Month: September 2018

My New Weed

| Flower Roberts

There has been a new invader into my all ready weedy habitat.

Its scientific name is Phyllanthus urinaria.

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Common names include chamber bitter, gripe weed, leaf flower and little mimosa.

I suspect it arrived hidden in a bale of pine needles.  Sneaky little weed.

It looks like tiny mimosa trees. Its little leaflets close when touched.

It has seed pods on the underside of the stems.

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I have been manually removing it until my fingers cramp.

This is what I have been doing instead of watching the constant updates

on hurricane Florence.

I am an ostrich. I can only take so many models and forecasts.

According to the MAN, Florence is tremendously big and tremendously wet.  Hmmmm?

I will wait in the weeds, bitter and griping.

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Where’s the Pot?

| Flower Roberts

I thought I would like this trellis up here on the library deck.

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I wanted to be able to see the bright red blooms from my desk.

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I might have to put a “dummy pot” on the stand under it.

Where is the real pot?

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Way down below at the base of the column.

This vine stretches out its springy tendrils and grows like crazy.

My Red Passion vine is one of my favorites.

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Caterpillars Come Back

| Flower Roberts

Okay.  I know these are not the same caterpillars as last year.

Those are long gone as Fritillary butterflies.

I grow these wild Passion vines just for them.

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I have been inspecting the leaves for weeks.

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I was beginning to get concerned.

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Then they appeared.

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Large and small. Over and under. Here and there.

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Just like always.

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I love them with a Passion.

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On a Porch.

| Flower Roberts

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I am away from the internet, so this will be brief.

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Mr. Flower was glad to find a beer with a Volkswagen on it.

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I think this is so true.

When my garden is a mess, I feel like a mess, too.

I have been too busy to take care of myself or my garden this summer.

I am glad the weather is getting cooler.

Maybe things will slow down, so I can catch up.

It’s time to get home and garden.

Flower needs to get back to her flowers.

 

Gates of Art

| Flower Roberts

These four gates are on display in the North Carolina Arboretum

in Asheville, North Carolina.

It is one of my favorite places on Earth.

This post features only the gates by E. Vega.

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The first design includes a man fishing.

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The fisherman has great details.

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The second gate features a farmer with a plow being pulled by a his horse.

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The two of them are working very hard.

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The third gate has a tree with one golden apple.

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There is a serpent twisted around the trunk.

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Reminds me of a story.

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The fourth and final gate has many rings with a different creature in each.

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I loved each one.

If you go visit the Arboretum, do not miss these.

They are off to the right of the entrance building, around a courtyard area.

I could have easily missed them, if I weren’t such a wanderer.

The details are amazing.

This E. Vega is brilliant at capturing the details of living beings

and recreating them in metals.

These gates are heavenly!

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