Southern skies through trees!

Doozey and I walked today after work, and I decided to take pictures of the skies behind trees in the neighborhood! It is interesting visually, and so beautiful! The temperature started to drop after just a few minutes out, so we couldn't stay out as long as we would have liked to, but had a good time and just snapped photos all around everywhere! We ran into other dog owners and chatted, and it was just a gorgeous time in every way! Hope you enjoy our photos!

BTW, check out the last photo...it is a Calamondin tree in my Mom's backyard! Wikipedia has this to say about it:

The fruit of the calamondin resembles a small, round lime, usually 25-35mm in diameter, but sometimes up to 45mm. It has the odor of a tangerine with a very thin green or orange colored peel. Despite its appearance and aroma, the taste of the fruit itself is quite sour, though the peel is sweet. Putting the whole fruit into the mouth often leads to surprise from first-time tasters at the combination of sweet and sour. The fruit can be frozen whole and used as ice cubes in beverages like tea or ginger ale. The juice extracted by crushing the whole fruit makes a flavorful drink similar to lemonade, and a liqueur can also be made from the whole fruits, in combination with vodka and sugar. In Asia the juice is used to season fish, fowl, and pork. Kalamansî is commonly used as a condiment for dishes such as pancit bihon. Calamondin marmalade can be made in the same way as orange marmalade. Like other citrus fruits, the calamansi is high in vitamin C.

It has been in her backyard since I was a little girl, and we always squeezed the juice into iced tea, to take the place of lemon or lime... and recently my Mom throws a few whole ones (thin skin, seeds, and all)... into her Vitamix blender, which has the power to grind seeds and skins.....with other ingrediants to make her smoothies...and wow, it really adds a huge punch of fiber, Vitamin C, and wonderful antioxidants!

Click on the last picture to see the Calamondins a bit closer!

OMG! I forgot my thirsty screenroom houseplants!

As Claude pointed out in a comment on my last post, I indeed did forget my new Corn Plant (Not too thirsty, but somewhat thirsty anyway)...my rescue off the street...who seems to be holding up fairly well. I read about them and they cautioned against overwatering...maybe just monthly, so I have done that. I best give it some water tonight though before I withhold too long!

Then you can see my pot of Angelwing Begonia, and Dracaena godseffiana
"Florida Beauty"! I really love the leaves of both of these, and pray to God I never kill them! They are just so beautiful together in the same pot too!

So, now, maybe this REALLY concludes the pics of all my water thirsty plants!

Hope everyone is ready for a fantastic Friday, and as my blogger friend, TOOTSIE always says... FERTILIZER FRIDAY...so get out there and fertilize something...anything...JUST DO IT!!! LOL! Looking forward to a great weekend, and a few cactus beers!
Julie

My remaining plants that like to drink!

I figured tonight that I would take pictures of my dead Fittonias x 2, but it was too despressing. I am going to take a few cuttings of some stems that are still slightly viable, and get them rooted in water...so it's not ALL bad! I decided instead to post pics of my remaining houseplants that are actually thriving (and I really don't know why)!!! LOLOL!

First is a ??????? (I forgot...do you know?) in my fairy garden:

Then my Golden Pothos:

My lovely spider plant:

I have about 5 red poinsettia plants in pots since Christmas!

And my light green/white variagated, Marble Queen Pothos:

Cactus on review!

Well, here it is Monday night, and I got home from work and decided to just go around and hunt for any cactus I owned, for Cactus Monday! I added in one Euphorbia, for good measure (not a cactus, but kinda looks like one)...LOL!




Is this Horse Crippler, Claude???




Happy Cactus Monday at 6:10pm Monday!

I'm a killer of houseplants!

Hello everybody! I haven't done much blogging lately because I have stayed busy cleaning, and also doing fun things this weekend. Doozey says hello too!

I think I have about decide that any plant requiring more water than once a month (houseplants), just basically will be killed under my care! This is so sad. My two Fittonias have just died from neglect...OMG, I am ashamed!!! I still have my Spider Plant, and a few Pothos left...oh and my Angelwing Begonia, and a couple others, but basically I am discouraged that I am such a watering weakling! Succulents really are the only thing for me!

I am fixing to take out one whole tire full of near dead, if not dead, Stapeliad Giganteas. That particular tire is actually a stack of three tires high, and I am going to separate them and get one more tire, so I can have two that are two tires high. In those I will plant okra and collards for a little summer garden. Now, you may ask just how I intend to water them daily??? I will not allow myself to walk into the house each day after work until I walk around there and water immediately! One good thing is that I see the tires out my kitchen window, so it will remind me several times a day.

I am also discouraged with myself because I keep intending to cut the top edges off all my tires, and I never have even tried yet to do it. I will experiment with the ones I take apart for the vegetables, and I am hoping I can be successful. I hope I will not have to spend a fortune on a tool that will do the trick. Tonight I saw an electric sawing action type thingy that construction guys were using at my grocery store...(another expensive tool, for sure)...I asked them if they thought it would cut through a tire, and they all said yes! Hmmmmm. I need a nice construction man to bring his cutter to my tires and get er done! LOLOL.