More yellow things

I did not realize how many different types of daisy shaped flowers in yellow there are.  Sun flowers and their relatives.  these are from my garden, all native flowers.

cut leaf cone flowers

sun flower family. note dark centers.

false sunflowers. you do see these along the highways.

orange/yellow centers.

Yellow things...

Huge crop of black eyed Susan's this year.

Green things......

Every time we leave the house for a walk.. Juliette stalks these 2. she does not seem to actually see them.. but she knows they are there.

They're here, Violet's first litter.

Taken with my cell phone.   Guess i had plenty of time on my hands. I learned to take photos, send to sons phones and send to MY computer all while waiting for violet to return from the twilight zone.  I amazed myself!

Born September 25th, 2012 approx 2p.m.
North Penn animal hospital, Lansdale PA
Vet attending: Dr. Joe Rossi.

5 PUPPIES

3 BOYS: ONE B&T, 2 RED

                      5.3,    6,2,    5.3

2 GIRLS: ONE b&t, 1 RED.

                      6.3,      5.6

 

puppies all seem strong, crying and moving from the get go.

mom was looking at puppies as if they are aliens.  after an arm wrestling contest which I won, violet is in the box and turning into super mom.  she seems tired, but not anxious.

and then there were five!

glad to meet ya!

Expecting....

Ultra violet

looks like more on one side than the other.

57 days

cat has been following us on walks. dogs are finally accepting of her, (or else)

                                          

hibiscus from heaven

The strangest thing...........I saw this plant growing in the garden.  I thought it was a weed... pulled one, left one (just in case).  The first flower opened, but I missed it.  I have been checking and today another bud was finally open.  it is in the mallow family.

 

I took some photos, and as I was posting to facebook...I realized....

this is swamp mallow....hardy hibiscus.  seems as if the ‘’swamp’’ variety of anything is hardy. strange that this is great for bogs and wet areas, and it is growing in a very dry area.. where I am trying to cultivate iris. 

My now deceased friend, Maryann, used to send me Hibiscus plants while she was living in Florida. Maryann died 2007.  I thought of ‘’pennies from heaven”.

I wonder if this is from her....

 

 

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I found a penny today
Just laying on the ground.
But it's not just a penny,
this little coin I've found.

Found pennies come from heaven,
That's what my Grandpa told me.
He said Angels toss them down.
Oh, how I loved that story.

He said when an Angel misses you,
They toss a penny down.
Sometimes just to cheer you up,
To make a smile out of your frown.

So, don't pass by that penny,
When you're feeling blue. It may be a penny from heaven,
that an Angel's tossed to you.

why i do not make dinner at dinner time.....between (5;30 and 7:30):::::

it was 5 p.m. Too early to start dinner, so I walked the dogs.  Afterwards, I spent a few minutes combing the picker stickers out of their ears and coats.  It was 5:40, still early. I decided to give everyone a snack and contemplate dinner. On the way back to house I noticed some weeds that could easily be pulled in the back yard, so I pulled them.

(walk, comb out picker sticker, snack, weed pulling)

I took pulled weeds, a good armful, to the compost pile. on the way home I came across a basket to use for future weed pulling. Picked it up and continued home to start dinner...On the way....I noted the same easy weeds on the opposite side of the dog yard..filled the basket to overflowing and walked back to the compost pile and dumped the basket. This time on the way back home I stopped to checked out some odd weed with big pink flowers..Mallow? (will try for a photo mid week.) looked at the tomatoes and cantaloupe in the veggie garden , and pulled a few more easy weeds again.  (Yes  and back to the compost pile.)

now I am home.. lost the bag of rice I was going to use, found it...and it is now 7:40..... 7:40!!!

just 10 minutes to cook rice, but it is now at 8:10. I have the beginning of dinner, garlic butter rice.... and nothing else.

.-walk, comb out picker sticker, snack, weed pulling 3 times, three trips to the compost pile. wool gathering (daydreaming) at the garden. finally at 8:10 dinner is started. notice I say started.... not finished. this is why I never have dinner ready at a decent time. just too many distractions in life.