SMELL THE ROSES

[NorthernWinos]

Swill...nice Philox...mine aren't near open yet. I love them, they seem to always have Hummingbird Moths on them and look forward to them every year...thanks for sharing...

 

[swillologist]

Hummingbird mothssure have a hayday with them. It helps that the hostas are blomming also.

 

[NorthernWinos]

We have had so much rain and dampness that mushrooms are popping up all over. They have their own beauty.

Interesting color on that one Ramona...would you dare eat it.


Up here people pick Morel Mushrooms as well as others...where we use to live there was always people in our woods picking mushrooms...we were too busy to join in...then we started using the woods for pasture and no one went in there anymore....Guess you have to know what your after.


We went to a pot luck dinner party once and a guy brought mushrooms someone had given him...no one ate any..including the person who brought the dish....

 

[rgecaprock]

NW.
That would be pretty scary if the guy who brought the dish wouldn't eat it.


That one was growing in my plants. I certainly don't know enough about them to risk it...you have to know your shrooms!!!!! I just thought it was pretty.


Ramona

 

[NorthernWinos]

Haven't had much time to smell the roses....All the flowers are suffering for too much heat and wind and NO rain...


Other things are catching my eye and keeping me busy...


Flowering Kale..Just an ornamental

Califlower...almost as pretty as a flower...

Red cabbage....striking looking vegetable...get HUGE

Broccolli...yum!!!

Been busy preserving vegetables....but going to take a break...


Time to go fishing!!!!

Edited by: Northern Winos

 

[JWMINNESOTA]

Never tried those morels, every spring sure see alot of folks gathering them up like there special.

 

[pizzaerick]

Never tried those morels, every spring sure see alot of folks gathering them up like there special.

Had some camping this spring. A little butter, a little garlic powder, and heaven!

 

[NorthernWinos]

Despite no rain some of the flowers are showing signs of reblooming...

Some other flowers thrive in the dryness...
Datura...

Yellow Prairie Coneflower...

Life goes on....

 

[Wade E]

Absolutely beautiful!

 

[NorthernWinos]

Summer is still doing 'it's thing'....

 

[NorthernWinos]

Summer is still trying to show off it's colors...


Carefree Sunshine...

Morden Fireglow...

Hope for Humaniy...

J.P.Connell...

Unknown single true red rose...

The fall beauties are trying to steal the show...
Sedum, Autumn Joy...

Flowering Kale..

 

[NorthernWinos]

The summer flowers are giving in and changing to their fall colors.....


The Annabelle Hydrangea is turning back to a green color....they can be brought inside for dried arrangements at this point...[I have some dusty ones around the house from last year could be replaced]

The Pee Gee Hydrangea is turning it's fall pink tones...

The Geraniums always look good...

And, yes...with all the rose hips on the canes and few beauties are still out there...

The plants intended for fall beauty are not disappointing.....the winds is whipping the willows today, they say 29-34MPH gusts....in the distance the soybeans are ripe and drying...this year..."teennie-beanies"...but there are some out there...

So...without my approval the seasons are trying to change...Life remains....Very good!!!!

 

[NorthernWinos]

Every fall I debate whether to dig the Dahlia bulbs again, clean them, store them, drag them out in the spring, divide and plant them again....


So, I go out every year at this time before they freeze and mark the colors...admire them again before they die back...and...fall in love with them again....

My mother always grew Dahlias and tended to them every fall and spring...I guess I am my mother's daughter....I too will once again dig the tubers and store them for another year....they will live again another year.Edited by: Northern Winos

 

[rgecaprock]

My grandmother always had dahlias. And there was always a bouquet on the table everyday for as long as they lasted.


Thanks for bringing back the memory.


Beautiful, love the first pink one..............Ramona

 

[NorthernWinos]

Fall is struggling to make it's presense....


But things are still "Pretty in Pink"...

And in purple....

And in white....

And in yellow....

Despite the weathered look...things are still pretty....enjoying it while it lasts.

 

[Wade E]

We are getting leaves all over the yard that are dried up and brown already that have never changed color. I really love to just pack things up and take a long drive and just get lost on the weekends and look at the foliage. Ive probably been right at Applemans and Joans back door a few times and didnt even know it. I dont really see that happening this year. Rich, Joan, is this what you are seeing up there to. I mowed my lawn Wednesday evening and when I got home Thursday it looked like I never touched it, it was covered with leaves already and there are barely any colors.

 

[grapeman]

We are expecting vibrant colors this fall Wade. We have a few maples and they are turning brilliant red. The oaks are late and the leaves hanging on well. Just beginning. Others in varying stages of just beginning here. The Adirondacks in my back dooryard are approaching peak and are excellent viewing. The Green Mountains are almost as far along and very good this year. It's dry right now, but we had a good summer and a bumper nut crop all around. The oaks in the dooryard keep dropping nuts all over the lawn. Head Northwest Young Man! Go to Albany and take the Northway through the Adirondacks up to Plattsburgh. Take the Ferry on Cumberland Head to Grand Isle VT, visit Snow Farm Vineyards in South Hero on the way through the Islands, continue on to 89 or one of the other main roads through VT and take in the Green Mountains also on the way back to CT.

 

[rgecaprock]

Beautiful, NW.......Ramona


Wade and Apple, it is still summer here.....Fall is December, January winter, February ...Spring again!!!


Ramona

 

[Wade E]

Dont even mention nuts Rich!!!! I have 3 big hickory trees in my byard and they are all in the front and we have to strategically park or all we hear is the sound of big nuts bouncing off our cars. My front yard is covered with them and if you tried to mow the lawn with a push mower you would have broken ankles. Last year we hardly had any but this year is the worst in 6. Even the squirrels bailed out as they ere over run by nuts!

 

[NorthernWinos]

Roses are getting replaced with brightly colored plump rose hips...but found a few beauties to bring to the table...

Temperatures to dip into the 30*'s this week...all will change with frost in the future....but it is that time of the year up here on the high plains.