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Fiery flowers

September 23, 2007 by Tricia

I was just saying on my gardening blog that it’s time to buy some new bulbs for the garden. My oriental lilies didn’t come up this year and neither did my Lucifer crocosmia.

I think I know why my lovely red crocosmia didn’t come up though … Chris got out in the garden this past spring before I did, and he thought he was doing me a favor by tidying up the garden beds. I think he might have pulled out the crocosmia. It would have looked like long dead grass in the spring and he might not have noticed the tiny bulbs at the ends when he pulled them out of the ground.

Oops!

Hopefully I can find some new crocosmia bulbs in the store. Perhaps I’ll go later today and have a look.

Do you grow Crocosmia? It’s pretty easy to grow. Well, provided that no one pulls it out on you in the Spring.

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The Realtravel Blog

September 23, 2007 by Tricia

If you enjoy traveling you might also enjoy this travel blog. It’s called the RealTravel Blog and it’s written by a group of editors who’ve gathered the best travel related stories, recommendations and photos from the realtravel.com community.

There’s nothing like hearing accounts of peoples experiences in another country before you decide whether to go there for a couple weeks vacation. The latest post on the travel blog is a list that’s been compiled by couple who left their home in Minnesota in April 2006 to travel around the world. The list is, of course, about their top ten unforgettable experiences around the world. They’ve been to some amazing places! In fact, I think all of the places mentioned on their list are also places that my husband and I have discussed visiting. Hopefully we’ll get to visit these sites some day. For now we can just be voyeurs and learn from others experiences.

Check out the categories on the travel blog. It’s pretty much a list of countries. Each country category has several posts within it that list some of the nicest places in each country to visit. Again, all the posts are accounts of other peoples fantastic vacations.

Visit and or bookmark this blog. I think it would be a good resource for anyone planning a holiday.

The beach at Sunset

September 22, 2007 by Tricia

I don’t think there’s any better combination than a sunset over water.

I took this photo during the summer during one of our many visits to The Beach area in Toronto.

I love this city as there is so much to do here. Live theater, festivals – one being the Toronto Film Festival that just ended, nightlife, the many parks and of course the beautiful beach area.

Lake Ontario is huge. If you’ve never seen it before and didn’t know it was one of the Great Lakes you’d probably think it was the ocean. I know my photos of it have fooled many people into thinking I live by the sea!

Do you have a beach area in your city or town?

I miss my lilies

September 18, 2007 by Tricia

Why are lilies so short lived. Well not the plants, I mean the flowers.

They are so pretty when they are blooming. Especially if you have a good clump of lilies growing in your garden, yet the blooms only last for a week or two depending on the weather. Then they are done until the following year.

I wish, like some day lilies, that they would bloom two or three times in a season.

Do you grow lilies?

Pretty Pink

September 16, 2007 by Tricia

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I didn’t plant a single snap dragon this year yet I have them all over the garden and in my potted hanging baskets. They must have seeded themselves quite well last year!

Several colors came up this year – white, yellow, an orangish red, red, and this lovely pink colored snapdragon. Isn’t this a pretty color?

Do you grow snapdragons? If so, do yours regularly reseed themselves?