Well isn't this a lovely thread! Pretty morning glory. I'm going to plant at least one next year. And the Hib is very pretty. Of course I've never seen a hibiscus that I didn't like. You need to post a pic of the sasanquas too, they are pretty blooms. Can't wait to see your Brugs. Deb

The second one is Grandpa Ott. Absolutely gorgeous, I loved it . . . until they took over. They self seed like crazy and are coming up everywhere. You are warned, you may want to yank before seeds appear, or else spend lots of time pulling up unwanted seedlings next year. I love morning glories over my arches, but given their seeding tendency, have replaced them all with clematis. Now I need another 2 years for the clematis to get large. ALthough beautiful, they are still small and establishing, and my arches were rather bare this year. Hope your verbascum and veronica are doing well.

I began putting corn cobs out for the squirrels in my backyard a few years ago. They will take the cobs and strip them of kernels and run around the property burying them in flowerbeds and the lawn for winter feed. Lo and behold, in the spring, we have corn coming up in our flowerbeds, vegetable garden and lawn! I've never planted corn because it's notoriously difficult to grow in our local backyard gardens. But the squirrels are obviously excellent farmers! We always let several stalks grow to full size for decoration and humor. We address the squirrel/bird feeder problem by just keeping a lot of feeders full. They seem to work it out as to who gets filled. If the squirrels are raiding the feeders for sunflower seeds, then the doves are hanging out below to catch all the seeds that fall onto the ground. Always a good show!

It looked like New Zealand near Christchurch? to me .It seems there are a lot of mosaics and great workshops in NZ.I love the bench with all the people even tho I'm not into crowds anymore either ,after working with lines and lines in front of me at the airport I like pet's better too but love the looks of her ladies.Great website anyone wanta go?LOL I really would love too!!!!!