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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
03:11 AM Post #3992093
| Now as you know I am only an adopted tropical dreamer...so while nothing can compare to the exotic beauty of the colourful and fragrant tropical flowers...there is a certain short lived but exciting beauty to be had as Winter changes to Spring
so come and see what is in my garden and later other ozzy gardens...for now here are some blossoms...and best of all food is what they leave in their wake...the most yummy plums... necterines...quinces ...persimmons etc
Starting with the necterine ( please allow for the fact that my garden has been battered by strong winds )
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
03:15 AM Post #3992095
| Next this is a yummy plum...not any old plum...it is a prune!
you dry them and it is that lovely dark rich prune you stew up.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
03:21 AM Post #3992097
| And here is the wonderful quince...you stew it up until it turns a lovely garnet colour...so good and just a couple of the fruit scent the whole house with a rich pineapple peach fragrance. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
03:26 AM Post #3992102
| The persimmons are not in blossom yet their blossom comes out hidden in the fully emerged leaves ...but look at the pretty leaves...I love the colour of them in spring...a little ladybird is out foraging but won't find anything there...they are just about pest free! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
03:38 AM Post #3992105
| Moving away from the blossoms... I want to show you my Banksia Rose...this is named after Sir Joseph Banks... a botanist who came with Sir Auther Phillip to Australia to record the strange flora found here in Australia...everything here was unknown back in England...can you imagine trying to describe (in great detail) the strange new plants and trees in the "New World".The Banksia rose
is thornless and can grow to quite large proportions...it only has one huge Spring display...it remains evergreen in most climates...mine is the double white and has the scent of wild violets
I wish you could smell it!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
03:43 AM Post #3992107
| OK so I had to go up the road to post a letter ...while up there I took a couple of snaps of two very historic churches because LouC was interested 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
03:47 AM Post #3992109
| And another...this one with the old graves is said to be haunted 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
03:59 AM Post #3992116
| The old grave yard said to be haunted...spirits wandering around the tombstones...tourists stop and take pictures all the time...those pictures are said to show ghostly figures...as you can see mine did not. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
04:10 AM Post #3992119
| Heading home ...we are on the next bend (about middle of picture) 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
04:13 AM Post #3992120
| Passing the christmas tree farm on the way 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
04:17 AM Post #3992123
| The other side 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
04:28 AM Post #3992128
| Finally back home to eye off the last pickles from last year...thinking about doing it all again this year...lovely choko pickles...pickled onions...tomato relish...sweet mustard pickles...mmmmmmm.Ooops should have dusted first :^)
Looking forward to it ...but gotta grow it first...well the chokos are already on the go ...planted the zucs today...well that's it for now folks...hope you enjoyed today in my Spring garden :)
chrissy
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UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 19, 2007
06:58 AM Post #3992246
| Thank you Chrissy for taking us on a ride. I've always wondered what it feels like to be on the "wrong" side of the road. HAHAHAHAHA Love the churches. Your blossoms are going to make some delicious jelly!!
I added a link to this thread to the other one. I have really enjoyed your tour of the land down under.
Have a lovely day!
Janet |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 19, 2007
09:45 AM Post #3992705
| Thank you Chrissy...your garden must smell delicious with all the blooms...
Not only the outside of OZ is familiar but I collect blue/white transferware. The old tins strike a note as well. Wish I were half as productive as you are. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
04:57 PM Post #3994175
| Allowing for the dust (now I must dust today instead of gardening...*blushing*)...but I want to show you this
my two favourites the little gun nut blossom on the left is from the famous "cuddlepot and cuddle pie " the adventures of the gum nut babies...love the egg tin beside it too.
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LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 19, 2007
05:04 PM Post #3994195
| Guess I'm gonna have to put together my journal so I can share .
Gumnut babies...how cute. The picture looks much like what we call an acorn. Also noticed in one of you pictures...in the background was a pine. BTW...really enjoyed the churches and the drive. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
05:04 PM Post #3994196
| And here are ackee fruit pepper and salt shakers given to me by my niece's Jamaican hubby...I love them too because he bought them all the way from his home in Jamaica to his now home in Oz...these tropical fruit are cooked up with salt fish...you only eat the yellow fleshy bits.They taste like scrambled egg it is said...I tried to grow an ackee but it was too cold. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
05:09 PM Post #3994208
| Well here is the ancient old town meeting centre 
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 19, 2007
06:20 PM Post #3994477
| Question Chrissy...your Banksia Rose...There was a botonist named Banks that travelled with Captain Cook on his Pacific Voyages...was this the same Banks? I don't remember an Arthur Phillip in the Cook adventures, but maybe Banks returned after Cook was killled??? Just so curious because the whole Cook saga is fascinating to me.
See Christi - you aren't the only one who ends up OT!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
06:42 PM Post #3994574
| Yes he came with Authur Phillip...he was sent to detail the flora (and fauna) I have copies of the Journal it was recorded in...two huge books with lists of what they bought with them...every person that came with them ...why they were there what jobs they did ...deaths etc...it makes for fascinating reading...Gosh they were all very very brave people. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 19, 2007
06:47 PM Post #3994594
| Do you know if this was one of Cook's voyages...he did three, and Banks was with him...but I'm still looking for Phillips. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
07:23 PM Post #3994697
| I went and had a look at my journal and he was with Cook three years...I forgot that it was his reports.. and to some extent his sponsership that allowed the settlement...I forgot that Gov Phillip sent all the ongoing reports to him! you know more than I do...I haven't looked at them since about 1982...of course they are "The journal ofJoseph Banks in the Endeavour Volumes 1 and 2." Oh I feel guilty that I have forgotten so much.
I just opened up a page which says that Banks proved popular with the Tahitian girls and he bought back a huge collection of their earings. And long black plaits that they used to make wonderful hair styles...(a couple of the blokes ran off with the girls and the gruop took hostages to ensure the return of these runnaways!
I will read up a bit ...Not that easy it is a huge book and the second even bigger! but it is my punishment for being a sausage ha ha ha ...Really interesting stuff ...what times they were ...discovering a whole round world out there instead of falling off the edge as the first explorers thought they would ...well back later with some info on this
Although you might never see me again ...it may take a few weeks to read this again ha ha ha ...maybe in bits and pieces. Funnily enough the first chapter is mostly about the Islands!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
08:21 PM Post #3994938
| But before I do my homework! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
08:26 PM Post #3994952
| It is starting to rain again...but I wanted to show you my Clivias...I grew from seed! it took 5 years but! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
08:30 PM Post #3994973
| A special thrill cause I put this tiny bulb looking seed in and now this :) 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
08:40 PM Post #3995006
| I also found a couple of Princess lillies peaking through the waxys 
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LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 19, 2007
08:43 PM Post #3995015
| That's why I prefer seed to plant. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
08:44 PM Post #3995021
| And last but not least! baby white sapotes on my tree! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
08:49 PM Post #3995038
| Another look at the baby fruit!...this one is a tropical! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
09:02 PM Post #3995088
| Well had a little quick look and found that young master banks was lucky enough to be born into a very wealthy family...his mother encouraged his great interest in all things Botanical...she popped him off to Eaton and then Oxford to advance his knowledge of such things...little did they know where those
studies would lead...
more later...
LouC I have these antique Italian cannisters too! (these bear the Royal crown of Italy...my sister in law told me they are very valuable...I picked them up at a desceased estate sale about twenty years ago for about 30.00...because I liked them.:)
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 19, 2007
09:22 PM Post #3995155
| Right...he (Banks), used the Endeavor's travel plans on the first voyage as a sort of "Grand Tour" instead of doing Europe like most of his peers did after school was done. From everything I've read, he was much more inclined to associate on friendly terms with the Tahitians, and other natives than was Cook, so he became indispensible to the Captain. I have read the Journals, but long ago. But living where I do, Cook is very much a part of the folklore in this area of the world, and as you say - what they went through, and the discoveries that they made - wow! The courage it must have taken to just sail off the end of the known world is incredible to me...what an adventure!! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 19, 2007
09:30 PM Post #3995195
| Sorry for the history lesson...I get carried away and forget that other folks don't always share my same passions for obscure trivia...and now back to our regularly scheduled programming... |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 19, 2007
09:33 PM Post #3995210
| lol. I like history too. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
09:41 PM Post #3995256
| Hey p thanks for opening the 3rd food thingy ...I wrote out a recipe and lost the bandwidth ...poof ...gee that is annoying!!! oh well it is because the ran is back again ...the thingy might pop out at any time! back later.
