Sunday, February 5, 2012

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Brings Five New Words!

Strike a Pose
Campanula glomerata 'Supurba' - Clustered Bellflower
Upward facing violet ‘bells’ on 1-2’ plants are clustered at the top of upright stems.  They need only a moderately rich, well-drained soil and full sun or partial shade  A vigorous grower, the stunning richly colored violet flowers are on stiff stems. Blooms heavily in late spring through early summer. Cutting back foliage by half to 2/3rds after flowering will keep the mound low and compact if foliage declines. Can be divided every 3-4 years in spring or autumn.



Footwear
These Eastland shoes lasted from 1982 to 2010.  Not bad!
They worked very well as nice, leather gardening shoes!


Shiny
Chandeliers inside State Senate Chamber of the Iowa State Capital building.



Hobby
pysanky

Traditional Ukranian egg decorating for Easter.



Color Me Green
 Allium 'Hair'
Not scary - but it LOOKS like it!  lol

All photos are the property of http://yardisgreen.blogspot.com 
 
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Happy Day!
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19 comments:

  1. stephanie gFebruary 5, 2012 at 10:54 PM

    Lovely plant pictures!

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  2. Shady GardenerFebruary 5, 2012 at 11:15 PM

    Thank you, Stephanie!

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  3. Cherie LenoreFebruary 6, 2012 at 12:16 AM

    What a grand chandelier!! Really pretty. Love the flowers too!

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  4. Lea s MenagerieFebruary 6, 2012 at 7:04 AM

    A really great set of photos!
    Lea
    Lea's Menagerie

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  5. Chloe mFebruary 6, 2012 at 8:32 AM

    Those shoes look like they served you well. Leather is always the best choice for long-lasting shoes.
    The allium has some funky hair!

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  6. Ashley SiskFebruary 6, 2012 at 8:39 AM

    Great set- really love that beautiful chandelier.

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  7. GretchenFebruary 6, 2012 at 10:18 AM

    Great interpretations!! What a cool hobby... never heard of it. Love that allium hair!!

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  8. WendyFebruary 6, 2012 at 12:42 PM

    Great set of pictures. Love the chandelier picture...super shiny.

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  9. Shady GardenerFebruary 6, 2012 at 1:03 PM

    Thank you, all.

    Rosey, where does one go to get a GOOD pair of nice, heavy-duty leather shoes, such as those loafers, (made in the USA) that would serve a person well?

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  10. DeannaFebruary 6, 2012 at 2:57 PM

    Love those shoes...no wonder you have such a beautiful garden. Wonderful series!!

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  11. Shady GardenerFebruary 6, 2012 at 6:27 PM

    Hi Deanna! Love your comment! (and I miss those shoes!) ;-)

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  12. Nancy EFebruary 7, 2012 at 8:36 AM

    Love the photos! The Ukranian egg making is so cool... I want to do that! :)
    nanskkimtn.blogspot.com

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  13. NickiFebruary 7, 2012 at 8:37 AM

    Love the shoes - had some Naturalizers that stuck it out until there wasn't a smidgen of tread and became a hazard - otherwise, I'd still be wearing them. I hope you show more of your eggs - I used to decorate eggs as a hobby - but nothing like pysanky.

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  14. Nutty GnomeFebruary 7, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    A great collection of photos Shady...and I'm seriously intrigued by the eggs. I've never heard of Pysanky before - will you do a tuorial on it at some point please?! :)

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  15. BFFebruary 7, 2012 at 4:50 PM

    I like the shot of those shoes. They are definitely warn in, but still cute!

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  16. KathleenFebruary 7, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    oh my ~ you did get your money out of those shoes! I love the Ukranian Easter egg decorating too. I'd love to try that sometime. Hope you've been doing well. I've been terrible at blog hopping as I'm sure you've noticed!

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  17. Shady GardenerFebruary 7, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    For each of you desiring more information on Pysanky, check out a post I did last April on another blog: http://sgthisnthat.blogspot.com/2011/04/gift-of-pysanky-is-sincere-wish-for.html

    There's a wealth of information out there on the subject. :-)

    I'm glad you each could visit, and especially, leave a note!

    Kathleen, You can tell I've not been good about visiting, either.. :-)

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  18. RosemaryFebruary 12, 2012 at 7:34 AM

    Catching up on your blog posts since it is so cool in Florida today.... missed a lot .....

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  19. Shady GardenerFebruary 12, 2012 at 8:57 PM

    Ah ha! You're still in Florida! :-)

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Thank you for visiting today. I don't mean to make it hard for you to leave a message, but temporarily I am going to enable word verification. Too many spam messages to deal with lately. Thanks for your patience! SG