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I am a former teacher, aspiring artist, inveterate traveler This blog is about my Florida garden experience and its expression though poetry, philosophy, photography and art. It includes my other creative endeavors. Here can be found posts about travel to other gardens around the world. My garden is a half acre in zone 9a which includes a large water garden. I have mostly a shade garden because of the huge live oak. To keep things easy, I love to grow bromiliads,ferns,gingers and other tropicals. I need to have a low maintenance garden. In the summer we usually have plenty of rain and it transforms into a jungle. I have converted my swamp into the water garden where I grow irises, waterlilies, papyrus, radigan, spikebush and swamp lily. I also grow citrus (lemon,key lime,grapefruit,tangerines,pineapple,and loquats). Me?...Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. (Ovid)

Oct 19, 2012

things that fly...(flutterbys and hoverbugs)

The beginning of fall in Florida is barely perceptible. It may be a slight drop in humidity or slightly lower temperatures in the morning.Our maples turn orange later on in the year. But the acorns start falling now and stain our driveways. We may have a few days when we open the windows and turn off the air. We love that! We can go outside and lie in the hammock or sit in the shade....but it still to hot to stand or work in the sun in midday.

I had a new friend over for a garden tour and fed her lunch and ginger tea.She thought the garden was beautiful. Don't you love to share your sanctuary with others! ....I am sprucing up the garden for family that will visit in November. Thinking of you all and your lovely leaves and crisp sweater weather...Enjoy each day and its beauty.

 

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail







Some things that fly there be - Emily Dickinson
Some things that fly there be --
Birds -- Hours -- the Bumblebee --
Of these no Elegy.

Some things that stay there be --
Grief -- Hills -- Eternity --
Nor this behooveth me.

There are that resting, rise.
Can I expound the skies?
How still the Riddle







This little guy flew into my breezeway and when I caught him he bit me....ouch








 





                                                


Can you see my hummer?


14 comments:

  1. auntie beak10/19/2012

    wonderful photos! a good reminder, too, that fall means different things in different places. also, so that's where our monarchs went!

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  2. FlowerLady Lorraine10/19/2012

    Beautiful photographs from your gardens. The hummer shot was fantastic.

    It is still very warm and humid down south of you and yesterday the fan on our a.c. unit stopped working. :-( We'll try to deal with that Sunday morning.

    Have a great weekend and thanks for your thoughts and photos which do much to encourage and inspire.

    Hugs ~ FlowerLady

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  3. Leslie Kimel10/19/2012

    I've really come to enjoy our subtle signs of fall. The acorns are falling like crazy here. Going to the garden festival and plant sale sure sounds like fun . . . and so does your garden tour with lunch and ginger tea. I love the dragonfly pictures--the shimmering wings are so pretty.

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  4. Rosemary10/19/2012

    Look at all your lovely visitors! Well, minus the dragonfly that bit you :( Maybe it was having a panic attack. The one with the green body and all-black wings is so gorgeous. Lucky you!

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  5. Lee10/20/2012

    Your things that fly certainly bring you and your garden a lot of beauty. Enjoy.

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  6. ☆sapphire10/20/2012

    Perfect poem by Emily Dickinson for this lovely post! I was very amazed to find out that you have a huge variety of dragonflies and butterflies in Florida. They look awesome! Now in this country we often see red dragonflies which are much smaller than yours.

    Harumi

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  7. Marijke10/21/2012

    Beautiful images of the insects Sharon. It's great it's still warm in your part of the world. I wish it was overhere.
    Have a wonderful sunday.

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  8. Helena10/21/2012

    What beautiful butterflies so different to those we have in Sweden.Vi have snow in the winter and quite cold but a few species stays over the winter.In the spring, you can see them little ragged in the wings but I am so happy that they survived!
    /Helena

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  9. sarah10/22/2012

    What lovely creatures they are!So your place is still warm but in our place it's getting cooler and leaves began to turn into colored.
    The butterfly that has white spots is very rare. I've never seen that one.
    Have a nice week!

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  10. Helena10/22/2012

    Really is so bad my translater well i am glad it makes you smile :-)
    I dont know where to find a better one?Do you?
    //Helena

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  11. Helena10/22/2012

    Hmm how shall I explain?! Mohaha is when I laugh out loud and a little sneaky;-) When I use my female skills and lure the man, and he knows nothing about it;-) But in this case the laughter was stuck in my throat my plan did not work ...
    //Helena

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  12. Forest Dream Weaver10/22/2012

    Lovely photos....... beautiful colours! We have had no frost so far and everything is still quite green here.

    Ruby

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  13. Gone Tropical10/27/2012

    I a bit jealous but happy for you, your hummers are still with you. Mine leave end of September to mid October and won't be back until spring :-/

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  14. tina11/05/2012

    It's a beautiful dragonfly. I am amazed you could hold it as we barely get any that can sit still for more than 5 seconds here. Hope the bite didn't hurt too much.

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