The warm days of summer that we in this neck of the woods dream of all year long are here! I'm out of school for a few weeks and so there is lots of time to work outside which makes me happy so I decided to use this mug that my eldest sister sent an arrangement in for my birthday last year. The patio table is crowded with tools and things are getting done little by little. Even a few things that have been sitting in the pot ghetto for a couple of years are finally in the ground or at least in bigger pots:)
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Another thing that makes me happy is that the Romneya coulteri (Matilija Poppy, Fried Egg Flower) has begun blooming. Years ago, just two small plants were planted and now they've taken over the front parking strip and have moved under the sidewalk to start growing in the side parking strip as well. White and yellow it is. Joining the Matilija Poppies are a couple of daisies, Tanacetum parthenium (Feverfew) which seeds itself around in different places each year, and fennel foliage and flower.
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Here it is posing on the branch of the contorted filbert. However, since squirrels like to play here and raccoons might be curious, the arrangement came inside to brighten the kitchen.
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Another thing that makes me happy is that the Romneya coulteri (Matilija Poppy, Fried Egg Flower) has begun blooming. Years ago, just two small plants were planted and now they've taken over the front parking strip and have moved under the sidewalk to start growing in the side parking strip as well. White and yellow it is. Joining the Matilija Poppies are a couple of daisies, Tanacetum parthenium (Feverfew) which seeds itself around in different places each year, and fennel foliage and flower.
Here it is posing on the branch of the contorted filbert. However, since squirrels like to play here and raccoons might be curious, the arrangement came inside to brighten the kitchen.
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