I even got Mother's Day flowers!


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Elapine: like or pertaining to snakes of the family elapidae, which includes cobras.

Also, Joseph's Coat roses in my yard, from before the drought set in.


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ellenmillion now
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It's actually approaching full moon while the roses are all blooming; they're late this year, like everything else. Usually, the weekend they bloom all together is Duckon, and I mostly miss it; this year I've been able to go out and look and take pictures. The day lilies are finally blooming too.

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The garden is suddenly in motion; the pea plants finally have peas, the spinach is not only tall enough to eat, but I'm cutting off the tops to keep it from bolting, tomatoes are blooming, roses are blooming, and the lillies are starting to bloom.


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So, it’s that time of the year when the bright green chlorophyll leaves the leaves, showing off their hidden colors for a brief glorious few days.  That means part of my days is gathering the resultant litter to use as mulch for the roses, so they will survive the winter.  Leaves make good mulch for many reasons.  They’re free, so they fit my ( Read more... )