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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - Outdoor Wednesday - #450 - Gardening Ideas




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For Mother's Day my son, Johnny, purchased a gift certificate.  What a generous son I have.  Months later I finally decided to purchase plants that can grow in the shade and partly sun.   Below are pictures of where they were planted.




Hosta, Wide Brim



Fire Island


Godzilla



Lost the information



Hosta, Regal Splendor




Pachysandra plants - A gift from my mother-in-law's house (Catherine Meyer)



Victoria Blue, Salvia Farinacea, Rollingwood Nursery, Stone Lake, Wisconsin.





Purchased these petunias at Wal-Mart.  Don't they look like petunias with measles?



Purchased these Kniphofia at Wal-Mart.  They were orange but turned yellow as time went on.

The plants featured above were planted next to a sidewalk going down to the lake.  So there are five plants on one side of the side walk and five exactly the same on the other side of the sidewalk.  Next year, I am hoping to place landscaping lumber along the other side of the ten new plants then place cedar mulch around all the plants with ground lighting along the sidewalk. In between the established  plants (if they make it through the winter months) I am hoping to put annuals for POP and a few ground cover plants.  We'll see if my knees will be cooperative next year or not.

Thank you Johnny for the gift that will keep on giving.  Thanks to Nicki, Eddy, and Alex for planting them for me earlier this month.  What would I have done without you guys?

Monday, August 21, 2017

Monday, August 21, 2017 - Thinking Outside the Box - Broken Window


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8/21/2017 Thinking Outside the Box




John, my husband, and I went uptown for breakfast.   Quess what the subject of this picture is?  If you thought it is a broken window.  You are right.

Friday, August 18, 2017

Friday, August 18, 2017 - SkyWatch Friday - Sunset Lac Court Oreilles


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Sunset over Lac Court Oreilles, Stone Lake, Wisconsin.

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - Outdoor Wednesday - #449 - Logging in the North Woods



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John, my husband, and I were investigating the roads less traveled.  Along the way we noticed this road leading into an area where trees were being logged.  Above one can see a close-up of how the road is made up of logs.




Here is another shot of the road made up of logs from the rural road.




Heavy equipment has used this road.


Here is a picture of a mail box with a tooth ache!

Monday, August 14, 2017

Monday, August 14, 2017 - Thinking Outside the Box - Scoop and Brew - Quote - Samuel Johnson - Objections






This is a photograph of crowds leaving an area where 4th of July fireworks were being displayed.  I put this image in Picasa and worked on it a bit to include this eerie look.  It isn't my BEST work but it is a FIRST at trying something new.  Flesh in the dark showed up.  The policeman with a flashlight showed up. Car lights leaving the area showed up. Crowds walking toward their cars or homes showed up.  Where my husband and I were at the time showed up. I attempted this image knowing that I would receive objections and posted it anyways.


Photo taken near Scoop and Brew, Shell Lake, Wisconsin on 4th of July.

Quote:

"Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome."
~ Samuel Johnson

Friday, August 11, 2017

Friday, August 11, 2017 - SkyWatch Friday - Sunset - Lac Court Oreilles, Hayward, Wisconsin - Quote - Elliot Erwitt - Observation


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SkyWatch over Lac Court Oreilles, Hayward, Wisconsin.

Quote:
"To me, photography is an art of observation.  It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place...I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."
~ Elliot Erwitt

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - Outdoor Wednesday - #448 - Flowers


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I arrived for my appointment with a massage therapist early so decided not to waste the time.   I got out my cell phone and took pictures of flowers growing in the area.  See 3 planters below:










This is ground cover growing in our yard.




This piece of wood landed right by a tree growing in our yard.   Doesn't it look like a bird?   Do you see the beak and the eye?  Unusual find so it is part of our forest now.