White Spider

White Spider sits on blue Lobelia and days go by.....

And after he was gone, blue Lobelia missed the spider.

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Poppy Fascination

These red crape poppies typically have a black cross in the center, but not this particular one.

The centers are mostly dark purple, with some variation, such as the powder green above,

And here is a yellow, with no sign of the black cross at all, as it is yet to form.

Here is the purple, power green, and yellow all next to each other perfect for the photo.

The yellow center has a white cross which is very unusual.

All of the nodding flowers are facinating because their form is so unusual compared to other flowers,

With their hairy pods, and stems and they way they will eventually lift up.

The black cross is seen from underneath the flowers too.

The seed pods have a striking architectural form and I can't wait until I can gather them to put in a vase, and to collect the seed for next season.

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Red Poppy Prayer

Thank you dear God for flower seeds so that I may sow seeds for a wonderous future, and may I realize if I do ever happen to forget,

Oh, how I need to remember to sow seed............ like flowers.

Amen.

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Red, White and Blue

I took off the lower branches of the Eucalyptus and it really opens up the area. All you can see is red, white and blue.

The Coreopsis are flowering! I sowed the seed last year with the Lobelia and Alyssum and they have become permanent fixtures in the main bed. It took a whole year but they were well worth the wait. There is blue Salvia in the center that is about to flower too!

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My Tomato Universe

I can go out and look at the tomatoes and completely loose track of time. There are about 15 plants here in the garden. One blew around in the wind like a tumbleweed, so I pulled the branches off and stuck them in seed starter mix to see if they would sprout. They are looking mighty rough. Already I have two that the cutworms dropped to the ground, and they re-rooted in the seed starter mix, and now are ready to replant. That's another nine if my math is any good. What will become of them if they survive? Where will they go?

My tomato universe somewhat resembles the flower array above.

It is nice to live in an abundant tomato universe!

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