The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…The Good: A beautiful orange flowering plant called a Sun Star. All the little unexpected surprises, like this toad that I never would have seen if it had not popped out of the hole at the exact moment I happened to be looking there. The clay container with a hole in the center is designed to coil and contain garden hose, but being used as a plant pot. The Bad: having no choice about mowing the lawn on a 98*F day, and keeping edges formally trimmed because the neighbors have it that way. Also Bad: Fire ants that bite before you know you’re standing on a nest with bare feet……but Good: Fire ants keep the tough Texas soil aerated. The Ugly: me with ant-bite blisters, taking photos, mowing and edging the lawn on a 98*F day.
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The great thing about Zinnias is that cutting the flowers for bouquets encourages them to create more. They thrive here in my Lewisville garden, Texas
Freshly painted red benches along Lake Chapala, improvements for tourism in San Crystobal de las Casas, Mexico
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The color of these scarlet orange-red Lillies seems to vibrate against the green in our Ottawa, Ontario garden.
Driving north up Hwy 15 in Utah, the rock colors and formations are other-worldly… 2nd photo is a view east toward the incredible spires of the Bryce Canyon area.
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