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Showing posts with label butterflies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label butterflies. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

August House and Garden



The purple clematis bloomed again this week.
 In the background is a begonia.


The aloe in the wreath is thriving.


A reader asked me to identify the corbels on our house. One is to the left of the "C". 
We painted them, this spring, a pale green with oops paint.

We finally trimmed most of our shrubbery.
 It is a colossal job.

We need minions to help with this yard.
 Everyone around us has some.
We also need exercise therefore no minions :}



The crepe myrtles are not blooming as much this summer.
 Likely due to the frequent rain.


I do not know what this small yellow blooming tree is. 
I bought it at a neighbor's plant sale. It is about five feet tall.




The ginger lily is about to bloom for the first time. 
I am beyond excited about this. 
Many folks have told me how sweetly scented it is.

A Black Swallowtail Butterfly on the Butterfly Bush.
If you want butterflies plant one or two of these and some lantana.



Despite much rain we are trying to stay ahead of the grass and weeds
 (I mowed for an hour this morning). 
I am not saying we are successful but we are trying.
 It is a labor of love for our home that we adore.


happy gardening
Olive




Sunday, July 29, 2012

Sunday Prayer


Dear Lord, help me have the strength to stick it out over the long haul.


Not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength you give.


 The strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy. Thank you Father for making me strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that you have for me.

Prayer adapted by me from The Message Bible from Colossians 1:9-12

joy and peace
Olive


Thursday, August 4, 2011

~life in the lantana~


Our lantana thrives in the heat and is brimming with life in the form of several kinds of butterflies and something slightly more sinister. 
The hummingbirds frequent it's blossoms as well but I have no patience to capture that image.


Look at that face!





This garden spider is hanging there waiting for a butterfly to get caught in the web. It is difficult for me to approach a spider for a photograph but I did it.


I confess, this one is cropped and thereby slightly enlarged. I was not this close.
Ick.

Now if you toss in a few hummingbirds this is life in our two huge lantanas that flank our deck.

So plant you some lantana and you will not regret it.

I am joining Tracie at Fishtail Cottage for Cottage Flora Thursdays.

grace surrounds us
Olive