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| Magnolia disease |
| 2008-07-14 13:05:47 |
Many shade trees are prone to one or more fungi that cause scattered, rather definite, round to oval or irregular spots on the leaves. The symptoms usually occur from late June through August.Few spots on the leaves here and there do little or no significant harm to the tree and are far more unsightly than perilous. Nevertheless, leaf spots that start early in the growing season usually lead to premature defoliation. This is the first year ever I have noticed such occurence on my beloved Magnolia tree. Apart from it's age (its over 30 years old), it has an unusual and interesting trunk shape and a foliage that brings shelter in times of mental summer weather. It is surrounded by old Pine, Fir and Cedar tress, but through the years and many battles for a ...
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| SAVING GRACE - SURPRISE PLANT |
| 2008-07-13 09:40:19 |
Surely there isn't a gardener who doesn't, from time to time witness a mysterious surprise plant on their premises. Whether it's the wind, the chopper seeds, the birdies, or any of the many garden monkeys, it stuns you when you bump into something that is not a product of your prolific green thumb, even if it's the most insignificant, misplaced weed. However there's one plant I surely wasn't expecting to find growing alongside my arborvitae hedge or anywhere else whatsoever.I was shocked at first, for there's nothing much growing in the far backyard apart from the side hedge and the rest is in a deep shade of old walnut trees. And I pass by every day with the Happy Paws crowd and blimey!, I can't believe I haven't noticed such a big specimen. It's gotta be about 80 cm tall and it's growin...
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| Tagged again |
| 2008-07-12 16:10:25 |
I thought one day or the other the GTA disease would strike back at me. Only a while ago, I was one of the many victims of the tagging plague. I boldly tried to fight back and key out the main symptoms. Little did it help, for the next thing you know, I was already spilling the beans. That was back in March. This time the plague had disguised itself as the hilarious lady Irena of My Roots Run Deep blog. You should visit her splendid blog for more juicy details. The guidelines are as follows:1. Link to the person who tagged you.2. Post the rules on the blog.3. Write six random things about yourself.4. Tag six people at the end of your post.5. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.Without any further antic...
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| Happy Paws bounce back |
| 2008-07-12 08:36:49 |
Days of apathy and anemia are long gone. Maleni is back to his usual 'higglety-pigglety' self, it's so good to see his 'wild spirit' back. He had a week of 'controlled rest' period to restore his youthful energy and he couldn't wait to run free through the backyard and do a little sprinkle here and there and alter any territorial changes Bobby might have made while he was recuperating. He wishes to thank all of you for the support and is aware of the fact how lucky he was to get away with such a serious illness with no significant consequences, unlike his other furry friends who have been suffering for weeks.... eating apples with Nera ......
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| Happy Paws are bedridden |
| 2008-07-03 10:48:43 |
TICK FEVERWe've had quite a scare! Yesterday afternoon I noticed something was wrong with my dearest happy paws, Maleni. All of a sudden, he just refused to eat and was lethargic, actually quite lethargic for a dog of his wild temper and energy. He seemed so sad all afternoon but then we went for a walk and he was his usual fidgety self. So this morning we went to see his vet and the worst of my fears have been confirmed: Babesiosis. I suspected that when I realized he's got a bad fever and his gum was all pale. Although he's got all possible tick protection including Frontline and sprays, and never leaves his yard (unless we go for a trip or walk somewhere), and we always comb their fur into details, some of those little bastards have found their way to our garden. I've run into a few t...
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| Wordless tuesday |
| 2008-07-01 12:50:42 |
Hemerocallis 'Jockey Club'Hemerocallis fulvaPassiflora ''Victoria''Calla lilyCattus domesticusAlbizia julibrissinAgave americanaAlocasia macrorrhizaEucomis bicolorYucca flowersCotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'Salvinia...
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| Garden crew - Gods and dogs |
| 2008-06-29 16:13:09 |
Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties. - W. L. George--> Krusty, Kristy and mummyYou have already met the Gods, now it's time to meet the Dogs. "He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the part of me that can reach out into the sea. He has told me a thousand times over that I am his reason for being; by the way he rests against my leg; by the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he shows his hurt when I leave without taking him. (I think it makes him sick with worry when he is not along to care for me.) When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me ...
