drowning at 7 feet sea level
I went crazy on the bamboo.
Who knew bamboo was so messy? Forget the clean up, there are a ton of wee dead leaves to rake. I’ve still got the gift of planting the wrong thing in the wrong place.
On the other hand, if you live in south Florida… Seabreeze bamboo makes for a great divider no one can see through. Just… don’t let it get away from you.
Taken this morning at 6:30a. Always amazes me how light differs if you turn around!
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Nope, I didn’t play with them at all… though I wanted to… As shot.
My neighbor moved to an apartment and will be traveling quite a bit, so I’m feeding her outside cat.
The kitty’s name is ‘Princess’ and she comes to the food and water dishes… which is amazing to me, since we spent years yelling at her to get off/away from our vehicles.
I wanted to know what else showed up to the food and water, so used an old wildlife camera.
But there are so many other creatures who frequent the buffet. Blue Jays are the usual suspects. Dirty birds! Wish I could find a way to stop them.
Other cats, including a chubby tiger.
And a young possum. He spends quite a lot of time at the trough, and is the only critter I’ve seen drinking!
He’s grown a bit lately but still waddles. Couple of weeks ago he was so off-balance with those big feet (he’s growing into them) walking was comical. I thought he’d fall with every step!
Ah, well. Life goes on.
My tree guys went to town yesterday; looks like a tornado came through.
Aside from the obvious, like paint and LOTS of pressure cleaning, what now?
Since there’s clearly more visible terrain than before what should I plant? Plumbago? Maybe philodendron? Not the huge variety. Hmmm…
Another breathtaking sunset!! I could see a million and never tire of the beauty.
After a week of darkness and rain, last night’s sunset was startling. It’s dark and rainy again today, but last night made up for it….
Our A/C went out yesterday but since the weather is SO bad, our guy can’t replace the appropriate part. I’m drugging myself tonight; last night was bad enough.
The good news? The rain is keeping the temperature down. It’s 82 in the house right now and I want to scream. But… at least it’s not 98 in the shade.
I have a gift for planting the exact wrong thing in the exact wrong place. To wit: Seabreeze bamboo. I thought something in that space for shade would be wonderful, not realizing that the bamboo would grow 30 feet tall and almost as wide.
The picture indicates work to cut it back/thin it out, done over several days… because early mornings and late evenings are best if one doesn’t wish to pass out from the heat.
I stopped here because reality dawned: The thing will be right back to it’s previous bulk within a month. Ah, well. (Another way to say “F*^% it.”)
I miss Daisy.
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