not much has changed

In the couple of weeks since I last took pictures. Iris buds showing color, clematis in bloom, dianthus and flax in bloom. I guess that's something [g]. We had a really chilly spell (highs barely breaking 50F, which is more than 10 degrees below normal) for about two weeks that finally ended this weekend, which slowed things way down [stamps foot].

Anyway.


This is Nelly. Nelly Moser clematis, that is. This is the clematis I accidentally whacked back to the ground during its first August, almost two years ago. It doesn't seem to have minded too much [g].


I think this clematis is Barbara Jackman. I do not know for sure, but the description and photos I've found match. I bought this one almost ten years ago, and the label has long since disappeared. This is the one that my friend's granddaughter whacked back to a foot above the ground for me last July. It's running a little late this season because of it, but there are plenty of buds.


Front flower bed from the driveway. Iris buds, dianthus (the magenta), flax (from a plant I grew from seed last year -- the tiny blue to the right of the dianthus), columbine (white), aubrieta (lavender), pansies (all volunteers -- I haven't planted pansies in several years).

The hostas in the patio beds are getting big, too, but I forgot to take a picture of them.

inspiration in funny places

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Writer's Block: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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Of course. Well, nowadays, anyway. My first few vehicles did not have names, but you need to know that my very first vehicle was a 1966 Ford Falcon, because that colored (so to speak) the names of the green cars I've owned since then (the Falcon was "navy green" aka a green as dark as navy blue -- Mark Vorkosigan would have approved).

Anyway, the first vehicle I ever named was a Chevy S10. Its name was Trucklet, because it was a little truck.

My next vehicle was a teal green Chevy Cavalier. It was named Owl (I thought about naming it Falcon II, but that was just too pretentious).

The one after that was a beige ("Champagne") Mazda Protege. A friend at the time suggested I name it after her son, because the Protege was a remake of Mazda's 323, and her son's birthday was March 23rd. So the car was named Vince.

My current vehicle is a greyed copper patina green Ford Focus. Its name is Kestrel.

And that's why I had to tell you about the color of the Falcon [g].