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| You'll never blog alone ! |
| 2008-06-29 13:47:56 |
Apart from being an eternal garden captive, I also, strangely enough, have many more human flaws; one of them is football being the second most important thing in the world, after gardening of course. And the national team is the holy of the holies. Some folks regard it as 'back to wilderness', as football is a primitive game and its supporters primeval. All fine, I'm still proud to be primitive. I managed not to interfere my footie ecstasy with my gardening diary so far, but after being literally heart broken the other night, I can't really share more than tons of despair. Sometimes the better team doesn't win but that's football. And the word 'better' is also often a matter of misinterpretation. Although we have proven to be 'something to talk about' years in the past, our team has alway...
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| ''Arte y pico'' award |
| 2008-06-25 01:15:00 |
A few days ago I got this lovely award from Brenda of the brilliant Brendablog. 'Arte y pico' is the name. It translates as something like 'peak of art' or 'art and creativity. I will certainly not try to judge your choice Brenda :-)
If, by some strange reason, you're not familiar with Brenda's blog, do yourselves a favor and knock on the door of her intriguing world: apart from a vast variety of garden themes, ideas, inspirations, plenty of great pixels, you will find one simple, modest, outstanding lady wearing her heart right on her sleeve, who shares both her ups and downs with an extraordinary writing style that will make you feel as if you were her closest neighbor down the street in the lovely town of Tyler, Texas and you had known her for ages. I'd surely love that. Getting an award from her very self is an honor and I'm glad that she has knocked up against the door into my own world in the first place and considered my blog worth of this award. I'll express my gratitude by s...
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| Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - June '08 |
| 2008-06-15 13:38:48 |
Thanks to Carol of May Dreams Gardens, I'm delighted to both share and enjoy the blooms from all over the world. If you want to join in this extraordinary feature hosted by Carol, all you gotta do is simply create a GBBD post of your own on the 15th of the month and then post a comment on May Dreams gardensAt last, I remembered on time this month! All due to the fact that I have paid my brain bill earlier than usual ;-)Stokesia laevisPassiflora c.Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'Hydrangea macrophyllaDelosperma c.Cotinus coggygria 'Royal purple'BottlebrushHydrangea + ClematisCistus 'Sunset'a bloom less ordinary: latest variety of Solar mushroomsand finally, I didn't have the heart to leave this blooming fledgling out of my GBBD,he followed me around all alo...
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| Hortensias |
| 2008-06-13 09:50:15 |
While the greater number of H.macrophylla cultivars are raised to be forced as early flowering pot plants, they remain a very popular garden plant and many of the forced specimens are planted outside, when they have finished flowering. Suburban front gardens abound with them and they produce annually masses of bold flower heads. They are also called garden hortensias (Hortensias were named in honour of Hortense, lovely daughter of 18th century botanist Prince de Nassau) or' the mopheads' and I absolutely love them. Most of the hydrangeas in my garden belong to that group. The rest are Hydrangea arborescens, a smooth variety with striking white blossoms that adore their place in full/partial shade. They can also be pruned harder to maintain shape and desired height. I don't have any of the...
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| Cherry pickin' time ! |
| 2008-06-12 14:56:15 |
Sweet and sour cherry trees, alongside plum trees, are the most frequent fruit trees in my garden. One of them, an over 50-yrs old cherry tree is also the biggest tree in the garden. Even though it's too high to be harvested, it presents a continuous tree of delights for all sorts of birdies all through the late spring. The spring blossom of that one does the trick for me. Some neighbours suggested we should take it down and use the space 'more wisely'. More asphalt-wisely! I guess they have never eaten a homemade cherry pie! Even without the fruit, this remarkable tree is just priceless.Then there's also sour cherries. I guess planting those was even less prudent, according to the same wisemen. I guess they don't like cherry syrup either.Picking cherries was my favourite garden activity ...
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| Perennial border |
| 2008-06-11 13:17:05 |
Those of you who have visited my blog in the past may remember the before&after posts about the different states and looks of my garden. In case you didn't, well, here's a reminder.My dream was to create at least one perennial border around the edges of the front fence, and using the lawn as the foreground. I believe this year, in spite of all the slug damage, it is finally starting to get the looks of a young perennial bed. Iberis, Rudbeckias, Delphiniums, Lupins, Digitalis, Alliums, Achilleas, Phlox, Oxalis, Saponaria, Potentilla, Lavandula stoechas, Erysimum 'Bowles' Mauve, Alyssum, Stokesia, Physostegia virginiana, Lychnis coronaria, Veronica longifolia, etc. bordered by a deciduous Pink Ceanothus shrub ('Marie Simon') and the Mediterranean spurge. I love informal borders, and I o...