Yes you know shari I wonder why they don't make good films these days about this sort of thing...great adventures1 it would leave most of thses current "adventure films for dead"...Banks was quite a Lad...so it seems as well as being handsome rich and clever...perfect hero! |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 19, 2007
09:42 PM Post #3995263
| Why do you think we follow you and Chrissy like little puppy dogs?...you constantly upgrade our knowledge and I have a need to learn something new everyday...sometime think of going to the local college for classes in the monitoring mode...just for the joy of learning...who cares about grades at my age...65 |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 19, 2007
09:42 PM Post #3995266
| That reminds me, is anyone gonna watch Dancing with the Stars on Monday? I am!!! You will have to peel me away from the TV cause I'm not missing it for the world!! LOL |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 19, 2007
09:43 PM Post #3995271
| I would probably make high grades just because I want to know as much as I can possibly absord. |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 19, 2007
09:44 PM Post #3995278
| I probably will, Pep. It will very hard to beat the season with Emmit Smith! And that's the truth. |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 19, 2007
09:49 PM Post #3995303
| Yeah, Emmit Smith and the first season with John O'Hurley. |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 19, 2007
10:00 PM Post #3995366
| Right. Wish they would bring them both back...personalities just can't be beat! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 19, 2007
10:01 PM Post #3995378
| I may be swimming with the stars!!! Looks like I'm gonna be moving into our TDY housing for who knows how long...they have now cut up my patio slab, and the hole is 6-7 ft deep and maybe around 15 or so wide...it runs between my house and my neighbors...so its definately big. Company treated us to lunch since we still have no water, and the joke was that we are building a swimming pool between the three families. So if I disappear, I'll be luxuriating in our equivalent of a Motel 8.!! |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 19, 2007
10:05 PM Post #3995397
| Oh, Sweetness. Are you and JB ok? And your beautiful container plants. Make them treat you right.
TDY? |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 19, 2007
10:26 PM Post #3995501
| Sorry - Temporary Duty...they have special rooms "downtown" for folks who come out here to work for a short period of time on special projects. Almost lost an orchid that has just bloomed - and it is my only one of that color! I read them the riot act, and they started taking better care. Most of my plants are on the other side of the yard. But I'm a little worried about the ones outside my fence, cuz that front-loader that is moving all the patio pieces and all the dirt is huge, and just sorta goes where it wants. I can't move them though, cuz the whole area is blocked off! |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 19, 2007
10:44 PM Post #3995568
| Go get'em... |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
11:07 PM Post #3995661
| Thoughts are with you Shari how awful! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 19, 2007
11:13 PM Post #3995685
| Oh, I am fine...kinda like going camping, but thank you for the sweet concern. My cats are going nutzo though...strange noises, "not-friends" hanging around the back yard and destruction!!!! They keep looking through the windows and growling, then zooming through the house as though the universe has tilted and they have to put it aright. Then more growling...poor lil guys! they miss their calm and serene pampering! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
11:24 PM Post #3995716
| Gee good luck with it all sounds dreadful!...never know what the day will bring!...oh well you know what some folks are dying of boredom...never happen to any of us huh ...take care! hope it all ends well. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 19, 2007
11:25 PM Post #3995721
| No worries!☺ |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 19, 2007
11:28 PM Post #3995729
| 2 words Marie Osmond!!!!!
Dancing with the stars!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 19, 2007
11:58 PM Post #3995827
| No fair I don't have that show...back outside between storms The shatoot mulberries ae getting nice and long now ...they can grow up to 5/6 inches long and taste like honeyed mulberries...you may dry them too. 
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 20, 2007
12:01 AM Post #3995836
| Birds favorite food and there favorite weapon!!!
My truck has purple spots on the hood from them!!!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
12:07 AM Post #3995849
| No these stay green...no purple here the arabs dry them for desert journeys. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
12:11 AM Post #3995857
| rosemary ready for harvesting...by the ton several times a year!
for cooking ...flavouring oils as gifts...and sleep pillows.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
12:14 AM Post #3995862
| The first white wisteria blossom 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
12:19 AM Post #3995878
| The first real wax flower recovering from the freeze damage ...whew! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
12:28 AM Post #3995902
| Solanium lasted all winter 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
12:32 AM Post #3995915
| Here comes that rain again... 
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KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
September 20, 2007
12:44 AM Post #3995935
| Chrissy, everything seems to grow so big and lush there. Our rosemary isn't nearly so...what's the right term? Big and blowsy? Ours grows tight and dense. I just planted some sprawling rosemary by the pond to cover the bank. It seems happy.
Please don't stop the historical interludes! I've always liked history, but really got into it when I started doing the family history thing. Talk about ships! When we were in Ireland, we visited an historical park and one of the exhibits was an accurate mock up of the "accommodations" our ancestors had when they emigrated. Whoa boy. Then I got to thinking, these were the more recent ancestors - what about those that came on the Mayflower (and even before)? These folk had never stepped on a ship before they decided to make that jump to a new world. I bless them regularly and admire them tremendously. |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 20, 2007
01:05 AM Post #3995975
| Your white wisteria puts on the leaves before the flowers???
Notice the purple cast to them as well! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
01:57 AM Post #3996027
| It is a baby one and the buds are a pretty pink then open to white...with wisteria it needs a bit of age to get into the cycle of flowers first...the big purple one took about 6/7 years before it did that. The purple cast I think was a reflection of the grey clouds bouncing of the pink if you know what I mean.
K ..yes I will keep it coming ...i do get sidetracked when I go outside...can't help it. The word for my rosemary is overgrown ...I need to cut it back so often ...it is exhausting!...luckily I use it all the time and it just throbs with bees ...that helps everything in the garden...because there is a bee shortage world wide...without bees we are in big trouble...a lot of sprays kill bees...and the drought and bushfires too ...so I allow it to bloom before cutting back because it really attracts the bees. Things do seem to leap out of the ground here ...guess that is why it was "settled" as a farming area ...and remains untouched for that reason. The red clay is full of good stuff and if you work with it ...it almost produces
miracles. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
05:03 AM Post #3996142
| And it will be a miracle if I ever get this triffid jasmine under control ever again ...been pulling it out on and off for a fortnight now and look!...you can smell it from across the road!
Don't forget we have had Rain!!!!!
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 20, 2007
05:51 AM Post #3996169
| Wow!!!
Now will that bloom all summer long,or spring and fall only? |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
09:17 AM Post #3996673
| that is the house eating Spring jasmine but I also have a star jasmine coming in soon ...the poets jasmine...the angel wing jasmine...the summer jasmine and the tuscan jasmine. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
09:49 AM Post #3996755
| http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/series_02/02_view.cfm
Hi sorry guys but all that homework I can't do way too much so here is the site to look it all up...thousands of pages!
