"I'm not really a career person.I'm a gardener,basically.".....George Harrison

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Saying Good Bye….

In a previous post I wrote about the passing of my Dad.

My gardening guru.

The man who taught me everything I know.

This past weekend,family and friends gathered to say a final good-bye.

On Friday,May 25th,on what would have been his 93rd birthday,we gathered at Ft. DeSoto Beach to spread his ashes.

At the North Beach…

The same spot he and my mother loved visiting.

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We put his ashes in a sand pail and waded out as far as we could,with the little ones.

When no one could find the right words to say,

Emma took charge.

Almost as if to say,”Let Grandpa go home,big people!”

….she grabbed a fistful of ashes out of the pail and threw them into the wind.

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And she kept doing that…

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…until we all joined in.

It felt peaceful.

As if Dad was at peace,

… at home.

Later that evening,we all had dinner,

and told stories of Dad….

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…and Kyle got to blow out the birthday candles for the both of them…

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They kinda/sorta shared the same birthday….

I think he would have liked that….

 

Miss you Dad….

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Angel’s Trumpets

 

After the disaster of TheTree going down,

I thought they would be a goner….

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But the nice tree people at Mid Florida worked at protecting it….

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When the old pool was being ripped out,the really nice guys at Top Gunn pools worked even harder…..

Their exact words were,”Watch that tree.It’s a survivor.”

IMG_3397And survived it did.And bloomed…

It has survived freezes

and construction work….IMG_3415

And …

…after the blessed rain,this past week,

…it is now,this….IMG_3847

and it has two

count ‘em, 

2!

babies growing along side of it.

What’s not to love about Angel’s Trumpets?

‘cept for the fact they’re poisonous,and psychedelic…..

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

No rhyme or reason…

….or theme,to this post…

….but I’ll try to find one….

It’s where the garden is,today.

Sooo…

..here we go…

B is for….

Birds….birds

and Bleeding Heart Vine…IMG_3829

and Bat-faced Cuphea…IMG_3838

and Banana Shrub…IMG_3839

I knew I had been smelling banana popsicles.Sure enough,it was blooming again.

I guess I’m not as crazy as I thought I was…

...I am always amazed at how much scent one bloom of this shrub can give off.

and…

continuing with the alphabet theme…

…I knew I’d find a theme….

 

C is for…Caladiums…IMG_3835

poor things….

Every time I find another one coming up where they used to grow in total shade,I dig them up and move to a shadier spot.

more Cats…

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…on a Cassia…

and a Clerodendrum…

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and most of all…

….Cuteness

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you had to know I was gonna throw a picture of Emma in,eventually,didn’t you?

that’s me!

Here’s another one….

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Can it can any Cuter than that?

okay….

enough of that…

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T is for tomato…

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‘Mr.Stripey’ heirloom that I planted last fall. It did nothing all winter.

This early Spring,just when I was getting ready to rip it out,I saw blooms…

It got to stay…

The fruit are HUGE!

So,when I noticed the Blue Jays hanging around I decided it was time to pick it.

I’m glad I let it hang around a little longer….

Thursday, May 3, 2012

C is for….

Cats!
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and that’s why I use parsley as a border edging plant.
Cuphea…IMG_3813and loving this weather,too.
C is for Cactus…
…or cacti,if you are so inclined…
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…the only other thing loving this 90 degree,low humidity weather,these days
and,finally,
C is for…
Cucumbers….
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Garden porn?
No comments allowed on this.
Even though,I did just finish reading the “50 Shades of Gray” trilogy…wink-wink…

I need to find another book to read…..

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