Ok, I’m not sure what’s happening here. It’s true I haven’t accessed my blog in quite some time, but it’s ridiculous. When I search for it online I can’t even find it. I’m no technical quiz, that’s true. But this is awful. I’m hoping a new post will remedy this problem. I think the easiest thing here is just to post some of my new garden photos because that’s what this blog was about – photo, wise, anyway.
This is from a few years ago. It is a Datura, or Angel’s Trumpet. Even my husband likes this one!
These two above photos are flowers of Persicaria. My intention was taking photos of the blooms. I didn’t realize until I was reviewing photos that my blooms had a visitor!
Salvia Pink Sundae
Salvia Coral Nymph. I took this photo during the “golden hour “, that late afternoon-early evening time when the sunlight is a beautiful, warm yellow. The flower appears much more red than it is. It’s truly a coral pink color.
The foliage of the yarrow plant. Didn’t have any blooms on it at the time I took the photo, but I decided the foliage by itself was so pretty…
Black and blue salvia
Two more photos of the tiny, dainty little purse, Icaria blooms.
Another photo of salvia pink Sunday
This is George, our American bulldog. I think he doesn’t realize he’s not supposed to stand in the garden plants!
I made these two little fairy houses. I have a rolls of toilet paper, toilet paper rolls rather. I wish I could leave them outside in the garden, but they are not waterproof.
Yellow garden spider at my daughters house.
A beautiful Oklahoma sunrise I was lucky enough to see. Driving home from a visit to my daughters early one morning.
The above two photos are the seed, pods and seeds of a desert plant. I have not yet identified. They are growing at one of my doctors offices, and I watch them all summer to wait for them to dry and ripen. The last time I was there, they were ready so I snagged a few. I hope nobody minded. I love the way the little seeds are stacked inside the pod, as shown in the first photo. When I find out what they are, I’ll find out how to germinate and grow them!
White sweet alyssum. These flowers are so very tiny. It’s hard to believe that I get a better photo with my iPhone 12 then I can with my Nikon D 5000!
I don’t know what this little flower is called. I was shopping at a local nursery, and commented on this plant growing in a hanging basket. The owner of the nursery was kind enough to cut a few sprigs off, which I rooted in water and planted in a pot. These flowers are also very tiny and dainty.
A bicolor sweet alyssum growing in my pots. I press these, as you press flowers in books for several days. They make very pretty resident pendants.
This plant is Anchusa. It was growing in a dry, desert like lot on Fairchild Air Force Base, in Spokane, Washington, where my son was previously stationed. My grandson and I were on a walk one day when I spied this plant growing in the lot across the street. Blue is my absolute favorite color, and true blue flowers are a rare find! So many that are called blue or actually a purpleish color. Which is fine, I love purple also. But they shouldn’t: blue if they’re not. Right? Oh, well!
This incredibly cute little critter is Henry. We were becoming completely overrun with mice. It’s a very good thing Carey does his job and is very cute, otherwise, he would be dead now. He gets wound up into turbo kitty and becomes extremely destructive. So far, he has broken many items, including our big TV in the living room, which had to be replaced. But he does his job well, and when he’s being sweet, he’s very, very sweet, so that kind of saves him. It’s a good thing he catches mice.
With my dog, Bella. They love each other!
The unique spiral markings on both Henry’s shoulders.