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| ''Sluggish'' encounters |
| 2008-06-10 08:08:34 |
'' Rain, rain go away, come again some other day ...''This week has been a favorable one for slugs (and slug picking). You'd think ' What is she on about?' It's hardly been a month since I moaned about how dry our spring was and how walking around with a hose was a daily routine. Well, just for that, someone up there has decided to pick on yet another gardener and send down oodles of rain, thunders, hail, and that dulling humidity. I've been reading about all the tornadoes and mad storms in the US and realized that we don't even know how lucky we are, we have had some bad summer storms, trees flying about and stuff but we literally don't know the meaning of the word 'twister' and all that horror. We've got subway crossings under water, cars stuck in flooded roads, river Sava flooding its o...
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| Garden visitors |
| 2008-06-06 03:22:41 |
I can't really think of anyone or anything I'd love to see more of in my garden than hedgehogs. When I was a kid, there were two families living in the far back of the garden and they used to come and help themselves with all the cat food, milk and dog food leftovers we have 'accidentally' been hiding away from cats and dogs ;-). Even though they are nocturnal animals, they would come during the day, and you could hear them munching away in the little 'take away' we made for them in the bushes. A few years ago, after house restoration and army of workers storming through the garden and with all the waste thrown about, they have found a safer home somewhere in the neighborhood. Many roads and many new buildings have been built since then, and their habitat ...
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| La Vie En Rose |
| 2008-05-25 09:50:20 |
Sometimes I feel like the most uncaring gardener. I go past them every day, so many times a day, and yet I barely notice them. What shall I plant next? What shall I prune next? Weed picking? Lawn mowing? Watering? Fertilizing? Mulching? A perpetual mixture of garden tasks but yet, no time for roses. Hardly ever a moment in time to stop by and honour their beauty and fragrance. Sometimes maybe. Nanna has left me with such a vast rose legacy, mostly old-fashioned tea roses yet I have never even thought of wanting to know a bit more about them, at least the variety. I should have done, if not for personal interest, then at least out of respect for all the love and care she carved into her beloved roses. I wonder if any of you has experienced how sometimes we...
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| Sunday blooms |
| 2008-05-25 09:25:28 |
Clematis 'President' and then someSpiraea 'Golden Princess'Cistus Ladanifer & Geranium sanguineum striatumNepeta faassenii (Catmint)Kniphophia & Lupinus getting ready to bloomand my constant obsession with Smokebush leaves and raindrops...
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| Spring impressions |
| 2008-05-21 10:28:00 |
Clematis 'The President'One of the first 'climbing lianas' to flower in my garden... I have inherited a beautiful old fashioned Clematis from my grandma but it's a summer-flowering one. And these early ones are all a couple of years old, I have misplaced most of their ID cards and forgot their names, so you'll just have to put up with my ignorance ;-)Clematis 'Warsaw Nike'Weigela 'Evita'Digitalis & Salvia nemorosaRhododendron 'Anna Rose Whitney' In times of droughts like the last few weeks, the water well in the backyard gives me a full-time job of walking about like a nutjob with a hose, or scrolling around with sprinklers. And by now, you might have guessed that today is a rainy day, and thus I have found some time to post!thankfully, I'm not the only nutjob in the garden... these t...
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| Floating pond plants |
| 2008-05-20 04:16:00 |
No matter how enchanting they may look, even the most captivating floating plants are prone to invasive proportions. Luckily, I don't have that problem as my two ponds actually hardly fit into pond proportions, and the second one is more of a puddle. I have envisioned a proper pond in the back yard as a thing to do sometime in the future but so far it has merely remained a vision.Apart from the miniature water lilies, a few types of horsetail, marsh marigolds, marsh spurge and sweet flag, I also keep a few floating plants. And having in mind that floating plants are often not winter hardy and are in need of great amounts of light and warm temperature, not many survive (some say that they are not even worth all the bother of trying to overwinter them; I n...
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| Spring video |
| 2008-05-20 02:58:12 |
Did a little bit of buzzing around with the camcorder recently...so take a little spring walk with me!...
