Garden-Elephant Ears

I got this bulb last summer, put it in the ground and it has finally begun to grow. It's about time! ^_^

Garden- crape myrtles

It has been too hot here! Temps have been running in the high 90's to over a 100! We have not had a good rain in weeks. I decided to take a walk outside to see if any of my plants are still alive.




I found this little Crape myrtle a few years ago growing from an old dead tree stump.You can find many aged trees around old home sites just like this one. I am sure the original tree must have been cut down years ago. I found this one and two more and transplanted them into my yard over two years ago.

This is the first year one of these little trees have bloomed. Looking at the flowers makes me believe this is a Tuscaora or Tuskegee variety. It is of medium height and will grow up to 20' tall as an adult tree. I can only hope that one day I will have three 20' trees in my yard, all blooming in early July, full of these dark pink blooms.

It makes me happy to think of that old, long gone tree still lives on.

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Assemblage w/ found objects on recycled wood.

Country Muse 2

16x20 Oil on canvas 'Mississippi Hay-Seed'