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What’s the Story Morning Glory?

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morning glory, flowers, trumpet blooms

Morning Glory flower with the sun shining through it.

A few years ago the man bought me this gazebo thing.  It took us 2 years to figure out where to put it and a year to figure out what to plant on it.

I’m not sure if you notice something wrong here…

#1 thought morning glories would be a great thing to plant on the gazebo. In March we bought seeds, planted them in the house and let them grow.  In the spring we planted them outside and only one side took off..

They still look beautiful to me.. maybe next year we can get

all three sides to grow and look fabulous!



Poppy.. Oh Poppy Where are you?

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poppy plant,

My favorite flower is a poppy.  I love the colors..

I love the weird leaves that seem prickly, but aren’t.

Poppy plant, dew

Have you ever seen the poppy pod up-close?

It looks pretty cool, green with a funny red and purple.

See the “funny hairs”?

I love how the leaves and stems look like they could take on a

tornado.. and the flowers seem so fragile.

Here’s one that is about to open.

Don’t you love them?    I do.. 🙂

Why didn’t this Sell?

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I’m not exactly sure where I bought these things. I believe they were in a box of stuff I bought at Strickers Auction. I’ve had a variety of people tell me they were different things..

Some have said they are upholstery pins.

I thought they looked like fancy push pins.

You know the kind you used for bulletin boards? What do you think they are?

Do I have them totally categorized wrong?

Your Wife Want’s What?

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Several years ago I asked The Man for a clematis plant.  He came through with a beautiful fuchsia-purple plant. This plant has really taken off this year. The flowers are big, about 4″-5″ across, and the colors are unbelievable.

This plant sits on the side of my house, and each time I walk by it, I think of The Man… and how he looked high and low for this plant.

He went to one of the local garden places and looked around.  When finally one of the employees came over and asked him; “Can I help you find something?”  He replied; “My wife wants a plant, it’s a vine, and I can’t think of the name.”

“Morning Glory? or maybe a Climbing Hydrangea?” she said.   “How about a potato vine or maybe a honeysuckle?”  “No, no, I believe it’s a chlamydia plant.” The Man replies cheerfully. (for those of you that do no know, chlamydia is a STD, and not the beautiful flower you see above)

I have never found out what she said to him, because even right now that makes me laugh so hard, I can’t bring myself to ask him.