The waxed begonias–both beds–and the two Gerbera Daisies are doing fine. In fact in the last week I discovered the bright red Gerbera Daisy has a second flower this one facing the fence and the orange one has another bud coming up. It is only the beginning of Fall so let us see how long these flowers flourish. When it turns colder I will keep my eyes open for signs of the primrose. There is, I believe, six different colored primrose. I love watching my yard for different signs of life, particularly, the flowers. Some are wild, some aren’t.
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The greatest discovery I made today was my “monster” cactus hanging from a tree outside had two buds near the ground. Its tentacles are several inches wide and over three feet long. When my wife bought the cactus months ago, it was flowering. I have been examining the gigantic cactus every day. Each day the two buds grow larger. I don’t think these flowers will be as large as the ones last spring, that were four or five inches wide and three or four inches long. And four days later I spotted two more buds, this time near the top of it just emerging. It is going to be a race to fall. And the colder weather. Let us see how many flowers will emerge before we have to bring the cactus in the house?
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Such diversity in our world. An example is the black-eyed Susan. They come up every year–in different spots in our yard. They seed themselves. They are fighting for space with other weeds. If you look at one bed, the flowers are at different heights and even at different angles. I love looking at them. The flowers last a long time–weeks in fact. They come up a little later in the season. Every year I await them and they never fail to please me.
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I tracked down a praying mantis I saw earlier hours later in a bed of brown-eyed Susan. It had not moved too much. I looked really carefully. It had in its jaws a grasshopper. That is the first time this year I saw a praying mantis in our yard. I was just wondering the other day whether I would see any this year in our garden.
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There were small discoveries today. My cherry tree in the driveway is growing almost horizontally. It has something to do with the way my wife kept trimming it. I noticed three small branches growing straight up seeking the light only inches apart. I, also, found it interesting that the three phlox bushes were all different shades of pink and white. I noted that the one basket of petunia plants perked up. I was not sure that it would come back. But it did. A little water did the trick. Only three short observations outside but it gave me pleasure. And I am sure I will make more discoveries as I spend more time outside today. I like watching my plants cultivated and wild.
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The Black-Eyed Susans were finally blooming. They come up each summer and are one of the last flowers of the summer to bloom. They are annuals, that seed themselves. I thought it was unusual this year that the flowers were all at different heights–from six inches high to two feet and everything else in between. They had too much competition this year with the other weeds. I love looking at them. We have several beds of them. The flowers last for weeks. Summer is on its way out. At least it seemed that way. Summer still had eight weeks to go. The heat wave we had finally broke. And we welcomed temperatures in the eighties.
Tags: black-eyed susan's, flowers, garden, heat wave, summer, the black-eyed susan's were blooming at different heights, the weeds were crowding out the black-eyed susan's, weeds
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Yesterday, I tracked all the blackberry plants for they had white buds and tried to remember where the plants were in the woods when they ripen.
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Two days ago my “monster” cactus bloomed outside. It has tentacles that are four or five feet hanging over the side of the pot. We bought it with several two buds on it and with two flowers. We knew it liked the spot we put it in outside for the two buds did not dry up. When it flowered, again, the entire width of the unfurled pink petals was five inches. Inside, one single white flower protruded–God’s handiwork! I never saw such a gigantic pink flower on a cactus.
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They were calling for frost overnight. It was the coldest day in ten days this spring–top was the fifties. I wrapped up our “monster” cactus in paper. It took me fifteen minutes and also parked our Gerbera daisy temporarily in the garage. I was not taking any chances with both plants. It was abnormally cold today and I wanted spring to come back.
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Our Gerbera daisy was hardy. It has had five large pink flowers that lasted a long time–weeks. Now the color is washing out. One flower is almost completely white. Several times the flowers sagged. All it then needed was a little water and the flowers perked up. It must like the spot it was in. And I am excited three new buds were coming up. It was a small thing but I love looking at it every day and checking its progress.
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We have a “monster” and an unusual cactus. It has half a dozen tentacles on it four feet long and three and four inches wide. We bought it at the local Amish store. We had to transport it very carefully for we did not want to break off any of its tentacles. I have never seen one like this one. We found a good spot for it outside. It was flowering when we bought it. It had gigantic pink flowers and it must like where it is for the last two buds are still developing, which is a good sign.
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There is nothing like home sweet home. I was gone for a week visiting an old friend. My wife was “sigless”. In the interim, the trees have become greener and the temperature had gotten a little warmer. The lilac bush is abloom. I really have to walk around my yard to note the changes. It has not gotten too hot yet so the primrose still are blooming. I am just glad to be home. I can make my own morning coffee just the way I like to and play my own music any time I want to. I noted, again, how beautiful the area I live in is. We can get too comfortable in our own surrounding. It is good to get away once in awhile. You appreciate your wife and your immediate surroundings better.
Tags: absence makes you fonder of wife, appreciating your surroundings and wife better, flowers, garden, home sweet home, lilac bush, making your own coffee, morning coffee, my wife, Playing your own music, primrose, visiting an old friend
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