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A Blooming Saturday Post

Posted on May 31, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

Before.

Today I was determined to put these flowers into pots for my container garden. I had a small-ish bag of dirt, because they were out of the bags of one or two feet square feet of of dirt, which I have purchased in previous years. Oh well, you snooze, you loose; I took what I could get and used it.

One angle of my deck.

After filling two urns, I was outof dirt and had to return to the store. However, I found that with smaller bags, it was easier for me to pour the dirt from the bag into the pots.

The other angle.

You can see the lawn chairs in the background. I put them out in the lawn to take advantage of the natural disinfection of sunlight. These chairs have previously resided in my garage, which smells just a slight bit of mildew. One cannot always control the moisture in these situations.

I took another picture, of my feet and and what you could see of the deck beyond, but I cannot find it now. That is how technologically inept I am. However, I feel I have done a good job on my deck. Steven and I sat outside and enjoyed the view for a while. No doubt we will do so again.

In the meantime, here is one more picture of my backyard.

I’ll get another shot, when there are even more blooms.

Here is our rhododendron. I thought it would be blooming soon. I do love a tree that blooms. I must plant a few more. No doubt I will make another blog post when I do.

It’s Blooming Friday!

Posted on August 10, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Hello, all, it is Lame Post Friday and I thought I would share a couple of pictures of my lawn and call it a post. For one reason, our Rose of Sharon finally has a blossom and we are quite happy about it.

Look at that sweet bloom saying hello!

I walked around to the side to get another view, and saw that we have at least two more buds.

Can you see them?

I am utterly delighted to have some flowers on my Rose of Sharon. We are also seeing more blooms on our Black-Eyed and Brown-Eyed Susans.

Here are the Black-Eyed!

I took two of the Brown-Eyed Susans.

Look how nice they are

There are more than two pictures can show.

Steven said he thinks he mowed down some of the Brown-Eyed Susans in previous years, not knowing what they were. That is entirely possible. However, there is little point in dwelling on the past. We have flowers in our yard today. I am going to call that a win.

I see I have not yet reached 200 words, my usual criteria for a respectable blog post. That is unfortunate. I don’t know if I have any other flowers I can take a picture of. Full disclosure: this is Lame Post Friday and I am disinclined to try. But I believe I have reached 200 words while dithering about it.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Picture-filled Pedestrian Post

Posted on August 1, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

I finished a letter to my sister, Diane, and thought I would take a walk to the post office with it. For one reason, I neither ran nor walked this morning and I need the exercise. For another reason, I could take my Tablet with me and take pictures for a Pedestrian Post.

I actually started out with some trepidation. After all, I have walked this way many, many times, at least a few with my Tablet. Could I find anything new to take a picture of? I decided to trust my luck and set out.

The plant that ate Bellinger Street?

I have been noticing these prickly bushes taking over what used to be a nice front yard garden. I’m not sure if anybody currently lives in the house, but if anyone moves in, I hope they have clippers!

I think a professional company does the flowers.

I decided to take a picture of Saint Francis, in front of the church of that name. He is a little backlit, but we can just pretend that’s his halo. I continued on through Meyer’s Park.

You can’t see the school seals, but you can read the poem.

As I walked across the park to take a picture of the 9/11 Memorial Garden, I noticed this bench I had never seen, donated by Herkimer High School Class of 1959.

Another shot that didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped.

And here is the Memorial Garden. You can’t read it, but the bench says what it is.

I don’t think I have shared a picture of this before, but no promises.

After mailing my letter, I decided to get a shot of the Methodist Church across the street. Then I thought I would stroll over to Washington Street and take a picture of the old Lorraine Billings School. I found a couple other photo ops first.

I hope to write more about this place eventually.

This was the Baptist Church but is now the future home of the Business and Professional Association of Herkimer.

Pretty flowers.

Next I turned around and took a picture of some Queen Anne’s Lace I had noticed. I have some of that in my lawn, but not as many blooms. When I was a kid we used to pick it and put it in water with food coloring.

When it was for sale, they advertised it as a “Brick Bonanza.”

I’ve always been rather fascinated with this building. I do not know who currently owns it or what might eventually happen to it.

Good subs, among other tjings.

Just to throw in a plug for a local business, I took a shot of Carney’s Corners. We often get take-out or delivery from them (but for beer, I go to Beer Belly Bob’s in Ilion).

I’ve been here many times.

I decided to turn down Mary Street and take a picture of the Elks Lodge. I have performed there with LiFT, the Little Falls Theatre Company, in Shakespeare plays and murder mysteries. I wonder if they’ll have us back soon.

The DMV is here.

Continuing up the street, I got a picture of the county office building. Next was Christ Episcopal Church. I know I have taken pictures of that, so I took one of the sign and surrounding flowers.

The Episcopal church is very welcoming.

Turning up Main Street, I soon found myself at my beloved Herkimer Historic Four Corners. Rather than photographing the buildings, which I know I have done, I took a picture of the historic marker in front of the 1834 Jail, again including some flowers.

