I have no trees to speak of, save for a holly hedge on the back property line, and a small magnolia, so there is no raking leaves (for which I am truly grateful). And the final blooms of the season are now making their last stand.
Here, for example, is what I generally refer to as one of our "mystery flowers". I didn't plant it, but, nonetheless, here it is. It's not a black-eyed Susan, but does appear to be something in the Rudbeckia family:
And, just because it's so awesome, here's another recent sunset. The cell phone camera doesn't provide the resolution that a really good camera would, but the result is still pretty nice, because the photo came out looking almost like a painting:
that is a nice sunset, my obsolete iPhone6s turns out a decent picture every once in a while too.
ReplyDeleteI got trees up the ying-yang.
ReplyDeleteNo really, I just looked. Full of trees. Anyway, that's par for the course here in the PNW. Almost none are deciduous though, no now change of foliage in the fall. But it is green year round so there's that. Also some of those flowers, if you like that sort of thing.
I can relate. The trees have surpassed ying-yang by coming up between the planks of the back deck. They had already overcome the old garden space down the slope from the house. Richard was removing one a couple of days down by the meters when the chainsaw blew up. Luckily, he wasn't hurt as the chain came off, and a bolt flew. I don't know what these trees are but it's like a scifi movie, or the crisis at the border. Good luck!
DeleteI've successfully killed every weed in my rock yard.
ReplyDeleteInexplicably, the aloe or yucca plant out front stays alive.
I'm thinking of getting bougainvillea, even I can't kill that. The only bad part is a coupla times a year I'd have to lop it down. I hate yardwork.
Well at least you still have the aloe and yucca.
DeleteHere's a chuckle for ya. My friends from Pennsylvania recently visited Arizona. Their friend lives in Surprise. They visited Wickenburg, Oak Creek/Sedona, Dewey (just south of Prescott, and Rock Springs Cafe at Black Canyon City. Their overall assessment is that Arizona is hot. I pointed out that the Phoenix area is called The Valley of the Sun for a reason.
If you visit the desert in summer it's gonna be hot.
DeleteI just opened my windows and retired the a/c.
I'll close the windows in May or June.
I envy your green thumb, Paco. I'm lucky to keep the grass green.
ReplyDeleteStephen: The PNW is one place I really would like to see some day. Hiking through one of those ancient forests would be a wonderful experience.
ReplyDeleteVeeshir: When I lived in Arizona, we had a big bougainvillea plant out back. They're pretty, but you sure have to be careful when you prune them (those thorns!)
Jeff: the grass is one area where I'm having an awful lot of trouble. The soil in my yard is terrible - high sand content, substandard level of organic material - plus occasional drought plus salt from the tropical storms blown in from the ocean plus Bermuda grass mites - you name it: if it's bad for the grass, my yard has it.
Beautiful flowers and beautiful sunset.
ReplyDeletePaco, those are beautiful. I'd never seen a Dahlia before. Beautiful. Both flowers are. Could the yellow one be a type of cornflower? Have you thought of planting dogwood, and/or magnolia trees?
ReplyDeleteThat sunset is gorgeous! We've had a couple lately that showed on the local news.