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Flowers Around the House - Side & Back Yard

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:42:00 GMT

The New York State Fair opened yesterday. This traditionally suggests summer’s end. However, our flower beds even with the lack of rain refuse to quit. The sunflowers have been exceptionally resili...

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Flowers Around the House - Patio

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:27:00 GMT

From the morning cooing of a pair doves until the sundown chirping of the crickets, our patio garden keeps us entertained. Furthermore, this year’s lush growth of butterfly bushes, sunflowers, and ...

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Hidden in Plain Sight - Emerson Park

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:20:00 GMT

While biking around Owasco Lake I stopped at Emerson Park. Glad I did. There at the head of the walkway leading from the pavilion to the lakeshore was the fountain garden in bloom. For the last sev...

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Flowers Around the House - Front Yard

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:24:00 GMT

Our porch gets a great deal of use. This year has been no exception. Our front yard garden has delighted us from our morning coffee and tea until our nightcap. The butterfly bushes and the sunflowe...

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Butterfly Bonanza

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:10:00 GMT

The last two days of July brought out an increase in butterfly activity in our gardens. Sitting on the front porch these lepidopterans provided hours of entertainment as they winged from one butter...

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Hidden in Plain Sight - Canna Lily

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:28:00 GMT

Wednesday while biking through the city I stop at Hoopes Park. Glad I did. There at the entrance were two parallel beds of canna lilies. Standing as sentries at a gateway they formed an impressive ...

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Sunflowers

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:15:00 GMT

Two years ago we planted sunflowers behind the backyard pad to provide us with privacy. The following year sunflowers rose in our front yard. We theorize thanks to the neighborhood birds. This summ...

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The Gift That Keeps Giving

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:16:00 GMT

The summer following the death of my mother-in-law, two good friends presented my wife with a hydrangea. This year the plant has produced wonderful flowerheads. As we look over the porch railing up...

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What Is It?

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:53:00 GMT

Is it a killer miller moth? or hybrid bee? or a mutant hummingbird?

Last evening around 7:15 we were attracted to a flitter around our butterfly bush. At first we thought it was a hummi...

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Emily’s Lily

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:24:00 GMT

Last summer at one of our summer parties Emily brought a lily that she purchased at the downtown farmer’s market as a gift. This week the lily bloomed in all its glory.

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Thistle

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:38:00 GMT

Yesterday provided a soaking rain which was much appreciated by the flowers in the gardens, especially our thistle. This flower has been the cornerstone of front yard for several years now. It alwa...

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Hollyhocks

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:59:00 GMT

Hollyhocks are one of our favorite garden ornamentals. Especially, since
hollyhocks are very drought resistant and they do well in locations that might be too hot or dry for other plants.

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First Butterfly Visit

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:04:00 GMT

Thanks to much needed rain the last two days, our butterfly bushes have flowered. While we were eating lunch on the backyard pad, my wife pointed to a visitor. There swooping overhead was our first...

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Hidden in Plain Sight - Deer

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:07:00 GMT

Yesterday while biking through the Town of Owasco came upon this deer grazing under a crabapple tree in the front yard of 50 Hazelhurst Avenue. The deer seemed as surprised to see me as I was him. ...

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Daylily Fireworks

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:37:00 GMT

The 4th of July fireworks arrived a day early over our garden. This morning several day lilies burst forth in a colorful display.

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