Walked around the yard today….

and found these! Enjoy!

This is a Bleeding Heart bush. I put it in last year for just that spot. I hoped it would last through the winter in the barrel since it didn’t get put in till the end of the summer and it did! I always wanted one of these.

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This pretty blossom is from my little apple tree. I have big ones, too, but this is my little Winesap Apple Tree. So far I get 2-3 apples from it. I read an article on a blog somewhere about framing your topics and using the 2/3 rule. I’m trying it out on a couple of these. I love how this came out.

Remember those pots I painted on the tops of my fence poles earlier this spring? See “Have Pots will Paint” if you missed it. Well here they are with the Barberry Bushes filling out and growing. If anyone tells you Barberry grows quickly…don’t believe them. It took about 4 years before they started to really take and grow to any extent. Now they go like gang busters and I want to prune them for shaping this year, but I like how the pots sort of peep out the top. This will be even more so later on in the summer, but you can see what I was aiming for even now.

 

 

 

I wish the guy I talked to before I bought 25 of them had known they were deciduous. I wanted something evergreen to form a hedge as fencing on that side of my yard. I’m still looking for something I can put along my fences that will be evergreen other than boxwoods or junipers… neither of which I really care for. Perhaps willow hedges. They grow REALLY fast.

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Lastly, these are growing in the barrels with my Stella D’oro lilies. I know I planted them but for the life of me I cannot recall what they are and the little tag I usually leave with stuff is gone. Anyone have any ideas?

Think that’s it for now, but I’ll have more soon I’m sure.   Checking on my cakes!

 

Of Cats and Dolphins

Español: Delfín nariz de botella English: - Tursiops truncatus A dolphin surfs the wake of a research boat on the - near the . Français : Un Grand dauphin (Tursiops truncatus) surfe dans le sillage d'un bateau de recherche sur la Banana river, près du Centre spatial Kennedy. Magyar: Palackorrú delfin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is a really amazing video. Remember that these dolphins are wild which makes this even more wonderful and touching. I had to share it with you guys.

http://www.slothster.com/2352-Cat-On-Boat-Plays-With-Dolphins.html

A pleasant pheasant

So I’m getting a soda from my pantry cupboard. I stand up and I notice something moving across the street. Curious, I look more closely and there is a large bird pecking at the ground beside an old tree stump. I tried to make out what it was, but the eyes are not what they once were. I run in and get my camera (which has a zoom lens) and hope its still there when I get back to the door. It was.

To my surprise and great pleasure, it was a male ring-necked pheasant. I’ve never seen one of those before. I was very excited. The pictures have sun glare because the sun was ahead of me and I was taking the pictures through a glass door, but I still am pretty happy with how they came out.

I bet this is what the dogs are always carrying on about and looking in that direction!

 

A Frozen Niagara Falls??

Yep, apparantly so. I never thought this would have been possible, but here it is. I just had to share this olde picture. Now the winter doesn’t seem so bad, does it?

Ain’t it the truth!?

When I saw this pic, I just knew I had to share it. I have two small/medium dogs. A Cockapoo named Baby and a Muggin (Carlton’s Pinscher) named Rosie. Both weigh in at about 20 lbs. One is a total furball, the other has short very sleek fur. Their personalities are yin and yang, salt and pepper, frick and frack, but they both have two things in common.

1. They consider your lap/shoulders/belly their domain and when you aren’t moving too much that is where they have to be.

2. They aren’t happy until they are in bed with you; the furball on top, the muggin under the blankets curled into the crook of your armpit.

Even with a double bed, picture two pretty much sums up how I wake up. Sheesh.

 

 

fruit and vegetable carving – YouTube

fruit and vegetable carving – YouTube.

So I was cruising the net and found this. It is honestly unbelievable that these are fruits and veggies. They are stunningly beautiful. I just thought you all would enjoy seeing these.