my apricot rose this morning 5/23/07
That is GORGEOUS, Dys!
I have roses that color, too. They are my favorite.
If ever I plant roses, they will be apricot - I'm smitten.
My malva this morning - flowering very early this year
the middle of my tomato garden this morning 5/28/07 ;
that ornamental apple [or is it correctly called
malus ?] by the driveway looks its best ever this year, with a lovely shade of pink.
(click for a full-screen size image)
Here's a close look at the flowers.
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edit)
Here's that close look in the preceding post to replace that Image Shack pic with a full screen sized one.
The hedges sporting their
last trim for the year:
Nekochan taking stock of our newly arrived winter
That could be Stinky's brother. I will post soon...(he's not fond of snow, however) we'll do it with the indoor plants.
(BM)
At her age -- 17-- she's probably old enough to be his(?) grandmther. :wink:
He's 4....so I can't count the possibilities...pix to follow in a few days, I'm slow...
neko nomad wrote:Nekochan taking stock of our newly arrived winter
She's obviously a cold weather girl, neko!
Oh, she demands her fresh air recess time regardless of weather, msolga. I chaperone her out in front during winter, and then for only a brief few minutes.
Usually she's let out back where I can keep an eye on her from inside.
What happens when I go out in the woods.
while browsing the web the other night for bonsai
images, I came across the term which best describes
the form that my ornamental
malus in front has
developed.
It's called
han Kengai("semi-cascade") See
Bonsai Terms
(click on pic to see the bonsai form example - an azalea)Click here for a
full screen(1067 x 800) size image.
Lovely bonsai Neko,
My brother grows (forms?) bonsais as a semi commercial interest. Does quite nicely from it.
If I was about thirty years younger today,
I'd give doing true bonsai a try. Starter
specimens are so easy to find nowadays. The
trickiest aspect of it, to me, is that the
bonsai is so vulnerable to mistakes and neglect,
whereas maintaining a small ornamental tree in
the yard only requires time and a moderate amount
of patience and imagination.
Shadow pattern seen
from the dining room window:
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