Have you found the sunshine, tucked in the clouds on this perfect day? Today this post is dedicated to #WednesdayWalk by @Tattoodjay. It is a wonderful tag that I look forward to and haven't been able to accomplish in the last little while! ! I like to stroll about, taking in nature and life. What better way to document my day than to take a walk through life?
I decided to take my walk around my own neighborhood, a place where I am at peace and it is always a pleasant time, seeing what people do to their yards and seeing new varieties of flowers along the way. These are in my yard, part of my own garden and they are a whispy fern type flower.I can cut them down and they are invasive enough, they push up more.
Thesse are purple clematis, and it is crawling up my mailbox. It makes a nice pop of color and blooms all summer. I love a flower that gives and gives, then even comes back next year, all on its own. Oh, yes. There is #alwaysaflower to color my world.
The neighborhood has many green spaces, to let your dogs run, for you to feel like it isn't crowded. Even though this one has rolling terrain, most of them are not. This one leads down to a little stream, where the water life is abundant.
These irises were a donation to the neighborhood pond (one of) They didn't have any flowers around this one, so I have been adding a few here and there. It will look better next year.I have a don't ask, don't tell policy.
These are my favorite pine trees around here. They are just starting to put out some pinecones. They are green and sticky right now, but, when they get mature and turn brown and hard, I wait for them to fall from the tree to spread their seeds and I collect a few for the Christmas season. Sometimes, I spray them with gold glitter, other times just leave them in their natural state or even decorate packages with them. Nothing smells like Christmas like pine!
A leftover pinecone from last year. It looks like the tree has died, taking the pinecones with it. Le sigh. I hate to see nature die prematurely. It was very tall and sturdy, but, I didn't think it was old.
This is another green space and over the fence and down where the rocks are is where water collects with a huge rain. It is much like a french drain and never really gets much water, but, it keeps the grass dry. The sun is blazing now.
I walk by someone's lawn where the clover has taken up residence! I love clover, but, methinks he will never get rid of it, but, really, maybe he doesn't mind. After all, it is green and you can eat the clover flowers. Win-win!
HOme sweet home! I am coming up through the backyard, where another angel is watching over the garden.
All I have are my words, armed in my mind, written in pen, stand by stand. Oh, yes. Still by hand. It has a different feel. Altered not by keys, backspace, and delete, I write, erase, tear it to pieces and start all over again. And again.
It’s my way. I walk out to the deep end of the page and dive right in.
And just like that, this walk is over. But, never forgotten. The beauty of my day is colored in happiness and much sunshine. I hope you all got out for a spin around the block, if only for a moment or three. I want to thank @Tattoodjay for hosting the #WednesdayWalk and you can find his post and how you can join here.
The Naming of Cats
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
TS Elliot
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You have a very good neighbourhood, its was nice green places with the pine tree, similar to a golf feild. I have a desire to make a time spent on their under the shadow of tree for gossip someone a part of the daylight, having also some tea or coffee with snacks just sit on the mat. Have a beautiful day with your wednesdaywalk.
Thank you! I do sit on the green space some days. It is peaceful and rhe weather is nice. I appeciate you stopping by and leaving your words.
Have a wonderful day!
Love all your photos as always.
That shot of the irises beside the water.... Love
The pinecone looks somewhat like verdigri.... right?
Clovers ! Gotta luv the clover ! Who would want it gone? Not me !
I read once that back in the 40s / 50s..... the grass seed you bought was graded higher and more desirable, the more clover it had in it. Then along came the poisons that attacked broad leaf grass, targeting dandelions and other grasses that were considered weeds. Unexpectedly, it killed clover as well. Somebody somewhere thought that was ok and so began the disappearance of much of it.
I have noticed though that it seems more folks are not using that poison and I am seeing more and more clover as I go along. I'm liking it too and I"m sure the bees are.
Thank you! Those are the ones I planted! I have too many in my yard and at the Shore House, and after planting some along the back roads I decided that ponds here are lacking in the florals. I put some yarrow there yesterday. Just needed something that has a will to live, even when ignored.
I planted a whole field of clover at the shore, and you should see the bunnies it attracts! :)) I go to the feed store and they will make up any kind of seed you want to plant. I thought it was pretty cool the first time I did it. I remember my father doing that. I like the clover flowers and bee balm and... and... and... the flowers taste pretty good. The bees love them too and we need to keep our bees happy! I do think that people are not using the poisons that they had been. Time has shown the damage caused by this and hopefully, we have learned.
