Garden Bloggers Bloom Day on Wordless Wednesday

Today I'm thankful for the flowers that continue to bloom in my mid-November garden:

                                                        (*click on photos to enlarge)

...and in the containers, a few colorful blooms also remain:

Yesterday was Garden Bloggers Bloom Day at May Dreams Gardens. Despite a yard full of leaves covering just about every inch of garden space, I wanted to share the few colorful blooms that managed to survive our recent bizarre temperature fluctuations and unusual precipitation in the form of frost, snow and rain, interspersed with temps between the 30's and 70's on any given day.

Now, here is what my gardens REALLY look like right now:

It isn't much to look at, is it?! The leaves continue to fall--and the trees are still mostly full(!) The oaks won't lose their leaves much later...so I will probably not clean up the yard until mid-to-late winter.  The leaves serve as a protective cover for the perennials and I like the way the landscape looks when the snow falls on my perennials, so I probably won't cut them back until later, as well. There are a few winter bloomers, such as Hellebore, that I will uncover a bit later, to be sure not to miss those pretty blooms. Everything else can just wait.

Oops, this turned out to be a more 'Wordy' Wednesday than I'd planned...oh well...;-)

Here's wishing you a wonderful week!

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Wordless Wednesday

Today I am thankful for a beautifully sunny day in November

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Wordless Wednesday

Well maybe just one two words: Toad Lily

The Toad Lily is also known by its Botanical name, Tricyrtis.  This particular hybrid is 'Sinonome'...a cross between T. hirta and T. formosana. This is the first year with it in my garden, and I love it. Ok, so I couldn't be completely wordless. Happy Wednesday;-)

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Wildlife on the Wildflowers on Wordless Wednesday

Hummingbird Clearwing on Phlox paniculata

It's Wildflower Wednesday at Gail's Clay and Limestone, so be sure to stop by to see lots of beautiful native plants and wildflowers...and more wildlife;-)

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Wordless Wednesday: Hawk

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Cooper's Hawk
*(no birds were knowingly sacrificed at the feeder during this photo shoot)

 

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Wordless Wednesday: Pumpkin Carvings

Today I'm thankful for our Miniature Dachshund and Standard Poodle, Ginny and James.

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(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Pond Critters

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*Thanks to Randy (from Randy & Meg's Garden Paradise) for ID'ing the blue dragonfly as a Slaty Skimmer, and the Black striped dragonfly as a Common Whitetail.


Today I am thankful for the pond in my neighborhood, for the native plants that have been added there, and for the critters that frequent it.

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(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: American Lady

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Today I am thankful for the 'American Lady' who posed for me this summer in my garden.

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