Category Archives: Furkids
New cat tree
Flash received his Xmas gift early this year, to my relief. It was finally time to evict him from my dinette set.
It’s the New Cat Condos Playstation, over 6 feet tall and stable as a rock. I got it on sale on Overstock.com, with free shipping to boot. For the first couple of days, Flash was apprehensive about it. But soon after, he fell in love with it. He loves leaping off and on, up and down the tree…climbing, tearing, rolling, scratching, rubbing and scrambling all over it. Some days, I wish I could be a cat so I can have the wild, crazy fun he’s having.
Another day, another bouquet
Winter prep
Half a hale o’ bay
There she is, Miss Midnight Blue!
The rose has at least 15 buds on it and promises to give us another show before the onset of winter.
The orange mums in the lily bed have aged into a beautiful golden color. Notice the new tenant (Oertel’s Rose yarrow) is putting on new foliage? It seems to be happy in that spot, but then again, it appears to adapt to any situation I’ve thrown at it so far. The two cuttings I planted in the full shade bed appear to be thriving as well
The sedum basket appears to be doing well despite the danger of frost looming in the distance. It sits in the rosemary bed along with the ornamental kale, who are still homeless. The rosemary topiary has filled out, but there are some dried out/dead patches–mostly located at the base–that have not filled out. I am considering trimming the base to coax it into a topiary shape, maybe a ball on a stick. Geez, my camera still can’t capture that true yellow bloom color of the Moonglow salvia.
The salvias on the opposite wall are bloomin’ crazy. The intense red and multiple whites are stunning. They will most likely continue to bloom with the occasional rain we get in the next few weeks.
The Licker decided to finally sit and poise for me after much coaxing.
I couldn’t resist the $2 sale on these new Cherry Pie Coreopsis at Calloway’s. I read up on these Terra Nova introductions and learned that they had some frost tolerance and therefore suited to fall plantings. So I am eager to give them a test drive in the front flower bed.
Yes, I also did purchase “half a hale o’ bay” while I was at the store. I caught myself repeating it again–then questioned whether I should have skipped breakfast. To my relief, the cashier made the same error too and we were both chuckling at the tongue twister. I installed it on my Halloween porch display along with the obligatory holiday signage (also 50% off, I might add).
Wishlist plant of the day: Coreopsis Cherry Lemonade.