2024 · β›΅β˜€ Summer β˜€β›΅ · Our Yard · Throwback Thursday

Our Yard In Early June 2021

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We can’t take the credit for this beautiful garden and yard at our new home, now. This actually goes to the former owner of the house. However, I wanted to show you what’s growing seasonally, and the wildflowers we have in the yard. After all this rain at the Memorial Day Weekend, the Sun came out, and I had to take a little stroll on our new property.

1) Pink Rhododendron; 2) American Robin; 3) Common Speedwell;
4) Pink Rhododendron; 5) Blue Flag Iris; 6) Fox Glove; 7) Multiflora Rose;
8) Turkey Mushroom; 9) Cicada Killer on Multiflora Rose; 10) Our House;
11) Roseleaf Raspberry; 12) Dame’s Violet; 13) Greater Celandine;
14) Ground Ivy; 15) Patriotic Decoration at our Frontdoor;
16) Oxalis/Wood Sorrel; 17) Tall Buttercup; 18) Daisy Fleabane;
19) White Clover; 20) Norway Spruce Cones; 21) Pink Rhododendron;
22) Red Clover; 23) American Robin; 24) Pink Rhododendron

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~ 06/01/2021 ~

2024 · β›΅β˜€ Summer β˜€β›΅ · Our Yard

Naugatuck River Valley Backyard Wildlife (8)

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1) Bumble Bee on Motherwort; 2) Honey Bee on Purple Milkweed;
3) Young Eastern Gray Squirrel

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2024 · 🌸🌷 Spring 🌷🌸 · My Texas Garden Journal · Our Yard

Our Texas Frontyard In Spring 2013

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Our Texas garden in the front of the house ~ 2013

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2024 · β›΅β˜€ Summer β˜€β›΅ · Our Garden · Our Yard

Summer Rain In New England (1)

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My allergies were acting up, today. I had an itchy nose and itchy ears. When it began to rain, the itchiness stopped immediately. I could go back outside and breathe without sneezing. It was still raining when I captured photos outdoors, and the cool drops felt so good on my skin.

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2024 · β›΅β˜€ Summer β˜€β›΅ · Our Forest · Our Yard

Our Yard/Forest In Early June (1)

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1) Pink Rhododendron; 2) Multiflora Rose; 3) Our View to Waterbury;
4) Roseleaf Raspberry; 5) Sugar Maple Leaves; 6) In Our Forest;
7) Wood Fern; 8) Purple Iris; 9) Rosebud; 10) Pink Rhododendron;
11) White Clover

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2024 · 🌸🌷 Spring 🌷🌸 · Our Forest · Our Yard

Our Yard/Forest In Early May (2)

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1) Wild Columbine; 2) Ozzy; 3) Dark-barred twin-spot Carpet Moth;
4) Maples in our forest; 5) Norway Maple Leaves; 6) Bumble Bee on
Honeysuckle; 7) Crabapple Blossoms; 8 & 9) Pusteblume;
10)Star of Bethlehem; 11) More Maples; 12) Garlic Mustard

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2024 · 🌸🌷 Spring 🌷🌸 · Our Forest · Our Yard

Our Yard/Forest In Early May (1)

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1) Star of Bethlehem; 2) Red-tailed Hawk Nest; 3) Common Bluebell;
4) Dandelion; 5) Eastern Redbud; 6) β€œBallerina” Tulip; 7) Wild Strawberry;
8) β€œBallerina” Tulip; 9) Wood Anemone; 10) Dandelion with Ant;
11) Bugleherb; 12) Hosta; 13) Striped Hosta; 14) American Robin

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2024 · 🌸🌷 Spring 🌷🌸 · Our Yard · Texas

Beautiful Colors of Spring (8)

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2024 · 🌸🌷 Spring 🌷🌸 · Our Yard

Spring Blooms In April (1)

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1) Wild Daffodil; 2) Lesser Periwinkle; 3) Forsythia

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2024 · β˜ƒβ„ Winter β„β˜ƒ · Our Yard

Naugatuck River Valley Backyard Wildlife (5)

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1) White-breasted Nuthatch; 2 & 3) White-throated Sparrow
4 & 5) American Red Squirrel; 6) Eastern Red Squirrel

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2023 · πŸŽ…πŸŽ„ Christmas πŸŽ„πŸŽ… · National Day Calendar · Our Yard

National Christmas Lights Day 2023

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Time to deck the halls, folks, because December 1 is National Christmas Lights Day! Before the invention ofΒ electricΒ lights, families would balance candles on the branches of their Christmas treesβ€”a risky practice that naturally led to several house fires. Electric Christmas lights were first invented in 1880 by Thomas Edison, who promptly strung them all over the outside of his Menlo Park laboratory. Because people were initially distrustful of electricity, however, it took another several decades for the invention to catch on. It wasn’t until 1903 when General Electric began selling pre-assembled kits of Christmas lights, that electric lights became popular with people of all classes. Today, electric lights are an integral part of the winter holiday season, and certainly aren’t exclusive to Christmas. As we get ready for the end of the year, let’s string up our lights and celebrate. β€˜Tis the season, after all.

Resource: https://nationaltoday.com/national-christmas-lights-day/

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2023 · πŸ‚πŸ Autumn πŸπŸ‚ · Our Forest · Our Yard

Our Yard/Forest In Mid-November (1)

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1) Norway Maple; 2) Pin Oak Leaves; 3) Turkey Tail Mushrooms; 4) Oriental Bittersweet; 5) Our Forest; 6) Turkey Tail Mushrooms; 7) Oriental Bittersweet; 8) Our Forest; 9) Autumn Oak; 10) Looking up; 11) Our Forest; 12) Burning Bush; 13) Rose of Sharon Seed Pods; 14) Oriental Bittersweet; 15) Wilted Goldenrod; 16) Norway Maple Leaf

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