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The Fowl and the Flowers

| Flower Roberts

This is my last post about my adventures down south at Edisto Memorial Gardens.

As promised, I will share a few roses along with the fowl.

My favorite rose had no marker.

My cousin and I name it ‘Creamsicle’ because of the colors remind us of that treat.

Some of the roses had lovely fragrances. This one was also missing a marker.

These beauties were identified..

We had to play chicken with a gaggle of geese to cross the bridge.

We spied a lonely Muscovy male among the cypress knees.

My last photo is of family.

If our looks did not give us away, our giggles did.

The four of us were back being twelve for the afternoon.

I miss twelve, don’t you?

Flower

 

Making Memories

| Flower Roberts

I stumbled upon this set of statues while making memories with my sister and cousins.

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These are in Edisto Memorial Gardens located in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

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These three life-like children are located on the shore of a pond.

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The boy reminds me of my son at that age. He loved skipping rocks.

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These three statues brought up a flood of thoughts

My children at that age…

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My middle school students…

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childhood innocence…

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I wanted to hug each figure.

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Zan Wells is a master at capturing character.

Flower

In Love with a Statue

| Flower Roberts

I went down to Orangeburg, South Carolina to see some cousins and fell in love with a statue.

I rode down south with my sister to have a family visit among the roses in the Edisto Memorial Garden.

I planned this to be a rose post.

But then I saw her and the baby.

This is how it happens…

everything else disappears.

There was only me and the two of them.

Forget my family and the surrounding flora and fauna.

Statues by Zan Wells at Edisto Memorial Gardens in Orangeburg, South Carolina

There in the middle of all those roses stood two bronze angels.

Here is the marker.

I will leave the rest up to my photographs. I hope they do them both justice.

This pair and another set of statues are by Zan Wells. The next set will be my next post.

Helen Williams must be a very special person. This was a very special pair of people.

Flower

 

 

 

Daylilies Galore: Here are Some More

| Flower Roberts

It’s been such a delight to see all my Hemerocallis varieties blooming this June,

unlike last year when they were devoured before opening.

Here are some more lovely blooms.

Mac the Knife
Sabre’ Salina
Breed Apart
(Little)Sammy Russell

I am feeling a bit greedy keeping all these juicy blooms for myself.

If I could train the deer to deadhead, we would both be happy.

Why can’t nature be more cooperative?

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Bluebird Be Gone

| Flower Roberts

I love my little friend Mr. Blue, but not before 6:00AM.

How can there even be a reflection at 6:00AM.?

That’s when he starts attacking his reflection in the library window.

There are irritating squeaking and tapping noises.

And pooping down the siding and on the deck posts.

I figured if he could be fooled by a reflection, he could also be fooled by a picture.

Viola!

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Flower and Owls

Daylily Update

| Flower Roberts

The deer battle continues. I have pulled out all the stops.

We have fence. We have Deer Scram.

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We have stakes. We have bird netting.

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So far so good.

Here are a few survivors.

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Whooperee daylily
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Gentle Shepherd daylily
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Mabel Nolan daylily
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Strutter’s Ball daylily

I cannot let the deer learn to eat my flowers or they will stay in the area and only eat my juicy flowers.

I am being cruel to be kind.  I do not believe in interfering with nature.

I do not feed the birds(except hummingbirds) because they stay in one area

and the bird’s of prey learn to hunt there most of the time

and everybody gets lazy and crowded and spreads diseases…

It’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature!

FLOW in the KNOW

 

 

South Seas under Protection

| Flower Roberts

I will put almost anything between the deer and my darling daylilies.

So my garden is beginning to resemble a junk yard.

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This ‘South Seas’ bloomed amidst the mess.

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I have a new method that has been working well and looks less messy.

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I have been hanging a fence ring on a pole around the blooms.

It is high enough so the deer cannot stick their hungry heads down in it.

The grooves on the posts hold the rings in place so that they are not tossed out of the way by the bunch of munchers.

I found one ring thrown in the middle of my driveway by an overzealous eater!IMG_6381

I will be buying more posts today.

‘South Seas’ was worth all the trouble.

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Don’t you agree?

Fighting Flower