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| A spring storm |
| 2008-05-12 15:58:19 |
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I think Charles Dickens and his outstanding imagery are just about half way there, at least...''A blight had fallen on the trees and shrubs; and the wind, at length beginning to break the unnatural stillness that had prevailed all day, sighed heavily from time to time, as though foretelling in grief the ravages of the coming storm. The bat skimmed in fantastic flights through the heavy air, and the ground was alive with crawling things, whose instinct brought them forth to swell and fatten in the rain.''''The wind began to moan in hollow murmurs, as the sun went down carrying glad day elsewhere; and a train of dull clouds coming up against it, menaced thunder and lightning. Large drops of rain soon began to ...
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| Garden center ... |
| 2008-05-11 02:07:46 |
More nursery tours : adding fuel to the flames !Today (again), I took a 'cool-headed' stroll through my fave nursery. I know obsessions can come in many forms, but what about an obsessed gardener? I also know that all of you gardeners out there are obsessed in varying degrees. So let me ask you the following...Do you travel to the nursery twice a week, not caring of any commitments you may leave behind? Do you drive back home continually and intentionally being stabbed by the evil plant you just managed to cram in behind your back? Is there a greenery galore blocking your review mirror? Can you no longer get your car into your garage due to all of the gardening tools? Do you think of getting a miner's light so you can dig about the garden or pull some more...
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| ECHIUM at last ! |
| 2008-05-10 16:24:49 |
I have longed for this plant for quite some time. I have never succeeded with germinating the seeds (ok, I tried once only and maybe the seeds were not that good :-) Recently I stumbled upon this stunning plant again on Gintoino's lovely Portuguese garden blog 'Jardim com gatos'. You can see why he calls them the Pride of his garden (rather than Pride of Madeira, one of the plant's common names). And just when I'd forgotten about it, it popped up in front of me in the nursery the other day (the first time I have ever seen it for sale as a container plant in these areas). I don't think I need to mention my excitement. I've always had a thing for perennials that bore such dramatic, towering, upright spikes ( Eremurus, Echium, Verbascum etc. ) and any variety of Euphorbia. It's funny how in...
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| ''April is a promise that May is bound to keep'' |
| 2008-05-08 15:01:32 |
"There are many tired gardeners but I've seldom met old gardeners. I know many elderly gardeners but the majority are young at heart. Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. The one absolute of gardeners is faith. Regardless of how bad past gardens have been, every gardener believes that next year's will be better. It is easy to age when there is nothing to believe in, nothing to hope for; gardeners, however, simply refuse to grow up. Thomas Jefferson said once, "Though an old man, I am but a young gardener"."...Allan Armitage "What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome. Are not f...
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| Homeopathy: Greater celandine |
| 2008-05-06 09:42:50 |
One of the 'weeds' that grows freely in the wilder parts of my back garden is the Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus). I was first introduced to its homeopathic values by my godfather, an acknowledged herb doctor ( among other herbs, algae and his 'secret' ingridients, he used it to cure his seriously ill mother from an inoperable breast cancer, and even though at the age of 84, his mum showed up in hospital months later and both her tumor and metastasis were gone, and she lived to be 101 years old). In old homeopathy books one could often run into other names apart from Celandine, such as Mary's plant, Gift of God, Snake's milk and so on... All in all, in those times, it was renowned for its many healing values. Today many people look at it as nothing more than an annoying and danger...
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| UNSCRUPULOUS MINDS |
| 2008-05-06 01:48:42 |
First of all, I apologize in advance for using my garden blog to sometimes express my humble musings on life which might not have anything to do with gardening itself. However, I'm one of those over-sensitive people who just cannot close their eyes (or mouth) in front of certain things or people they thought of as disgraceful.(photo: Jutarnji list)Just this morning I was driving to my lecture and traffic was diverted due to an accident. Later on I heard about a woman who was run down and killed by a huge truck in the city center. While trying to save her dog from being hit by cars, she got killed herself. Nobody deserves to die like that but unfortunately things like that happen all the time. Sometimes I feel like a real weirdo for such stories making me sad and shocked while other people ...
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| Ephemeral grace |
| 2008-05-04 16:00:59 |
The Peony feast is over. For about two weeks, like so many years before, they filled my garden with wonderful sights and scents. Apart from flowers that are incredible in appearance and fragrance, their uniqueness among vegetation is quite remarkable. What is more, they seem to let just about everyone know that spring is at the peak of its magic. They even persuaded my recently bought Azalea Mollis into a wonderful little display of orange flowers. And just when you thought their magic is but a moment in time (and way too short), they unpretentiously shrink back, as if trying to point out that there is more to a garden than just them (peonies).They wilt away, giving the ribbon to the new Bloom rulers - Rhododendrons. (Azalea Mollis - well known for their spring flowers but also wonderf...
