tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post2142502979216069651..comments2023-09-26T09:07:11.680-07:00Comments on Paperlover123: Discoveries, gardening, flower drying, and embroidery!Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-70936054784288222962013-11-28T09:19:53.721-08:002013-11-28T09:19:53.721-08:00It looks like the dragon fruit in the grocery stor...It looks like the dragon fruit in the grocery store too.My Little Family:https://www.blogger.com/profile/17240741117809295524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-8441163043293596162013-11-15T13:05:56.247-08:002013-11-15T13:05:56.247-08:00Certainly is a very colourful looking fruit, seeds...Certainly is a very colourful looking fruit, seeds and all! Your dried flowers certainly came out very nicely indeed. No flowers blooming here now as we head into the cold and snowy winter months. I'll enjoy seeing all of yours though and your wonderful succulents too. Always love those pictures. Your coaster looks terrific. Such a nice design and a great colour.JennyPennyPoppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044863693451568388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-2541314574064741262013-11-14T21:09:34.547-08:002013-11-14T21:09:34.547-08:00Love the colour of the fruit on the vine. I wonde...Love the colour of the fruit on the vine. I wonder if it is edible. Pity it is such an invasive pest...much like our lantana here.<br /><br />The coaster is very clever.<br /><br />I like your bouganvillea is the white/pink called "popcorn"<br />shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097331299060108387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-45487127055586511082013-11-13T03:54:44.854-08:002013-11-13T03:54:44.854-08:00I really like your coaster design. It is so pretty...I really like your coaster design. It is so pretty. I also like the cinder-block succulent area. It has given me ideas for next year, even though I am not much of a gardener.tichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00019505158749052705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-17287946816923871222013-11-12T20:34:57.597-08:002013-11-12T20:34:57.597-08:00Love that fruit even if it is invasive. So differ...Love that fruit even if it is invasive. So different.<br />All those pretty flowers and that adorable coaster. You have been busy.<br />Your flower press looks like fun.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029722057577018059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-41606647978158786342013-11-12T11:04:11.057-08:002013-11-12T11:04:11.057-08:00Your coaster is adorable! And I think I need a flo...Your coaster is adorable! And I think I need a flower press! Very cool.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414499510670559508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-78992812352321821882013-11-10T16:22:18.345-08:002013-11-10T16:22:18.345-08:00Very sure you would not find that gourd growing in...Very sure you would not find that gourd growing in Oregon! Very pretty tho. I like your flower press. I should make one instead of having flowers falling out of random book that I've stuck them in to dry! Like the coaster, want to see the cup cozy when you are done.Dandelion and Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542764006742929821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-1174650055309826802013-11-10T13:08:25.247-08:002013-11-10T13:08:25.247-08:00I have no idea about the vine you found. Definitel...I have no idea about the vine you found. Definitely a southern plant. I love the embroidery you do. This redbird is great. Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-63029195789617487672013-11-10T04:47:00.155-08:002013-11-10T04:47:00.155-08:00Balsam pear is one of the invasive weed in your ar...Balsam pear is one of the invasive weed in your area. It's definitely not recommended to grow there bird spread the seed around and it's causing quite a problem in some of the wild parts of Florida but the fruit in the seeds are interesting. like the coaster. Pottery cool.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568424354642247198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-47257348534886614772013-11-10T00:25:16.541-08:002013-11-10T00:25:16.541-08:00Thanks, Cindy! I'm excited to do more research...Thanks, Cindy! I'm excited to do more research too! I just couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this thing on the fence. The actual vine is shabby, but these little gourds are so sweet. Not sure I would want it in my yard as it looks like a weedy kind of thing! <br /><br />One time I tried to grow pumpkins here and they did the same thing your butternut vines did. I had tons of them and then gorgeous large yello blossoms everywhere, then everything fizzled, and we never got one pumpkin! It seemed like I had planted them later in the season, tho, and it was heat that killed them here. My hope is that I got these going early enough! Only time will tell. If I get flowers, that will be fun! Hehe. I never really expect much here! When the heat hits again, it will all be over!<br />Xoxo-JulieJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766825872703394586.post-26500211463177557842013-11-09T21:27:40.970-08:002013-11-09T21:27:40.970-08:00I googled your orange fruits. It's either a B...I googled your orange fruits. It's either a Balsam Pear or a Balsam Orange, and it's native to either Africa or India. I'm too tired to research more. It's a cousin of gourds and pumpkins, in any case. <br /><br />I hope you have better luck with your butternut squash than I did. I had a seed sprout in my compost last spring, also from a supermarket squash, so I nurtured it and the vine grew all over the place and made lots of flowers, but ultimately, I ended up with only one puny squash.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011749964154446809noreply@blogger.com