Foxgloves are out in the side yard!
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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Another lovely challenge from XingfuMama:
- This challenge is simple: step back for a few minutes each week to find a lovely thing, a precious moment, anything you find lovely. Then post about it. You can just post a picture or you can go into detail and tell it as a reflection, story or poem.
Well, of course self would post a picture of flowers.
Fourth of July Rose, This Morning
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I allow myself ONE new rose a year. Last year’s, Moonlight Romantica, was a hit!
This year, I chose a Golden Opportunity rose. I bought it bare root, but couldn’t plant it until over a month after I’d bought it. By the time I planted it, half of it had snapped off from a storm. It looked pretty scrawny. But today, it has one huge bud. Can’t wait for it to bloom!
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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Her Frida Kahlo rose, which self bought from Cloverdale Nursery ages ago, is finally coming into its own. This year, it’s been blooming continuously since April.
The pictures she takes of her front yard roses are taken on the fly: her street is a very busy street, cars zoom by starting at 6 a.m. (and this despite a “traffic calming project” that’s taken two years to complete).
To take a picture of her front yard roses, she has to crouch in full view (She really should build a fence, have to save up for it). Hence, they’re never all that sharp. You take what you can get.
The blooms have the most delicate stripes, which you can only fully appreciate from the side (and aren’t even all that apparent in this photo).
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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Usually, this rose is the only one blooming in my front yard. This year, because of the rainy spring, it has plenty of competition from the roses around it.
Nevertheless, it is performing like a champ.
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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I bought a new flower (geranium) for a hanging planter in my backyard. The hanging planter’s been empty for years, I don’t know why I suddenly felt like I wanted it filled today.
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day:
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Posting for Silent Sunday:
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Self is committed to making her front door as inaccessible as possible, lol. Hence, she packed her front porch with distractions.
Posting for the Weekend Challenge hosted by Weekly Prompts.
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This is another fun photo challenge. Thank you for hosting, XingfuMama!
Self spent last weekend in beautiful Mendocino. That place is so beautiful, it always revives her spirit.
She dropped by the Mendocino Coast Botanic Garden, where she saw this fabulous driftwood bench. She wishes she could get something similar for her garden!
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Still nursing the other potted roses in my backyard — my neighbor, who I pay to water when I’m gone, couldn’t get around to it because he threw his back. He was very apologetic, but last summer’s stars, Moonlight Romantica and All Dressed Up, are currently still in recovery.
This one rose, though, that I’ve had forever, maybe for 20 years, is suddenly throwing out blooms like nobody’s business.
Take a bow, Winsome!
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day:
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