P for Post Hole Digger

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From my Painstaking, Particular Perspective, I Present the Primary Piece of a Prospective Paranormal Parade of Panels. Please Peruse my Placement of this Ponderous Post Hole Digger! :-)

Pleasant Days,

Precise work,

Preview of the future panel

Placement...

Patience...

Manual Post Hole Diggers:

Phew!

I'm so glad we had only the digger at left and not the two-bladed style on the right! I'm too Puny or Pusillanimous

(lacking courage or resolution) for that one! :-)

By the way! I just remembered the word my high school girlfriend was to remember for me! (Did you remember that I was in charge of loquacious?) Her word was Parsimonious (stingy)! Not fitting for either of us...

Not wanting to start a Post-Hole Digging Pandemic,

Please Ponder before Planting!

Project completion updates will be Posted at a later date.

Practically Posthumously
(but not "shady")
SG

Happy May Day!

Have a wonderful day!

'Rosey Lights' Azalea in foreground ('Northern Lights' in background)

My granddaughter has been visiting...
We did a little Garden Decorating.

Now, where would YOU put a little garden stool?

Maybe here?

Again, Happy May Day!
:-)

O is for the Ostrich Fern

ABC Wednesday

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris



Ode to the Ostrich Fern


How stately does the Ostrich Fern
Rise above the bower

Unfurling greenness in the glade,
Besides her last-year's flower.

Exuding elegance she does rise -
And above all else she towers,

I'd love to join her in the shade,
and while away the hour.


---by yours truly,
SG



Would you like to read more about this fern?
You can find information through Wikipedia by clicking on this sentence.




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Green Thumb Sunday - April 25, 2010

Epimedium

'Lilofee'
planted last Spring (2009)

Tiarella

'Neon Lights' (in front of Heart Leaf Brunnera, ferns, emerging hosta, etc.)

'Iron Butterfly'

'Iron Butterfly'

'Pink Skyrocket'

(My favorite) 'Heronswood Mist'


Back of the four-leafed, four-petaled
Trillium!
(click here for last year's post)

Have a Wonderful Day!
It's just such a lush Spring - I can hardly contain myself! :-)
Hope you're enjoying the same.

"Memory Tree"

Click on the photos for enlargement!

Each time I glance through the window,

What a sight from the kitchen I see!
'Sargentii' exuding full blossom,
and memories beckon to me.

'Sargentii' "belongs" to my sister.
In her honor I planted this tree.
It's a tribute because we have missed her.
Her life's caught in our memory.

Can you think of anything sweeter?
Could celebration of life better be?
Than to cherish and care for a loved one
by planting a "Memory Tree?"

by Yours Truly with love to my family


*** 'Sargentii' is really Malas 'Sargentii', aka Sargent Flowering Crabapple.

Yes, I realize today is Arbor Day. It's a day I have celebrated each year in a variety of ways.

Many years ago, the Arbor Day Foundation sent (absolutely free of charge) second grade teachers a complete curriculum guide and supplies for preparing for and learning about Arbor Day. One could pick and choose activities that could take up to two weeks or so in learning about trees (I placed it in plant study). One activity of major interest was scarifying seeds, germinating them, and planting them. After 3 - 4 weeks on the classroom windowsill, they were ready to take home as mini-seedless, thornless honey locust trees. The children were so proud!


If you would like to visit the Arbor Day Foundation, click this link to their website. Find out their interests and promotions this year!

In the meantime, if you hadn't thought of it before,
place the idea of planting a "Memory Tree" in your memory bank.
You'll be glad you did.

Have a beautiful day!
SG

N is for Nepata

ABC Wednesday

taken April 30, 2008

Taken June 8, 2008

taken June 11, 2009

taken July 7, 2008

taken September 8, 2008

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Green Thumb Sunday - April 19, 2010

Look who's blooming today!!

Happy Green Thumb Sunday!
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