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But at least the lilacs and violets are happy!

There was also a double rainbow a while ago. :3

I've also been preparing to start a garden for the first time, pretty excited about it! I've got some fence container-things set up in my backyard, filled with fresh potting soil and some seeds ready. I've been talking to a coworker about it; apparently, tomatoes, cucumbers, and green beans are good starter plants that basically grow themselves. I also have a pack of red strawberry popcorn that I bought on a whim a year or so ago that I'm hoping will still be viable.

Current Mood: excited

weird

Found on an industrial estate in middle England

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ysabetwordsmith

These pictures show the Coles County Community Garden on Saturday, August 2. (Begin with Part 1: Right Side, Part 2: Left Side.)

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Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

We visited the butterfly gardens at the Charleston Library, on June 19 although this is dated 20 because it's after midnight. They were filled with birds, although I didn't manage to catch any pictures of them.

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Current Mood: accomplished

blackcatofmisery

My mom's garden has a vigorous knock out rosebush just beside it, and various bees adore it. Although I'm severely allergic to bites and stings, I will still follow honey and bumble bees; they're too busy to care about me.

_{Fun fact about me: I cannot smell typical roses. Knockouts are the only roses I can smell.}

( Photos beneath the cut. )

Current Mood: relaxed

ysabetwordsmith

These pictures are from the south lot and savanna.

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Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

I took some pictures around the yard today. These are from the house yard.

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Current Mood: accomplished

full_metal_ox

Taken on 16 July 2023 at 19:27 US Eastern Daylight Savings Time.

Bunnies are of course going to favor weedy green lawns over elegant stone yards punctuated with waxy sculptural ornamentals. This one looks like an Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus); Marsh Rabbits (S. palustris) (1), tend to have shorter ears, and my neighborhood strikes me as a bit too far from the water to attract them during the dry season.

It’s on alert, reacting sensibly to the arrival of a member of the deadliest of the Thousand, and so this was the only shot I was able to get before it went PATWINNNG! under the seagrape bed (the round-leaved shrub at center right, bordered by white river rocks.)

(1) Today I Learned the scientific name of the Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvilagus_palustris_hefneri

Yes; that Hugh Hefner funded endangered rabbit research, and was commemorated accordingly.

ysabetwordsmith

I took some pictures around the yard today. These show the house yard. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna and Prairie Garden, and Back Toward the House.

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Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

Today I took pictures around the yard. It's cloudy, so the lighting is bad, but so much is happening that I wanted to capture it. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna, and Prairie Garden.

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Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

Today I planted most of my new rocks! \o/ I'm waiting to sink the pink mica rock until I get a second one to point the other direction along the road, to catch headlights from both ways.

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Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

Continuing the photo tour of the yard, most of these are from the savanna and prairie garden.

See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed

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Current Mood: accomplished

full_metal_ox

4 March 2025, 13:43 U.S. Eastern Standard Time. This guy, about a foot/30 cm long before figuring in the tail, was sprawled out basking on the walkway leading to the apartment dumpsters; the maintenance crew had come through shortly before, perhaps flushing him from cover:

Once more, apologies for the limitations of my equipment. Even after applying an intensifying filter, the photo does this iguana’s coloring nothing near justice: I’m talking road-cone orange spines and neon-red underarms. Somebody seems to be looking for love.

Current Mood: enthralled
Current Music: “Chuncho” by Yma Sumac

ysabetwordsmith

These pictures are from Sunday, but it's after midnight so the timestamp will say Monday. See the savanna and house yard.

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Current Mood: accomplished

tozka

Spotted this really pretty plant on my walk today! According to PlantNet it's a Darwin's Barberry.

From Wikipedia:

Berberis darwinii was discovered in South America in 1835 by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. It was one of many named in honour of Darwin. The berries of this species are known to have been consumed by prehistoric native peoples in the Patagonian region over millennia.

It is a popular garden and hedging shrub in the British Isles. The Royal Horticultural Society has given the species its Award of Garden Merit. The edible fruit is very acidic.

ysabetwordsmith

The first flower is blooming here at Fieldhaven! :D

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Current Mood: accomplished

full_metal_ox

Taken at 5:52 PM EST 22 December 2023, this is something I really should’ve posted a year ago; I’m squeezing it under the wire just as the outgoing Lunar Year expires.

From the parking lot of my neighborhood Publix: the Rabbit prepares to hand the year over to the Dragon.

ysabetwordsmith

This afternoon I went outside intending to fasten the decorative wagonwheel, but it was half-buried under snow. I noticed the view looked pretty, though, so I went back for my camera and took pictures instead.

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Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

The sun came out, so now the snow sparkles and much wildlife sign is visible. This set of pictures shows the north end of the house yard, driveway, and Midwinter Grove. Cottontail rabbits like this area, as shown by their tracks. (See also House Yard, Savanna, and Back Toward the House.)

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Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

Here are more pictures, mostly from the savanna and prairie garden. (See also the House Yard and South Lot, Midwinter Grove, and Heading Back Toward the House.)

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Current Mood: accomplished

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batiferrite - it's been storming a lot recently...
weird - Shaggy Mane mushroom
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: Coles County Community Garden
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: Charleston Library Butterfly Gardens
blackcatofmisery - Knock Out Honey Bees
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: South Lot and Savanna
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: House Yard
full_metal_ox - Bunny caught in passing on the lawn.
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: House Yard
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: House Yard
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: New Rocks
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
full_metal_ox - A National Geographic animal held still for me today.
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: House Yard and South Lot
tozka - darwin's barberry
ysabetwordsmith - First Flower
full_metal_ox - A happenstance silhouette at the neighborhood grocery.
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: Winter Sunset
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: Midwinter Grove
ysabetwordsmith - Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden

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it's been storming a lot recently...

Shaggy Mane mushroom

Photos: Coles County Community Garden

Photos: Charleston Library Butterfly Gardens

Knock Out Honey Bees

Photos: South Lot and Savanna

Photos: House Yard

Bunny caught in passing on the lawn.

Photos: House Yard

Photos: House Yard

Photos: New Rocks

Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden

A National Geographic animal held still for me today.

Photos: House Yard and South Lot

darwin's barberry

First Flower

A happenstance silhouette at the neighborhood grocery.

Photos: Winter Sunset

Photos: Midwinter Grove

Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden

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