tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43245760388771790222024-03-19T04:14:00.844-05:00Patchwork GardenGardening Among the Limestone and DeerLinda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.comBlogger509125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-79617421595844574372018-03-18T17:21:00.001-05:002018-03-20T09:02:28.787-05:00Welcome to Spring<div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">The calendar says it’s Spring. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Around here, we seemed to have gone from late winter,</div><div style="text-align: center;">straight to Summer. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had one morning low last week at 30 degrees,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the last few days highs near 90. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Welcome to Spring in Texas. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8283_6a1b_85b3_1c44" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZUC2qikPfpU/Wq7mEOEt3nI/AAAAAAAAUNU/0jcWNWe6XIMSJrnX-Yz2FWR8Hx2CQoh9wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br>The Spring Leaf Clean Up is about to begin,</div><div style="text-align: center;">when the Live Oak trees drop their old leaves, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and put on new ones. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f85c_e686_9b34_adf6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hC9BTQUqOzY/Wq7mGDQKj3I/AAAAAAAAUNY/2B_nxG6ciN4iDYVVintW6bg6olMtW4kXwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br>The pansies are still blooming. 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I’m thinking they prefer cooler weather. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f30c_3677_2478_96e3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-crTp2FPzAPA/Wq7mH3JjmaI/AAAAAAAAUNg/_93wnsVD1OsSzxihiDa--_hEnIFh_WRhwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br>My neighbor, Ellie’s Viburnum is blooming. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn’t get these limbs peeking through the fence,</div><div style="text-align: center;">trimmed back. Now I’m glad I didn’t. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It’ll have to be done though, after the bloom is over. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_13ec_bbb_2679_9646" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QP3OK62bKtM/Wq7mI4CkqQI/AAAAAAAAUNk/OY0F41H-NTkAip1oJKotyOMd3DctqWK8QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br>There are little fruits, on the Elaeagnus. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We’ve seldom seen these, even though we notice the tiny blooms. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_628d_8b69_21f7_3517" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mBhekyP_p2o/Wq7mJXNbOWI/AAAAAAAAUNo/vy82AlIcrmgvzp9w2yF-qAGJfBgfR58RwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br>The white Cemetery Iris has been blooming a lot. </div><div style="text-align: center;">There are buds on other colors. All Pass-Alongs. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The ones I bought, have not done well for the second year now. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_1011_5ec_3271_7705" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s4BESY-vVvE/Wq7mQceUgaI/AAAAAAAAUNs/7amFjF4aHoANNKUZvf-Uj1qM_dLeuVHkACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br>Inland Sea Oats are spreading, just as I wanted. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The ones all over the rest of the yard, were not exactly my wishes. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ll be moving them around. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The deer don’t bother them. That makes them a favorite plant. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_bb6c_c4cf_ac4c_54fe" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fda5jdt8JWM/Wq7mRdiAo7I/AAAAAAAAUNw/bLnuU5ZCi6kRMsEJKf1nZsTC2rd_9gX3QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Out in the Deer Grove, another plant the deer don’t bother...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Agarita. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty yellow flowers. </div><div style="text-align: center;">There are supposed to be berries to follow. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve never seen them here. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe something gets them before I see them. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_122f_679d_d36b_8413" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qPSFpqTi-3M/Wq7mS5MmI5I/AAAAAAAAUN0/AeTHUO69oWEAXOc2TeDMKryGBUPiYmtPgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><div style="text-align: center;"> Again in the Deer Grove, these yuccas are colonizing very nicely. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I think they’re Twisted Leaf. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I’m thinking of trying to move a couple to the house. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It would be nice for them to take up some room in a flower bed. </div><div style="text-align: center;">No care...and, deer don’t touch them. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_604_a92e_452_6d9f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eZnH_Bsgcx8/Wq7mUSWrIsI/AAAAAAAAUN8/99rDW_-vdv0XQXuCMke9es6tWX_IEF0bACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br>Of course, the weeds keep coming. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This will be fun to clean out. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I tried a little. Ouch!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It’ll take tools and gloves. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I use some kitchen tongs. They usually work. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">And, lots more weeds and clean up to come.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><br><img id="id_30bc_9978_51b2_291" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d7iEqFKXMoM/Wq7mVBdP6hI/AAAAAAAAUOA/AoMc395dReA-2zVDB6gVKoCdEyLkWSMKgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><br>But, evenings find us sitting on the porch. </div><div style="text-align: center;">A glass of wine, and conversation. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_4385_ce43_cde1_411a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-78ettnWCUEk/Wq7mUEarxQI/AAAAAAAAUN4/2o8YZT5RDrAU-2rBVbwD2qVK1w9-N9EvACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br>And, catching a little light in a bottle. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Life is good. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Weeds and all. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Happy Gardening...</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">~~Linda~~</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div> Linda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-72721155006812963292018-02-27T17:10:00.001-06:002018-02-27T17:15:04.523-06:00This and That...<br><br><br><br><div style="text-align: center;">Well...the roller coaster weather is still here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">The last week, it’s been warm enough to sit</div><div style="text-align: center;">on the porch, in the evening. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Even with the drizzle and fog, it’s been nice. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And, the frogs are out and singing their songs. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_9555_9bb6_f92b_204" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zQrm6lQ78zM/WpXlFEli_nI/AAAAAAAATvs/lwbR1vBxSbQ2EF6fKYOVwZ6M_2aV8YLZACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 478px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">This could be some of the reason. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">We finally had some real rain. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The runoff put some water in the pond,</div><div style="text-align: center;">behind the house. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d568_8dbc_8646_552c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cuVv97ckNAU/WpXlJUWj-_I/AAAAAAAATvw/ye73jJzUUqocRqXC-aYNn3TuLzyQNYECACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 532px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">A lot of things are as happy as the frogs. