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Pictures of Plants without a Plan

Posted on July 23, 2026 by mohawkvalleygirl

I do not have anything particular to blog about today, unfortunately, and I have very little brainpower with which to blog. I do, however, have a couple of pictures which I just walked into my backyard to take specifically for the purposes of this blog.

So cheery and yellow!

I noticed this morning that I had some Black-Eyed Susans blooming. I was very happy, having missed my peonies, wild daisies, rhododendron, and Rose of Sharon (why do I capitalize Black-Eyed Susans and Rose of Sharon but not the rest of them? Discuss amongst yourselves). As you can see, I have not missed the Black-Eyed Susans by any means, because there are a number waiting to open. I hope to get a wider view later, showing the full scope of my Black-Eyed Susan patch.

More greenery growth.

Now this is a plant my late, dearly missed husband Steven and I purchased at a garden day or some such at the Herkimer Home in Little Falls, NY. I forget what it is called, if I ever knew (it is hard to say what I may or may not have known). It is not where we originally planted it, but it is much larger than the original growth. It used to have little pink flowers, but I have not seen any this year. I live in hope.

It seems every year I have great gardening plans, and every year I disappoint myself. But let us face facts: I do not really have plans: I have daydreams. Any time I make an actual plan, the plan goes to hell, pardon my language (I was going to say “the plan goes to pot,” which has the charm of alliteration, but then you might think I am talking about marijuana and it all gets too complicated). Well, never mind. I will enjoy what happens to grow and deal with what happens. And write a blog post or two along the way.

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We’ll Call This a Scattered Saturday Post

Posted on July 11, 2026 by mohawkvalleygirl

Oh dear, look at the time! I was about to begin this post with “That was exhausting!” I got a new phone yesterday. I got it for free for being a loyal TracFone customer (don’t know how to spell it, so you see how loyal I really am; I am just to lazy to change these things once I have them). I think I got my stuff switched over OK, all except for WordPress. Well, I wanted to download (or is it upload?) two pictures I took yesterday to make a fast post today. Full disclosure: I only took the pictures to see if I could email them, because I am off to cover an event for the Daily Sentinel and it is of prime importance that I be able to include pictures.

I do babble on, don’t I? Quick, throw in one of those pictures!

I do love purple!

These are the purple flowers that I am letting live in my front lawn after the daisies and peonies died. Alas, they are not as plentiful, but they have the advantage that I can see them. I was trapped on my couch or transporting to various medical facilities when the daisies and peonies were spreading their joy. I hope other passers-by enjoyed them.

Can you count them? I can’t, so there will be no contest for guessing the correct amount.

These are the little pine cones that grow in profusion on the former Frankentree. I took the picture, because my sister Diane was quite taken with them when she last visited, and I meant to email the pictures to her, since I knew I had her email address on file and was pretty sure she would email back. I wonder if I could do some artsy-craftsy thing with a lot of little pine cones. Additionally, I thought pincecones was one word, but my computer is underlining it, so I guess not.

I must get off my Chromebook and get ready to go to the Annual Wellness Fair at the Town of Herkimer Park. It starts at 9 a.m. and runs till 1 p.m. will lots of vendors, information and activities, for any local readers who would like to check it out!

Fought the Lawn, Fought the Deck, What Next?

Posted on July 6, 2026 by mohawkvalleygirl

I got out early in hopes of making a Lawn Order post instead of my usual Wrist to Forehead Sunday blog post. Well, fighting the lawn (and the lawn won) did cause me to swoon, dramatically posed with the back of one wrist to my forehead, but I felt I got something done, so I took a few pictures and I will attempt to make a blog post recounting my adventures.

No, really, this IS the “after” picture.

I maybe should have taken a “before” picture. I spent some ten minutes yesterday and a little bit longer today with clippers, chopping away at dead daisies and past their prime peonies (I made up the alliterative titles while I worked) while trying to let the purple flowers live. There was a insidious invasive species I tried to do away with as well. One sprig of purple blooms ended up in my green waste container, but I clipped it with a pair of scissors and it now resides in a bud vase in my living room. Sorry there is no picture of it, but my living room is quite cluttered. I hope to fight that mess to a standstill as the week progresses.

Not party ready yet, but getting there!

After puffing and panting out front (bending and straightening is not fun for my age and weight) (yes, I KNOW I can do something about the latter, I’m trying, but these things take time, give me a break!) (you know who you are), I went out back to my deck. There were still leaves on it from last fall, which I know is extremely harmful to the wood. I huffed and puffed first with a rake then with a broom. I feel I met with some success.