Have fun!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
09:56 AM Post #3996789
| http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/sections/sec_01.cfm
Sir Joseph Banks...index of Journels
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LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 20, 2007
10:41 AM Post #3996993
| my SIL has been working on our genealogy for the last 4 years. Finally decided we are mostly English. with lots of Scotch/Irish in the mix. I always claim with pride that I am a mutt. Guess that is why I get so impatient with all the hyphenated-Americans. Time to drop all that. Whoops about to get political...Sorry, Terry. Thanks,Chrissy. Now, in that what I know about Australia (could put in a thimble) is that it was mostly settled by English. ? Wouldn't it be funny if we could trace and see if we have common ancestry other than Adam and Eve. Oh dear...I am way OT again. |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
September 20, 2007
12:13 PM Post #3997314
| I started that OT, Christy - you're innocent! DH gets a kick out of people saying "I'm half Irish" "I'm German" etc. but I have to remind him it's just shorthand for where our families came from - it sounds silly to go around saying "my ancestry is primarily ScotsIrish, Welsh, and English" in casual conversation. But I also don't go around saying I'm ScotsIrish-Welsh--English American! The "A" comes first, but all those industrious people from other countries put me here and I love them for it. And I love to hear about others' family stories, too. Here's a quote I like, "There is history in all mens' lives." Farmers, miners, builders, politicians (yes, even them!), ministers, on and on and on. I have met people both online and in person who are related to me in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and England. The genealogy world can be very like DG - meeting wonderful people all over the world who are helpful and friendly and sometimes become very good friends. Forget the stereotype of people studying "bloodlines" - family history can be very fulfilling. End of rant! :-)
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LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 20, 2007
12:20 PM Post #3997346
| Not a rant. I love the hobby aspect of geneaology and in some ways it is very beneficial for knowing history of DNA. My disgust is that so many peoples use of the hyphen is to denote the very thing they are fighting...descrimination. It just is of no help. The majority of our country's population was born in the USA...therefore, are American. PERIOD.
That is my rant. End.
As I have read before...now back to our regularly scheduled program. (before I get in trouble again) |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
04:46 PM Post #3998406
| Did you ever see a show on tracing DNA of a bunch of young students? and other nationalities?...if you had... you would agree that we are all a big jigsaw puzzle going back centuries the DNA revealed that...American Indians have strong Japanese roots in the mix...a red headed blue eyed young woman...who was traced to African roots generations back...one young African american traced back to English Aristocratic lines from hundreds of years back.
...it was truly amazing! in my opinion we are all one!...the family of man. Like the seeds scattered over the Earth!...I think we feel the need to say we are this or that... because so long ago we were wanderers and called no place home.So in a way I think our only reference to who we are in modern times is our birth place (our address)...and "adoption"...ie even though my relly's are referred to as Italian ...because of their birthplace...they are true Australians in every sense of the word...because there is another way to be an Australian or an American...or a Calathumpian... and I think of it as adoption...in a way when someone chooses your Country ...the love is perhaps stronger than the one who is born to the place and may not truly appreciate the gifts their birthplace affords...while the love is always there for the Birth country...the adopted one is embraced with gratitude and love for the many reasons that it was chosen in the first place...when those "adopted" children of the world come into my country and love it ...work hard in it ...helped to build it...respect it...then to me they are just the same as me...my fellow citizens. History is important and we need to know about it...even though tracing various "lines" is very interesting...the adventures ...settlers ...rising to meet challenges ...all of that... very important...way back before it was possible ..and before records were kept...various Countries conquered various Countries...explored ...found other new Lands and settled and fought off others and so it went...today with the new wonders of the DNA we are revealed more than ever to be a family...the family of man. |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 20, 2007
05:06 PM Post #3998491
| Once again, Chrissy explains in a very happy and rational way. I, too, believe we are from one stock. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 20, 2007
09:05 PM Post #3999329
| Yup...the family of Man. I love following the history of these islands though. To me, it is a glorious adventure! That a people the world now describes as lazy and slothful, once upon a time were some of the most adventurous and skilled navigators the world had or maybe even will ever see! These people set out in just canoes (!) and traveled thousands and thousands of miles between islands! Its incredible!
Oh Chrissy, I think that Arthur Phillip was the Captain of the "First Fleet"...don't think (at least I can find no reference) that he ever sailed with Cook, as Banks did. After Cook was killed, it was Banks and Bligh that got the ship home to England, and then Banks went back to the south pacific - with the "First Fleet"and Phillip. However it occured though, it is certainly a lovely rose that bears Bank's name. |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 20, 2007
10:40 PM Post #4000156
| The Lady in all her glory. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
10:44 PM Post #4000175
| Yep that is right...Gov Phillip was in charge of the settlement and sent zillions of reports and samples back to Banks in England as a follow up.
Well I have been cleaning up ...the messs ...made a good start in nice weather today...look what I found ! the first ripe strawberry guavas! pssst ... didn't last too long after I took the picture :)
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 20, 2007
10:50 PM Post #4000199
| Just gorgeous Christi! So graceful and ethereal...lovely!
Chrissy - did you bring enough for the whole class young lady????? Bet they tasted good you gardening goddess, you! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
10:54 PM Post #4000216
| Oh LouC you have one to???...gosh we really are the sames as Texas!!!...and you are right I forgot the white is named after Lady Banks...she is beautiful!
Well I have been cleaning up my neglected garden and it is starting to look a bit better although still a lot of frost damage!
And Shari wouldn't it have been wonderful to have spoken to these people?...oooh the things they could have told us...what about those gals On Pitcairn Island?
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 20, 2007
10:59 PM Post #4000240
| To this day! The islanders are so beautiful! But so much else has changed on all the islands...Cook's men - all the explorers...they wouldn't recognize anything...well, there are a few that are still pristine, but not many. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
11:00 PM Post #4000247
| They are yummy have you tried them? TM had just bought one and I wanted him to see them...they live at the bottom of the big "bird" and behind the little bird Strelizias 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
11:08 PM Post #4000275
| Yes the character remains I think so too...but those gals had their "pommy parteners knocked off by their own jealous men so they knocked off the jealous blokes who killed their "pommy" fellas .
here is the first "valentine" boge comming out ...I can hardly wait til it turns into a blaze of hot pink and strawberry...love it!
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 20, 2007
11:12 PM Post #4000289
| Is that a bougainvilla??? What a gorgeous color! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
11:14 PM Post #4000295
| Probably nothing as near glamorous as your tropical blooms but very colourful and happy. 
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 20, 2007
11:19 PM Post #4000318
| You are most definately going to have a colorful, glorious "spring"! Just beautiful Chrissy! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
11:22 PM Post #4000327
| Yes a boge I have mixed three kinds together...but that is my favourite ...I will post when it is in full flight! a fluoro hot pink and a fluoro hot strawberry it lives they live behind my geraniums in the last picture! on the other side of the yard I have a salmon /red/and tangerine all romping through roses...they go for about ten months of the year. not out yet but getting ready. The picture does not do it justice ...it really knocks your socks off! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
11:30 PM Post #4000347
| Well this is a quiet Spring I normally have annuals and bulbs in pots and pockets ...but not for two years due to my caring duties ...hardly any gardening at all... so it is fairly quiet...however my darling garden still manages ...to put on a happy face at least...as you may have guessed the "hot colours are there to b "tropical" sort of.This is a capegooseberry blossom and fruit ...once again yummy! 
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 20, 2007
11:38 PM Post #4000374
| Chrissy no I have never tried a guava,hope to thou,planted one!!!
Here's my ruby glow to flower buds deep in the back,
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 20, 2007
11:40 PM Post #4000380
| I was going to put my plastic on my greenhouse,but darm thing hsas growed leaps and bounds in just a couple days!!!
And one of my black walnuts fell out of the tree,half green and half black,but the outer shell is soft,should I open it now or wait??? |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 20, 2007
11:45 PM Post #4000392
| They reckon you can pickle green walnuts...I will look into it if you like...I don't know that you have anything to lose opening it ...after all it isn't on the tree anymore!...good luck! and yes exciting waiting for the buds to open ...going back out to look at mine I forgot:) |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 21, 2007
12:01 AM Post #4000440
| Had to run outside in my boxer shorts to put it outside,it was full of bugs!!!Worms!!! 
