{"id":573897130,"date":"2024-07-18T21:01:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T01:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573897130"},"modified":"2024-07-19T18:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T22:39:05","slug":"flower-photos-and-plant-peektures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2024\/07\/18\/flower-photos-and-plant-peektures\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower photos and plant peektures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up dimly lit and early this morning. Everything went according to plan, despite the cats&#8217; best efforts to get in the way of things. Just one of the cats, actually. You&#8217;ve got a 50-50 shot at guessing, and I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll need a hint or odds. If you&#8217;ve been paying attention you can guess which one.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be right. <\/p>\n<p>We had breakfast at a local diner. It was fine. Some diners are better than others, I&#8217;ve learned. This one was OK. The cheese in the omelette was the best part, though the paper place mat told me they have all-you-can-eat chicken pot pie on Wednesday evenings. I don&#8217;t know how much chicken pot pie I can eat, but I might find out one of these days. <\/p>\n<p>Being up early meant I got to enjoy a nap today. That means I&#8217;ll be up all night. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannerhouse.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s have a look at a few more of the flowers in the backyard. <\/p>\n<p>This is a scarlet beebalm, or a crimson pincushion, or a wild bergamot. I&#8217;ve no idea, they all seem to look the same. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/july24\/july33.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t notice it last year, I think it might be a weed &#8212; so the bergamot, maybe. My horticulture teacher in high school would tell you that weeds are only weeds if you don&#8217;t want them. Whatever is undesirable is a weed. If I say the beautiful roses are undesirable and the pokeweed is what I want, I&#8217;ll eventually never have to think about weeding<br \/>\nagain. (I never think about it now.) That teacher is a preacher now. <\/p>\n<p>Look at this hibiscus go!<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/july24\/july34.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The brown eyed susans are getting a lot of attention. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/july24\/july35.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The butterflies aren&#8217;t the only ones. And beyond these bumblebees there are other bees and things I can&#8217;t identify.  <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/july24\/july36.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m thinking about sending a media release on this one. We have figs!<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/july24\/july37.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Now I have to learn about harvesting figs. And I must also do some weed-eating. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up dimly lit and early this morning. Everything went according to plan, despite the cats&#8217; best efforts to get in the way of things. Just one of the cats, actually. You&#8217;ve got a 50-50 shot at guessing, and I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll need a hint or odds. 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