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Yeah, Maybe I Should Let Them...Be in Everyday Ramblings
So much for having time to read posts and leave notes… Maybe today. This is one of the two pear trees left out back. There were espaliered against the wall, but we have a new maintenance compa...
A Phase, With Staple Remover in Hand in Everyday Ramblings
From the garden Friday, neighbor’s plot. I haven’t ventured into growing dahlias yet. I am taking a bit of a break today from a busy week. Not that I won’t be doing things, but I have more u...
The State of Things in My World in Everyday Ramblings
Rudbeckia. I am not taking all that many pictures lately as I have mostly just been going to the garden or downtown. I take lots of pictures at the garden. I find it useful to check back and s...
Tradeoffs in Everyday Ramblings
I already talk about myself more around the edges of my classes than I am comfortable with, so I haven’t shared this quirky thing with anyone yet and and therefore tag, you are it. Mrs. Sherlo...
Social Anxiety - Bleh in Everyday Ramblings
A pineapple guava here in someone’s front yard. The flowers are apparently edible, as is the fruit. Native to Columbia and Brazil I bet this tree/shrub would make someone homesick coming acros...
Inspiration and Discomfort in Everyday Ramblings
In the garden, sweet peas grown from seed, started at home and carried one at a time down to the plot. They are so pretty with the Nepeta and the Lithodora. In addition, two of the native plan...
Me and the Elephants in Everyday Ramblings
It’s a thing for me, hydrangeas and the 4th of July. It’s been overcast all day, and I think that is not a bad thing for the folks at our scaled down Waterfront Blues Festival. Fewer bad sunbu...
An Ambulance and a Lagoon in Everyday Ramblings
The lagoon at the native plant center out on our favorite island. Mrs. Sherlock and I went out there this morning after class. It was a lovely adventure. And I needed one. I had the perfect ...
So Yeah, World. With Pizza in Everyday Ramblings
Cardoons on the flower clock. I have never eaten one, but they grow well here. Apparently as opposed to artichokes one eats the stems not the leaves. And stems they have! They grow tall. And t...
Attention and Options in Everyday Ramblings
I started this post yesterday, but Copilot was trying to “help” me and got annoying, (I write my posts in Word first and copy them over to Prosebox) and to make it stop I had to turn it off in...
A Bit Dark (with Flowers) in Everyday Ramblings
These imports from California over by the track are going crazy this year. Big small plate sized flowers. They like the drier heat we have been having. Today the weather pattern is back to the...
Wishes...Horses...You Get the Picture in Everyday Ramblings
The roses are early and mostly overblown this year because of the dry warmth but every once in a while, one can find a winner. We are having this weird seesaw weather where one day it is warm,...
Entering Timelessness in Everyday Ramblings
Rose on the flower clock. The color here is remarkable, like something good enough to eat. There is no rain now expected for 10 days so this gorgeous lush green world we have been experiencing...
Mixed Results, Mood and Seeds in Everyday Ramblings
A local garden this week right next to the other community garden down the street from mine. I love the blue bee balm lilac there in a middle. Her yard is on a slope, and she has let it go a b...
In Search of Resilience in Everyday Ramblings
An early hydrangea. Absolutely gorgeous day out there today. Warm sunny afternoon. Warm! We haven’t felt that often lately. Just a few days. So welcome. Today was a bit of a washout. I was s...
The Glums in Everyday Ramblings
Still struggling a bit with my mood. It did get better; I haven’t been in the dumps all week. I think I am plain tired. This evening, we have our big annual membership dinner and meeting, and ...
Mystery Solved, Sort Of in Everyday Ramblings
Lupine on the flower clock. Hi noko, Thank you for checking in. My colleague was at the garden yesterday to mark out the plot boundaries for the adjacent plot so the new gardener knew where ...
Seeing It Through in Everyday Ramblings
Early roses from the neglected front garden across the street. I have lived here over 15 years, and no one has every lived in the house. The family comes in from the coast where they live ever...
Columbines and Coyotes in Everyday Ramblings
A work in progress here, half my small garden plot. The purple and white columbine is being a bit of a bully this year eclipsing her pink and white sister. Not sure how that happened. Thanks...
The Odd One Out in Everyday Ramblings
Camas. I am seeing it more and more around. It doesn’t mind being wet. That is why here it is planted in one of the sidewalk water sinks we have around town, particularly in the newly built-up...
Reflections: Grief and Spring in Everyday Ramblings
The only patch of yellow iris I know about in the neighborhood coming on the other day. The community garden which is in a fair amount of shade has a few beautiful stands of tall purple iris c...
A Pile of Clean Blankets in Everyday Ramblings
One of the mystery tulips in my plot yesterday morning. I am so glad I planted them as although they are a little wonky and late, they are gorgeous. After all the meetings this last week we ...
Non Corporeal Riches in Everyday Ramblings
Early iris on the flower clock. The lilacs are coming on too. Beautiful morning here and I went over to the lilac garden to take some pictures for my niece who is finally getting to the end of...
The Eyes Have It in Everyday Ramblings
The last picture I posted was a blooming ornamental pear. This is a blooming fruiting pear. The fruiting trees bloom later. The rhododendrons are crowning. The ones near me come out pink and o...
Inside a Pause - Outside Dread in Everyday Ramblings
This shot of an ornamental pear was from last week when we had an unusual day and a half of sun and warmth. It is gloomy now. I saw the first unfurling iris of the season yesterday on my wa...
