Tag: plants
group name: springsummertime
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May 01, 2008 04:02 PM EDT --
Last year I had an excellent place, a large bench on my deck, for an herb garden. Never having had an herb garden before, I decided to give it all a whirl. . . . more
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June 24, 2008 12:00 PM EDT --
We have had them off and on for several years, just seems to be more of them this year. They don't bite or sting, My new puppy HotRod has chased, stomped and pretty much terrorised them, with no ill . . . more
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August 22, 2008 04:36 PM EDT --
With a click and whirr of grasshoppers' wings,
summer breaks into song...
These are the days of reckless clouds and
untamed sunlight when hooky is the only game in . . . more
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May 10, 2008 10:36 PM EDT --
I made another trip to Gilroy Gardens today with my granddaughter. I took lots and lots of flower photos as usual! I was able to ID all of them except for these. I know my smart Gather . . . more
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May 07, 2008 12:08 AM EDT --
Tomorrow we're going to our nearest Home Depot with my $150 HD giftcards in my hot little hands to buy plants for the yard.
There are certain places in the yard where annual plants are necessary. . . . more
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August 01, 2008 12:09 AM EDT --
August Leaves
Russet phantoms --
parched and withered --
spell-summoned
by furnace-drafts
from Autumn's relentless Forge --
decry the Quickening... . . . more
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August 23, 2008 12:27 PM EDT --
I'm reposting this from a few weeks ago. If I'd realized there was going to be this great promotion in August, I may have simply waited.
This past week was a tough one at work. Yesterday . . . more
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May 09, 2008 03:15 AM EDT --
I saw a lot of these white flowering trees the last week of April while travelling on Interstate 40 through Western Oklahoma, and into the Eastern part of the Texas panhandle. They were frequently . . . more
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May 17, 2008 03:23 PM EDT --
My daughter Bug was accepted to Prescott College in AZ. In searching for a college she had set specific criteria: strong program in marine biology, conservation focus and a temperate climate. As odd as . . . more
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May 26, 2008 02:01 PM EDT --
Here's the view from the top of the hill by the my house here in Cloverdale. Look! You can see the vineyards down in the Alexander Valley from here!
It's been overcast . . . more
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June 13, 2008 04:18 PM EDT --
One could arguably say that -- out of the over 800 varieties of plants invented by famed plant-breeder, Luther Burbank (1849-1926) -- it was the Shasta Daisy ( Leucanthemum x superbum ) that . . . more
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May 24, 2008 06:38 AM EDT --
As much as you all seemed to enjoy my recent "Best Bird Photos" article (if you haven't yet seen it, click here ), about our local, Sonoma County, Northern California birds, I thought I'd . . . more
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July 28, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
This is one of those posts of mine that's really about nothing in particular... Just some things I took photos of around the ole digs here in Cloverdale in Northern California...
Well... I first . . . more
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May 28, 2008 08:46 AM EDT --
I'll tell ya... It started out being "one of those days"...
The moment I stepped out my front door, SOMEBODY started yelling at me! Here he is -- a little "acorn . . . more
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March 13, 2008 08:08 PM EDT --
Okay. I think they're actually called California Poppies, BUT we aren't in California. LOL.
My husband, Robert, took these gorgeous pictures today in the mountains above Roosevelt Lake, Arizona. . . . more
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June 12, 2008 08:10 PM EDT --
I apologize for not being around Gather very much lately but, I've been busy over the last few days with historical society commitments, doing stuff for my mom and getting Hubby ready to head out . . . more
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July 14, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
Oh, yesterday, we took a ride,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riv-er-siiiiiiiiiiiiiide!
It's been so hot here in Sonoma County these last few days -- especially . . . more
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May 12, 2008 02:29 PM EDT --
Tree boughs yield
to a bitter wind...
Spring flowers frozen
in mid-bloom...
Grey clouds obscure
skies of azure blue...
Alone, I watch
my rosebuds sway
Outside . . . more
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May 04, 2008 02:21 AM EDT --
I had to attend a meeting today of the Western Sonoma County Historical Society (of which I am a past co-president and presently serve on the Board as Corresponding Secretary) in Sebastopol, California . . . more
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May 16, 2008 04:53 PM EDT --
I've been trying for quite some time to get photos of at least two different "local residents" around our place here in Cloverdale in what I call "the wild hinterlands" . . . more
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