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Showing posts with label Iceland Poppies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iceland Poppies. Show all posts

Sunday, July 15, 2018

We have our Pond back



After more than two months of occupation by wild Canada Geese



We have our pond back.



Between eight and nine families would cruise the pond.

Looking like they are getting ready for  Machiavellian maneuvers.



Every few days a new family would appear.
And, they would stay.





When small, they look like little monsters.

It didn't take them very long to find Clyde and 
Lola's (our resident geese) feeding trough. 

Something their parents have never done. 




They didn't used to come to our pond. 
Every now and then a family would land on their maiden flight and almost immediately fly away again.



Back at the house.



Poppies are blooming and



Salpiglossis.



Salpiglossis in many colors.





More poppies.



the lowly Petunia




I'm glad the geese are gone.  They thought nothing of  marauding my flower beds during the night.  




Hollyhocks finding their own places.






All is quiet on the Pond.





Just the way I like it.  

Have a great week dear friends. 

Gina 

Sunday, June 10, 2018

What is going on around here?



The word is out!


When we built our house 23 years ago,
the pond was here but not a single bird was in sight.




We thought that possibly something was wrong with the water.

After a few years wild ducks and wild geese would stop by when every other pond was frozen. 




Our pond is spring fed.  
For years the birds did not bring their young. 

So what is different this year?  
Did it take 23 years for the birds to feel save with us?  




What is wrong with this picture?  
There are too many parents. 




Salpiglossis and Iceland Poppies grow in my garden. 




Now is the time to bring poppies into the house. 
Be sure to singe their stems first.  
They will last a week in water.   




And inside the house,  a Cymbidium  orchid is getting a bath. 

Happy Sunday to you and yours,

Gina  


Sunday, July 17, 2016

It's Sunday



I HOPE THAT YOU ARE WELL




Live each day to the fullest.





You deserve it.

Gina


Sunday, May 22, 2016

Mein Sonntag Strauss


Lilacs

So prolific this year.

(smash stems with hammer before putting them in water)








Lilac "Sensation"







Unlike Lilacs, Iceland Poppies and Salpiglossis last more than a week in water. 
(singe stems of poppies before putting them in water) 

Wishing you a great week ahead. 

Gina