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Comments (8)Lol, the 'bang'. Such a different 4th than we have ever experienced....but we knew that. We did consider a month ago to get some friends together that would be up for very careful lock-down conditions. Increase our close friends 'bubble'. We are all home with no-contact ever....just deliveries. NY is serious, especially all our friends. I think it is just a mood. We care enough for each other to not really need a social event right now. We just can't imagine the 4th or any social event without the usual hugs and close contact love. Maybe a bit nervous that just one friend might do a 'cheat'. (getting gas, going in a market last minute). We are doing so well in NYState I want to keep being responsible. Seems extreme for some. I need a close friend base unit like us, that orders on-line delivery, no contact in a store or grocery, two weeks minimal. We might try in a few weeks. I like what David Brooks said, "If you don’t breathe the spirit of the nation, if you don’t have a fierce sense of belonging to each other, you’re not going to sacrifice for the common good. We’re confronted with a succession of wicked problems and it turns out we’re not even capable of putting on a friggin’ mask."...See More"Secret Garden Musk Climber" and 'Fourth of July' . . . Saturday, June
Comments (38)I think I would be more excited to try growing them all on, Kim, if the seedlings' flowers weren't all single, white spittin' images of SGMC -- now, a nice pink one, like your Miss Lowe cross that you gave to Jeri, that would be something... On the other hand, my vigorous SGMC seedling is interesting (but for the hopefully transient PM) because, despite the shrub itself being very, very similar to SGMC (leaves, prickles, overall structure) and the flowers single and white, the truss is much larger than SGMC's (it's only had one so far, but 50 flowers -- remains to be seen if it repeats!) while the flowers themselves are just a little smaller than those of SGMC and have that pale yellow/ivory tinge in the center, the SGMC scent, and nice stamens. What most amazes me is that I only found it late last year when I removed a group of Salvia clevelandii it was growing among to plant something else, so it got to a good size with extremely little dry season irrigation and entirely on its own -- a real survivor. Handy for droughts and such. It gets a little water once a week now and it's like it's on steroids. Never fertilized. Rosa minutifolia is in the same bed and they seem to tolerate the same conditions. The adjective that most often came to mind as I observed and worked through the helicopter landing pad vegetation was "lilliputian" -- a complete landscape but existing at an entirely different scale than the world outside it, like in Gulliver's Travels -- a bit weird. There would be potential there, too, for model train and fairy house native landscaping ;-)....See MoreHappy Fourth of July!
Comments (31)Erasmus, amen to your comments! I think expensive weddings are insane; if DD gets married, she's going to get the kind of wedding I had unless she pays for it herself. She won't mind. Ours was really nice and I remember it fondly. Kristine, DH is a native of Italy who lived most of his working life in the U.S. When he retired (he's older than I am) I wanted to live somewhere other than the U.S. for a couple of years, so we went to Italy, where we ended up buying a retired farm and staying permanently. I'm happy to be here, though I miss my family and am wondering when Covid and the price of airplane tickets will allow me to go back for a visit. I haven't seen them in three years....See MoreHappy Fourth of July!
Comments (9)Thank you, Jackie! I’ll bookmark the thread/photo and see if I can find a close match. This variety is really lovely! Dark purple clematises are the ones I graviate toward, too. I also love deep red-purple Niobe. I have lots of anonymous plants in my garden, but like you, I’ve labeled all my roses. I am trying to write all my currently identified plants in a chart as I rearrange the beds this spring, but time will tell if good intentions keep up with the task. Your clematis looks wonderful on the tuteur! Carol...See More- 9 years ago
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