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Through The Garden Gate

A Flower In My Garden

Bee Heaven

Another of the Carmel cottages I love so much. I am not sure how the tradition of a front garden...

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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2008

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"With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live...

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Uploaded on Aug 10, 2008

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A world full of hyssop and blue mist spirea

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Uploaded on Aug 9, 2008

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Toad Hall

The Fairytale Cottages of Carmel

Torch Lillies

Welcome, Mr. Toad.

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Uploaded on Aug 6, 2008

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What a beautiful front garden the owner of this cottage has planted. She must believe as I do...

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Uploaded on Aug 4, 2008

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Named for Johannes Kniphof, a German reknowned professor of medicine from the 1700's, this genus of...

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Uploaded on Jul 31, 2008

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GREEN

Tom Pounce

Orb Web

"Green is the prime colour of the world and that from which its loveliness arises." Pedro...

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Uploaded on Jul 30, 2008

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Oriental lillies chatting it up

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Uploaded on Jul 29, 2008

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Spiders instinctively know how to construct webs. They are born knowing how to do it. To build...

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Uploaded on Jul 27, 2008

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Sitting Pretty

Pool Party

"Hey everyone, she put in a Jacuzzi"

Another new toy in my balcony garden is this small "flower feeder". The Blue Jay...

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Uploaded on Jul 26, 2008

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This little starling is the first one brave enough to try out the birdbath with its new gizmo...

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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The "water wiggler" is an instant hit.

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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"What the heck is this"

White Lotus

July Meadow

What a brave little starling. She is the first to examine the "water wiggler"....

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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The white lotus is a shallow-water, night-blooming plant with a creeping rootstock (rhizome) that...

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Uploaded on Jul 23, 2008

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"Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leaves you speechless, remain...

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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2008

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Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

"Diana " Rose of Sharon

The adventures of Caroline(cont)

Look closely and you will see that my red friend is coming right at the sunflower seed he has...

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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2008

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One of my favorites in the Rose of Sharon Family. Pure white, long blooming, loaded with blossoms.

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Uploaded on Jul 15, 2008

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Caroline's youngest daughter, Patricia, was proving to be a handful. Caroline had told her to stay...

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Uploaded on Jul 14, 2008

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