Even more Peter’s garden
. . . with suitable cringing and beseeching postures aimed at the Gods of Blog Tech.
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May 25, 2008
. . . with suitable cringing and beseeching postures aimed at the Gods of Blog Tech.
Please join the discussion at Robin McKinley's Web Forum.
Look at those lovely tall plants, that bright sky… It cheers me up no end after the absolutely dreadful day here in Brum. Thanks :)
It’s been **pissing** down here too–we had almost gale force winds last night and are supposed to have REAL gale force winds tonight with more torrential wetness, which is also hell on your garden–but we had a lovely break this afternoon. Before it closed in again. Arrrgh.
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No breakhere all day, and we were at a park in birmingham for the annual day of authors and books for children; not surprisingly the tents were only a third full, but the authors were great!
I hope you have a better day tomorrow than forecast – have you got your bubblewrap sorted (mental picture of it blowing backwards and wrapping you, not the roses :))
We were 29 degrees, with a breeze and a cool evening. Spent an hour in the pool thinking this is the life… [no need to think about smiting me with your thunderbolt, oh Hellgoddess. Summer is here and soon you will be picking up puddles of melted Susan off the sidewalk.
Oh dear. Yes. I sympathise. I’m awful about heat. (And am a trifle nonplussed at having ended up with hellhounds who are *worse.*)
Beautiful! Another place just crying out for someone to go out there with a book (and plenty of sunblock!). Although, you might be able to sit in the shade of all those plants and not get burnt. They’re so tall!
Ah! Beautiful picture, beautiful garden, beautiful Tech Gods who smiled and let you post this picture without too much trouble [I hope].
YAY!
:)
Wow! All your garden pictures are just breathtaking. Maybe it comes from living on the prairies where nobody really has gardens like these, but there is just something so forceful about those big, beautiful, flowering plants. Definitely high impact.
Yes. Gardens are–or should be–directed by the local weather and landscape.
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What’s the reddish thing off on the right? Smokebush?
Yes. :)
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We have too much sprawling space to have a nice garden. Three acres. Hubby wanted land, we got it … but he’s a pastor and has very little time to spend outside. Plus, here in the Florida panhandle, we have nasty bugs year-round that bite. Yellow flies, mosquitoes, no-see-ums, and fire ants. Yeccchh.
We have lots of lilies. Every Easter, people in our congregation buy potted lilies to decorate the church then refuse to take them home. Hubby brings them home and plants them; he’s been doing this for 5 Easter seasons now, so we have LOTS of lilies. They’re all in bloom now, they waited until the last Sunday in Easter season to start. We’ve had our amaryllis bloom and go away as soon as the heat started up in late April. We had only a couple of tulips, daffodils, and irises. Our Mexican petunia died off in this winter’s frost, but it’s come back and we’ve had some lovely little blooms on it. My orchid that we keep indoors bloomed this week. We had to put the pot on the kitchen window ledge to keep our cats from eating the flower spike, as they did last year. And one day lily came up yesterday. And our magnolia tree is finally blooming, it’s also late this year. I get to see the flowers whenever I stand at the kitchen sink.
Oh! This is a fairytale! I am certain that there is an enchanted frog in that water just waiting for a princess to drop her golden ball.
Ohhhh. Is that a summerhouse? Do you drink tea there?
I am envious. I was talking to Elizabeth Willey about an ancient claw-footed tub and she pointed out that I could perfectly well put one up on the upper brick patio and run in plumbing. Then I pointed out that I could have a demand hot-water heater and now I have a Dream. (Garden is walled on all sides, so a hot bath wouldn’t be inappropriate.)
Jonquil! Hurrah! I’ve been missing your garden and food links. Hadn’t got my butt back to lj to chase you however. . . .
One of the silly things about my tiny town garden is that it *is* more private than the big garden at the old house was. The only overlook is my semi-detached neighbour’s bathroom window which opens the way bathroom windows do which is to say not very, and I’ve been out there in inappropriate dress, which is to say not any, and there haven’t been any screams yet. :)
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I covet Peter’s garden. =)
Oh, my goodness. My husband and I just sat here ooh-ing and ahh-ing over these photos. We also went back to envy the ones you posted earlier of your garden!
We live on a golf course and are trying our best to make a pretty yard but so far we have the 3rd ugliest back yard along this stretch of the course. Which is better than the ugliest, but still. Sigh. I’ll get it right one of these years…this year seems to be going well even though we had a late frost. I covered everything with blankets. Now I just need to make it through the blazing heat of July and August (I live in the American South). ::fingers crossed:: :)
Good luck! :)
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