"Oh, I took a train, took a train to another state / The flora and the fauna I saw were really great....."
From that Schoolhouse Rock line (in a song about nouns), I think was first time I had heard the words 'flora' and 'fauna'. ....and that's about as far as my education went when it came to plants and flowers.
My mother is an avid gardener, though she couldn't keep a plant alive inside the house to save her life. But from March to November, she's outside making her yard prettier than the year before. You would have thought some of that rubbed off - but it didn't. You're looking at a guy who took the weed eater to dozens of her Hostas, because I thought they were skunk cabbage.
....but at least after that, I knew what a Hosta was. But save your petunia, tulip and a few others, I'm sort of clueless when it comes to flowers.
The way I see it, it's like art.......or porn. I don't know it, but I'll know it when I see it.
So we have now been in this house for four years (today, actually!). Some of the foliae we inherited, some we have planted....or had planted. When I look at the pictures, you'd think Prince or Apollonia live here, as there is a lot of purple.
But for a kick-off to the week and the month - I'll just leave you with some pictures of what's been opening up in the garden. We have worked with a lady who picked stuff so there will be some colour all spring, summer and autumn long. It will be staggered, so this is nice.
Anyway - enjoy. I'd label the stuff, but....well........you know............
Song by: Whiskeytown
4 comments:
Hosta killer! That's pretty retarded I must say. Looks pretty though.
You and me, bud. I thought I was the only one online with a black thumb. My dad was a landscape architect, but that gene bypassed me altogether. I have no idea what those flowers are either, but they're beautiful.
Love the flora photos. However I think the noun song just couldn't hold a candle to conjunctions, exclaimations, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.
Nice flowers!
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