After the Garden Tour, October 19, 2024

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Sam has requested photos of the garden taken after my two week intensive spiffing up period to get ready for the garden tour. My garden was one of 6 viewed in the Raquet Club as a fundraiser.  I published some photos earlier. You can find them HERE.  Above are today’s photos.  The tour was on the 19th but it takes me longer to recover from work binges these days and I spent yesterday mostly in bed. Today I feel fine!!!   Three of these “arrangements” actually are memorials to three pets who have passed away in the last 22 years. Their ashes are buried beneath.  See if you can guess which ones. There is one more memorial up on the dome in the 6th photo from the end .You can see Frida’s effigy sitting on the top of the dome which was her favorite spot for the 13 years she lived with me.  Inside are her ashes.  Since i put her up there, two of the neighbors have done the same. I guess I am the neighborhood influencer…;o)

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  2. Lisa or Li's avatarmsjadeli

    Magnificent tour of your estate. Looks like you have a large piece of property. Yes, I know you have that lot with the snake in it tacked on to it. The orange of your house goes so well against the green. Am kind of surprised to see some “northern” plants in there thriving. Thanks for sharing the pics.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      It is just two regular-sized lots. The one below looks huge because it has no house on it, but also because it actually runs the entire distance of the lot my house is on and the house next door. I’ve never measured to see if it is narrower on the other side.. This makes me determined to do so. I live in a temperate zone so plants like lantana and marigolds and dahlias, etc. grow here. I can grow anything that I grew in Central California. Strange, though, because the trees don’t go red and yellow in the autumn but stay green all year long. The leaves might fall off but they are still green when they do.

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