Posted on 04/01/2025 6:11:07 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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We have Resurrection Amaryllis around here. The leaves come up in the Spring and die back, then the blossoms come up in the Summer (usually mid to late July).
Cute Easter decorations and sweet doggy and kitty.
We were voters 51 & 52 and there were a dozen people behind us.
We had the WI SC race, a referendum changing our Constitution to make Voter ID MANDATORY so no illegals can vote, a school ref to remove their spending cap, School Super for the state and a bunch of little races for local people, most of which we know, personally.
So, it was a really good ballot.
Turnout was better than, or at least equal to, the Presidential Election and we, at MOST, have 100 or so voting, so we were half way there at 10am already. ;)
The rest of the hard-working folks will vote after evening milking and before 8pm. They don’t have the luxury of time that we retirees have. Cows FIRST - then everything else. ;)
BEAUTIFUL as always, Bon! Thank YOU! :)
They’re called “naked ladies” here, also, but I deferred to the other name I’ve heard. ;)
You wouldn’t believe the story I could tell about trying to figure out their name from some of the locals here. The previous owner (the first owner was apparently a master gardener) had planted them, and I had NO IDEA, until someone figured out what I was trying to describe. Had a good laugh is all I can say, but my conversation was with a man behind a booth at the 4H garden show. I turned all shades of red when I figured it out. It sounded like he was suggesting something.
Good to hear
(Are the red flowers in the last picture flowering quince??)
It’s like us with tulips, freesias, crocuses and hyacinth - love them, but they need a deep freeze that we don’t have.
I have a friend that has tried to grow tulips for years - with little/no luck, she puts them in her freezer for six weeks and the plants them with little luck. So Cal is not the right climate for them, unfortunately.
We are STILL getting fallout from the fires. I opened my door yesterday and there were ashes piled up right on the door stop and in the bottom of my mailbox (again!) - we’ve had mild to high winds lately and it’s stirring up the ashes (and other toxic chemicals). I keep an eye on the particulate count - my neighbor’s cardiologist told her if it’s higher than 50 to stay indoors with air purifiers running. Well, mostly it’s been around 60 + so I’ve spent a lot of time indoors.
The last photos, the red flowers in the back are from a crown of thrones, in the foreground (in the pot) is a bougainvillea called Orange King.
Thank you for the kind comments!
Half the Easter photo got cut off for some reason. The blow up keeps blowing over.
It’s tax season and everyone is getting the bill for their homeowner’s insurance right now - which has shot way way way up b/c of all the fires in So Cal. Everyone in my neighborhood is in a pretty testy mood. A lot need new roofs as well ($$$$).
Trying to keep the neighborhood as cheery as possible.
Thanks for the kind words. Helps b/c I just got my tax bill...(due Oct. 15th if you live in Los Angeles county b/c of the fires).
Bkmk
Very nice video Pete. We are still waiting in Michigan. If I haven’t posted this, here is a live migration map at the bottom of this page. You can even report your sightings to help others. Click on a bird and you will see the sighting date. Updated today.
https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2025-map.htm
Well, the good thing is that you are not in Hawaii, LaPalma, Iceland, or Sicily and dealing with Volcanic ash Fall! That has to be the worst!
Total reset in the sand garden after the storm last September. In the ground now is corn, collards, turnips, radishes, 4 kinds of water melon, banana melons, cantaloupe, black beans, garlic, green onions, leeks, maters, peppers, peanuts, a slew of new Glads, lilies galore, and sunflowers everywhere (7 or 8 different kinds).
I still have to replace some fruit trees now that I know the ones that are dead dead, and not just mostly dead. If the tree has no green when the Plumeria leaf (they’re last of the deciduous to leaf), it’s prolly dead dead and has to be replaced.
The bright side is I have a lot more knowledge and a better plan than last time I started. My food jungle gone be lit.
“My food jungle gone be lit.” LOL! That’s the attitude!
MwH;
Well, I rarely see hummingbirds in my yard. My neighbor has 2 feeders and that is where they hang out.
Sounds like a great garden. Teddy Bear sunflowers are my favorite. You are fortunate to live in your zone.
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