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">The rosemary...which is picky about blooming here..</div><div style="text-align: center;">has some blooms. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_13f9_b0bb_5c0f_ae24" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gka26_Or7Io/WpXlJhmPVzI/AAAAAAAATv4/NW82aRW4EOw6cLbYTMV3D3ScZRa2_nfNQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d7b9_39ea_25d0_79fa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZdXBY6vwXFg/WpXlJoxCJXI/AAAAAAAATv0/hxiI0JFyPZAi7lk8hulaZjy1J5TudxBmQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 553px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">And, even an iris is blooming. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_43be_f0df_f3ff_8b2e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n9L2MFDxDGo/WpXlYCOjrFI/AAAAAAAATwA/XsOkKJJs-0s_Gktex1EFQzqHtVYHLpvgACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 718px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">And, Primrose Jasmine. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_ddd4_da73_ee8d_c18e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mx2aSx9LRQA/WpXlWd8Jh0I/AAAAAAAATv8/h5h6cx_FL90o0UJ_8h6VEfvV0n99OyrHACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 718px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">And, weeds. 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All the gardeners here are hoping for the best. </div>
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Not sure how much will have to be replaced, come Spring. </div>
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This was a couple weeks ago. These stayed for a couple days. </div>
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We stayed below freezing. </div>
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It's been ten days ago, now.</div>
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But, something that very rarely happens in this area, happened.</div>
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IT SNOWED!!!</div>
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Enough to stick.</div>
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That was a Thursday night.</div>
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On Monday of that week, we hit 84 degrees.</div>
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Welcome to Texas weather.</div>
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But, it was beautiful, while it lasted.</div>
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I worried about some things.</div>
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Linda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-68257900646298667082017-11-22T14:05:00.000-06:002017-11-22T14:05:23.041-06:00Happy Thanksgiving....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fires in the West and Northwest.</div>
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Back on the ship, we could see quaint, colorful houses, along the water.</div>
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Colorful, but not very sturdy.</div>
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Dominica took a direct hit from Category Five Maria.</div>
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We were told that it rains somewhere on the island, every day.</div>
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This was our view as we sailed away.</div>
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These islands depend on tourism for their living.</div>
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I know they'll give it a great try...</div>
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just like here in the States...Texas, Louisiana and Florida.</div>
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The fire ravaged West.</div>
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And, people in Mexico.</div>
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We have hope...and, faith.</div>
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We've booked a cruise next fall, to go back to these islands</div>
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Mr. P missed.</div>
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It's time for Mother Nature to settle herself down.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
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We've had some stormy weather, here in Texas.</div>
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Brought to us by a guy named Harvey.</div>
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and 18 inches of rain!</div>
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A lot of it soaked into our SO-DRY soil.</div>
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Our daughter lives a little over 100 miles southeast of us.</div>
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They were inside the center circulation, for three days.</div>
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LOTS of wind. They lost a few trees.</div>
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The trash can saved the fence.</div>
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And, there was beauty, under the debris.</div>
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They've gathered up supplies, and have a pallet of water, to take to those less fortunate.</div>
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The jeep looked worse than this...</div>
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with MOSQUITOES...</div>
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before they got back from the first trip over to Corpus Christi. </div>
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Horrible monsters, making things even more miserable.</div>
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We've greened up here. Amazing how fast we've gone from dead,</div>
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to back to life again.</div>
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There are people whose lives will never be the same again.</div>
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Towns all along the Texas Coast, almost wiped away.</div>
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Towns who don't make the news.</div>
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But, Texans are tough...</div>
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and, stubborn.</div>
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They don't give up easily.</div>
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Another monster is bearing down on America.</div>
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Let's all pray for the people in it's path...</div>
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and hope it doesn't make it all the way.</div>
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Stay safe....</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Gardening...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
Linda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-8749032653601842642017-08-22T10:55:00.000-05:002017-08-22T10:55:27.991-05:00Summer Winding Down....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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we haven't had anymore rain,</div>
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But, things are still happy.</div>
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The back, which is mostly Horse Herb, </div>
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The Lantana is finally blooming.</div>
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The Ruellia is finally blooming, too.</div>
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I was beginning to think they'd just skip this summer.</div>
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The heat has returned.</div>
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But, the forecast is for cooler and wetter days ahead.</div>
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But our Texas Sage, which is always reluctant to bloom,</div>
