They are native plants that grow wild in many areas out here and have apparently benefited greatly from all the rain we have gotten. I've never seen them bloom so much before!
Seeing this lovely display and reading some of the posts about peoples gardens, such as those at Middle Passages or Faith Love Kids and Me have inspired me to give planting some edibles a chance again. When I was a kid we never planted any food plants and I always wanted to. Then when I was newly married I tried a few but didn't have any idea what I was doing and I was not successful at all! Now I have realized that if I just give the food crop plants much of the same care I give the flowers I do well with, then I'll probably see some decent results. Yeah, I know- a real epiphany!
Also, over the past long weekend, I took care of a funny little puppy for one of the people I work for. She is a hairless Chinese Crested and looks like this:
She feels like an elephant and will only ever have hair on her head, tail and feet- kind of like a pony.
At first we were a little put off by her appearance as you really can't imagine how different from an average dog she is without seeing her in person. But within a couple of days I grew to like how warm her skin always is and realized that her personality is absolutely super! As she got comfortable with us, she showed us how wild and crazy she can be and proceeded to run non-stop and go in fits about the house looking for the next thing she would chew!
On Monday night I got a call from my nephew Nathan's Dad. He let me know that Nathan was in the Emergency Room because of a bike accident. Nathan was riding on a bike trail and had just made it down a pretty steep hill when he hit a bump where a tree root protruded up into the trail. Nathan took a major face plant and came up with a tooth protruding from his cheek! At the ER it was discovered that he had 3 broken teeth while the doctors superglued his cheek shut!!! After a few hours of worry and research we figured out that Nathan follows my slow growth pattern and his 3 teeth were only baby teeth. (Because his Dad only got custody in December, we didn't know for sure.) Whew! What a relief. I'm glad to report that no, I don't have any pictures of this and yes, Nathan is going to be fine and was in school showing off his cracked bike helmet on Tuesday. A typical boy who says he will be more careful in the future.
We'll see about that!
wow! ouch. I hope he heals quickly. I started my own garden and it is interesting. I am learning alot. I hope to be rewarded for my efforts. lol.
ReplyDeleteI already feel more productive. I wish we had some rain. It has been really hot and dry here. Amazing...in many places they wish they could get some water relief. Those flowers are beautiful. If that was planted here it would be a withered stump right now.
I am hoping to have a good amount to show for my efforts in gardening this year. So far I have quite a bit growing. It will be awhile before anything is ready to be picked but I am excited for when it is time. I'll share photos soon.
ReplyDeleteSounds like your nephew is doing ok. Showing off "battle" scars is such the "boy" thing to do. I hope his cheek heals well.
Interesting dog. Never seen one, but he is kind of cute. Looks like fun!