This is the first time I’ve seen this color of bougainvillea.with the white edges.
For FOTD Oct 6, 2023
Bougainvillea: FOTD Oct 6, 2023
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An Exotic Guest
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Can anyone identify my exotic guest? Its body was about two inches long, not counting the antennae and legs.
Succulent and Guest: FOTD Oct 6, 2023
This fellow greeted me when I arrived home today. Actually climbed onto my foot and partway up my leg before I shook him off gently. Then he abandoned me for a trip up the succulent and therefore into this FOTD blog!!! Does anyone know what this exotic fellow is? Absolutely gorgeous but I’ve never seen one before. I’ll do another blog with just him (or her) if the other photos turned out. Haven’t looked at them yet. His body was probably about 2 inches long, not counting his antennae or legs.
To see more photos, go HERE.
Garage Door, For Cee’s Thursday Doors Challenge
This is my garage door, painted by Jesus Lopez Vega. Corn, Agave and the Tree of Life, along with Huichol symbols.
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For Cee’s Thursday Doors response to Dan Antion’s Doors Challenge. (Thanks, babsje, for noting my omission!)
Stop and Go
Stop and Go
My goals in life were nebulous. I didn’t know quite what
it was that I most wanted—except out of my rut.
A picket fence and cottage were not part of my dream.
I didn’t want to produce children by the ream.
I only wanted travel and to see who I could be
if I wandered far enough to discover me.
I finally found a part of me everywhere I went,
but had to keep on traveling to know the full extent
of who I wished to grow into—that self I wished to find—
how much I could reveal of me and still have peace of mind.
But now I’ve seemed to settle. I’m content with what I’ve found.
The place where I have come to rest seems like holy ground.
Perhaps true wisdom really comes from knowing when to stop—
knowing when we’ve climbed enough because we’ve reached the top!
Michelle’s prompt today is Stop! This is a rewrite of a poem from years ago. Thanks, Michelle, for helping me to rediscover it.
Wild Tangle: FOTD, Oct 5, 2023
Dog Day Afternoon: Well Planted, FOTD Oct 4, 2023
Hibiscus: FOTD Oct 3, 2023
A Lovely Memorial for Pull Up A Seat
Early Morning Cleanup: FOTD for Oct 2, 2023
Since I went to bed about 5 or 6 hours earlier than usual last night, I woke up very early this morning, and my spoiled animals, hearing I had arisen, decided they needed to be fed 3 hours earlier than usual. Once outside and with no sun to be leery of, I started deadheading plants and pretty soon it was 3 hours later and half my garden was on the ground. Well, perhaps 1/1000th, but still that was a considerable amount. And my front garden looked very pretty indeed. Pasiano evidently hadn’t been watering the planters on the wall and a lot of the plants were dead or so dried out that I pulled them out and replanted them from other planters. Then I got busy cutting off palm fronds with dried-up tips and other plants that had gotten leggy and the result is what you see here. The latter photos show plant litter on the ground which I left as a gift for Paciano to bag up tomorrow. It also give me a chance to show off my hard work to him.
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After working, I jumped in the pool to do morning exercises and even though the pool was coolish, I was so hot and sweaty that it felt good. But, I noticed that all of the plants around the pool needed deadheading and dried ends removed so ended up spending another hour or so tending to them. No photos, though plenty of plant refuse tossed up on the terrace for Pasiano to deal with. I also pulled lots of grass from around the sidewalks and between stones. I’m going to need a manicure, though. Luckily I have one scheduled in two days.
For Cee’s FOTD prompt.
