcIA36ERVet76dalLhyL82IMSTZENYdCecZ1sp-aDWneWCsZf_ht/w640-h356/20220912_115221.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Arcigera Flower Moth (<i>Schinia arcigera</i>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">about 1/2 inch length,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">on Late Purple Aster (</span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Symphyotrichum patens</i>)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Favors asters as a food plant for its young caterpillars.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1xTEYPXdQCqYR-VtlkmLfay0be1XmV6GTHXwhVZ2YKkH--92D-9FdY4-esonZ71t7jKssEGfGRMiyUKE7fp3lhy4lG_ZOWplfuWxdFMkCvWL3F4WqYDWK7Kb92dPC9xhkOFLl8QE3LaYXafOSnBUP_X_H7GFMmPoFNB-GrziPTKwvGQLZkeYxwV2/s1521/20220918_175535%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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