How Does Your Garden Grow?

 

A passing thunderstorm and we received almost an inch of rain in under an hour.

The other morning glories are growing tall in their pots. Not these.

Even though morning glories can be planted in full sun, the ones in the pots don't seem to like the humidity.

The morning glories on the trellis are not bothered by the heat and humidity

I had brought in all the lawn gew gaws due to the storm, but forgot to bring in the cardinal whirligig. Seems he was protected by the trellis.

The garden kites didn't get blown away though they are no longer practicing social distancing.

Morning glories at Boot Hill

The yard cart filled with dirt was supposed to brace the morning glories from being blown over.

Timber!

Besides the morning glories being toppled, leaves and small branches were the only remnants of the storm in my yard.

My area was on the wind side of the storm so we got very little rain. ,05 inches of rain. The top wind of the anemometer only registered 26 mph. I think the meter is too close to the house and is somewhat protected. Wind gusts measured by the weather dudes was from 40 to 60 mph. 

Electricity got knocked out Tuesday night around 6 pm. Reports around town were lots of trees had fallen across the major roads in town and had taken out the power lines. Electricity was restored in my area by 4:30 Pm on Wednesday. Other areas in town didn't get power until Thursday.

Some areas in Connecticut and Long Island won't see power restored until this coming Tuesday 😱

The morning glories holding up the wall or vice versa

Dedo and the hydrangeas survived.

Some bunny must have eaten a morning glory seed and left one behind in the weeds near the garage.

A new bunny is proving Erma Bombeck's adage. The grass is always greener over the septic tank. How do I know this is a new, little bunny? Clover has a white dot on her forehead. Gumdrop has a white and a black dot on his forehead. This little bunny has no markings and is called Cardamom

Garden Kite

A garden kite for a friend going through a tough time. I was at a loss as to what to write on it. After I mailed it, I realized I should have used The Beatles song, "Mother Mary comes to me. Speaking words of wisdom. Let it be." Oh well, next time.

T Stands for Summer Solstice at Stonehenge - Part 2 Sunrise

A week or so ago, I learned that The English Heritage (they take care of historic sites in England) would host a live streaming of sunset and sunrise on the Summer solstice at Stonehenge via their Facebook page. Stonehenge is a neolithic monument and has been closed to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Visiting Stonehenge is on my bucket list, and this is probably the closest I'll come to a visit. Sunrise was at 4:50 AM  local time making it 11:50 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time, my time zone.

The feed went live around 11 PM my time. 2. June 2020

There was anticipation

As I had my late evening cup of tea around 8:30 PM, I wasn't particularly thirsty. I had a cup of ice water, just in case.

The English Heritage counted approximately 100,000 views of the live feed for the Solstice Sunset and less than half that number for the Solstice Sunrise. I guess people didn't like getting up so early or stay up so late.

It was so quiet and

the realization

that it was so foggy and

it was raining. 🤬

Color

me

disappointed.

The sun rose unseen from Stonehenge

and another day began. Better luck next year. I wonder how many sunrises have the stones witnessed?

This is the Summer Solstice Sunrise from 21. June 2019. Much more awe inspiring and impressive.

I made a garden kite to mark the occasion.

To learn more about Stonehenge and to take a virtual tour, you can visit The English Heritage Stonehenge site.

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

🎵White, choral bells upon a slender stalk.

Lily of the valley deck my garden walk.

Oh, don't you wish that you could hear them ring?

That will happen only when the fairies sing.🎶

Petunias on Gruff's bench

and petunias with the Zen Bear

Ink's garden where I planted some morning glories and sunflower seeds. Himself saw Timex, the chipmunk rooting around by the trellis so I don't know how many sunflower seeds will come up.

Petunias and morning glories with a natural trellis

Petunias in a hanging basket

Wild morning glories (also called Devil's Weed) poke through the steps by the sun room slider

Morning glories

The trees leafed out and a splash of color from the Leaf Lady's azaleas

Ink's garden

A new cardinal whirligig as the other one broke in the winds

There's gnome place like gnome.

Garden kites practicing social distancing.

How does your garden grow?

Garden Kites

Morning, glory

..with silver bells and cockleshells

And one measly petunia - The Three Stooges

How could I forget Corona Virus 2020?

How Does Your Garden Grow?

It was a chilly, wet April with 18 days of rain and below normal temperatures.

13. April

On one of the few sunny days, one of the bunnies came out to nibble the new grass

18. April

It got cold enough to snow, but that didn't stop the birds from visiting the feeder.

19. April

The snow was gone by the following day and a turkey hen came to snack at the birdfeeder

28. April

 The daffodils were in bloom

and one tulip

The town highway department began filling in the ditch that runs down my side of the street with cobblestone. Perhaps for better drainage.

Some green leaves on the hydrangea

Buds on the snowball bushes

There were a couple of big storms with heavy winds and rain that knocked trees and branches and power lines down 

The wind blew a smiley balloon into the yard to say hello and blew it away. Most likely a remnant from one of the Birthday Parades happening around town. Because we are still under a stay at home advisory, people can't celebrate birthdays in the traditional way with a party. The police department organizes a parade with a few squad cars with lights and sirens driving past the birthday person's home. The balloon must have come from the birthday parade for the little girl across the street.

The forsythia bushes up near the woods have started to bloom

The winds sent all of the garden kites accept the Pi Day kite on a whirlwind tour

A glorious sunset made the woods look like they were on fire.

2. May

Hard to see, but a bumblebee stopped by to enjoy the dandelions

and violets, and whatever those tiny purple flowers are, too.

6. May

 With a few sunny days, the maple

and other trees in the woods have started to leaf.  The pollen counts have been through the roof.

How does your garden grow?