Again, you probably can’t read it, but I’ve written about the jail and will no doubt do so again.

After that, I headed for home, ignoring any further photo ops. I was afraid my post would be too long, and I see it is beyond my usual length. Thank you to whoever has stayed with me till the end!

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Sharon, Susan and a Swan

Posted on August 18, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

Steven has been wanting to get a picture of our Rose of Sharon in the back yard. I finally got one today and thought, hey, let’s do a Backyard Picture Post.

One day, I think, “No blooms this year.” The next day, “Wow!”

My mom gave me a shoot of her Rose of Sharon some years ago. Hers is enormous and gorgeous by now. Ours got mowed down a few times as a wee sprout. However, it grew back each time, better than before. First it was big enough so Steven noticed it and didn’t mow it down. Then it was so big he couldn’t have mowed it down if he tried! According to Steven, the plant was saying, “Mow ME down, will you?”

While I was taking the picture of the Rose of Sharon, I noticed the swan in our neighbors’ pool which Steven has been envying (I have been envying the pool myself).

The picture is a little dark, but I wanted to share the swan.

I had also been wanting to take another picture of our Black-eyed Susans, which are looking better and better.

I don’t know if you can see that a little Queen Anne’s Lace has worked it way in.

We originally purchased the Black-eyed Susans at a sale to benefit the Herkimer County Humane Society, back in 2011 (are you impressed that I remember the actual year? I am). They have gotten bigger and spread. Now they are battling it out with the chives for control of that little patch. While I was admiring them, I noticed some little yellow flowers behind the garage.

The little blooms look better in person, but if you want to stop over and see them, please call first.

I really need to clean out behind the garage, cutting down a pricker bush that is expanding to tree-like proportions. We just never see that part when we are sitting on the deck, and, you know how it goes: out of sight, out of what’s left of my mind. Then I remembered the Brown-eyed Susans, which grew with no input on our part.

The green shoots are part of some irises which are done blooming now.

The Brown-eyed Susans are growing in two places in our yard, so I took two pictures.

The green stuff in the background is the beginning of some trees that I need to get out from under my deck.

Some years ago, I read the Rudbeckia is a good plant for bees. Imagine my surprise when a guy at a greenhouse told me that Rudbeckia is Brown-eyed Susans. It sounds so much fancier!

So this is how pretty my yard looks in mid-August. I wonder what September will bring. Will it be worth a blog post? We’ll see.

If Only I Could Write a Blooming Blog Post

Posted on June 2, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

I ran today, thinking I would sneak in another running commentary. It was a dull and boring run. At least, for a while I enjoyed it quite a bit. But I think it was only interesting to me as I was running it and it would not entertain anybody, least of all myself, to make a blog post about it. Still, a blog post must be made (because I say it does, that’s why!). I am currently cooking, so I could do a cooking post. If only I were doing something more interesting than heating up leftovers.

If only I could bestir myself sufficiently to take the Tablet out to the yard. At least one iris bloomed today. I posted a picture of the buds the other day. I think some readers would be pleased to be posted on current developments. Just a moment first, to stir the pot on the stove and lower the heat under it. And find the Tablet (as you may recall, I have a habit of misplacing it).

Maybe if I would have stood on my head…

I guess it’s not the best picture, because the stem is kind of bent over. Believe me, I know how it feels! Perhaps I should put a tomato cage over it or something. Steven arrived home while I was taking the picture, and I was able to assure him that I TOLD the young man who mows the lawn not to mow down the daisies, as Steven had asked him to do. You see, this nice young man who lives across the street offered to mow our lawn. In addition to being quite busy and (on my part, at least) a little lazy, we were happy to encourage this example of young entrepreneurship. The first time he did it, he did not mow the daisies in our front yard, which have become a little extensive this year. Steven told him to mow them this time. At the last minute, I reprieved them, though, because they were just too pretty. Here is a picture.

He loves me, he loves me not…

In front of the daisies is a peony bush that magically appeared after we had sufficiently discouraged the wild day lilies. I insisted it had been planted by my stalker, a statement that has yet to be disproved. The peonies have not bloomed yet, but look how many buds:

It started as one lone stalk and blossom, and there’s a lesson for all of us.

The main problem with the daisies is that they hide the lilies of the valley, which are also multiplying exponentially. However, I’m finding those blooms don’t show very well even without anything in front of the greenery. I tried to get a picture.

If you look really close, you can just see a few bells.

I’ve picked a few lilies of the valley and brought them inside. I used a shot glass for a vase, because they are so small (Steven collects shot glasses, although we rarely do a shot of anything). I love the smell. I tired to get a picture, but I fear they were backlit and do not show.

It’s frogs on either side of the flowers. Steven collects those, too.

We also have some daisies inside. Steven put them in water with blue food coloring, at my suggestion. I think they’re pretty.

Oh, yeah, he loves me.

So for not a running post and not a cooking post, I think this makes a pretty good flower post. We’ll call it a win for Non-Sequitur Thursday.

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