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curiouswombat) wrote2006-07-19 08:50 pm
curiouswombat) wrote2006-07-19 08:50 pm
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Greetings and pic spam.
Firstly - to everyone going to WriterCon - have a wonderful time - safe travel there and safe travel home.
For those of you staying at home like me - never mind - there will still be some of us around on LJ!
I hope everyone is coping well with whatever weather you currently have - here it is hot, for us, around 28-29C, 85F ish - although my car's external thermometer got up to 31C (90F) over lunch time, when the sun was shining on it. But we have the tiniest of breezes, which has kept it reasonably pleasant.
I have been out with my jug, watering all my plants at least once a day, because they don't last long without water, being all in pots. So under the cut are some pictures of how my plants are enjoying the weather -
My lilies have opened - they just sat there as buds for about six weeks, and I thought they would never open, but look -
The sweetpeas that I bought as one little tray of seedlings have provided height and colour in four different areas of the yard, and smell wonderful. They remind me of childhood holidays at my aunt and uncle's in a village about six miles from home - I must write about Lily and Nelson sometime - maybe later in the week!
Frog looks happier than he did last time I put a picture of him onto my journal, as he is now surrounded in colour - nasturtiums, cream marigolds, and snapdragons -
And our climate just seems to suit fuchsias - this one is in a tub in a fairly shady spot - the colours of this are really this bright -
Tonight we may well have thunderstorms, and so some of these may not look quite so good tomorrow!
For those of you staying at home like me - never mind - there will still be some of us around on LJ!
I hope everyone is coping well with whatever weather you currently have - here it is hot, for us, around 28-29C, 85F ish - although my car's external thermometer got up to 31C (90F) over lunch time, when the sun was shining on it. But we have the tiniest of breezes, which has kept it reasonably pleasant.
I have been out with my jug, watering all my plants at least once a day, because they don't last long without water, being all in pots. So under the cut are some pictures of how my plants are enjoying the weather -
My lilies have opened - they just sat there as buds for about six weeks, and I thought they would never open, but look -
The sweetpeas that I bought as one little tray of seedlings have provided height and colour in four different areas of the yard, and smell wonderful. They remind me of childhood holidays at my aunt and uncle's in a village about six miles from home - I must write about Lily and Nelson sometime - maybe later in the week!
Frog looks happier than he did last time I put a picture of him onto my journal, as he is now surrounded in colour - nasturtiums, cream marigolds, and snapdragons -
And our climate just seems to suit fuchsias - this one is in a tub in a fairly shady spot - the colours of this are really this bright -
Tonight we may well have thunderstorms, and so some of these may not look quite so good tomorrow!
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Did you know they're edible? They taste sort of peppery. A few nasturtium blooms will dress up a salad.
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They are so good for colour though - there are some plain orange ones in another pot, and a dark red one lurking in one of the troughs with the blue and white things - if I was an American, or straight UK rather than Manx, they would make it very patriotic!
They come up a bit randomly, as I save the seeds from year to year, but I throw them all into a bag together!