Monthly Archives: September 2026

Wordless Wednesday – Autumn Flowers

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IAVOM – Gladiolus Plus

In mid-June, I picked up a bag of half-price Gladiolus tubers thinking they’d be worth trying. So far, I’ve had a few bloom stalks and today’s vase features one of them. Also included: Dahlia ‘Chilson’s Pride’ and ‘Lemonade’, white, pink … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday – Night Work

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Wordless Wednesday – Inhale/Exhale

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IAVOM – Sunny

My sunflower pocket vase gets its annual viewing! I missed the flowering of actual sunflowers but here are two Rudbeckias (R. hirta and R. subtomentosa), along with yellow sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale), white garden phlox (P. paniculata), collarette Dahlia ‘Giggles’ and … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday – Cobalt Reflections

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Wordless Wednesday – View Beyond the Oxbow

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IAVOM – Clearing Cleomes

My spider flowers (Cleome hassleriana) have grown tall, arching over paths making a prickly and sticky mess to pass by, so ‘off with their heads!’ More than a dozen of the topped flowers went into this vintage, cranberry-glass vase. Other … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday – Changing Seasons

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Wordless Wednesday – Bumblebees on Anemones

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