This is so-o-o-o-o funny!!!
I can (figuratively) hear my birds, and squirrels, saying that!!

“No,” I didn’t prepare that poster. A friend sent it to me.

Night Blooming Cereus getting special attention on Saturday, August 27, 2016. ~~ See my earlier blog message titled Pity Poor Cereus?!.

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An interested individual phoned requesting “Cereus”–and a Boston Fern. I rushed to take pictures. See why I needed a plain background? With so many plants, some of mine get “lost in the crowd.”

An amusing observation: Advertise FREE plants and I’ve captured their attention. When I advertised I was “just the ‘foster parent’ eager for folks to adopt…” nobody responded. (LOL)

Several of the following “Under the magnifying glass” blog messages were prompted because I’ve advertised the plants “for sale.” Currently, it takes a couple of hours to water all my plants! Planning ahead, it will take an hour (or more) to cover all my plants when we have a frost and freeze warning. ~~ I’ll be honest, I’m sentimental about my plants and want to document their role in my “senior” life experience.

Truth be told, perhaps I’m the only person interested in these plants and they’ll remain in my yard.

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Humble beginnings!! A simple planter with a clump of Mexican Petunia. (The plant was a gift from a resident in the adjacent Rainbow’s End RV Park.) I searched my pictures and came to the conclusion the plant had been in my garden for more than six months before I recorded its presence. Didn’t impress me, huh?

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The blooms are difficult to see in the other pictures. They are a deep purple blossom that appears in the early morning, lingers throughout the day, and dies mid-afternoon. Strangely, the next morning, the cycle repeats.

First mention of the Yellow Butterfly Vine (south side) seems to be in Oh, my aching back and shoulder.

Failed to tell you that I’ve had a continuing problem with air-conditioner breaker “tripping” off. It’s a long story, I’ll spare you the details. This afternoon a CARE volunteer checked the electric panel and pulled the weak breaker. I made a late afternoon mad dash into Livingston for a new breaker. “Third times a charm!!” Yes, I was finally able to get the replacement at the third shop.

**IF** I had replaced the $18.00 breaker a month ago, I would have saved the expense of a $1,000.00 new air-conditioner (and the stress waiting for David to install the thermostat).

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Wishing you a happy life with your new family!!

If you (the reader) have followed my blog, you know I love my garden. My situation is similar to “the old lady who lived in a shoe” but I have “so many plants I don’t know what to do.” Our rainy days are numbered; I’ll return to daily ritual of two hours early morning watering plants!! Time to downsize!!

Check this earlier blog message. Another south-side-of-my-trailer-home plant. Very few pictures. I was introduced to Turk’s Cap in North Carolina. There… the plant was enormous with an awesome array of flowers. Maybe next summer this plant will explode with blooms??

Honestly, I only took these last several pictures because I’ve advertised the plants (on the south side) for sale. For the record, I want to document the growth of the plants.

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…in my “yarden.”

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This adorable angel with bird is my favorite!! Would-a, could-a, should-a!! The solo bird was the “practical” choice because solid cement, less fragile. Frankly, I’m skeptical because the $19.00 angel statue seems “too cheap.”

Quoting from an earlier blog: “…I made a special trip to Lowe’s yesterday afternoon  [8/09/15] to purchase a “mark down” Cape Honeysuckle bush. I saw it the day before but decided I have enough plants. With 20/20 hindsight, I thought it was worth a twelve-mile round trip to see if it was still available. ~~ I’ll have a new next-door neighbor soon and she wants a garden like mine!! A Cape Honeysuckle has beautiful flowers that attract Hummingbirds. I/we can hang a feeder and both of us enjoy…. (She asked for my help.) Conceivably–in time–I may have a lovely garden on both sides of my trailer home?!”

When I decided to put Cape Honeysuckle “under the magnifying glass,” I discovered that very few pictures had been taken. Why so few?? Perhaps, in part, out-of-sight out-of mind? I only “see” the several plants when I’m watering, weeding, or fertilizing. The neighbor has never complimented the attractive plants she sees from dawn ’til dark.

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Below, left, April, 2016 ~~ right, August 2016. The plants have doubled in size, and blooming beautifully.