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And So It Begins Again....
Remnants of last season.... beginning again. Black swallowtail butterfly."I've watched you now a full half-hour,Self-poised upon that yellow flower;And, little Butterfly! indeedI know not if you sleep...
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The Passing of Pansies
Perky pansies.... their last hurrah!"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember; and there is pansies, that's for thoughts." ~ Shakespeare, HamletCreeping upward, slowly... cool day...
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White In The Shade
Columbine... double white....the flower of the spring."What a desolate place would be a world without flowers. It would be a face without a smile; a feast without a welcome. Are not flowers the stars...
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Stuck
Not a bright squirrel.....I couldn't believe this squirrel was so stupid and smart at the same time. Smart enough to get into the cage around the bird food and stupid enough to forget how he did it and...
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Sensational Sizzle; But, Short Stature
I had to call these my "munchkin" tulips."The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size." ~ Gertrude S. WisterI planted tulips this...
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When The Bough Breaks
We had wind... (click pictures to enlarge)"But on the twenty-fifth of May, at sunset, a violent wind howled madly,Battering and rending my plants;Rain poured down, Pounding the vines and flowers into...
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Saturday Photo Hunt: Looking Down, Another Perspective
Fashionable heels and flip-flops..... graduation."One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things." ~ Henry MillerFootwear for formal occasions found everywhere these days;...
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House of Blues.....And Hands
Blue hand building... Grand Canary Island“Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.” ~ Spiro Kostof (Architectural historian, 1936 - 1991)More pictures of the strange --...
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Let's Play I Spy
It's daylily time."On the face of it, the easiest of all activities should be seeing what we see. In reality, it's the hardest." ~ Charles MovalliHave you every played "I Spy" or maybe "Where's Waldo?"...
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June 2, 1951 ~ June 2, 2011
It started with a simple ring, many years ago,And now you have a treasure chest that’s begun to overflow.For 25 years of married bliss, much silver did you store,And then you reached your 40th, with...
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A Dirty Dozing Dog and Smudged Soiled Shoe
A dirty dozing dog and a smudged soiled shoe."Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a...
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My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose
Mr. Lincoln... hybrid tea rose."O, my love is like a red, red rose,That's newly sprung in June.O, my Love is like the melody,That's sweetly played in tune."~ Robert Burns (1759-1796)We've had a spring...
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I Spoke Too Soon!
Unruly Urchin.... makes me utterly upset!!!"In such a strait the wisest may well be perplexed, and the boldest staggered." ~ Edmund Burke, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present DiscontentsI spoke too...
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Saturday Photo Hunt: The Lighthouse
Clockwise from top left: The construction of our "lighthouse"...in progression "You, who wish to study great and wonderful things, who wonder about the movement of the stars, must read these theorems...
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Hot Lips
Salvia x microphylla 'Hot Lips'... a changeable diva!"If one consults enough herbals...every sickness known to humanity will be listed as being cured by sage." ~ Varro Taylor, Ph.D. (herb expert)We...
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Family of Another Nature
A small family of Canada geese out for a swim. (Virginia Beach)"Everywhere water is a thing of beauty, gleaming in the dewdrops; singing in the summer rain; shining in the ice-gems till the leaves all...
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Signs..Signs..Everywhere There's Signs
Clockwise from top left: Tokyo, Las Vegas, Brooklyn, and Grand Canary Islands.(Click pictures to enlarge)“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those...
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Annuals: To Plant or Not To Plant, That Is The Question
Lobelia erinus (Blue Cascade) & Calibrachoa hybrid (Yellow)"To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to attempt to...
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Toe-May-Toe, Toe-Ma-Toe
Little sweet tomatoes, getting ready to pop them in my mouth! Yum!"It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato." ~ Lewis GrizzardStorms broke out dead tree...
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Cycle of Life
Mr. & Mrs. Bluebird... this couple was obviously young... and disorganized. (Click pictures to enlarge)"A bird is three things:Feathers, flight and song,And feathers are the least of these."~...
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Busy, Buzzing, Bees! Sort Of.
Mine! All mine!(Click pictures to enlarge)"The solitary BeeWhose buzzing was the only sound of life,Flew there on restless wing,Seeking in vain one blossom where to fix."~ Robert Southey, Thalaba (bk....
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Yarrow and Yellow in the Yard
Yellow rose of Virginia.... sorry Texas.“'Twas a yellow rose, By that south window of the little house, My cousin Romney gathered with his hand On all my birthdays, for me. save the last; And then I...
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First The Storm, Then The Promise, Then The Reward
The storm clouds roll.... 'Til The Storm Passes ByIn the dark of the midnight have I oft hid my face,While the storm howls above me, and there's no hiding place.'Mid the crash of the thunder, Precious...
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Finding Her Best Light
Happy 19th Birthday, Miss Chloe!!!!!"I don't believe in aging. I believe in forever altering ones aspect to the sun." ~ Virginia WoolfThe years pass so quickly and old age sneaks up on all of us; it...
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Sometimes The World Seems Out of Focus
"There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go". ~ Author UnknownThis is a post...
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