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 21, 2007
12:03 AM Post #4000444
| eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
12:04 AM Post #4000447
| Oh#$%*&## ...don't you just hate that!...gotta go back later :)) |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
September 21, 2007
12:04 AM Post #4000449
| What, no picture?? lol |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
12:06 AM Post #4000453
| Oh no I didn't mean you in boxers ...I mean't the bugs! *blushing* |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 21, 2007
12:09 AM Post #4000461
| Now, now girls...keep it clean! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 21, 2007
12:09 AM Post #4000462
| Breakfast anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pure protein here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 21, 2007
12:10 AM Post #4000466
| Breakfast anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pure protein here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh you mean picture of me in my boxer shorts!!!!LOL
Now that would be funny!!!LOL
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 21, 2007
12:22 AM Post #4000494
| Oh...ick...no thank you! To the bugs, not to you in boxers! |
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
September 21, 2007
01:24 AM Post #4000586
| Speak for yourselves Ladies, personally I want to see the boxers! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
01:42 AM Post #4000603
| There is always one in every crowd ha ha ha or maybe two ...or three
Changing the subject ...my poor little Spring passy has flowered
sad and sorry little thing tossed by the cold wind...bowed but not broken...and way too early for her comfort zone...but here she is
miss p alata...the perfume is still wonderful though and I swear the vine has grown overnight
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 21, 2007
03:50 AM Post #4000671
| Poor dear! She does look a wee bit bedraggled doesn't she. Maybe the next bloom will be better. |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 21, 2007
05:53 AM Post #4000740
| Chrissy,at what point on the vine is your flower at?
My vines are about 30 ft or more before the flowers starting producing. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
07:21 AM Post #4000873
| About 25 ...could be 30 ft hard to tell because they are twining over an arch thing up onto the second floor balcony...I think they might eat the house this Summer...the poor flowers have been badly battered by the storms and wind ...but I can see hundreds of little flower buds getting ready so ...it will be good...I love the perfume and it is reaching out towards my bedroom window. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
10:47 PM Post #4003914
| I swear it has grown overnight! the leaves are really big all of a sudden ...it must be all the rain! yes rain again early this morning and last night!...I don't know if you can see the difference since yesterday but our passionfruit do grow in the night as well as the day...usually only in Summer though...and it has been pretty cool the last few days...rain and cool strong wind. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
10:52 PM Post #4003932
| Well TM you may be interested in this pic it is my Murraya breaking bud today whew only just starting but already the perfume ...between the jasmine and the murraya...wow! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
10:58 PM Post #4003957
| Next...my favourite hot coral boge is starting up! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
11:03 PM Post #4003969
| Here is my first Tropicanna poking it's nose out 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
11:09 PM Post #4003984
| Also the honeysuckle buds ready to burst! oh the most wonderful prfume this one has...did you know you can keep the smell if you pour hot melted petrolium jelly over tightly packed blossoms in a ovenproof contaier...seal and leave for 2 weeks ...warm and strain...body perfume. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
11:14 PM Post #4003992
| now here is the first cape honeysuckle 
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 21, 2007
11:19 PM Post #4004002
| What a feast for the senses, Chrissy! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 21, 2007
11:35 PM Post #4004050
| I can't figure it out nothing in the garden is acting "normally"...some things way too early and some things dawdling...I know to tropical folk this does not seem a big deal but here in the middle of market gardens in a place considered temperate ( a joke!) this is a big deal
well anyway here are the big birds our type...see all the heads ...well there are dozens all over where you can't see
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 22, 2007
12:34 AM Post #4004200
| Oh my everything is so huge and gorgeous!!!!
I have a white bird,it kept breaking the pots,so I divided it into 2 pots,so now I 'll never get it to bloom!!!& yrs and still waiting for the first flower!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 22, 2007
02:00 AM Post #4004340
| Youthink that is bad ...a lot of garden designers are planting them into postage sized courtyards of villas a such ...big trouble down the track! 
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LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 22, 2007
10:28 AM Post #4004655
| Same weather phenomon in Texas this year. Were you to go to the Texas forum and back up to early Spring...all the chatter is about what is growing and what is not and nothing is normal. Love the roof and the gingerbread on you home. "Thornbirds" was most likely anything but authentic...but I loved the book. The TV series as always took license with the story but the scenes were beautiful...again probably in a Hollywood sound stage. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 22, 2007
08:06 PM Post #4006409
| The Thorne birds was shot at a real ranch here...most of what you saw was Authentic...the scenery I mean...I did not like what the series did to the book...can't stand...Kildare too feminine for the job...Rachael Ward stayed on here to marry our Bryan Browne ...you know that cane cutting hubby of hers in the show...he portrayed a typical oz bloke...from that era...oz blokes really do seem to put work and friends before sheila's...sad but true that is why most oz sheilas marry into other cultures and oz blokes marry into other cultures because they don't like oz sheilas nagging about neglect...in the end it all works out ok...I love talking to ozzy blokes ...love them as mates ...but no way I would marry one ...awful are'nt I?
Now LouC what is gingerbread? on the house. |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
September 22, 2007
08:30 PM Post #4006498
| What about Alice Springs, Chrissy? Was that authentic, too? I really liked that show. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 22, 2007
08:46 PM Post #4006554
| Sorry I don't know of that show who was in it?...are you talking about "A Town like Alice?"...if so ...yes that was mostly shot where it happened...you know the movie Babe (dear little pig) that was shot in NSW...a little town down the South coast famous for the dairy products. Quite a few movies have been shot in Australia because it is cheaper than the US...many scenes done here in films like Matrix etc...though we have read that more films will be shot in NZ due to the success of many of the recent "important " films. Jaws ...a lot of that was done here ...up QLD way...a lot of beach shots ...and dead shark shots. |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 22, 2007
11:56 PM Post #4007159
| Hi everybody...really tired...good tired. Went on a 35 mile flea market alley today...now that was just between 3 little towns. We had to go about 25 miles to get started and there are hundreds of side roads into the country side...everybody was having garage sales...so much fun. Didn't get much, but then, where would I put it? Long time friends went with us and we just had a good time...Chrissy, I did get a momma roo with her baby in the pouch made by Gund and a meerkat made also by Gund...brand new... lady was closing her shop...all of a dollar a piece. Gingerbread is a common name for the pretty trim on your house...just under the roof edge. Most Victorian style homes are known to have gingerbread both inside and out. Don't know where the description developed...been here longer than I have.
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KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
September 23, 2007
12:43 PM Post #4008380
| Sorry, Chrissy - yes, it was "A Town Like Alice." |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 23, 2007
04:03 PM Post #4009018
| Did you know that was based on a true story? (A Town Like Alice)
And what fun LouC
Sorry to have been missing in action Sunday is always busy around here and it was such a beautiful day.People come visiting.
I didn't know the "lacework" was called gingerbread. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 23, 2007
06:04 PM Post #4009333
| The term "Gingerbread" on old victorian homes and such like comes straight out of Hansel and Gretel. Has now become a perfectly acceptable architectural term...I think that's cool...literature dictating architecture... |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 23, 2007
07:22 PM Post #4009577
| Very logical. Thanks again Shari. |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 23, 2007
07:29 PM Post #4009604
| Big time Superbowl. |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 23, 2007
07:31 PM Post #4009609
| wrong thread, pepper. |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 23, 2007
07:38 PM Post #4009633
| How in the world did I do that?? I must be losing my mind. lol |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 23, 2007
08:04 PM Post #4009700
| And aren't we all!
Footy Grand Final in OZ
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 23, 2007
08:08 PM Post #4009711
| Great Excitement!...BIG day here !!!! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 23, 2007
08:11 PM Post #4009720
| It's mean and rough...broken bits...black eyes 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 23, 2007
08:13 PM Post #4009730
| Ha ha ha...you gotta eat your vegamite! 
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pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 23, 2007
08:14 PM Post #4009731
| Haven't been to a game this year of anything but I am hoping to make local football games. Lots of fun!!
