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Southwest Florida Gardener: August 2015
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Welcome to my subtropical zone 10 garden! Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. (Rainer Maria Rilke). Tuesday, August 4, 2015. I've Forgiven my Angel Trumpet. You see, I'm not entirely sure she's guilty. But I have my suspicions - uncomfortably so. And even if she is guilty, it truly isn't her fault, it's just the way she is. Here's the story:. As I walked around I felt something bump into my head...
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Southwest Florida Gardener: December 2014
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Welcome to my subtropical zone 10 garden! Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. (Rainer Maria Rilke). Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Ready to Welcome 2015! Glad that the female (or this could be an immature male), finally got a chance at the feeder! I never get tired of seeing these beauties. I'm so amazed at the colors of blue, green, orange, red and pink - wow! I love seeing them fly around the y...
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Earth Teach Me: July 2015
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Sharing my love of the natural world through essays and photography. Saturday, July 11, 2015. Flyr's Nemesis (Brickellia cordifolia). You should sit in nature for 20 minutes a day…unless you're busy, then you should sit for an hour". Facebook meme based on Zen saying on meditation. After wrapping up my June Journeys, I realized that I left out one of my most special natural places- my own yard! Rustic Sphynx Moth Caterpillar. Spanish Moss Flower (Tillandsia usneodes). Southern Toads and Egg Strands.
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Simply Living: And ladybug makes two
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Rowing Through The Mist. Thursday, July 30, 2015. And ladybug makes two. This Queen Butterfly is sipping nectar from the blossoms of tropical milkweed while nearby someone else is having a feast. Can you find the ladybug seeking out aphids? Lots of action on this humble weed. With so many aphids on the plant stems, the ladybug was probably similarly sated. Aphids on tropical milkweed. A couple more shots of the Queen sitting atop her milkweedy throne. July 30, 2015 at 6:41 PM. August 1, 2015 at 4:32 PM.
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Simply Living: A model butterfly walks the red carpet
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Rowing Through The Mist. Friday, July 31, 2015. A model butterfly walks the red carpet. Wildlife encounters sure can happen at unexpected times and in the oddest of places. I was planning to take supplies out to the car this morning but before I even stepped through the doorway, I saw something that stopped me in my tracks. I turned around, put down the items I was carrying and picked up my camera. Limenitis arthemis strutting her stuff on the 'red' carpet. What lovely spotted wings. After a few minutes ...
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Simply Living: It's U-pick scuppernong season!
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Rowing Through The Mist. Monday, July 27, 2015. It's U-pick scuppernong season! It’s almost scuppernong season and I’m looking forward to picking some grapes. Amber picking muscadine grapes at Lake Apshawa Farm and Nursery in 2006. Fruit of the vine. A century passed before evidence of the grape’s cultivation appeared in the log of another explorer traveling along Scuppernong Lake in North Carolina. The fruit’s association with that body of water stuck. Ever since, the large, round, s...North Carolina ma...
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Simply Living: Look what we found at the beach...
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Rowing Through The Mist. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Look what we found at the beach. Over the past year, Ralph and I have seen quite a few unexpected sights at New Smyrna Beach. There was the day we spotted a manatee swimming at Canaveral National Seashore and the time we saw a stingray lolling about in the shallow water along the same stretch of unpopulated beach. Making music with the waves. Yup, it was a guy playing a banjo. In the water. With waves (albeit small ones) crashing all around. I'm Sherry Boa...
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Simply Living: The red pentas is that one plant that can do it all
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Rowing Through The Mist. Monday, August 4, 2008. The red pentas is that one plant that can do it all. First appeared in Orlando Sentinel August 4, 2008). If I had to pick one plant - one flowering plant - to place in my yard, I'd choose Pentas lanceolata, also known as star flower or star cluster. It's available in lavender, white and multiple shades of pink, but my choice would be a red pentas - full size, not dwarf - and I'd be sure to position it right outside my window. To propagate pentas, all you h...
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Letting the Words Escape: Palmetto Bugs...
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A Home for Annie. Things are Looking U.P! Christmas on the Rhine. Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Disregard whatever Florida says is the state bird. In truth, the state bird is a Palmetto Bug. It falls into the cockroach family, however, is more like a cockroach on steroids. They live in the damp swampy areas that cover pretty much every square inch of Florida. And landed on the back of my neck. This is actually pretty darn close to being life size. Which was followed the next day by another posting here.
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Simply Living: 6/1/15 - 7/1/15
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Rowing Through The Mist. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Look what I found after 10 days away. When Ralph and I came back from our recent trip, one of the first things I did was check my gardens to see what had changed. Not much could happen in just over a week, right? There was so much to see! I knew avocadoes were beginning to develop before we went away but I didn't expect them to grow as big so quickly. They're not ready to pick yet but will be soon and when they're ready, my - will they be good! We weren't ...
