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The PNW Planting Calendar and My Lie

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First, my lie. I said that I had come up with a patented, super creative way of making my mason bee blocks, but lo and behold: this Randy Person beat me to it. Yes, his name is Randy Person.

Now, take note that he has explicitly copyrighted the whole design.  You may contact [...]

HBTM, Part II: The Hot Hours

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Dayam!  It is HOT.  My thermometer read 102 a while ago.  Yeesh.

Anyway, I decided that it is possible that I sounded a bit whiney in my last post.  Possibly.

So, I decided to brave the heat and go look for some encouraging scenes.  Submitted for your/my enjoyment:

I wanted to take a [...]

And Now, Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Program

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In penance for my political digression in the last post, I took extra pictures.

The other day, I filled my gas tank, and it cost me $50. I drive a 4-cyl. Toyota (when I drive anything, which isn’t much). The oil companies are making RECORD profits, and all our government can come up [...]

so hot…

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can’t blog much… too hot… 100 degrees… global warming and/or mid-summer…

The poor chickens look like fish on dry land with their mouths hanging open panting.

Everything’s hanging like wet rags.

The sweat’s running down my forehead as fast as I can wipe it off.

Hot is what I’m saying.

Wilty Broccoli

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Gratuitous Pictures

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#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } The one and only fig. Teeny bees on strawberry blossoms. The Van Buren grape on its crucifix. Gratuitous Daisy Shot Vertical Crucifix for the Venus.

Chicken… or EAGLE?!

Chicken… or SATAN?!

Just Chicken.

Gold Rush: The Tiny Years

Hah! I only planted one this year!

Bolted Rabe with Wasp

Perty flower.

Purple Iris

Yellow Iris

Potting up some starts.

New iris in the front yard.

Dianthus

Snapdragons

The rhodies are in full bloom

I forget what this is called.

My herb garden overfloweth

I hate these cabbage butterflies. Pretty, tho, eh?

I must be getting tired. Let’s just call it grass.

Complete with added soft focus.

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