The photo prompt from Dutch Goes the Photo this week is pink; I love wildflowers and flowers in general.
These are clover. There were a lot of them inhabiting my great-aunt’s backyard!
I was determined to get some shots before my mom mowed them. In this one, you can see a few white flowers as well.
I took this one so you could see how many of these clovers there were. There must have been hundreds if not thousands! I actually dug up a few to take home to see if I could get them to start growing here. (I don’t think my great aunt would have minded.)
And then I turned around and saw that there were pink miniature roses growing on the fence!
Here is a close-up of the bud that is just opening.
When taking my grandma to one of her doctor’s appointments, I saw a bunch of flowers planted outside to border a fountain. So beautiful!
Two different kinds of pink flowers! Though when I backed up and took the next photo to show the arrangement, these looked more purple than pink, haha.
The arrangement was quite lovely, though.
Here is the whole fountain.
One last photo… this one was taken during the spring, the same day as my new avatar. π I’d like to thank Hannah for the inspiration – the awesome photo she took of her sister’s eyes through the leaves is why I tried this pose, haha. (And if you haven’t seen that post, I linked to it in her name – she has a great blog!) Turns out, it’s really hard to do this as a selfie… π
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Your photos are so beautiful :):) I love your new avatar π
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Thank you! π β€ And thanks! π
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Wildflowers are always so beautiful, although I know they are most of the time technically “weeds” They always seems so intriquit, and delicate π
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I agree! π It’s amazing how beautiful the “weeds” are. π
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Great pictures! π
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So many clovers!!!
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Yes! π I really hated that we had to mow them down!
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I really like clovers too. Very simple plant, but pretty!
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Yes, definitely! π And I believe I read somewhere that Saint Patrick used the clover to teach the Trilogy in Ireland – there are three parts to the leaf but it is one leaf. I haven’t looked at clovers the same way again. π
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I’ve heard that too! π
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Beautiful !
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I like all the photos, especially your selfie. My clover flowers are yellow. I always considered them as weeds until the end of last year when they attract so many bees to pollinate my plum trees and I got more plums than we could eat!!
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I liked the last one the best with the eyes behind the flowers.
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Thank you! π β€ (And thank you – those are my eyes and that one was the most difficult to take. π )
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Lovely shades of pink all over!
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These are so beautiful – so many shades of pink! And that last picture is so cute x
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The clover is just beautiful! I think I saw New Guinea impatiens in the photos by the fountain. I have them growing out front in my “oak barrel” planter. On this rainy day pictures of flowers in the sunshine was just what I needed!
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Thank you! π β€ God created such beautiful flowers.
Oh, thanks! I was wondering what kind of flowers those were! π
Aww, so glad you enjoyed this!
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I really needed those pictures! They reminded me summer is still on!
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And I’m glad summer is still on; I want a few more vegetables before the summer is over!
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I’m so bummed about my vegetable garden this year. But there’s always next season.
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Aww. Yes, there’s next season! π I didn’t get as much as I would have liked out of my garden either, so I look forward to next year as well.
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I went out today. One zucchini and four cherry tomatoes! LOL Worst harvest ever!
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Oh my. Well, that’s more zucchini than I got. I had blooms but no zucchini. π¦
We are getting some tomatoes. The Beefmasters really took off, and my Cherokee purple produced some before dying away. The cherries are thinking about it but haven’t done much so far.
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This will go down as the Garden Fail Summer of 2017!
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Totally! π The only thing that did well in the garden was the muscadines – and they grow wild, I didn’t do anything but give them water. The okra did okay. The peppers are trying to catch up at the last minute and that’s exciting, considering that I have only gotten about four peppers off of them so far! π
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I have the Munchkin version of peppers this year. They didn’t get enough water so they’re getting even by being very small. I don’t want to tell them I probably won’t be able to hack my way through the weeds to pick them.
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Ditto that! XD (Also appreciate the Wizard of Oz reference. π) My California Wonders are trying to get big at the last minute though. Hoping there is enough growing time left for that to happen.
Awww, haha. Funny how the weeds have no problem with not getting enough water. They take over anyway!
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The weeds are 8 feet tall. I’ll have to clear the garden like I’m exploring the Amazon.
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π± Wow, that’s quite an accomplishment! Sounds like you really took good care of the weeds.
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They’re so healthy it’s scary. I’ve never had a weed crop like this!
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Too bad you can’t eat the weeds. Or have something to feed the weeds to, like a goat. π
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I’m going to check what the ducks can eat.
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Sounds like a plan! π I know when we had chickens, they liked grass.
Would your ducks like their nests lined with hay? The grass could be cut and dried for nesting materials if so. π
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I know ducks eat grass. We’re going to use straw for bedding but I’ll check into hay. They might love that.
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That’s good; maybe the duck will get to enjoy your grass crop after all! π
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They’ll get all the grass and whatever weeds they can eat. It’s only a few days until the big move!
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That’s great! π
Yay!!! They will love it, I’m sure! I can’t wait to hear all about how much they enjoy moving into the Ballymurrin Quacker Farmstead! π
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I want to take video of their first moments!
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Awww, that would be wonderful! π
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I just hope we can get them in the cabin at night.
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Oh, I hope so too! I assume they don’t go to roost like chickens do? It was usually easy with chickens, we didn’t have to do anything to get them to go inside.
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No, they don’t roost. And they’re partially nocturnal. I’m hoping we can lure them in with treats until they get used to going in at night.
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Ooohhh, I see. I didn’t know that they were nocturnal creatures.Good luck with the treats! π What do they like as treats, anyway?
It looks like from the post I just read that you are fencing in the play area… We had our chickens in a fenced in yard. If they didn’t want to go into the house to roost, I had the option of yodeling like Tarzan and chasing them into the house. (Though if you want them to lay eggs scaring them to death isn’t a very great option…)
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They love fruit although there are some they can’t have. Greens except for spinach and nightshade family, green tomatoes are also poisonous. The can have vegetables and they love peas and green beans. And they love oatmeal!
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Wow, I wouldn’t have expected fruit! π That’s really cool that they can have all of that. I bet the oatmeal can get messy. π
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LOL Everything gets messy. They have to have a lot of water when they eat so the food gets wet, the water gets dirty, and they shake their heads so they get food everywhere.
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π π π Not only will the ducks be happy to be in Ballymurrin, but your bathroom and the person who has to clean up that mess in there after they eat will be glad too.
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Yes, she will!
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