Our Place: June 2010
Charles & June -2011

Monday, June 28, 2010

Mellow Yellow Monday~ June 28, 2010~ Glorisa

 It's Mellow Yellow Monday again and time to share what's yellow in our lives!
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I have a few of these interesting flowering vines growing in my yard.





I have 2 colors - the yellow, which I'm showing today, and the red one- which is in the wikipedia info I have posted below.

They are beautiful flowers and new to me in recent years. I was surprised, reading some of the facts about this plant!

Whatever else they may be, they do produce beautiful flowers!

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Gloriosa (genus)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Gloriosa
Gloriosa superba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Gloriosa
L.
Species
See text.

Gloriosa superba

Climbing lilly

Gloriosa superba in Tamil Nadu, India
Gloriosa is a genus of five or six species in the plant family Colchicaceae, from tropical Africa and Asia. They are tender, tuberous rooted deciduous perennials, adapted to summer rainfall with a dormant dry season. Their native range is Africa, Southeastern Asia and parts of Malaysia, but they are now widely cultivated[1]. All parts of the plant contain colchicine and related alkaloids and are therefore dangerously toxic if ingested, especially the tubers; contact with the stems and leaves can cause skin irritation.
Various preparations of the plant are used in traditional medicines for a variety of complaints in both Africa and India.


More info found here on Wikipedia



Junie

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Monday, June 21, 2010

Mellow Yellow Monday ~ 6~21~'10~ Corn!



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It's Mellow Yellow Monday again!

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This is what's yellow in our life right now!

Sweet!




















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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Midweek Blues

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These are some country Blues from our place this week.





Junie

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Today's Flowers! June 14,2010~ Pomegranate bloom



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Our daughter gave us a Pomegranate tree for a Christmas gift!

We've never grown this plant before and it's been a thrill watching it grow and bloom! We at first thought the buds coming on were the fruit
(having no previous experience with this plant) but the little tight round buds open up into these gorgeous blooms!

Sure hope we get some fruit from this tree!






Junie

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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Camera-Critters-June 12, 2010~Dragons in my back yard!

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I went out searching for critters in my back yard today but all I could find were 'Dragons!'

I had my sprinklers going in the roses and the Dragonflies were, seemingly, having a Cool time there!





Junie

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Friday, June 11, 2010

Weekend Reflections~ June 11, 2010_ Waterlily



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Time for Weekend Reflections.

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This waterlily is from a previous summer, in my back yard fish pond.
So far this year I've had no blooms!




Junie

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Our day-June 8, 2010 (Health issues-and A SNAKE!!))


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Today Charles had an appointment with a cardiologist-a followup from an appointment last week. He's having some problems recently with being very short of breath with any exertion. This is something new in the way he feels so it needed to be checked out.

Today he had an echo cardiogram procedure-a sonogram of the heart which actually shows the function of the heart-and any problems that may be present. He also is wearing a 24 hour heart monitor attached to his chest . He goes back on the 10th to see what these tests will show -and to see what the next step may be in his treatments. Charles has had a heart stint a few years ago and we expect another might be necessary!

...We'll get through this again!


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In the afternoon I did some much needed garden work. I got 2 more of my roses planted in my rose garden in the back yard! I have 4 more to get planted-Plus I bought a Butterfly bush to plant! Gardening (weeding, especially) becomes a real big chore as summer kicks in here. It's been so hot lately, making it very hard to work for long periods of time...so I do it in short bursts of work sessions.

The vegetable garden is getting out of hand in a hurry, too, with squash-okra and cucumbers all ready and needing picking about every second day! I plan to do squash up for the freezer tomorrow! (If I remember HOW to do it) The cucumbers are a loss- except for our daily use-as the ones Charles and Joy planted are the really huge ones- no kidding- some are more than a foot long!!! They are good in salads but one cuke is big enough for 3 salads! haha

What was he thinking to plant these giants? LOL!!!

Smaller cucumbers I could have used for making pickles!!
Crisp, fresh dills are yummy!

Tomatoes and bell peppers are being attacked by bugs! :(

The corn is just getting ready to start putting on the ears...and that's when the bugs discover them! Hope we can control the bugs!

LOL-I just remembered why we gave up doing a garden a few years ago!! This one was mostly for Joy, our new Daughter-in-Law! She has enjoyed it- so far, I think!

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After I did my rose planting, weeding and watering, I was about ready to go inside to get dinner started-when I saw that my little cat seemed fascinated with something. As I approached her I saw what she had spotted in the grass.

Yes! She had found a snake- luckily a harmless one! I say lucky...because Lucy was not at all afraid of that snake. I had to chase her away in order to save the snake!

I quickly came inside for my camera, hoping to get some good, close up pictures. When I got back out the snake had moved and was almost into the fern growing around the oak tree. I managed to get a couple of pic- but not good ones!

:) I was tempted to pick that snake up but just couldn't work up enough courage to do that; even though I knew it was a non-poisonous snake!






Junie

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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Today's Flowers_ June 6, 2010-Crepe Myrtle






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At our place we have a lot of Crepe Myrtles, of several colors, planted and we look forward to the blooms in early summer.

This dark pink one is the first to bloom this time!
I love those frilly flower clusters!



Both of these are planted on the west side of our house.






Junie

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Mellow Yellow Monday- (for May31, 2010)

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On Memorial Day weekend
we had a gathering at our place with some of the family.

Lots of yummy food
- fresh from the garden-
and lots of it Mellow Yellow in color!

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Mellow Yellow Roasted Corn



Some of my young guests enjoying our meal!
(Alli, Mario, Dan and Joy)













































































Junie

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