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Sept. 18, 2008
I Love Zinnias - Part II
Zinnias get their name from 18th-century German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn, who wrote up the flower's first scientific description. Zinnias are native to…
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oldbabe
Sept. 17, 2008
I Love Zinnias - Part I
I plant them every year - seeds dried from the flowers grown the previous year from seeds dried from flowers grown the previous year from seeds dried from…
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oldbabe
Sept. 12, 2008
Glory of the Morning
Morning Glories of the Flying Saucer variety. Fairies paint the flowers with blue strokes through the night and then open them in morning to our delight~~~ Me
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oldbabe
Aug. 07, 2008
Butterflies Flutter By
Everyday I see lots and lots of butterflies fluttering by and land to suck nectar from my flowers. There is an especially large beautiful blue one I always see.…
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oldbabe
Aug. 06, 2008
Organic Gardening
Sometimes when you practice “organic gardening” this is what you end up with! A lot of times I knock the bugs off and make do with less than perfect. (Sigh)!
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oldbabe
Aug. 04, 2008
Gladioli or Gladioluses ?
singular: gladiola or gladiolus plural: gladioli or gladioluses I just call them glads. GLADIOLUS / GLADIOLA MEANINGS: Strength of character, remembrance,…
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oldbabe
July 25, 2008
Everything's Coming Up Roses
Clear the decks! Clear the tracks! You've got nothing to do but relax. Blow a kiss. Take a bow. Honey, everything's coming up roses! …Lyrics taken from…
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oldbabe
July 22, 2008
Feeling Blue and a Little Purple
Found on various web sites: “If you are sad and describe yourself as ” feeling blue ,“ you are using a phrase coined from a custom among many old deepwater…
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oldbabe
July 10, 2008
Beautiful for a Day (Daylilies - Part II)
Amidst mosquito bites and the hot sun I bring you daylilies from the garden - different ones from yesterday - and probably different ones from tomorrow. As I…
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oldbabe
July 02, 2008
Leavin' It All Behind and Trippin'
These are the current daylilies and hollyhocks in the garden. And tomorrow morning we will be on the road leaving it all behind for a 10 hr trip to Whitehouse,…
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oldbabe
June 30, 2008
Walking Through My Garden I Stumbled Upon...
“I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day.” ~F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace
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