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We're certainly ready for some rain again.</div>
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Hope all is good in your garden.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Gardening...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
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We FINALLY had some rain.</div>
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Six inches of rain!</div>
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We really, really needed it.</div>
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It made everybody happy.</div>
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The planter we made in this old fountain,</div>
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The Periwinkle loved the rain.</div>
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It loves the heat, too.</div>
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The Plumbago is beginning to really bloom.</div>
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They love the heat, too.</div>
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And, a little water from heaven doesn't hurt.</div>
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Even the Prickly Pear loved the rain.</div>
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We're heating back up,</div>
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and we have a whole lot of sun.</div>
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But, it was nice while it lasted.</div>
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Hope you're having good weather,</div>
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wherever you are.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Gardening...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
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Summertime Blues.</div>
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It's been HOT.</div>
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I'm really hoping this thermometer is not right.</div>
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It's pretty close to the one on the other side of the house, though.</div>
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The heat, and no rain, is taking a toll on the whole place.</div>
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The trees are dropping leaves almost as bad as fall.</div>
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Only good thing...less to pick up in fall.</div>
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Not much to eat, for these guys. </div>
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Well....except for our landscapes.</div>
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Since it's so dry...</div>
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...why do I need so much of these?</div>
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I don't dare go out without it.</div>
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The mosquitoes LOVE me.</div>
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It's not all bad, though.</div>
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The early morning light still looks good.</div>
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Willow enjoys hanging out on the bridge...</div>
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Sweet Potato loves the heat.</div>
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And, so does the Firecracker Fern.</div>
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So, he's bringing me some.</div>
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I need to do some research to see how long they can stay out of the ground.</div>
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They live a distance away from us.</div>
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Trying to keep things alive,</div>
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Tomorrow is supposed to be extra hot.</div>
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We could be all the way down to 99!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
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I thought maybe I could save this big Prickly Pear.</div>
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The Cactus Bugs had done a real job on it.</div>
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Why do all that work, just to have it continue to fall apart?</div>
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Those mean little stickers...glochids....are.</div>
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They were even in the soil.</div>
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They worked their way into my gloves,</div>
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I'm sorry to lose such a beautiful plant.</div>
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But, the bugs won this one.</div>
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That's the thing about gardening...</div>
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it's never DONE.</div>
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Hope you're enjoying your ever-changing gardens.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Gardening...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
Linda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-10393675027079369112017-06-16T18:39:00.000-05:002017-06-16T18:39:13.155-05:00Happy Father's Day, 2017...<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm reposting last year's </div>
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With a little extra thrown in.</div>
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We added another father this year.</div>
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There are lots of fathers, in my life.</div>
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Some gone, and some still with us.</div>
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The first father I knew was my Daddy.</div>
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He was a good man. A hard working man....</div>
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He loved to learn new things...have a good time.<br />
And, fish.</div>
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Another good man. Another hard working man.</div>
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Fun, and funny...always ready for a good time.<br />
And, fish.</div>
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Both are gone now. And, we all miss them.</div>
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And, this guy.</div>
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The one I see every day.</div>
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Another good man. Another hard working man.</div>
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He's also fun, and funny.</div>
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And, ALWAYS ready for a good time.</div>
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Another good man...hard working and always there for his family...</div>
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our Son.</div>
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And, our Son-in-Law...</div>
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another good, hardworking man...</div>
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there for his family.</div>
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This year, we added one more father.<br />
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Ronnie is our newest father...<br />
Father to our sweet Great Grandson.<br />
Another good, hardworking guy.<br />
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I'm blessed, to have all these good men in my life...</div>
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past and present.<br />
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Seems we have an ongoing theme in this family...<br />
good, hardworking men.</div>
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Good men....good fathers...build good families.</div>
