Cooling and Curious
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Last weekend was the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon's Study Weekend. The
Study Weekend event—a long weekend filled with lectures, a plant sale and
garden to...
Sadness and Joy
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My mom died last week. She was a rare individual who dared to dream
despite setbacks in life. I was lucky, we loved each other tremendously,
even with our...
THE WEIRDLY, WONDERFUL SAGUARO
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The saguaros ( pronounced sa-war-o) are in bloom and they look fabulous.
With their white-flowered bouquets held mainly on the crown they look
positively b...
Hayefield Happenings – 2025 So Far
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So much for good intentions of keeping up with my garden notes—it’s been a
while! Fortunately, I know all of you understand how crazy things can be in
the ...
Wednesday Vignette – horsemen and horseshoes
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Hey All, It’s been a while. I’ve been working a lot, but mostly I haven’t
felt I’ve had much of interest to say. Maybe I still don’t. Instead I have
consum...
Immatures and Migrants! 9-1-23
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A cool front and the Super Blue Moon on 8-30-23 helped to fuel migration!
So, what's up?
Let's begin with this little Barred Owlet, on its own one morni...
What Next?
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At the top of a back staircase in our house this variegated sansevieria has
lived for the last five years, requiring little care and growing happily.
A yea...
Moving Mountains
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There are at least two meanings to this blog title, which will become clear
as this post progresses. For the astute few that still check in on our blog
fro...
Man, I can't agree more!
Hahahaha this was great!
check out this spider:
http://spygarden.com/2013/04/09/i-spy-a-spider/
one of the craziest spiders I've ever seen!
Thank you for the laughs!
I also like spiders as they eat bad bugs. The ones that look dangerous that I don't like.