Luna, the dog next door, came out on her back porch and barked at me. There were no balls handy for me to throw for her, as I explained to her. She watched me work for a while, making sad noises from time to time but in general acquiescing in my refusal to play with her. I felt bad, but there is only so much an old lady like me can do, after all. Quite frankly, if there had been a ball handy I might have thrown it a few times and let some of the leaves go hang, but we’ll never know.

Yes I know the lawn needs mowing.

Three containers is the most we can leave out. Also, they don’t like stuff to stick up over the top of the containers. So I felt I was in compliance. I went back in the house and like any normal person got on the internet for a while. After scrolling around, I noticed some weird brown puffy things on my shirt. Oh dear. This is what happens when you don’t get into the shower right away. It was awkward to get a picture of the shirt (I do like to document these things), but luckily there were some on my socks.

It’s an old pair of sneakers.

This is turning out to be a long blog post. Isn’t that nice? Maybe I should try to write a few other things. Maybe that novel I keep talking about. I’ll let you know how that turns out. Maybe a horror novel about invasive species and little brown puffy things who terrorize old ladies who just want to have parties on their decks. What do you think?

Throwing a Little Wild

Posted on June 19, 2026 by mohawkvalleygirl

Hello and welcome to another post from the couch. It is a good day for a Throwback Thursday, I think. I had a chance to go to breakfast with my Elks friends (the Breakfast Club, the son of one of the members calls it, I like that) but feared my leg would not cooperate. I am in better spirits these last two days, because I managed to brew some coffee. Two cups yesterday, and I am on my second cup today. AAAhhhh!

Behind the coffee cup is my biggest fan.

I just scrolled all the way down and all the way back up my Media Library and could not find the picture of the coffee mug I am using. I settled for Dyn’s Cider Mill, so I can plug an area business. I just looked at their Facebook page and saw a post from July 2025 saying they would be closed for the upcoming year. I wonder if that means they will be open sometime in 2026. I can only hope. And hope if they do open I can make my way over there.

I do not currently feel fresh as a daisy, alas.

I said this was going to be a Throwback Thursday, so I share this picture from June 2017 of my lovely front lawn daisies. I missed the daisies and my peonies this year. Who knew the season for them would be so short?

A dignified group, yes?

This is a kind of guerrilla theatre group I was in in 2019, Mummers Along the Mohawk. We performed at the Great American Irish Festival, the last year it was held in the Herkimer County Fairgrounds in Frankfort, NY. What fun it was.

The house had no tenants.

This was in 2020, a barren year for activities, theatrical or otherwise. But I see I took time to decorate my front yard. Why did I not do that again? Note to self: decorate the front lawn. After I get rid of the dead daisies and peonies.

I see I am over 300 words. That’s pretty good. Coffee, theatre, daisies… I could bill this as a Non-Sequitur Thursday, too. As always, I thank you for tuning in.

Potatoes

Posted on May 29, 2026 by mohawkvalleygirl

I once titled a Non-Sequitur Thursday post No Potatoes, after something Louis Armstrong said before a song on a CD I had. Today I am cooking some potatoes for my supper, so I thought it would be an OK title for another Non-Sequitur Thursday post. I did not do much today. I drove to Schenectady for an appointment (long story, not very interesting) and back. I went to the Elks to visit with my friends. I am now home.

I have not a clue myself.

I was about to cross the street when I saw a car was coming in the opposite direction. This gave me the opportunity to take a picture of an unusual pile of trash. I always wonder about these things.

I really must study which kind of bushes are which.

Next a hydrangea bush caught my eye. Or is is a snowball bush? It would behoove me to know these things, I suppose.

My own blooms.

Coming home, I was greeted with my wild daisies, blooming with no effort on my part. I would like to dig them up and move them out back but do not know the proper time of year to do so. As you may guess, I am nobody’s gardener.

Also blooming with no effort on my part.

Here are some forget-me-nots and lilies of the valley, which continue to take over the front yard. I like them a lot, especially the lilies of the valley, because of the nice smell.

What you can do with a power mower.

As I was struggling with my non-power mower, my across the street neighbor came and helped me with at least part of my front lawn. I was very grateful. I continue to struggle with lawn order. I hope to share better pictures later if I meet with some success.

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