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We're all lucky to have them, in our lives.<br />
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The generations march on.</div>
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So,</div>
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to all the fathers out there...</div>
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all the Dads.</div>
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We love you all.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Father's Day...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
Linda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-52516884073030701612017-05-26T10:59:00.000-05:002017-05-29T12:49:56.575-05:00Memorial Day...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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to remember those who </div>
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paid the greatest price,</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Arlington National Cemetery</span><br />
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Remember,</div>
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Freedom isn't free.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Memorial Day...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
Linda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-84639121748254457392017-05-23T17:47:00.001-05:002017-05-23T17:47:52.161-05:00Remembering the Power of Water...<div style="text-align: center;">
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It's been two years,<br />
since the Blanco River took homes,<br />
and lives,<br />
as it rushed through our area.<br />
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Some people are still getting their lives<br />
back together.<br />
Some gave up,<br />
and sold their land.<br />
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Some of the victims were never found.<br />
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It's all very sad.<br />
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But, time will heal.<br />
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It will be a very long time<br />
before the River gets back where it was.<br />
Six hundred year old Cypress Trees<br />
don't grow back very quickly.<br />
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People heal more quickly.<br />
But, the memory of the<br />
power of water,<br />
and the power of people to rebuild,<br />
will be with us a long time.<br />
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Here's what I posted then.<br />
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I've shown you the beauty of that river before.</div>
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The giant Cypress trees turn beautiful colors in fall.</div>
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But, Saturday night of Memorial Day Weekend, it turned into a monster.</div>
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We hadn't had much rain that day. We've had lots of rain here, but that day</div>
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But, to the west, in Blanco, it rained a foot of rain, in a short time.</div>
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All that water went into the river, and the river rose<span style="font-size: large;"><b> thirty feet</b></span></div>
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in less than an hour.</div>
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Houses that had stood solid for fifty or sixty years with no flooding,</div>
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Debris...houses, cars, trees, boulders...came rushing down,</div>
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People's homes were damaged, destroyed, or simply washed away.</div>
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People lost their lives.</div>
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The deluge topped this bridge by at least ten feet.</div>
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The beautiful Cypress trees, which have stood for hundreds of years, </div>
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We pray for those who have lost so much.</div>
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We hope for them the strength it will take to get through all this.</div>
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We do what we can to help, with funds, time and energy.</div>
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Meanwhile...this small town of Wimberley is still </div>
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A Little Bit of Heaven.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay safe...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
Linda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-29295405009396729642017-05-13T13:05:00.001-05:002017-05-13T13:05:43.284-05:00Happy Mother's Day...<div style="text-align: center;">
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We all have lots of Mothers in our lives. </div>
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We all start out with one mother,</div>
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and add more, along the way.</div>
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This is the one I started with.</div>
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She was a good mother. A good wife.</div>
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She and my dad were married 56 years,</div>
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when he died.</div>
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She's the one who gave me my love of gardens,</div>
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and all things natural.</div>
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I wish I'd learned a lot more.<br />
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On Mother's Day, before we left for church,<br />
she would always go out to her rose garden,<br />
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and get a red rose for me to wear,<br />
because my mother was live,<br />
and a white rose for her,<br />
because her mother was gone.<br />
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Then, there's my Mother-In-Law.</div>
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Here she is, with my Father-In-Law,</div>
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at the Copa Cabana, in Miami.</div>
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She loved getting dressed up, and going out.</div>
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Movies, musicals...any kind of show.</div>
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She was NOT a gardener.</div>
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Her idea of fun outside, was a beach somewhere.</div>
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She grew up in south Florida.</div>
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She gave me the good man I married.</div>
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Next came our daughter.</div>
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She's a very good mother, to these two great kids. </div>
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Always involved in their activities. </div>
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Always busy.</div>
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She's becoming a good gardener, too.</div>
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They bought an old house, with a great garden.</div>
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She's learning that gardens can be fun...</div>
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and, lots of work.</div>
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Our Daughter-In-Law came to us already a mother.</div>
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She brought along two really great kids.</div>
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Twins...boy and girl.</div>
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Then, she gave us two more great kids.</div>
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Two beautiful girls.</div>
