Peak has gone and I'm behind in posting
6 years ago
So much happened right at peak that I nearly missed it....but thankfully I kept up with taking photographs and have loaded up my files. So even though I'm lagging way behind in posting there will be tons of photos for months to come. My lates are starting up and I haven't even shown much of what has been blooming away since early July! I will try to get on here more often but for now, here's some that are still going:
Claudine's Charm in front, with Kecia (behind) and butterfly weed
Blessed Art Thou
last blooms of Katherine Caldwell and Marietta Warrior
Ruby Spider
Old Time Memories
Hello Heartstrings
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- 6 years ago
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Comments (10)WOW. JAN.What some beauties you have here.MEE YING is one gorgeous gal.Simply beautiful.MY SPECIAL ANGEL is a beauty, too.A gorgeous yellow. COQUINA KEY is so pretty, too,and I wouldn't know what Thrip damage looks like on DL's, but, like you, this FORSYTH FROSTBOUND is the cream of the crop.LOVE ,LOVE, LOVE IT.Its beautiful.WOW.Thanks for this great show. Jean...See MoreI'm way behind but happy to be back
Comments (22)I knew it would be great to be back here....thank you so much for looking at my pictures and commenting! I enjoyed your comments. To answer your questions, the pink rose in the first photo with the foxgloves is the Canadian Explorer rose 'Frontenac'. It is completely hardy to the tips here in zone 4 and yes, it blooms like that every year, completely loaded with flowers. It is one of my most recommended roses for the north along with the Buck rose 'Quietness' and fellow Explorer rose 'Champlain'. Champlain is the red rose in photo #9 on the left. Yes, the foxgloves re-seed themselves every year. It all started a few years ago with ONE plant that my daughter gave me for Mother's Day. I end up having to dig lots of them up and give them away or plant in other spots. This year there were over 60 plants! The pink plant in photo #5 is the rose 'Mozart'. It appears to be a plant not a rose because it had rained and it was weeping down into the lilies. It does have a cascading habit anyways. No, Julia, my daughters and son do NOT help me in the gardens or yard at all. I have to beg them just to go out and look around. Frustrating to me that none of them inherited my gardening gene! But I take the grandbabies out in the yard to look at the flowers all the time and hopefully out of the 5 boys one of them will be my garden buddy. And for the most part the roses are planted behind the lilies and perennials but I like the messy cottage garden look so I don't always follow that rule and some roses tend to fall over into the other plants. Celeste...See MoreI'm Not Grateful that the Gratitude Post is Gone!
Comments (24)I'm grateful for the variety of ideas and opinions that people come up with here on the KT. Plus their general concern for one another. Sometimes when we hear the bases upon which an idea that we somewhat disagree with is based, we find that we have more in common than we thought in the beginning. It's easy to ask for, or promote, or pray for such a thing as, "Peace", for example. But "Peace" doesn't happen in a vacuum. It doesn't appear like a peach in midair. Peaches require a tree with roots, a trunk, branches and leaves in order to happen. If we don't have a root of justice, available to all, plus a trunk and branches of a yearning and search for understanding and the leaves of compassion ... ... we can cry, shout, pray or yearn for the peach of "Peace" all we like ... ... but we ain't a gonna get it! Good wishes as you do all of the necessary things through these closing days of the year. And, if Christmas is important to you, may you have a truly wonderful, happy and meaningful time, this year. ole joyful...See MoreI'm So Behind Everyone Else On This Thing With The Color Gray
Comments (45)I spent 4 months in the military (April to August) at a base just south of Tacoma. During my active career years, I probably spent another 6 months in total during more than a dozen trips. My exposure is quite limited compared to those who have spent years in the area but drizzly and cloudy accurately describes too many of my experiences. Including days in the late spring and early summer months. Yes, there are parts of the area that are quite picturesque. But the dreary weather is a downer for many who are accustomed to sunshine. I know more than a handful of people from my area who moved up to the Seattle area for job opportunities and left within a few years because they couldn't take the weather. That includes one guy (as I think of it) who was born and raised in the Seattle area, had spent about 15 years down here, moved back for a job change and to be closer to family. He quit his job to return here after 18 months. As he described it, he'd gotten accustomed to better weather and had forgotten how dreary it could be for days on end. I'm sure there are those who like it gray and damp. Seems like gardengal is one of them....See More- 6 years ago
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