#trees and shrubs

[weepingfoxfury]

The man on the radio thumps away on his table top and throws on tune after tune, tucks into sent in treats and slurps away on a large cup of 'tay'. Weatherwise we're just riding the tail of Storm Ernesto ... so no point in grabbing 'the umbrella', best to just hold onto your hat. The traffic lady warns drivers of debris on the roads before kicking back with chocolate and the man on the radio to the strains of Midnight Cowboy.

Today's groaner: What is a sock's favourite sci-fi film? ... The Toe-minator ;-D badoom tish ... here all week!!

Yep, you've guessed it, the shiny metropolis is calling once more. Thought I'd throw up a thrilling picture of one of the car parks I get to sit in. More interesting than some of them, but oh good grief, anything that's planted is done in a line. Regimented evergreens as a nod to the rural.

Very soon there'll be the endless sound of the leafblowers both here and at home as the trees have the temerity to shed their finery. The Emerald Isle is as obsessed with those as lawnmowers. I watch with wry amusement as people struggle up and down with the huge leafblower 'backpack' like strange bumble bees ... performing crazed pattern after crazed pattern as the leaves blow this way and that. Must be the fumes.

There are woodlands nearby and, one day, I fully expect to find these same people, leafblowers strapped on, as they go for their orderly Autumn walks. My childhood memories are of kicking through the leaves, hearing them crackle beneath my feet ... can't help but wonder what memories the leafblower lunatics have.

Thursday, Thursday, Thursday and old Frankie boy is singing about a summer breeze ... the summer, such as it was, is slipping away. I'd best grab another coffee ...

[toyastales]

A nice little nook to contemplate my next move.

[thinkingimages]

tree casting shadows in a tragic alleyway © Tanya Rusnak

[awkwardbotany]

My Review of Decurrent Trees

Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of plants to look at. Deciduous trees and shrubs become particularly interesting during the winter months with their exposed branches and their growth habits made more obvious. The beauty of a tree’s “skeletal” structure is revealed when it’s stripped of its leaves and set against a winter sky. Winter is also a great time to prune certain…

[cfknursery]

Country Flower Kettle

Family-owned nursery providing high-quality custom flower baskets, annuals, perennials, vegetables, trees and shrubs, landscape material supply, and one of the Treasure Valley's largest fruit tree inventory.

Contact Info-

Country Flower Kettle

Address- 6340 US-95, Fruitland, ID, USA 83619

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Year Est.- 2018

Owner Name- Andrew Swensen

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[melankoliadam]

Transitional Landscape

Design ideas for a large transitional privacy and partial sun backyard stone and metal fence landscaping in summer.

[unholyeldritch]

Time to take a walk in the woods.

[emaadsidiki]

Ginkgo dresses up in gold! 🍂🥇🌿 NYBG

Autumn dresses up in gold, the richest season of the soul.

∼ Angie Weiland Crosby

[michaelnordeman]

In the garden. Värmland, Sweden (June 13, 2017).

[thebramblewood]

The cat might just murder Lilith before anyone else gets the chance.

Previous / Next

Lilith: Helena. Darling. The sky is rapidly darkening, and you haven’t even begun getting ready.

[cat meows in displeasure, fleeing the scene]

Helena: What the- Hey! I was reading that.

Lilith: Haven’t you read every damn book in this library twice over by now?

Helena: Establishing a firm grasp on the foundations of vampiric history is absolutely vital to learning-

Lilith: All you’ve learned since arriving is how to parrot [raises voice] the incredibly questionable opinions of my infuriatingly pretentious brother.

Helena: That’s not true. I’ve-

Lilith: Class is dismissed! Time for your extracurricular activities. Now, run along and make yourself fit for the outside world. [wrinkles nose disapprovingly] Can you even remember the last time you washed your hair?

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Lilith: Christ, you two are attached at the hip. It’s nauseating, truly. You’re certain you’re not trying to steal her from me?

Caleb: Lilith, how could I possibly steal her from you? She doesn't belong to you. She doesn't even trust you — with good reason, I might add. I can hardly help it if she finds me to be far more tolerable company.

Lilith: [rolls eyes] I’m not sure what’s worse, your insufferable pseudo-intellectualism rubbing off on her or her infuriating impertinence rubbing off on you. Either way, I don’t think I like it.

Caleb: And I don’t think I particularly care.

Lilith: Do remember I kindly chose to leave you with your windpipe intact. I can’t guarantee I’ll be feeling so generous next time.

[cat yowls and scrambles across her feet]

[shrieks in frustration] Curse this vile beast! I cannot get a moment’s peace around here anymore!

Caleb: [quietly] Good girl.

[cat purrs contentedly]

Lilith: I heard that!

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Monday 21 October 2024

The tropical evergreen Pisonia umbellifera ‘Variegata’ (birdcatcher tree, birdlime tree, umbrella catchbirdtree, map plant, para para) has foliage with distinctive variegation. When the shrub flowers it produces open clusters of fragrant, sticky, small green flowers tinged with pink and followed by sticky fruits. These are responsible for some of the common names as insects and small birds can get stuck to the flowers and fruit, so these are best removed.

Jill Raggett

[herpsandbirds]

TRICK or TREAT‼️ 🐊🕷️

Here is a sexy treat for you...

Side-striped Shrub Frogs (Pseudophilautus pleurotaenia), mating, family Rhacophoridae, endemic to Sri Lanka

photograph by Ravisara Jayamanna

[loudcackles]

Why are they just 😐😛😼

Source: val202 ig stories

[yorksnapshots]

Winter green framing the ruins.

[kimlion1313]

“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” -Lady Bird Johnson

Sebastian, FL - Sept 24

[fentonphoto]

Snowy Kanazawa reflections. @japan