Beautiful Hummingbird Moth

Sunday, August 19, 2012

We've had several visits from Hummingbird Moths this year. I am not sure if they are more local for Ohio but this is the only place I have ever seen them. For those who have never heard of them, or seen one before, I thought I would share a couple of pictures I took yesterday.




They are just beautiful little creatures and will let you get right next to them.

Rocie

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Petie's New Runway !

Sunday, July 08, 2012

My oh my what we do for those we love .... and our Petie is so special to us. He will be 15 in October and has had a time with walking steps to go outside for his doggie duty so we thought we'd come up with a ramp for him .... we finished it today and he was ever so shocked when we opened the door and he started going down the ramp .... he walked so fast I wasn't able to get his picture until he started back up to go back into the house. So here is Petie's new walking path -- architecture, design and carpeting by the folks he adopted 14 years ago .....



And here he is ---- Master Pistol Pete, Alias Petie -----



And just to add another beautiful sight, I took this picture of one of many Monarchs visiting our butterfly bush this year ....



Rocie

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Oh My How My Little Garden Grows !

Thursday, June 21, 2012

I've had a few requests to see the progress on my container garden and perennials for this year so thought I'd post some pictures.

Our 3 year old blueberry plants produced this year after we surrounded them with a fence and placed netting over them as the first year the rabbits ate them and the second year the birds ate the blueberries before they ripened.


Orange mint, chocolate mint & orange mint .... fragrances are so luscious ! Use for our teas, cooking and place them as greenery in vases filled with our roses.

Cucumbers attaching to the trellis and grape plant (which now has a cage around it as the rabbits seem to like to eat the leaves of the grape plant)

Multi-colored zinnias ... blooming more every day ... so delightful !

Red bell peppers - Red zinnias - Habanero Peppers

Cherry Tomato plant -- plus we have 6 other tomato plants growing

Butterfly bush was only supposed to be a 6 footer -- it's 12 foot high right now and the butterflies and hummingbirds are having a total feast on it !!

I get a thrill every day when I water just watching in awe of how fast the garden grows !!

Happy Gardening to All !! Rocie

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2012 Spring Container and Perennial Garden

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Spring is here and the weather got much warmer so I managed to get my container garden started. This year I planted cucumbers, red, yellow and brown bell peppers, tomatoes, habenaro peppers (for DH) and some cardinal red zinnias for a bit of color around the patio ..... Here's where we start for this year:



I just finished sprucing up the perennial garden this year ... going clockwise we have yellow mums, butterfly bush, red hibiscus, japanese maple bushes, and another yellow mum. In between in the pots are sweet potatoes, asparagus and tuber roses. We planted grapes out in the back and we have wild strawberries coming up in one of my planters -- think the birds must have brought some seeds for us!



So much fun to watch the seeds sprout and grow every day ....

Wishing happy gardening to all my Spark friends !!

Rocie

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My First 5K

Saturday, March 17, 2012

I had a great time !!

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