We got to the beach house Saturday & saw these critters: cardinal [img] Driving through Mobile, Alabama, we saw the USS Alabama [img]...
Howdy! I am in Covington, Louisiana this morning (and last night) after driving from Dallas for 500+ miles with my brother. We're on our family...
We are starting our vacation to the panhandle of Florida today (Santa Rosa Beach) and I took some pictures of some blooms & the patio before we...
But, it ain't "fixing to", it's "fixin' to". You gota drop the "G" to sayit right. - Just kidding. We can always tell when a person is not from...
Cool! "Reckon" is falling out of use in America. People in large cities never use it, unless they're imitating country folk! I use it and I...
Am I rubbing off on some of y'all? I noticed Sjoerd used the word "reckon" in his post in the Chincoteague thread. Surely they didn't teach you...
How do I get me one o' them halimocistus boogers? Can it take heat up to 45ºC? Does it want sun, or shade? Not viable below 10ºC, huh? Can I pot...
I had yarrow in my previous yard and I regretted it. It seeded itself all over the lawn and I was pulling it up!
Thanks! My parents always seemed to do curvy garden borders when I was growing up & I liked the amorphous shapes.
I bet the gray is Spanish moss. Am I right?
Well, the fruit I would eat myself silly on is cantaloupe, apples & grapes. I also love blueberries, but our soil is too alkaline for them.
And what's sort of tragic about the harvest thus far: I don't like apricots. I never have. I like peaches, but not apricots. Another thing I don't...
toni, My briother lives in Flower Mound and I sometimes help them in their yard when I'm there. My sister-in-law loves flowers. I was horrified...
dog Honestly, I have no idea what happened to that boxwood. I've been meaning to cut it out, but haven't gotten to it yet. My daughter noticed,...
Sjoerd, It has a tiny flower, but none are flowering yet & I don't have a picture handy. I'll post some more later in Summer, when they start...
This stuff was growing here, when we bought the house. My horticulture-degreed neighbor told me, they are a type of Poinsettia. They're all green...
Note: our good camera, the Canon Rebel XT is busted. Something about some mechanism in the upper portion of the camera, which actually causes the...
Here are some shots from today: Ripening apricots [img] Bougainvilla [img] [img] Coneflower [img] Lilies [img] [img]...
My wife is in Baton Rouge for a science teacher seminar, so I had to take my daughter to her old in-home day-care lady when I went to work. About...
The stones were bought in small amounts over months. I'd lay some here & there, then go buy more next paycheck. I definitely could not afford to...
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