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| Grandma's peonies |
| 2008-04-28 11:07:01 |
'' Peonies are an old-fashioned flower, healthy and vigorous, that seldom fail, even with neglect " (Roy Klehm)PEONY - SPRING SYMBOL OF REMINISCENCE It is rather difficult to imagine more spectacular flowers than those of the Tree Peonies. Most popular as garden plants are the cultivars of Paoenia suffruticosa, which grow to some 2 metres in size and produce flowers 15-20 cm in April and May. This ones were planted out ages ago by my late Grandma so I don't know the exact age but anything above 25 years will do. In this area Tree Peonies are still thought of as 'Nanna's flowers' as everyone's grandma seemed to have a peony somewhere, and old varieties are lustfully sought after by collectors. Most of my Tree Peonies grow in partially shaded areas, and every other year their soil g...
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| Just another spring day |
| 2008-04-26 05:38:52 |
Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer. ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworthmid April lawnSPRING FEVERIt's spring ― time for flowers to blossom, fields to turn green and people to feel lazy all day. The days get longer, the sun is shining, parks, botanical gardens, nurseries and most of all, our own gardens are beckoning to us. But amongst the excitement we also feel strangely tired and weary. All we want to do is sleep, sleep, sleep! The fresh air revives me, but as soon as I get inside the spring tiredness sets in. Or is it just me? Contrary to what it may seem, I didn't do much of the 'sleep, sleep, sleep' thing, but more of a 'dig, dig, dig' thing. I did finally go to the B...
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| Greek fir (Abies cephalonica) |
| 2008-04-26 05:35:54 |
Abies cephalonica(photo property of Morris Arboretum, Pennsylvania)A native of the higher mountains of Greece. Leaves a lustrous bright green above with silvery effect underneath. It grows best in moist but not water-logged soil. A large tree in time 100 feet tall by 25 feet wide. Cylindrical, green-brown cones 4-6 inches long. The Greek fir is a very rare plant, seen only at a few botanic gardens but worthy of further useHere's a story of a tree that has a special place in my garden.If you have read my older posts about reviving my nanna's garden, you might recall me mentioning the dreadful state the place was left in after the construction workers stormed through our estate. I didn't really care about material things that much, but losing an old Lebanese Cedar, over 40 years of age...
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| KEFALONIA (Greece) - part 2 |
| 2008-04-26 04:50:08 |
At 1st sight from the air, Kefalonia strikes with vast geographical diversity; dark peaks of MtAenos (1628m) towering high above the clouds; stunning beaches and scenery; steep cliffs crashing into the turquoise sea; sweet scent of beautiful fir forests. After landing, the 1st impressions you get are not those of beauty, luxury, leisure, ecstatic nightlife and high end tourism. Just another hot, dry and barren Greek island. There is hardly a sign of civilization. And this is not a misleading impression, for Kefalonia essentially IS a wild island.Platis Ammos beach But that's just Kefalonia's cunning disguise that has so far mostly kept the island out of reach of man's destructive touch. Whoever decides to spend 2 weeks lingering at the side of hotel's pool and bar will most definitely no...
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| CATfordshire |
| 2008-04-23 06:28:26 |
They both have their good share of odd whereabouts but Kristy is the master of finding weird places to sleep in, by all means. Krusty is the one who prefers sleeping on people's faces.Why do cats sleep in strange places? To assert their independence ? Because they are adventurous and love privacy?"I found out why cats drink out of the toilet. My mother told me it's because the water is cold in there. And I'm like: How did my mother know that?" - Wendy Liebman...
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| Deja vu: Botanical garden |
| 2008-04-23 02:15:39 |
I spent both yesterday's afternoon and today's morning in the Botanical garden ( I did go home for a sleep lol). Although I never miss to visit this oasis of natural beauty whenever in the neighborhood, this time it was for their spring seedlings sale. Yesterday I came too late and today - well I failed to see the notice (in a large font!) that the sale is open only Mon-Fri 11-14. Bugger! We had a bit of an early morning thunderstorm with strong winds but after the clouds have cleared the weather was just amazing, as always after the rain. And what better place to find oneself than in a Botanical garden, with your camera (and low battery! drat) Even though I've only been ther...