Yes! That is an absolutely artistic way to put it. As you can tell, I have no art skills or I may have picked that up myself! Thanks always for stopping by and leaving your words and, the religious upvotes that I see from you. XO
Enjoy your day! Stay safe!
That is lovely that you plant randomly around for the enjoyment of many.
As a child, when there were many clover patches throughout neighborhood yards, it felt so nice on my feet to walk in them. I lived at an apartment some years back and some clovers were growing behind it. A few times I had walked out barefooted and enjoyed trampling it a little....LOL.... not meaning too, but ... you know. Anyway, all of the sudden one day, the landscape folks came along, spraying and spraying and within a few days, all the patches of clover were just dead brown spots. 😡 Those ugly brown spots were there all summer as they did not reseed till late fall. Ugly ! Ugly ! Ugly ! ....all summer. Ugh !
It should be against some kind of law !!
Ugh! They killed perfectly beautiful clover because the brown was prettier? How gauche of them! Seriously, I cannot see how that could have been better, but, I do realize why they did it. You cannot seed over poison, so you have to let the ground rest for a period of time or it would kill the new seed. Shouldn't that have spoken to them??
I do remember how nice clover feels. :)) We had it in our yard growing up. It was green, and it had those pretty little flowers, so it was a shoo-in! I have a small bit of clover and I frequently go barefoot in my yard. I do trample it, but, it springs back up later on. You cannot keep a good clover down!
I almost always have a five-gallon bucket and a shovel in my vehicle. You just never know when you might need one.
Thanks so much, El! I hope you are having a great day!
As a child though, I was no respecter of bees and because I got stung now and then, walking in the clovers was risky and had to be carefully looked over before jumping in. Many a bee perished because they couldn't be trusted with tiny feet. Little did we know......way too little.
LOL You really tickle my funny bone! Thank God you don't sting!
Hi there, @dswigle that is a nice way to enjoy a nature walk through all those green paths best way to kick of your day taking all that nature in puts you to a great fresh start for the day :)
It really does, doesn't it? I take my phone and take snapshots along the way. Sometimes, the sun is so bright, I cannot actually see what I am taking a picture of, just a good guess! I used to take my camera, but, to be honest, I have found that less is best and because I am walking over 5 miles, I don't want to have to lug it around. :)
I thank you for stopping by and I hope you are having an amazing day!
Hi there, @dswigle yep it's the best way to start the day, isn't great that we can carry these hi-tech phones with us anywhere better then carrying a 5 kilo camera around especially when your on a walk and I wish someone would invent a antirereflection screen it can really be a pain as you say when you can't line up that photo and get it into that frame without blinding you :)
I'm always amazed at technology. Look how far we've come. Whoever invents that screen will be rich! :))
I hope you had a great day, now have a good night!
Am working on it needs to be something like a hood they use on cameras or a little automatic umbrella that pops up to provide shade to the screen 🤣
Had a great day thanks @dswigle and it's nearly my bedtime so will say you have an amazing day :)
What a beautiful area you have
I love that purple clematis and the green areas
Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk
Thank you so much. It is about time I upped my participation! I have been a little (a lot) slack here lately. Can I buy more time from you? I am in desperate need of some. :)
Thanks so much, JJ! @tattoodjay I hope you have a wonderful night!
You to have a wonderful evening
You too!🙂
I'm all tuckered out but had an enjoyable virtual trip. Thanks for the experience :)
Oh, yes. For sure. We went 7.5 miles. I don't know about you, but, I am ready for some water and a shower. It was pretty hot outside!
Now that was a wonderful walk. I just love to take pictures of flowers and have a boat load of them. I have been really busy this past week, but I did manage to get a few pictures of my roses, love roses. I think I should put together a post to show them off, #alwaysaflower, @dswigle.
I think you should! You know how much we love your flower shots! It has been busy for the last few weeks and I have not had as much time on my hands as usual, and I had gotten so behind on my comments!
I think that I am caught up! When you get the time, I would love to see them!
Hello again my friend. I can see you are a busy lady, I am busier now than ever before, go figure. Seems once I stopped working, I have had an ever growing to-do list, gotta get it all in before I can't.🙄😏😊
Do you eat clover flowers try often Denise? I think they are very pretty but never thought to eat them. Nice neighbour you live around, makes for an interesting walk exploring everyone else's life. 💚
Here we have a lot of Purple loosestrife around the water. A friend of mine always wants me to bring some in to her, as she lives in the city and I have said I believe that to be a no no LOL.
Give those poor legs a break woman! You are going to walk them right off! 🤣
Thank you so much for the repost @pixreteemer! Much appreciated!