Water Garden in August
Below are a few images of the water gardens as they were on 10 August – Lilies in full bloom- too bad they’re all yellow. Tucked in away amongst the lilies I found this little scene.
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Blending In
While watering the garden at the back of the house this morning something caught my eye… In case it’s not obvious in this picture what I saw, here it is again… And a much closer view reveals… A gallery is below.
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All Creatures Great and Small
Visitors seen around the yard today include the habitual doe and her 2 bambis, and some “bugs” on the milkweed plants beside the back porch.
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Pond Renovations
Since putting in the ponds nearly 2 years ago it has been a constant battle to keep the water clean. I’d only bought a cheap filter at Menards when first getting this set up, and it became apparent that we needed better to try and keep the water clean. Other measures were needed too, like…
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Yard and Garden 7/7
A few shots taken today in the garden this afternoon, and then this evening from the kitchen window. An update to the water garden, and then a visit from bambis Yesterday Lisa and I went to Apols Landscaping and oohed and aahed at the amazing selection of water lilies and other aquatic plants they have…
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Tree Trimming
When we moved here in 1998 there were a number of pine trees planted, including a couple “near” the driveway. At first there was about 4′ of grass between the tree and the driveway, but as time passed the tree became wider and wider and wider, to the point where a few years ago I…
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Behind the Vege Garden
I looked out the kitchen window this morning and “spotted” this scene. another “bambi” was off to the left. They left before I could get another photo.
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There’s a Fungus Amungus…
I spotted these two growths of a fungus on a couple of dead trees in our yard. The first image below is 1 of 4 fungi that were growing around the base of this dead box elder tree. These next 2 shots are the same growth on a different tree.
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Spring Blossoms
The trees are in full bloom at the moment, so I’ve taken a few pictures of some of them to share here. A photo gallery of some pictures is below (click the first (or any) image to open a larger version in a slide show)
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Hailstones – Yikes!!!!
A very intense hailstorm this morning dropped the biggest hailstones I’ve ever seen – still no where near the size that you hear about – golfball size, baseball sized – but yet the noise they made was “impressive” as they hit the roof of the house and banged into the front door as they bounced…