flower and bee

bee on caryopteris (bluebeard or blue mist)

Wordless Wednesday/Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up:

Create With Joy

A Southern Daydreamer

ABC Wednesday  This week's challenge is the letter P.  P is for purple.





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bee and flower

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Pink Double Delight Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea 'Pink Double Delight' (one of the varieties of Echinacea growing in my garden)

LINKS:
Growing Guide
photos of many varieties
herbal remedy usage (Echinacea is purported to strengthen the immune system.)

Wordless Wednesday/Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up:



Create with Joy  (including a cat ball giveaway!)








A Southern Daydreamer  (hydrangea)






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just a little color

to brighten up gloomy Winter days

 

Wordless Wednesday/ Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up: 

 

The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann





Create With Joy





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magic

Mossy Magic

Late January.  A gentle snow had frosted the landscape with a sugar-ice coating.  Eight friends embarked on a hike through a gorgeous forest enjoying the Wintery loveliness.
(hike to Natural Bridge, Red River Gorge, Kentucky)

Butterfly Magic

A young girl marvels at the loveliness of the pretty butterfly landing on her fingers.
(The Butterfly Farm, St. Martin)

Sunrise Magic

I rarely see sunrises, and this one from an airplane was awesome!

Kitty Magic

Oliver is so charming as well as the sweetest!

Flower Magic

Two black eyed susans grew together creating this strange and curious flower.  The other side (which you cannot see) looks exactly like this side.

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is  "M."  Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun!  




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My Meyer lemon tree has been blooming.  There are now 3 lemons developing on it.  can't wait till they're ripe!

Wordless Wednesday/ Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up: 

The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann

  (Yellow Hibiscus Flower)

Create With Joy

(Daredevil)




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random Zs

ZESTY

Meet Tigra, my daughter's kitty.  lover of rubber bands, catnip, people food, exploring, anything that's a circle, birdie watching, and people, too!  She has an enthusiastic love of life!  Here she is-- still for 3 seconds while I quickly snap her picture with my phone.


ZIGZAGED

Mimic by D. W. Martin.  fabricated steel.  $10,750
on display in Krutch Park during the Dogwood Arts Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA


ZINGY

one of many flowers for sale at Finlay Market in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA



ZEALOUS zzzs

Oliver never was a lap kitty, till...we purchased new chairs for our library (more on that someday).  Now it's funny how he'll jump up on the chair and even onto my lap probably because there's not much room for his chunky mus-coo-lar body between me and the arm of the chair.

LINKS:
D. W. Martin 
Dogwood Arts --Art in Public Places
Krutch Park 
Findlay Market 

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "Z." Thus ends our study of the alphabet for this round!  Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun!  
Good news!   Our wonderful teacher, Ms. Jenny has committed to another round!  The Alphabe-Thursday community is a great one.  Thank you, Ms. Jenny!

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pink

How about a little color to remind us that color does actually exist in the world?!

I'm linking up with Beverly's Pink Saturday.  Come on over and check it out!





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a few favorites

(very random)

In the Spring of 2011, we re-nested 3 baby barred owls.  This is "Barry," the first baby owl, so named by the neighborhood children.
I blogged about the owls:
Re-nesting 
Baby Owl #2 

I love exploring nature with my camera.  The tiny details of flowers fascinate me.  Sometimes I'm lucky and capture a creature as well.  This photo is my blog avatar which I've used since I started blogging in January of 2009.

I love to hike, especially in the mountains.  This photo was taken at the end point of a hike in Lake Louise, Canada--The Plain of Six Glaciers.  It is one of my all-time favorite hikes.  The scenery along the entire route is stunning.  To the tea house is about 3.5 miles with an elevation gain of 1200 feet. 

photos of the hike on AlbertaWow

I love the beach and the ocean.  I grew up 3 hours from the Eastern shore of the US, so trips to the beach were frequent.  This is a photo of Cupecoy, a beach on a favorite Caribbean island--St. Maarten.  

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter  is "F."  Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 



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yellow

autumn chrysanthemums

linking up with Monday Mellow Yellows.  Come visit and get more yellow into your life! 


 

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seeming to undulate

This stunning passion flower is growing in the gardens of Sunny Point Cafe in Asheville, North Carolina.  The restaurant grows much of the vegetables and herbs served in its own extensive gardens.  Scattered among the gardens are tables and chairs, children's play areas, and gorgeous flowers.

un . du . late --to move with a smooth wavelike motion; having a wavy surface or edge

LINKS:  
interesting information about medicinal usages from the University of Maryland (my alma mater!)
description  of passion flower (of which there are 400 species!)
cultivation --Royal Horticultural Society  

THANK YOU, Judie, for identifying this plant!
 

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "U." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 


PS:  I have been on vacation and then catching up with myriad things.  I apologize for the length of time it's taken to visit you.  But visit you, I will!
 
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pertinent to the letter P

 picnic table near Pagosa Springs, Colorado

piggy noses

Chihuly in pink and chartreuse  (Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona)

Purple People Bridge between Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky

play:   one of Oliver's most favorite things--feathers!

 Asters are beginning to bloom, a sure sign of Fall.

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "P." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 



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Happy Easter

May you have a joyous, blessed Easter!

Violet

This is a fun weekly meme, under the direction of Jenny Matlock.  This week the theme is violet, the end of a short run of color themes.  Come and join HERE.








ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This is angelonia.  It is also called summer snapdragon.  A sun lover, it will grow 1-2 feet tall.  It is a perennial in zones 9 & 10.  The following link said it can be grown indoors in a sunny location, so I will bring this plant inside for the winter and see what it does.  I have a plant conservatory and may plant it in that.  I have a couple of these plants in containers by my front door.  
LINK
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Happy Easter

love and blessings to all my cherished readers!

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