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| Timeless raindrops |
| 2008-04-12 15:13:55 |
... finally a day with a decent amount of rain ...Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in and around your lettuce and green beans. (Henry Van Dyke)Ranunculus budTamarix budsPeony budEvery year it seems to me I hear complaints about spring.It is either "late" or "unusually cold," "abnormally dry" or "fantastically wet," for no one is ever willing to admit that there is no such thing as a normal spring.(Thalassa Crusso)And what better to polish up these photos than music itself ......
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| Whoopsy daisy! |
| 2008-04-10 13:44:35 |
I'm flabbergasted. The lovely Linda from Garden girl blog really does have a pick on me. In the aftermath of the recent tagging plagues which I have barely recovered from, she somehow decided to strike upon me again... Honestly though, what better news than visiting one of your favourite blogs ONLY to find out it has rated your blog ''E'' for excellent. I'm glad it was you again Linda, I'm honoured, and you seem to be very good in this tagging and awarding thingie, you always seem to pick just the right people. Lol. I will put this up on the virtual mantelpiece for everyone to enjoy & covet. And as a sign of my appreciation and just for that, this one is for you: My obligation is to pass the award on to another 10 blogs, and in abundance of so many wonderful blogs I encountered, that s...
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| Botanical garden Zagreb |
| 2008-04-09 04:25:29 |
Botanical garden - AprilI couldn't hold my horses. I was thrilled to hear of Botanical garden's Opening of the season 2008 last week and planned to visit some time this week. But seeing all the windy weather, I thought by the time I get to visit the place, all the lovely trees in bloom will have lost half of their spring magic due to strong winds ( I know, not the kind of thing most people would worry about).Anyway, I was punished for my wanton behaviour, as half of the garden was still temporarily inaccessible due to some digging about. I guess the gardeners and employees in there hibernated for too long. They should have done all that by now. It was sad to see some rear part...
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| A feast of St. Bush |
| 2008-04-06 15:13:30 |
All through the long winter, I dream of my garden.On the first day of spring,I dig my fingers deepinto the soft earth.I can feel its energy,and my spirits soar. (H. Hayes)I haven't done any work here for a while. Shame on me. Instead I spent the last few days having to do nothing but gardening. And all thanks to George Bush, spoiling us with a prolonged weekend. One of the greatest living dumbbells decided to visit the capital of Lilliput, Zagreb, for two days. And despite of all the annoyances, traffic jams, and the security measures that preceded and followed his parade, I spent a few lovely spring days digging the dirt and fighting the weeds. To my utmost delight, the Botanical garden opened its door the other day but it was within the parade zone so instead of green thumbs visiting, i...
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| Gardening Tagaholics: I've been tagged |
| 2008-04-01 11:34:28 |
Hear, hear ! The rumor has it that a strange disease has come over many of our dear garden bloggers. It's becoming more and more widespread as I write this. Otherwise known as GTA (Gardeners Tagaholics Anonymous, NOT Grand Theft Auto), it is a very contagious disease that includes the following symptoms:a strong need, or urge to tag someone (and who better than your fellow gardener)loss of control (not being able to stop tagging people once the disease has overpowered you)due to a strong feeling of commitment, one has a great need to post ten weird or random facts about oneself that most people don't knowdue to an emphasized feeling of social correctness, one has an even greater need to tag about five more bloggers and state why he/she/it tagged themif one feels repulsed by all the previo...
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| GARDEN CREW |
| 2008-04-01 02:02:34 |
a few lines by James Gorman to better understand my garden crew members..."Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this by all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish."Kristy 'the fashion cat'As you all may guess by my lethargic pose, I'm a rather lazy cat, I like a little lay down now and then, just gazing into nowhere (and planing another mischievous deed). I was born almost 3 years ago, on a nice summer day sometime in June , alongside my sister Krusty. Our mummy used to be a stray cat until she met my dad, a well groomed gentleman, who took her to his garden which was to become their new home. Since she was in a bad shape, and p...
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| Animal cruelty: People are strange ... |
| 2008-04-01 01:53:50 |
The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot. ~Mark Twain, What Is Man, 1906This weekend started with wonderful weather. Even Friday was lovely, a bit windy, but didn't stop me from buzzing around the garden with my spade, and just enjoying that wonderful scent of early blooming apricot trees and other plants. Saturday gardening also contributed to my backache, especially cleaning the pond and preparing it for the new season.I was gonna write a post about it all today, but some bad news made me lose the will to do anything apart from stare into nowhere and wonder just how twisted and evil some people can be....
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