Category Archives: Friday Floral

ne other Camellia graces our east flower bed not far from where our tea plant is located. This east bed is one of our favorites because it gets good sun all morning and is sheltered by the harsher afternoon sun. … Continue reading →

nder our kitchen window grows one of the darkest green shrubs in our landscape. Evergreen and trouble-free, and slightly informal, it needs no special care, and other than nipping back a stray sprout now and again, it has never needed … Continue reading →

don’t know what the name means, but “glossy abelia” sounds so beautiful that the plant just has to match, and it does. As the modifier implies, this abelia, Abelia x grandiflora, is indeed glossy. The tiny one-inch by half inch … Continue reading →

ell, you may remember that I promised “wildlife” with this week’s Friday Floral. I wasn’t able to pull it off, as my intended subjects were occupied elsewhere. I’m not referring to spiders—as the title above might lead you to wrongly … Continue reading →

alvation can have many meanings. One might be saved from embarrassment or saved from starvation. One could be “saved by the bell” or saved by God. To be in good health is to be saved from sickness. Well, I’ll quit … Continue reading →

es, I know. This is Saturday. Well officially, but I haven’t gone to bed yet so this is your Friday Photo. You figure it out. Maybe I’ll tell you about it at a later date.

reamy-white clouds of Autumn clematis have emerged atop many road-side trees in the last few days. They look nice out there, but I wouldn’t want them climbing my trees. They don’t do any real damage, but they look best from … Continue reading →

have never seen rain like this in August. Most years in Oklahoma you need a stick of dynamite to dig a hole in the ground when August rolls around. It has always been a bitter-sweet affair: wishing the drought and … Continue reading →