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She's another good mother.</div>
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Involved with her children. Teaching and </div>
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She's a good gardener. </div>
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Even took the Master Gardener classes.</div>
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We've gone on many garden tours together.</div>
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This year, we added one more mother.</div>
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Our oldest granddaughter gave us </div>
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a beautiful little boy.</div>
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She's proving to be a good mother, too.</div>
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Maybe someday, when she gets a chance,</div>
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she'll learn to love gardening, too.</div>
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Enjoy all the mothers in your life.</div>
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They're all very special.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Mother's Day...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
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Last week, a few members of our Austin Area Garden Bloggers</div>
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First up, was Peggy Hart's beautiful, hillside</div>
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The front is designed with lots of shade loving, deer resistant plants.</div>
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The back deck offers a comfortable place to enjoy a beautiful view.</div>
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Next, we visited Daphne Jeffers cottage/zen garden.</div>
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The front cottage garden is a riot of color. Lots of beautiful spring blooms</div>
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In back, they've turned this area into a calm, zen-like garden.</div>
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Dorothy has a lot of room to garden. Twenty-five acres.</div>
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Look at this fabulous vegetable garden.</div>
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..this wonderful garden shed/green house.</div>
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Last, but certainly not least, was Shari Bauer's whimsical garden.</div>
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Shari has taken re-purposing to the ultimate.</div>
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Something to see, everywhere you looked.</div>
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Shari's house overlooks the Pedernales River.</div>
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My favorite thing is this pond, with the grill of an old jeep as the waterfall.</div>
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It is an amazing garden.</div>
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We had a wonderful day. Gardeners in gardens.</div>
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Always fun.</div>
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<a href="http://www.insideaustingardens.org/" target="_blank">Inside Austin Garden Tour</a> is</div>
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Saturday, May 6.</div>
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Follow the link for more info.</div>
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You won't be disappointed.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Gardening...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
Linda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-43528559439815426482017-04-23T15:55:00.000-05:002017-04-23T15:55:19.578-05:00Exciting and Sad...<div style="text-align: center;">
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It's always exciting to see an agave put up a bloom stalk.</div>
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They grow fast and tall. Then put on lots of flowers.</div>
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But, then...when the bloom is over...the plant dies.</div>
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This giant agave (not sure what kind it is) in my neighborhood,</div>
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The stalk is already about 15-20 feet tall.</div>
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It'll be sad to see this giant die.</div>
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But, the show will be good.</div>
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Hope you're having a great weekend.</div>
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I'm still weeding...</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Gardening...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
Linda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-88551189005932810032017-04-07T10:27:00.001-05:002017-04-07T10:27:59.419-05:00Progress...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Gardening...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
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Linda/patchworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324576038877179022.post-68621828925913472572017-03-20T10:39:00.000-05:002017-03-20T10:41:12.573-05:00Deja Vu, All Over Again...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://patchworkgarden.blogspot.com/2016/03/happy-spring.html" target="_blank">Last year</a>, we took a cruise to the Caribbean.</div>
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We returned to a garden full of weeds....and a LOT of work to do.</div>
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Well...we did it again.</div>
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This year, we took TWO cruises.</div>
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Two, ten day cruises, back to back.</div>
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The first ten was great. Our niece and nephew were with us.</div>
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The last ten...not so much.</div>
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Oh, the islands were beautiful. But, Mr. P came down with the flu.</div>
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I can tell you...having the flu, on a cruise, is not that much fun.</div>
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We need to do the second cruise again...without being sick.</div>
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Yay me!</div>
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The return home was pretty much the same as last year.</div>
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Another year of hard work, getting things cleaned up.</div>
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The old iris....pass-alongs....are blooming.</div>
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The new ones, the ones I bought and planted in September, 2015, </div>
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are not doing so well. </div>
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I'll just hope for better...next year.</div>
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So, I guess you can see what will be going on around here.</div>
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Pulling weeds...cutting back more freeze kill...pulling weeds...</div>
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replanting some things....</div>
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Oh, did I mention PULLING WEEDS?</div>
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Spring is bustin' out all over, here.</div>
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I hope your spring is, too.</div>
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Now, I gotta get to work.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Gardening...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~Linda~~</span></div>
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