Great pics chrissy!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 23, 2007
08:16 PM Post #4009739
| Spring ends the footy and ushers in the Cricket! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 23, 2007
08:20 PM Post #4009762
| This Country is Sport mad ...there is more sport in the papers than News but then perhaps that is not such a bad thing.:) |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 23, 2007
08:41 PM Post #4009862
| Nope, it is more entertaining and keeps peoples minds off the bad things. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 23, 2007
09:30 PM Post #4010064
| Lately it seem like all our sport in the news is bad stuff...dog fighting, steroids, sposal abuse...breaks my heart! I remember when sports hero's were role models and took it seriously. Some still do, but they don't make the newspapers. Very sad.
I love soccer, and DH doesn't get it...but cheers right along with me when America's team does good things.
For those who are unfamiliar: Cricket = baseball on valium.
From one extreme to the other, eh Chrissy?
Smooth move Pepper! Ha ...next? |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 24, 2007
12:24 AM Post #4010599
| Is it alright if I cheer for the lady in the yellow????LOL |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 24, 2007
04:29 AM Post #4010776
| Baseball on valium...????no I don't think so...do Americans play Cricket? I don't remember hearing anything about them...our boys work hard on the cricket field they are always running 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 24, 2007
04:32 AM Post #4010780
| I love the cricket...guess it is an ozzy thing ...but our boys are terrific 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 24, 2007
04:35 AM Post #4010782
| And they almost always win!...try watching a match with ozzys in it!
TM you can watch the women's beach volley ball we are pretty good at that too!
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 24, 2007
05:57 AM Post #4010822
| Yes,I do like to watch volley ball,use to love to play it with the kids...
Yes we have crickets here,but they rub there legs together and make a noise that drives you crazy,well not me I can't here it ,but Patti can,and she tells me to find it and put it back outside,but how can I find what I can;t hear!!!!LOL |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 24, 2007
06:59 AM Post #4010862
| LOL TM!!! |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 24, 2007
10:04 AM Post #4011389
| You are a scream, Don! Are you being facetious? I think so. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 24, 2007
04:01 PM Post #4012718
| Sorry Chrissy. I have a Brit friend who has become very American over the many years, and that is how she describes Cricket to those who don't know the game. Mainly referring to the days and days a match can go on I believe. DH played when we lived in Saudi Arabia...many Cricket players on our compound. I definately prefer soccer. And I love (and still play!) volleyball!
Don - tell Patti they are good luck to have on the hearth! True!!! |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 24, 2007
08:16 PM Post #4013535
| I love soccer and love to play it. Volleyball would be fun except my perephiel (sp is wrong I know) vison is off so the balls always look like they will hit me in the head. So I duck. lol |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 24, 2007
08:55 PM Post #4013702
| Gulf is like being in a coma...ducking for cover (but laughing)
Now changing the subject ...had to go out early this morning so I grabbed a shot of an old abandoned farmhouse...one that was here before most of us were...settlement I mean
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 24, 2007
08:59 PM Post #4013714
| Then the strawbery farm next door ...still closed because it was 6am 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 24, 2007
09:04 PM Post #4013732
| And the hills and paddocks that look like Texas 
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LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 24, 2007
10:24 PM Post #4014066
| Right you are, Chrissy...right down to the Cadillac emblem on the hood. *smile* |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 24, 2007
10:51 PM Post #4014179
| Oh my picture taken and driving at the same time!!!!
And might I add on the wrong side of the street!!!!
How does that work when your walking on the street,here you walk facing traffic?
Also looks like Oklahoma,Kansas Nebraska
My granda parents were in the Cherokee Land rush,and lived in a dugout they dug for a few years.
Grandma parents owned a sawmill in Michigan,in the late 1800's and drunking indians burnt it to the ground,so for a new start they came to join the land rush,and Dads parents were run out of Missouri,LOL don't really know why but his dad supposedly rode with Pancho Via during the Mexican Revolution,Don't know if my dad was just pulling my leg,or this was real time,,I was young and would believe all his stories!!!! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 24, 2007
11:00 PM Post #4014214
| That's some mighty in-ter-es-ting history ya got there Pilgrim. (How did you like my John Wayne immitation?) |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 24, 2007
11:03 PM Post #4014221
| recognize it anywhar... |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 24, 2007
11:06 PM Post #4014238
| LOL! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 24, 2007
11:34 PM Post #4014313
| Wow and we worry about our little problems...can you imagine what everyone went through???? the hardships...the lack of good medical treatments ...everything made from scratch...with very few basic...things...trying to grow things with just the earth and seed (and I guess animal manure)...no sprays to keep critters off...the lack of communication...the lonely times...the frightening times
I guess we get to read about it ...look at movies and imagine ...but these people that led the way before us...they were made of forged steel! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 24, 2007
11:44 PM Post #4014337
| Well you might walk a little stiff legged too!!!LOL
Speaking of animals,Dawng skunk right outside the sunroom door,patti came back to the garden room,said you have a friend out by the door,got up headed back that way and about half way,said no,I think it's one of your friends,oh my the smell Whoa!!!! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 24, 2007
11:47 PM Post #4014349
| Oh no!!!! How awful!! Ain't it nice to be loved???? NOT!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 24, 2007
11:57 PM Post #4014376
| Wha does a skunk smell like? we don't have them...our red bellied black snakes give off a terrible rotten egg gas stench when you chuck a brick at them...don't the skunks do that smell when they are frightened?... |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 25, 2007
12:01 AM Post #4014388
| Hmm,you guys that live on Islands have skunks too!
Late 50's a had a girlfriend,who had a skunk that had been de skunked,but it still smelled a little,hers was about a yr old,she was a pretty thing,but you know you can only go so far,I had to say good by to her,dawng thing was always trying to bite me!!!!
Oh what memories,first time and got caught by my mum who came home from work early one day,when I should have been in school!!!!
She never told my dad,who would have whooped me good,oh she was a pretty thang!!! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 25, 2007
12:04 AM Post #4014397
| Oh Chrissy it is ghastly! Horrid, and completely permeating. It gets in everything and lingers like an unwanted houseguest. Use to have a dog who loved to chase skunks...I swear we had stock in Campbells Tomato Juice Company. Bathed that dog in tomato juice at lease 4 or 5 times a year. And of course, he always wanted to be cuddled after these episodes...yuck! I can't think of anyway to describe the smell, maybe Don can, since his is so "fresh". |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 25, 2007
12:05 AM Post #4014399
| Don, you romantic you! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 25, 2007
12:18 AM Post #4014429
| That reminds me of a another funny story,couple buddies been fishing and drinking all day,it was dark and they let me out at my house first,I crawled up to the porch swing,finished a couple more beers,fell a sleep,seemed like hours,but was really only a few minutes,and woke to a horrible smell,to find my buddies in the front yard yelling at me to wake up!!!,Ernies car broke down,on there way home,and they thought it was closer to walk back to my house via shortcut along the train tracks,story goes as drunk as they were they decided to play a game who could come closer to the skunk that was walking towards them down the track!!!Guess what they both lost!!!
I took them back to a farm we were working to the cattle trough,went got tomato juice by the gallon can and watch them take a bath,drunk falling all over the place what a sight to see!!!
I guess it was funnier seeing them one on my trunk and the other on the hood of my car driving down the road to the farm,you know they smelled like a skunk for about a week!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
03:30 AM Post #4014568
| Gee I am glad we don't have them ...funny stories...I think I read somewhere once that you use tomato juice to get rid of the smell..
now I know why that poor lady cat in Peppy la Phew cartoons never fell for his many charms ha ha ha...thank goodness we don't get to run into a friendly skunk in the backyard...it sounds almost scarier than the snake. |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 25, 2007
06:18 AM Post #4014661
| Well if they turn .raise there tail,it's too late you've been had!!!!!!LOL
From 10ft away too!!!!!
