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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2009 18:03:14 GMT
That's really useful, Kimby, I'll look into that. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2009 13:04:16 GMT
During another walk recently. My son and I went for a walk and actually discovered a new trail. It seemed to go on forever. And look what I found, more droppings! Who can identify these for me? They were quite big by the way, I'd say around 10 to 12 inches. This one has more texture to it: Where's our bear expert: Kimby
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Post by Kimby on Sept 24, 2009 20:58:53 GMT
Maybe you DO have a bear, deyana. The second one, at least looks like it has buttons in it! The first one could be a big dog that eats bad stuff....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2009 23:11:21 GMT
I've been talking to the locals and bears have been sighted left, right and center it seems. Two days ago, one was spotted near a mail box, across the street from someone I know. And yet another one was trying to get into someone else's freezer that is left in their garage. There are also an abundance of droppings, more than usual. Probably because it's their to pre-hibernation time.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2009 18:30:37 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 5, 2009 13:46:12 GMT
Your pictures really feel like autumn, Deyana!
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Post by fumobici on Oct 6, 2009 4:42:09 GMT
Yes those shout Fall. You know out here on the coast our roses sometimes bloom into December? ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2009 5:15:07 GMT
No morning freezes yet, Deyana?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2009 23:55:07 GMT
They do look nice don't they Bixa? I'll post some more pics as the seasons change around here.
fumobici, you are just over the border from me aren't you? You must have the same kind of season changes as me. I'll have to see if mine are still blooming in December now!
No freezes as yet, Kerouac. I'm not looking forward to them....although the ice on the trees in mid-winter is just beautiful to look at. That'll be another good photo opportunity..
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Post by Kimby on Oct 12, 2009 16:51:40 GMT
Surely by now you've had a frost, deyana?
We've been freezing our buns off the past week in Montana. Setting records left and right. Caught us by surprise before we'd blown out our irrigation system, and we had to replace a valve that froze and split.
It snowed 2 inches here and the view out the window is so unusual. Trees that haven't even turned colors yet -much less dropped their leaves - have snow on their branches.
I am SO not ready for this!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2009 18:37:39 GMT
Oh crikey, nor am I, Kimby, I don't like the winters here at all!
We seem to get the snow later then other provinces, so far we've had only one day of frost. But the leaves are now starting to fall off the trees, and it's definitely getting colder.
I have a feeling that Montana probably has colder and longer winters then here. Just as Manitoba and Saskatchewan do in Canada.
I'm sure imec could tell us some tales of long snowy winters from where he lives...
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Post by Kimby on Oct 16, 2009 18:59:54 GMT
Our winter is longer and snowier than coastal locations, but no where near as cold and snowy as Wisconsin where I grew up. The snow drifts were over my waist there (of course I was a bit shorter then!) Here, we rarely shovel our whole driveway, just a single shovel's width out to the mailbox. The downside is we have to get in the car to go skiing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2009 20:02:21 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 30, 2009 1:58:17 GMT
What a lovely series of photographs, Deyana.
I wonder what caused the branches of the trees in the last picture to bend like that. Could it have been heavy late snow in the Spring after the trees had started growing again?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2009 13:19:09 GMT
Well, they are very old trees, Bixa. It's easy to break a small branch off with just your bare hands. I think they are so bendy because of all the severe winter weather we get here, yes. The snow can be heavy and I've seen some trees down to the ground with the weight. Not those particular ones though. I'll post pics of them when the snow comes. And then we have days of very stormy weather, enough to break the big branches right off, and then there is the ice.
so all in all it's not an easy life for these trees!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2009 20:06:57 GMT
Does he pee green?
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Post by Kimby on Dec 24, 2009 21:39:04 GMT
That's not a garden, deyana, that's a "forest"!
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Post by imec on Dec 24, 2009 22:50:18 GMT
Beautiful deyana!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2009 23:34:21 GMT
I like it, imec Kimby, it is a bit of a jungle, yes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2010 5:40:14 GMT
I saw a number of holly bushes with berries on them today, but I was wondering what this tree was with red berries (in Beaufort, SC). I have no idea.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 16, 2010 5:58:15 GMT
That's a pyracantha, Kerouac. I could have sworn I saw one in a thread of yours -- one of the hidden Paris ones, I think. I recently posted a photo of one as well, here -- Reply #2, the ninth picture down.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 26, 2010 18:19:37 GMT
Are you sure bixa, K2's berries look more translucent than pyracantha...or is that just a trick of the light? Also, I didn't know there were tree forms of pyracantha.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 17:39:27 GMT
They were pretty big trees, too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 19:55:58 GMT
I do see some of those around at times, or berries that look similar. Would they be poisonous?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2010 2:43:46 GMT
Spring looks like it's finally sprung. And as proof here is the rhubarb plant that grow each year regardless, it's just starting to bud:
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Post by gertie on Apr 13, 2010 6:58:19 GMT
Lovely rhubarb, I love it stewed with some sugar and a little nutmeg and cinnamon.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2010 10:36:52 GMT
I love rhubarb crumble with custard (so fattening though). I know people who will eat it raw with sugar, I couldn't do that. I'll post some more pics of it as it grows, and hopefully my pumpkins too (if they grow this year). I've decided to plant them in my son's old sandpit (as he doesn't use it anymore). Hopefully, as it's slightly raised and has borders of wood, it will keep the slugs away.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2010 22:41:59 GMT
And the Rhubarb is growing still....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2010 14:42:01 GMT
It's a little bigger now:
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Post by spindrift on Apr 27, 2010 10:01:06 GMT
Today it's SUMMER in England...I am sitting in my garden soaking up the sun, suddenly the plants have sprung into life, my acer palmatum is a pretty pale green, bluebells are out and my 3 year old apple tree is covered with blossom. The roses are getting ready for their May presentation, blackbirds and robins are visiting me and as the gentle wind blows I am covered with cherry blossom from next door. Bliss indeed after the hard winter.
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