I’m far behind, but I don’t even care because beginning some time between 0230h and 0330h on Thursday night, it RAINED! Free water came from the sky, and I didn’t have to carry it, or pay for it, or anything! So, without further (god knows there’s already been enough) ado… Big-ass cicada killer. I think […]
Heh. These are so pretty in spite of the fact that we don’t get any rain. Midnight Marvel and native rose mallow. These are all native. Not the same plant, but the same variety and all planted together.
I posted all the garden stuff first even though I actually got my pretty pink phone last week. It was supposed to arrive on Wednesday, but it actually arrived on Tuesday. For weeks, I had argued with myself over whether I should get a Galaxy S8+ or an Xperia XZ Premium. I finally ended up […]
These are actually from this weekend, which is not even technically over, so I’m officially not behind! Trumpet creeper. I know it’s a thug, but its flowers are just so pretty! A bit heat-stressed and perhaps not 100% in their prime, but I do love the “autumn coloured” Rudbeckias. I don’t remember which one this […]
Still behind, but there is light at the end of the tunnel! Pretty-pretty native rosemallow. I remember when I bought these; they were unrooted cuttings, and had got quite dry in shipping. I contacted the eBay seller, and she said to give them a try because these plants are really quite tough. She wasn’t wrong! […]
I’m so far behind in posting that I think the last time I got anything up here was 4th of July weekend! Anyway, it’s been hotter than hell, of course, and we’ve got virtually no rain, of course, but I still have flowers. Granted, I’m thinking of changing my name to Rayne and my astrological […]
The paint was looking pretty bad on the west side of the house, so I’d decided that was to be my “holiday” weekend project….and a project it was, indeed! Just getting started; the paint didn’t look too bad until you got to the lower two courses of siding. Looks can be deceiving, though; I’d flake […]
Considering that I spent three out of my four days off for the long weekend, scraping, caulking, priming, and painting the west side of the house, I don’t have a great lot of garden-y stuff to post. Still, I found a couple of pretty critters, and flowers are always welcome! Cute, tiny damsel. Looks like […]