Sunday, August 03, 2025

The beginning of August


Welcome August.
We saw our first buck in velvet close to home while having coffee in the morning. He was walking amongst several does who just stared at him as he walked through the neighbor's field and woods.




Something alarmed the gals and they took off to the west while the buck took off to the east. They look hazy because of the smoke and some fog.



I have 4 o'clocks blooming all over the place. Each year, I collect the seeds and then randomly drop them into different areas.

Some of them have grown to nearly 5 feet tall and others are being entwined with morning glories.





It's a mess in this spot, but I am enjoying the mess. I may chop it all down after a frost and see what comes up again next year.


Thankfully, Little Richard has been busy helping with the yard work. I put him in some spots that seemed to be growing faster than the rest of the yard and he did a nice job overnight.


Mornings are still the best to go look at things in the garden. The past few mornings are cool with fog and smoke.
The bees are really busy in the pumpkin plants I planted ... ahem, sort of ... by accident in front of the house.
Actually, having them so close is nice. I can see how the bees work the flowers and I can watch the funky pumpkins grow!


These pumpkins are a cross between some gnarly bumpy pumpkins I had last year and the original whitish-yellow pumpkins I had. So it will be interesting to see how large they get. 



I have several other pumpkins in another spot in the pasture that I fenced off. 

I have tossed pumpkins in for the mules to eat the past few years and it seems that they eat them and then stomp the seeds into the ground.

Here are some more flowers to enjoy. All of them taken early in the morning with dew drops on them.




I sure do love the morning glories!






 

12 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:20 AM

    Beautiful flowers! I love 4-o’clocks and their scent, but they are very invasive here. RHill, TX

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    1. They can come back from the years previous, but generally the Cardinal birds love the seeds.

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  2. I always enjoy your flower photography!

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    1. Thanks, I should be out in the woods hunting fun fungi, but oh well, flowers it is!

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  3. I am liking your early morning flowers in that light and must now ask if Little Richard is tethered in that photo.

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    1. He has a long line that he is tied to. He has been doing this in the summer for about 25 years.
      Auto mower and fertilizer!

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  4. Morning Glories are so pretty but that dew covered Marigold is stunning!

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    1. That is the only plant I purchased this year and it has produced so wonderfully. I have it on a stump in the yard. So golden, so beautiful.

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  5. This post is so peaceful. I feel like I am watching your beautiful flowers on a calm early morning in a wicker rocking chair.

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    1. Oh a wonderful wicker rocker! I have a rocker on the porch too and use it often. I also like my hammock...soon to come out!

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  6. Fun to see Summer bucks & flowers. Love the two-tone fuchsia Four O'Clocks!

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    1. I think that is from the colors cross pollenating over the years. I've had white flowers with pink stripes in years past.
      If you need to try 4 o'clocks again, let me know, I'll put seeds aside for you.

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