Everybody is already
someone else
An existential tag lineJustin Marks
Sweet lil somethin's
Two sweets and two carrots:
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Two of a few carrots we'll likely harvest this year![/caption]
One lovely brother Anole, perhaps a relative of Kermit:
Here's hoping you visit Arcadia today and always!
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Two of a few carrots we'll likely harvest this year![/caption]One lovely brother Anole, perhaps a relative of Kermit:
Here's hoping you visit Arcadia today and always!
Butterfly birth!
We can't say we saw the entire mystery of their birth from start to finish. They landed, as Fate would have it, on the butterfly bush, and ate every single leaf off of that plant.
There were eight of them.
But then, as suddenly as they had appeared...
...they disappeared.
We thought they had packed up their hobo bags for greener pastures.
Until today, when, purely by chance, we found one, looking rather different from our last encounter:
I swear I had watered that amaryllis nearly everyday this past week and never saw that magical little butterfly in her golden castle, not even once.
Before we could figure out logistics to get a plate of fruit out for this marvellous creature, s/he had flown up to the gutter, rested and stretched for a half minute, and then taken off - paddling in the air, until we couldn't see any longer.
Best birthday ever. Happy birthday, monarch.
There were eight of them.
But then, as suddenly as they had appeared...
...they disappeared.
We thought they had packed up their hobo bags for greener pastures.
Until today, when, purely by chance, we found one, looking rather different from our last encounter:
I swear I had watered that amaryllis nearly everyday this past week and never saw that magical little butterfly in her golden castle, not even once.
Before we could figure out logistics to get a plate of fruit out for this marvellous creature, s/he had flown up to the gutter, rested and stretched for a half minute, and then taken off - paddling in the air, until we couldn't see any longer.
Best birthday ever. Happy birthday, monarch.
May Blooms
In order to avoid the apparent exasperation my better half of 11 years seems to feel with my forgetfulness, I'm using this blog to document what's blooming when. Spring is such an exciting time - especially this spring, as we've had such true, spring-like weather. I rather like to think that Winter found Spring - and they started chatting - and Winter decided that s/he really didn't want to leave...but something finally convinced her. Maybe the Sun.
So. Here's what's in bloom in early May at the Coahuila Garden: Paradise is! Our infinitesimally small bit of it, anyway. In the fruit and veg. (err, and legume) department, you'd never guess what these classic little black and white flirts are:
No idea? Fava bean flowers! Remember them little plants (scroll down)? Who would have thought these flowers would be so very simple and yet completely marvellous?
Sugar snap peas have been growing strong:
And the pomegranate is covered in bright waxy reds reminiscent of Christmas:
Elsewhere, we have some wild and free things doing their thing, so beautifully, in the back corner by the Gate to Elsewhere:
Lantana's about to launch into months and months of flowers:
Oh Dill. We do heart you, and we hope the insects will, too!
We picked up a few of these hybrid Gaillardia plants on sale at Lowe's. They've been a bit thirsty of late, but that might be just because they're not used to where they're at. Grand and sweet things:
Out front, in the courtyard, the Lenten Rose is still holding on to its spent blooms, with just one tiny one poking through the base of one of the two plants:
Jacobinia, a new plant for us, is starting to show us what's what:
After acclimating to her new environment, the Mexican Flame Vine is starting to do fancy fancy here, along one of the front courtyard walls:
Just like a little prayer to the sun:
Just outside the courtyard, African Iris is still blooming:
Tiny nasturtiums suddenly started to bloom a few weeks ago:
Here's one of my tiny favourite places, with wild pink Oxalis and Salvia in the front bed:
The pink guara we bought from Cornelius Nursery seems to be doing well here, too, teeny though she still is:
I saved my favourite for last. Beneath the (Texas native) Bald Cypres tree in the back is a bed of Blue-black salvias. More than just colour, which is striking in and of itself, look at how delicate and graceful the stalks are:
And then -
I hope you find your way to Arcadia today!
So. Here's what's in bloom in early May at the Coahuila Garden: Paradise is! Our infinitesimally small bit of it, anyway. In the fruit and veg. (err, and legume) department, you'd never guess what these classic little black and white flirts are:
No idea? Fava bean flowers! Remember them little plants (scroll down)? Who would have thought these flowers would be so very simple and yet completely marvellous?
Sugar snap peas have been growing strong:
And the pomegranate is covered in bright waxy reds reminiscent of Christmas:
Elsewhere, we have some wild and free things doing their thing, so beautifully, in the back corner by the Gate to Elsewhere:
Lantana's about to launch into months and months of flowers:
Oh Dill. We do heart you, and we hope the insects will, too!
We picked up a few of these hybrid Gaillardia plants on sale at Lowe's. They've been a bit thirsty of late, but that might be just because they're not used to where they're at. Grand and sweet things:
Out front, in the courtyard, the Lenten Rose is still holding on to its spent blooms, with just one tiny one poking through the base of one of the two plants:
Jacobinia, a new plant for us, is starting to show us what's what:
After acclimating to her new environment, the Mexican Flame Vine is starting to do fancy fancy here, along one of the front courtyard walls:
Just like a little prayer to the sun:
Just outside the courtyard, African Iris is still blooming:
Tiny nasturtiums suddenly started to bloom a few weeks ago:
Here's one of my tiny favourite places, with wild pink Oxalis and Salvia in the front bed:
The pink guara we bought from Cornelius Nursery seems to be doing well here, too, teeny though she still is:
I saved my favourite for last. Beneath the (Texas native) Bald Cypres tree in the back is a bed of Blue-black salvias. More than just colour, which is striking in and of itself, look at how delicate and graceful the stalks are:
And then -
I hope you find your way to Arcadia today!
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