Thanks Cathy & Randy. Randy...I hope you are seeing some improvement, I have lots of friends who have been through a replacement and it takes time to heal and pain mediation to deal with it!
Beautiful shots Gail. I so wish my zinnias had made it. It got so hot here so fast they just kind of shriveled up and croaked. Need to find a better species next year.
Linda - everyone in the FL panhandle area has seen a very heavy population of var…
Linda great picture of a Female Tiger Swallowtail. Mine are either a translucent black or a streaked yellow and black. Yours looks exactly like a text book description. Gail love your pixs as well. Thanks to all for the great pixs. The under wing of…
Here is a picture my friend LeRoy Houser in Richmond took today of a black female Tiger Swallowtail. It looks like a cross between a yellow female Tiger and a black female Tiger. In the past few weeks we've been inundated with Swallowtails! I have n…
Cathy, great photos. Have you been to the Butterfly Rainforest at UFL in Gainsville? That is closer to me than the one in Navarre. I'm planning to bring my little ones before the school starts.
Thought I would share a few shots of other southern butterflies that I took at the Panhandle Butterfly House in Navarre, FL. If you ever get down to that lovely beach town, you should definitely stop in. A Julia, a Long Tail Skipper and a Zebra Long…
Thanks Cherie! :) I'll send you the directions that were sent to me tomorrow (remind me if I don't). :) But for starters, I used a playlist that I created at playlist.com and imbedded the code into my media box on 'my page'. :)
Clare, your Pinky Winky is beautiful - love the blooms and the pink coloring of the branches too. My paniculatas Pee Gee and Limelight are already blooming too, about a month ahead of schedule! Now I am wondering whether I should have done reshaping…
Diane, sorry for not making my message more clear - my reminder was about those shrubs that need to be scaled down and in my region (zones 5 & 6) the buds for the next season form on new growth in August so cutting the brunches after July would have…
Crazy rainstorm last night, ripped down half the ivy on the wall. Had to cut it down, so I figured what the heck I'll collect snails in my garden. Armed with chopsticks (they make it way easy to gather up tiny guys under plants if you are profficent…
Sheryl, that shouldn't be a problem, I have a seed feeder in close proximity and the humming birds seem happy enough to share. They just seem to perch on the tiny twigs where the big guys cant get to. Chech the surronding territory, perhaps someone…
What housework-What cooking-I am delegating so that I can go out in my gardens.Besides my gardens I am on my computer watching the lovely new photos come up on "latest activity" HELP I am soo hooked. Don't want to change. Don't want to give it up ei…