But then again,a spitting cobra,might get you from 10ft away also!!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
06:32 AM Post #4014676
| This building is now a hotel...but was an inn once built in 1883 and a lot of tourists flock here to see it...it is not very far from Warragamba Dam...and about 10 mins from where I live 
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pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 25, 2007
07:07 AM Post #4014726
| We had a skunk literally walk up to one of my coworkers a couple of months ago and spray him. He had to go home and take a shower and clean out the van he was driving. He said he stunk so bad he couldn't stand to smell himself!! lol |
Marcy_1
New Madison, OH
(Zone 5a)
September 25, 2007
10:38 AM Post #4015288
| Hi everyone! Love the pictures Chrissy! Love this chatty thread! I wanted to tell Don about my skunk!
Earlier this summer, my brother spotted a baby skunk laying near my garden shed. It was asleep. He walked up to it, bent down and petted it! Boy, did it wake up and scamper under the shed!! And brother got out of there before momma came out and gave him ' what for'!!
Mike has it on video. If he ever takes the time to send it to me, Don, I will send it to you!
My brother said it had very soft fur!!
I would rather watch them out the window myself...lol! In the winter, they come up to the bird feeders to eat the dropped seed. |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 25, 2007
11:16 AM Post #4015411
| We have them often right here in the middle of the city. Years ago we had two schnauzers and they both got *skunked* in the middle of the night...through the pet door they come straight to the bedroom...ooooooooowwwwweeeee. Used tons of tomato products to no avail. Finally took them to the vet and they washed them in something they used to clean the exam rooms. Poor babies...then they not only smelled like a skunk...but a public restroom. Took about 6 weeks or more to finally totally disipate. |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
September 25, 2007
11:42 AM Post #4015482
| My skunk story: Big brother took me with him to the Colorado River (water skiing place for those who don't know). We were sleeping outside on cots with just a sheet tucked under head and toe. All of a sudden, he says to me "DON'T move." I feel something under my cot, moving straight down the whole length of it. Finally, he says to look and there was a whole family of skunks walking away in a line - it was their tails we felt under our cots! |
Marcy_1
New Madison, OH
(Zone 5a)
September 25, 2007
12:56 PM Post #4015732
| Oh wow LouC! I'm sure you've never forgotten that!! Mercy!
kaperc...my hubby was working out in our big garden, when a skunk just wandered by him. He just stood very still...and it went on by...like...I don't see you...you don't see me!!! Guess that's the best thing to do! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 25, 2007
04:43 PM Post #4016409
| They are actually very sweet and gentle (most of the time) and make good pets. Maybe we should pool our resources and send one or better yet two (male and female), to our dear friend in Sydney who is so unfamiliar with them? She shares so much with us...whadayathink? Instead of seed trading, we could critter trade! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
06:57 PM Post #4016851
| Well they are very cute ...to look at!.but I think you can keep them thanks anyway! lotsa cute critters we can love without the stench ...
* smiling*
Apart from the red bellied black snake I cannot think of anything that uses it's "smell' for defence...I do recall in the days that I owned dogs...some had whizz poppers (gas ) that could curl your eyebrows!!!! that is for sure!
No where as bad as skunks but it would sure empty the back verandah in a hurry |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 25, 2007
07:32 PM Post #4016963
| Hmm,I thought my eyebrows were curled!!!!LOL
I think Murphy our cat might have a relative that was a skunk,he can lets some stinkers!!!!!
And then he will look up at me and MEEEowwwwww!
Our skunks have 3 stripes,2 blacks and one white!!!!LOL |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
07:38 PM Post #4016989
| ha ha ha...yep!
look at my cuttings the figs all leafed out...planting in a minute
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
07:44 PM Post #4017011
| Also cuttings nicely...leafing out and ready ...ginko (I rooted 6 altogether)...the lovely honeysuckle ...and the solanium deep purple...happy me:) 
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 25, 2007
07:45 PM Post #4017014
| Congrats to you!!!
Won't be long and you can have some fig newtons!!!! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 25, 2007
07:48 PM Post #4017023
| Warning,watching First edition,and there saying the young kids are smoking salvia,and getting high as those who did acid back in the 60's,and some are dying,and it'd legal to buy,it's a garden plant |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
07:49 PM Post #4017028
| Oops the ginko here ...then I must go do some work :)...that other was more edible passionfruit 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
07:54 PM Post #4017056
| Are you serious you mean this edible salvia??? 
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LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 25, 2007
08:13 PM Post #4017117
| Oh my gosh. What's next! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
08:20 PM Post #4017133
| Well I went out to work but had to show you these things starting up! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
08:25 PM Post #4017157
| Just starting ...here come the roses! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
08:31 PM Post #4017182
| This will become a waterfall of creamy white roses that have the fragrance of Chanel no 5 ...interspersed with a hot tangerine boge 
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LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 25, 2007
08:31 PM Post #4017184
| It most definitely depends on what part of Texas one might choose to compare to OZ. Seems that you are able to grow any and everything in Spades. I have a little hanging basket of boug and it hasn't bloomed this entire summer. If you go South...it is like a weed. The more I watch and listen, the more I realize Texas is a microcosm of many climates...as is OZ. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
08:37 PM Post #4017199
| Yes I think so LouC...because I am bordering both cool and hot ...and depending on the weather I seem to be able to grow almost anything! we are only three weeks into Spring and look at my angels (peachy salmon )...getting ready to bust out!!! 
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Marcy_1
New Madison, OH
(Zone 5a)
September 25, 2007
08:40 PM Post #4017210
| Chrissy...are your brugs in the ground there??? |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
08:41 PM Post #4017218
| Last shot gotta go!!! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
08:48 PM Post #4017252
| Yes they are in a built up bed of sharp sand and cow poo 50/50...they were burn't off pretty badly in a freeze early june but have roared back full throttle... we are on heavy clay and most of my "tropical stuff" is in built up beds...you will notice "close planting" allows things to shelter other things...the "tin " fence sees that a fair bit of warm comes through ...radiated ...on sunny winter days and stops a lot of the terrible fierce freezing winds.:) |
Marcy_1
New Madison, OH
(Zone 5a)
September 25, 2007
09:15 PM Post #4017370
| That's great! I wish I could leave mine outside! I am one zone colder than Don...so I have to bring mine all inside for the winter too. It gets to be more of a chore every year too. But they are soooo pretty, I just can't give them up! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 25, 2007
09:24 PM Post #4017399
| Oh you poor thing ...I am sorry that anyone has to go to such much trouble...if it makes you feel any better ...I spend a great deal of time cutting and chopping things back...and the triffid weeds you just don't want to know...I could not give up my trumpets ...even if they had to share the kitchen ha ha ha ...no ...not funny huh...you all have my utmost admiration for all the really hard yards you must endure...to keep your darlings ...well done! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 25, 2007
10:55 PM Post #4017757
| That was fun! I really enjoyed seeing your pictures!
I'm the same here as far as chopping things all the time. The trumpets here get enormous. I started pruning them very hard at the end of may so that they are grown back by now and ready to bloom for fall. It's a bit hot for them here during the summer months.
Rj |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
01:15 AM Post #4018051
| hi there rj ...yep too true...I find that although you may not get a million blooms the ones with a little shelter tend to be a lot happier than the ones in the fierce heat. Our Summers can be pretty rugged too have you seen boges burn??? of course you have you are like us. :) |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 26, 2007
07:25 PM Post #4020777
| I sure have, as a matter of fact I laugh at tags that say "full sun"! from nursery plants.
I'm lucky enough to have giant oak and pecan trees surrounding the house. It also provides the canopy during the winter that gives the garden a micro climate and a few degrees needed to ward of any freezing.
Here's a pict of something from down under that really took off this year. It is 3 years old, C Cooperi Australian Fern Tree. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
07:49 PM Post #4020855
| That looks lovely! I bet it is pretty with the night lights on it...do you seek the twilight too after the looooong hot day?
Great to sit outside on the verandah and enjoy (hopefully ) the worse heat of the sun ...slowly sinking...
