Stormy Weather...

We've had some stormy weather, here in Texas.

Brought to us by a guy named Harvey.

We had some wind...

and 18 inches of rain!

But, it was slow...over two days...so no flooding here.

A lot of it soaked into our SO-DRY soil.

But, enough ran off to make the creek flow again.

That's a lot of water.

Our daughter lives a little over 100 miles southeast of us.

They were inside the center circulation, for three days.

LOTS of wind.  They lost a few trees.

And, over 30 inches of rain!

The trash can saved the fence.

But, miraculously, they had no damage to their 100+ year old house.

And, there was beauty, under the debris.

They've gathered up supplies, and have a pallet of water, to take to those less fortunate.

The jeep looked worse than this...

with MOSQUITOES...

before they got back from the first trip over to Corpus Christi.  

Horrible monsters, making things even more miserable.

We've greened up here.  Amazing how fast we've gone from dead,

to back to life again.

There are people whose lives will never be the same again.

Towns all along the Texas Coast, almost wiped away.

Towns who don't make the news.

But, Texans are tough...

and, stubborn.

They don't give up easily.

Another monster is bearing down on America.

Let's all pray for the people in it's path...

and hope it doesn't make it all the way.

Stay safe....

Happy Gardening...

~~Linda~~

In the Lime Light....

I've talked about our daughter's new/old house.

And, the great yard and garden, 

that came with it.

Among the great plants,

is a big lime tree.

I've never lived where you could have a citrus tree,

right in your front yard.

This one needed some care...

trimming and pruning back.

And, that happened.

Looks nice....

And, it seems very happy.

Lots of limes...

We came home Saturday,

with over ten pounds of these delicious limes.

Some are small...but SO tasty.

There is probably another ten pounds on the tree.

And...more to come.

Since we all love limes,

this is a very good thing.

Hope your weekend was great, too.

Happy Gardening...

~~Linda~~

Passion in the Garden...

Passion Flowers, that is.

It seems to be a small theme, this year.

First, our daughter got one, for her new/old garden.

She texted me this picture.

It's the purple variety...but, a bit different than some I've seen.

So, when we were down there, she and I took a trip...two whole blocks...

to the local garden center, to get one for me.

No purple left.

So, I got a Scarlet Passion Vine.

I like it.

It's not as hardy, though. I may have to treat it like an annual.

Then...the other night, when I was doing the evening Garden Walk,

I noticed a bloom, on the fence in the Fenced Yard.

Small blooms...

I'd left this vine, when I cut things back on this fence.

I'm glad I did.

Turns out, it's a Wild Passion Vine.

Passiflora lutea.

The blooms are only the size of a quarter.

But, they're very interesting.

That vine has been on the fence for a couple years.

I never noticed any blooms.

Don't you love GOOD garden surprises?

And, I guess you could say we have more results of

"garden passion".

Yep...this year's crop, is showing up.

Hope you have a good weekend.

We're forecast MORE rain.

Happy Gardening...

~~Linda~~

Back From Camp...

Another year at 

Buttercup Camp,

has come and gone. 

And, we're all back home.

We had rain here, while I was gone.

Mr. P. held down the fort.

There was another bloom on the Blue Hour iris.

And, finally we had a daylily bloom.

I think it's Miss Amelia.

The Blue Eyed Grass in the Deer Grove has been pretty.

I tried moving some...not sure it's going to take.

For the first time since we've lived here,

the Twisted Yuccas in the Deer Grove has bloomed.

(tomato cages are to keep the deer from eating the blooms.)

So pretty...

The Larksprur is still blooming.

It's my first year to get it to bloom.

Actually, I had nothing to do with it, but throwing out seeds.

The Monarda, Peter's Purple, is putting on a show.

Speaking of putting on a show..

My daughter sent this photo, of the ginger at her new/old house.

They bought a 1910 Queen Anne earlier this year.

It has an amazing garden. I need to do a whole blog post,

just on this garden, and all the things they keep finding.

Pretty things....

Oh...and did we have fun at Camp?

Ummmm....I'd say yes.

Happy Gardening...

~~Linda~~