Coolness of the Northside

Woohoo!  We got our first rain in ages yesterday afternoon!  It lasted all of about 5 minutes, but a little rain is better than no rain at all.  Hope it's a sign of wetter things to come.

An Evening in the Garden

Don't have a lot of time to spare today, but wanted to share some photos I took yesterday evening.

A Virtual Garden Walk

Please come join me for a quick morning walk through my garden.  I love having virtual garden friends to share my daily walk with.  Is there anything better than walking and talking in a garden?

INCONCEIVABLE!

"That would be inconceivable."

"Stop doing that.  We can all relax.  It's almost over."

"As I told you, it would be absolutely, totally, and in all other ways, inconceivable!"

Garden Walk on the Eve of a Freeze

We shall see how this garden looks in 24 hours. 
This is just a quick post to pay my last respects to a few beauties.

Fall Floats In

No, I am not blind.  I peruse the Garden Blogworld daily, and I have not missed those brazen displays of autumn glory out there...the pumpkins, the scarecrows, and worst of all, the changing leaves.  There is something about growing up in the Deep South that makes one feel as though they are missing out on something in the fall.  I know some folk who get downright depressed over it.  Those Floridians who have time and money to burn will be found journeying northward these next few weeks to witness the splendor of this changing of the seasons.  Those who don't...well...they will feel a little empty, even if they can't quite put their finger on the reason.  Perhaps we would have never noticed if shops and schools and restaurants in town were not festooned in leafy garlands and pumpkin displays.  This decoration is surely the inspiration of northern transplants missing their homeland: a Florida native would scarcely even know of such things as changing seasons were we not under such influences.

Cloistered Away

My family and I ushered in October by cloistering ourselves away to an island paradise.  Cloister indeed!  I found myself completely mesmerized by the Mediterranean architecture found here, and enchanted by the formal gardens, which somehow blended effortlessly with the island's untouched native habitat.

Wednesday Walkabout

I really have far too much to do this week and am really feeling that Wednesday "hump day," so I have no business spending time in the garden or posting on this blog.  But you know, I must have a quick meander through the garden.  So much is going on! 

Conversations with the Botanically Insane

Oh, shall I admit it?  Shall I let you in on my embarrassing secret?  Yes, I am possibly insane.  I talk to my plants.  Not in the audible way, but that telepathic sort of conversation.  Yes, neighbors, that is what I am doing when I meander around the garden, touching this bloom, stroking that leaf.  Today, I'm inviting my readers in on the conversation.

Hot, Loud, and Proud: July 2010

For July's "Hot, Loud, and Proud" meme, I've searched my garden for the hottest, loudest, and proudest tropicals I could find.  No, I don't live in the tropics.  But I am one to push the limits.  Here are some of the tropicals that help give my "SUB"tropical garden some exotic flair.

A Whirlwind Week

The past week has pretty much whizzed by, and I'm afraid I hardly paused long enough to soak it all in. 

Summer Superlatives

This morning, as I walked through the garden, my thoughts kept running to those "Senior Superlatives" in high school yearbooks.  I don't know why; guess it's all the graduations of late.  Or maybe it's that very significant high school anniversary that occurred this year.  Anyway, it was a big deal to make that section of the yearbook, wasn't it?  Didn't we all long to be voted "Most Likely to Succeed" or "Most Athletic" or "Best Dressed"?