The Words of Wisdom on my old bookmarker above are from the Bible, Ecclesiastes 3.1, and I got it from the famous landmark City Lights Bookstore during the summer of 1965which I spent in San Francisco. I had many new and life-changing experiences mingling with the "Beat Generation" and young hippies with flowers in their hair, who were just beginning to migrate to S.F....truly a summer I will never forget.
Scott McKenzie singing "If You're Going To San Francisco" video
Sedum rupestre 'Angelina' close up
Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'
Artemisia baby 'Oriental Limelight' and Blue Majestic II Pansies
Sedum makinoi 'Ogon' new growth
Isotoma fluviatilis 'Blue Star Creeper'
Perennial Verbena unknown heirloom variety first bloom
Italian parsley new growth
This is one of my favorite songs sung by one of my favorite singers, Eva Cassidy, who tragically died of melanoma in 1996 at age 33 before she became famous world-wide. This February 2 Eva would have had her 45th birthday. At the bottom of this page I have posted some more videos of Eva Cassidy singing.
Butterweed is a wildflower seen all over the South in early spring. It is a member of the Aster family and is now botanically known as Packera Glabella, but many call it Senecio Glabellus, or Senecio Lobatus, Common names for it are yellow ragwort, yellow rocket, golden ragwort, and many farmers curse it as it can be poisonous to grazing animals such as cattle and horses. In Mississippi some low fields are so full of it that it looks like a sea of gold, and I think it is beautiful. It is one of the very first wildflowers to bloom here.
Many years ago when I was in Agra, India touring the Taj Mahal, I was very impressed not only with the perfection of that famous building, but also the beautiful gardens around it. There was a hedge about 3' tall of "Song of India" plants that were just as dazzling as the white marble of the Taj Mahal.
The shape of these leaves always interests me. In the spring I will be repotting this in a large terra cotta shoe-shaped pot from Mexico. The tongue in this shoe pot kind of looks like these leaves, and I think it will be an interesting combination. This whimsical pot is a conversation piece by itself.
Vinca Major
Hedera Persian Ivy
King Alfred Daffodil
Carex Sparkler
Carex Green Sparkler
Carex Morrowii Evergold
Butterweed, Packera Glabella
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I...
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
'If of all words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are, "It might have been,"
More sad are those we daily see,
"It is, but it hadn't ought to be."
Edith Piaf: "Non,je ne regrette rien."
Click on this hot link title word RIVERFEST above to get to the site of Riverfest with info on the Spring Fling Street Party, Arts and Crafts Show and Flea Market, and Music Festival and lots of other activities during this weekend.
My cousin Hunter has a connection to the Amazon Rain Forest right in his Florida garden. Lots of people here struggle to grow these as houseplants, but Hunter is blessed to have a lush bed of these lilies and says they have a wonderful delicate scent.
My cousin, Hunter, who has two green hands as opposed to two green thumbs, shared this nice photo of an orange ginger blooming in his Florida garden. There are so mnay different kinds of gingers in my reference books, but I think this one might be identified as hedychium coccinium var. 'Aurantica' known as the "Orange Brush Ginger". It is in a very happy place snuggling with an anthurium.
Reminder Memo To Myself: "Today be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle." Click on the play button below to hear our Mississippi lady Lee Ann Rimes sing "The Rose"
I created this blog in 2006 especially for my dear older sister, Lynn, who lived in Montana, in order for her to see pictures of what I was growing and doing in the garden here in Mississippi. Lynn became seriously ill in recent years and was unable to visit Mississippi very often, so this blog was my way of keeping her updated. Sadly Lynn passed away on 9-27-07 at age 66, but in my heart I know she is in a better place and free from her years of pain and suffering. Tomorrow, 2-12-08, is her birthday, and I am posting one of her last photos as a tribute to her memory.
What a thriller!!!! I was so very proud to see our favorite football Quarterback, Eli Manning, lead the N.Y. Giants to to a great victory over the undefeated New England Patriots this evening. Of course, he won the Most Valuable Player award and the Giants were awarded the coveted Lombardi trophy. Last year Eli's older brother, Peyton Manning, Quarterback of the Colts, won the Super Bowl, and that team took home these honors and bragging rights. Eli and Peyton are the sons of Archie Manning, our famous Ole Miss Quarterback, who later played for the New Orleans Saints. Eli was the Quarterback at Ole Miss during his college days as was his father. Good football genes are in the Manning family in triplicate without question.
On Sunday, February 3, 2008, the N.Y. Giants led by Quarterback Eli Manning, will play the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. Last year Eli's brother, Peyton Manning, Quarterback of the Colts, won the Super Bowl. Their father, Archie Manning, was the famous Quarterback at Ole Miss, my alma mater, as was Eli his son.
Here in Mississippi, we consider the Mannings to be our Football Royal Dynasty. Please help me root for Eli and the Giants on Sunday evening!
Today time slipped away and I almost forgot to pick up my trees at the Soil and Water Conservation District Office. I arrived about closing time and the guy handed me my little bag of assorted trees and offered me some "extras" that were unclaimed to share with my neighbors. So now I have 9 bags containing 115 trees: 90 of Bald Cypress, Cherry Bark Oak, Crape Myrtle, Live Oak, Magnolia, Red Maple, and 25improved Loblolly Pines. I am so weary and cynical of all the "Hot Air" and "Political Pollution" spewing from the Presidential candidates that I am glad to plant these baby trees to do my part to help fight Global Warming aggravated by their verbosity....and we still have 10 more months left in this campaign to listen to them...Lord Help Us PLEASE! Click the play button below and turn your speakers to the max to hear something very nice and positive.