I am not looking forward to the bad heat...over here you have to do all the Christmas Shopping and parties and concerts (school) in the 100's +...whew...how cold does it get ?
You garden like me only yours is not as wild...the canopies protecting more tender things...warm micro climates...out the front I get the stone fruit ...but at the back in a sheltered warm situation I grow my tropical (in my imagination anyway) stuff :)
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Marcy_1
New Madison, OH
(Zone 5a)
September 26, 2007
07:55 PM Post #4020874
| rjuddharrison, I just bought one of those this past spring. Mine has been in a pot, and I put it outside after the weather warmed up here. It did fairly well until we had our heat wave! I just brought it back inside, and am hoping it will begin to look good again!
Yours is very nice!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
07:55 PM Post #4020875
| Out the front the murraya is nuts this morning very very fragrant ...the bees get drunk 
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Marcy_1
New Madison, OH
(Zone 5a)
September 26, 2007
07:57 PM Post #4020884
| Beautiful Chrissy!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
08:01 PM Post #4020902
| Yes the tree fern likes a bit of shelter...it lives in the shelter of trees
they are pretty tough though.
Here is my banksia rose showing off too as it sprawls into the peppercorn tree
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
08:12 PM Post #4020943
| This is out the back and will turn into a waterfall of colour shortly...roses and boges 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
08:19 PM Post #4020976
| here is a boge starting up in front 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
08:23 PM Post #4020996
| My little periwinkles that grow near the murraya ...out the front 
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KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
September 26, 2007
08:28 PM Post #4021015
| Chrissy, how do you take in all this beauty, color, perfume, etc. and not get overwhelmed? It's so amazing to see the size of your plants and how colorful they are. Really a feast for the eyes. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 26, 2007
08:29 PM Post #4021017
| I planted wisely then as it is shelered by trees. (fern tree)
Looks like you have lots of room there! Periwinkles are pretty. Do you have lots of scented plants?'
LOL drunk bees!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
08:29 PM Post #4021020
| My royal robe solanium about to leap! 
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Marcy_1
New Madison, OH
(Zone 5a)
September 26, 2007
08:30 PM Post #4021030
| I love the banksia rose, Chrissy!!! Wish I could grow it here! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 26, 2007
08:33 PM Post #4021047
| Is there a trick to thos solanium? I have some in a pot that bloom like crazy, but the ones in front seem to be unhappy...I'm thinking they like being on the dry side.? |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
08:39 PM Post #4021064
| I am on 16 acres here...ex market gardening land...my hubby wanted a place for his yank tanks... so I get what is left approx one acre of garden...I am the only gardener...hence the "wild "old farm look... but it was only grass and a couple of trees when I came here...so yes I love it and as I have said many times ...some times it just takes my breath away! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
08:49 PM Post #4021121
| Did you see our dam in the last pic? well our land runs down to the trees behind that...did you see wrecks? I have tried to hide from sight with the giant Strelizia...the dam is 1 ans 1/2 acres.
About the solanium ...we just ignore them and they grow like triffids!
they like a bit of shelter from fierce heat.Like most things.:) |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 26, 2007
08:53 PM Post #4021131
| I know what you mean.
I do need more land though, every thing I seem to like grows very large.
I like large shrubs and trees like you have, so that something is always blooming.
My soil is like yours...clay..and have to build the beds up...so any tips for the solanum? |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 26, 2007
08:56 PM Post #4021142
| You've done a good job hiding it, but I do see water in the background
Yeah..okay..that's what I've done this year on the solanum..just left it alone..it's still growing but, never bloomed this year..except in early spring..mabe this one is just a spring bloomer. There are quite a few different ones. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 26, 2007
08:57 PM Post #4021147
| Do you have night jasmine ? |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
09:03 PM Post #4021175
| It is happy growing in the "sandy" area that was my sandpit for the grandchildren...it gets an occasional handful of blood and bone or cow poo...but not much or you get more leaves than flowers.For me Sharp sand seems to be the answer to keeping a lot of things happy...I mix it up with stuff in the built up beds and I think that the worms take it down ...some parts of my garden are soft and friable...they are the areas where I did the "no dig" gardens for the veggies |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 26, 2007
09:05 PM Post #4021184
| It gets about 3C or 36F on a few nights during the winter.
one night is too many nights for me at the temperature. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 26, 2007
09:08 PM Post #4021190
| Sharp sand huh? I'll have to keep that one in mind.
I can't stop the night jasmine from growing here.. I read where the plant doesn't grow true from the seeds, but then I'd have to tell that to the thousand seedlings of night jasmine that root each year about this time. |
Marcy_1
New Madison, OH
(Zone 5a)
September 26, 2007
09:10 PM Post #4021207
| Do you know what temps the banksia will take, Chrissy? |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
09:16 PM Post #4021229
| I don't know what night jasmine is...is that jessamine ...yes I do.. I love everything smelly and lush .About the Solanium I think it likes a drop in the temp if it has been very hot...look for fall flowering I think...just a guess though mine flowered brilliantly in Autumn then spot flowered through Winter and is all budded up again ready to go off now it is slower in the bad heat...and I am always clipping it back!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 26, 2007
09:26 PM Post #4021278
| We have a similar temp then and actually got down to a nasty
-5c...one night and this did quite a bit of damage but everythng came back...the banksia should grow in a warm sheltered situation...can't kill them with a bulldozer here...grow wild and unattended in abandoned farms everywhere...have another try :)
The jessamine is an official weed here...but just about everyone has one hidden up the back...I don't feel guilty because I have lived in places where it was a menace but it must not like the cold ...you don't see it anywhere around here... this one was given to me.
Well off to do some gardening...I have enjoyed our chat ..have a lovely day/evening...it is late morning on a lovely sunny day here...weeds need pulling and some planting to do :) |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 26, 2007
09:32 PM Post #4021308
| Thank you, Chriss. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 26, 2007
09:36 PM Post #4021326
| Night jasmine is a shrub, and actually a tree in Costa Rica.
"Night Blooming Jasmine, Night Scented Jessamine, Queen of the Night
Cestrum nocturnum"
While it's just another bush when it's not blooming, it's heaven when it's blooming and looks rather nice too. Here's a pict, I think it would grow well there.
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 26, 2007
09:38 PM Post #4021336
| Yes..it's just afternoon there! It's 8:30pm here...
I do love sitting in the garden at evening...! I call the chairs.." the garden thrones"
We'll look for more pictures later!
Rj |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
September 27, 2007
12:08 AM Post #4021824
| Marcy, Plant Files has the yellow Lady Banks to zone 6a http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53223/, the white to zone 7. That's a lot of zone pushing for you. Also found this note on another site http://www.ph-rose-gardens.com/00108.htm:
| Quoted: | The White Lady Banks rose is not cold hardy. It will be affected to somewhat by temperatures below 15 degrees Fahrenheit. In order to thrive, this rose needs a sheltered sunny location.
It will grow satisfactorily under a wide variety of conditions. It is tolerant of poor soils and is unpalatable to deer. The ground around the base should be kept free of competing vegetation by mulching. |
Of course, if you have a sheltered spot that doesn't hold the cold below 15 degrees, you could give it a shot. |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 27, 2007
06:35 AM Post #4022225
| Chrissy,looked for you this morning,just saw a new beach bikini record set in Australia,over a thousand women wearing bikinis on a beach there this morning. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 27, 2007
08:39 AM Post #4022580
| You are so very funny ha ha ha...but it was pretty spectacular!
what do you think of my Murraya...the citrus is all going off and the air is exquisite!...here I am showing you all this lovely stuff and you are thinking of a beach somewhere ...just between you and I
Wow! |
Marcy_1
New Madison, OH
(Zone 5a)
September 27, 2007
10:47 AM Post #4023141
| Thanks kaperc. I was pretty sure I couldn't grow it here. :( |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 27, 2007
11:09 AM Post #4023232
| This is mine blooming this last March. It mostly grows wild in a lot of areas. You might give it a try...only thing we do is fight it to keep it from taking over everything. 
