Category Archive for: ‘Photography’
August Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day
Here are the lovlies blooming in my garden this month. Hover over the thumbnail to see the name or click on the thumbnail for a larger picture. Anyone able to help me name the hydrangeas? Extra points for identifying the bright red bloom.
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Hardy Blue Passion Flower
At the rental house before I bought my current home there was an alien-like passion flower vine that serpentined around the iron fence up front steps. It was obviously old and established because it set of a profusion of flowers each year and produced many egg-shaped little orange fruits. I never tasted one for fear of the unknown but I did enjoy …
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Up Close with the European Chafer Beetle
Wondering what has been destroying lawns around BC? It’s the European Chafer Turf Pest or Chafer Beetle. This time of year these ugly suckers can be seen mating in the trees at dusk and each one can lay up to 50 eggs in the surrounding lawn. Those eggs turn into grubs (ick) that feed on the roots of grass until they get ripped …
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SpiderBall
I found some newly-hatched spiders on my hose reel the other day. They were huddled together for warmth in what I affectionately call “SpiderBall”.
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Delighting the Senses: a Trip to the Tulip Festival
Yesterday I took a quick trip cross the border to Skagit county in Washington state where each year they delight visitors with a teeny taste of what Holland’s tulip farms might be like. The area is one of the largest produces of spring bulbs, including tulips, daffodils, and irises. During April you could usually find a couple fields of tulips …
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