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Monday, July 9, 2012

GREEN GROWING THINGS
 BLUE WATER POND
COLORFUL FLOWERBEDS
AND
  GOLDFISH SWIMMING AMONG THE LILIES


Summertime:
Sprinklers to run through,
picnic table for 4th of July bar-b-que...
where is the red and white tablecloth
and watermelon?
A swing, a white chair overlooking the pond and
sunshine!
I love summer.


Bright red poppies hugging the rail fence,
and a path that goes nowhere but
round and round and round.

Even chipmunks need a little shade
after a drink from the pond
and playing hide and seek
with Perro.

A double rainbow stretches across the valley
after a refreshing summer shower.


Sweet William and Bachelor Buttons, Daisies
and a strawberry patch. What more does a garden need?
How could I forget the cherry tree and rasberries, and
tomatoes in large black buckets,
fruit trees
and an automatic sprinkler system
to keep the garden green.


Is anything prettier than an old wheelbarrow
overflowing with  Petunias and Pansies ...
hi cute faced Pansies!

A cozy corner for geraniums to grow,
and a place for me to pray and remember ..... mmmm,
and watch the goldfish in the pond swim lazy circles through the
waterlilies,
beneath a net,
safeguarding their home
from a hungry giant blue heron
who occassionally stops by.


Elizabeth Ann (Byrne) Kaemerer
1918 - 2005
She loved to bring in produce from our garden.



And Eldon .... usually scraping, hauling, digging and playing
 on his tractor,
occasionally tidied flower beds with a rake or shovel



Me and my shadow are a good team!

My neighbor's horses ... Teaser and Little Man,
a few years ago,
very efficient "lawn mowers".


My neighbor's current stable:
Teaser, Dee Dee, Jumpin' Jack Flash.
"Tres Caballos" Landscaping specialists!
July 9, 2012
Their other specialty is the production and distribution of
fertilizer!
Manufacturing some now ......

My favorite garden picture!
Soon after the photo was taken
my neighbor's horses had the sunflowers for lunch!
They've never grown back like this again.
 "White Eyes"
She was one of 18 fish we put into our pond in 2004. She was about as long as my ring finger.
She is now the
Old Lady Of the Pond.
The Alpha fish.


Thank you for strolling through 
 my beautiful Lakeview Oregon gardens with me.
Some years they were lovelier than others.
My gardens are smaller this year ...
way more labor than I can do by myself.
I keep my grounds around the house and barn
neat and tidy with my newly purchased electric weed wacker.
I can count on my family being here to help when
it takes more muscles than I have
for heavy duty landscaping,
repairs, tractor work (don't have to ask twice to
get someone to "play" with my tractor).
And I look forward to family visits...
the kids can feed the fish and
sit on my neighbors horse, Teaser,
and the rest of us can just sit under the
giant Juniper, sip ice tea
 and take turns
on the swing!

And when winter comes
I rest ......