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Marcy_1
New Madison, OH
(Zone 5a)
September 27, 2007
11:17 AM Post #4023266
| Oh it's so beautiful LouC! I love it!! And does it smell good too? |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 27, 2007
11:37 AM Post #4023361
| Very soft sweet aroma...blooms about the same time as the wisteria...can't be beat with both of them. Another angle. 
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Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
September 27, 2007
11:49 AM Post #4023401
| Wow LouC, what a beautiful plant! Looks as if she is growing up a tree? |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 27, 2007
03:21 PM Post #4024057
| They do grow up trees...Mine had climbed to the top of the Cherry Laurel trees along my driveway. It actually looked quite nice. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 27, 2007
04:03 PM Post #4024227
| Yes I have seen them cover very large areas in old farms around here...beautiful weeping habit that sort of sprawls into anything around it...yours is lovely LouC...great combination of the wisteria and the banksia rose ...here the wisteria is on it's way out now...very
hot day coming up! it burns some things off but other things leap to life...well I have to go out today ...will be back later maybe a new thread as this is too long...here comes the sun
do do do do here comes the sun!!!
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 27, 2007
10:28 PM Post #4025467
| Chrissy
This may seem stupid,but here goes.every morning when I see the moon it is always to my south,heading west,as the world turns,is it the same for you????
Or is it to your north,as you are in the southern hemisphere???? |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 27, 2007
10:31 PM Post #4025481
| good question, Don. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 28, 2007
08:38 AM Post #4026336
| Yes the moon is the same as yours...tonight I was out doing some twilight potting...with the outside light on ...and I just loved that big full moon...even though it makes me...howl...whoooo...whoooooo
ha ha ha but seriously...how many of you do your gardening after dark...it is something I do a lot on hot (and or busy days)...it's very enjoyable...and the cooler breeze is just lovely...tonight I gardened under the beautiful full moon...and listened to the sirens racing by...(always happens when the moon is full)...the fragrance of the Spring flush and a full moon...ahhhh bewitching :) |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 28, 2007
03:28 PM Post #4027809
| Your crazy!!! and a kindred spirit!!
I midnight garden all summer long. As a matter of fact there are times when I garden most of the night. And those who knows how hot it is during the day here in summer know why. But yes...Moonlight gardening is great. Many times during the year I will not know it's a full moon and will wake up in the middle of the night wide eyed...what else is there to do but go outside and enjoy it! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 28, 2007
03:33 PM Post #4027820
| As a matter of fact, I've created all sorts of lights for the garden at night so I can see a wee bit, and enjoy the night show.
Hope you don't mind me posting another picture.
This is my home made greenhouse lit up with small colored flourescent lights..then I made these 11 foot tall lit flowers from some left over rods my friend gave me. they turned out fun!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 28, 2007
03:35 PM Post #4027822
| Good morning r and everyone here it is 5.30 in the morning ...look at the sky I love it! 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 28, 2007
03:40 PM Post #4027834
| Well why wouldn't you love gardening at night with all that going on it is lovely ! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 28, 2007
03:40 PM Post #4027837
| It sure is..
Good morning...! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 28, 2007
03:46 PM Post #4027854
| Sat morning...29 th of Sept here...ha ha ha ok what time and what day ????? :) |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 28, 2007
03:50 PM Post #4027873
| It is 1448 2:48PM on Friday...yippee...we are quickly heading into the beginning of our weekend.
I always like to call my Friend in Melbourne on New years..I tell him I'm calling from last year..hahahah |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 28, 2007
03:58 PM Post #4027911
| Long weekend coming up here (labour Day Holiday) I must now go cook getting ready for a huge family thing ...enjoy the weekend everyone and have a wonderful time!...back later :) |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 28, 2007
04:39 PM Post #4028028
| Have fun!
list some of the yummy dishes later/// |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 28, 2007
09:13 PM Post #4028915
| Randy...I adore the flowers! Please explain how you did them. I have a problem with wiring in my garden...the rain is constantly shorting everything out! Aaaarrrgh!
Chrissy - what a glorious sunrise!!!! Enjoy the big "do" with family and friends... |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 28, 2007
10:50 PM Post #4029291
| Gorgeous red sky,hmm is it a sailors warning?????
Moon is the same,and when you flush a toilet the water turns clockwise or counter clockwise?
Rivers flow north or south?
You have a prevailing wind?
Sorry for so many questions,trying to get a feel of what it is like there,I think the term down under,playing with my mind!!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 28, 2007
11:32 PM Post #4029434
| Hi stopping for a quick check ...having coffee and a sanger...potato salads done Tick...egg salad done ...tick...salsas and dips done ...tick...10 kilos of my special mushrooms...done whew! tick.
The water runs the opposite to you ...never thought about the rivers...don't they all run out to the sea? ...wherever that is...we had dreadful hot winds yesterday very hot indeed this is what happens here ...in a way it is the most dangerous time of the year because the temp drops suddenly when we get a Southerly Buster from coast!...it gets such extremes and that combined with the winds tends to do a lot of damage tearing and ripping as well as burning new growth!...this is why I have my fenced area to protect as much as I can. I have to go now back to the cooking (200 plus coming from near and far)...love to stay and chat but ...
I will look into the differences twixt here and there and chat about it in a couple of days ...meanwhile next time you flush ..think of ours going the other way ...it seems to be what amuses the American folk the most ...that and the fact our water is down at the bottom of the bowl instead of up high ...how does one avoid a "splashed " bottom? ha ha ha
Try and get back later :) |
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
September 29, 2007
12:42 AM Post #4029607
| RJ, your flower lights are absolutely beautiful, what did you make the petals from?
Chrissy, have fun feeding that mob!
It's been very quiet at my house this week as Frank is attending Continuing Education - in Vegas of all places! Funny how the house has kept tidy, no toothpaste in the sink, etc!
Hope everyone has a nice weekend... |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 29, 2007
12:52 AM Post #4029626
| When do we eat?????
Sounds great!!!!
Tooth paste in the sink!!!!
My wife's the worst for leaving that in the bowl!!!!
Sometimes I think she does it ,just to see if I will clean it up!!!! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 29, 2007
04:45 AM Post #4029811
| I should explain,
The flowers were already made, I actually attached them to the long poles and then put the other lights with them. I'm always putting lights together. LED lights are great for gardens..don't burn out, low voltage and keep their brilliance.
Rj |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
September 29, 2007
04:53 AM Post #4029815
| Rj...love night gardens...(stopping for a cuppa at the moment) ...night lights add a whole new experience to our gardens!...but when there is a beautiful new moon don't forget to switch them off for a little while to watch the moon sail across the sky...(all the better glimpsed through palm fronds...)you gotta have a bit of mystery too...ahhh the drama of it all!...imagination runs riot! :) |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 29, 2007
05:20 AM Post #4029820
| I agree with you there. I also turn them off right after the full moon...dark as coal... |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
September 29, 2007
12:16 PM Post #4030624
| Having lived on the west coast my whole life, I get very disconcerted on the east coast. North and south get confused and the drop-off is much further out, so the surf sounds very different. Such simple things, but so ingrained that it kind of shakes your reality. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 29, 2007
04:58 PM Post #4031335
| Talk about disconcerted! Try being surrounded by water! K - I also grew up in California, so I was quite used to the water being west...now I am always getting in directional trouble!
Chrissy - have great fun with the visitors and the food - and when you get a chance you might want to think about #3...this is getting on the longish side...but maybe not, I keep forgetting you guys don't have the wait I have with dial-up. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
October 03, 2007
04:33 PM Post #4045395
| Sorry ...I haven't had broadband all that long ...that I don't remember the dialup...taking so loooooooong!
I jumped but forgot to say! Sorry to everyone on dial up...
soooo follow me...come on babe ...follow me !
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