Do You Think Someone Could Order Exotic Flower Seeds From Heaven? by: brendasue

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Good Morning Everyone. Come in and take a short Nature Break.  I have a surprise for you today!

Having coffee on the front Porch of Kates, watching the little hummingbirds coming in for breakfast!  The front porch is larger than the little cabin! We are looking at hummingbird wall. They love going in and out of all the openings I created. They like flying through the porch under the fiberglass roof! They have learned to stay on the porch when it is raining and not get wet.

Looking out on the day!

Having a long drink!

A great day in the neighborhood!

Let the Class Begin!






If you saw yesterday's post, then you saw I dedicated it to my Mom's Birthday with the photostudy about all she loved in Nature.
I opened with the Blue Morning Glories I shot a couple of days ago.
There is no way anyone knew what I was going to post yesterday as I am here with the computers and dogs only-no people. Nobody sees what I do or really cares what I do, for that matter!  But those of you who have been reading along know that weird things just come my way. So I will relate what occurred yesterday and you can decide if it is weird or not:
In the afternoon, I received an email on my gmail address I use for the site here on Blogger.  It was from a new fan who had just seen my site by 'accident' she said. She complimented my photos and provided me with the real names of the flowers I had posted, which were Morning Glories. It was an older post she read and commented on. (I will put link at bottom).  Anyway, I had mentioned the situation that Mom loved the Morning Glories (and Dad hated them and pulled them up when she wasn't looking).
I wrote back to EmmaGrace thanking her for the compliments and telling her it was odd to me that the post she referred to had come up yesterday on Mom's B-day as Mom loved the Morning Glories soooo much. Emma sent me back a mail with a link to her site: A Morning Glory Site of the most beautiful Morning Glorys in the World that I have ever seen!!  I told her Mom would have been in Heaven over these gorgeous flowers. (Then I remembered Mom Is in Heaven already).  Emma wrote that she was going to send me some seeds of some of these beauties for Mom's Memory Garden.
I asked Emma for permission to show her flowers to all of You and give you the Link to Her Site (putting it at bottom).


Here are some of EmmaGrace's flowers from her Page:


(All photos taken by EmmaGrace)  All flowers pollinated by and grown by:  EmmaGrace  in Texas.

Are those incredible???  You must visit her site link (below) and see all the rest of these and read about them.  Thank You, EmmaGrace for sharing your great photos with our class and for the seeds you are sending for Mom.


EmmaGrace's site:


http://cubits.org/MorningGlory/thread/view/31840/

My original Post she commented on:

HI Brenda,

 

I just came across your website by accident

http://brendasue-katescabinatrainbowcreek.blogspot.com/search/label/morning%20glory

 

and your photography is incredible. Very Pretty!

 

Wanted to let you know that your Blue Morning Glory is

Ipomoea indica

 

and your Pink is

Ipomoea cordatotriloba

 

Great work!

 

Emma

East-Texas

Isn't that a great story!

Now the weird part:  My Mom has been off the planet for five+ years. Yet on her birthday this year, somehow the seeds of the most exotic Morning Glories (Mom's favorite flower) are being sent here for her Memory Garden.

I would not be surprised that my Mom somehow did this.

In fact, I believe she did!

Something Cool -   Winning Photo by Sharon Murry  of  Marthas Bloomers Photography Club

...this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.

katescabin@gmail.com

Butterfly Pea Vine, Morning Glory & Mr. Whiskers! by: brendasue

Hi Everybody!  Come In For Show And Tell Today

                 Our Sun 7-24-10  by:  brendasue



Because of Light and Heat from Our Sun, there is Life On Earth.
Without this energy source, there would be no life.

We see the sunset (above). It is actually the Earth rotating on its axis in addition to orbiting around the sun that gives us the illusion that the sun is going up or down. The Earth is in constant motion, never stopping. We, who live on Earth, are always moving even when we are asleep.  Our Sun is the center essence of our solar system. Earth and all the other planets in our solar system, orbit around the sun. The planets closest in distance to the sun take less time to make the complete orbital trip around the sun, while planets further away in distance take much longer to complete their orbit around the sun. Planet Earth is third in distance from the sun and it takes around 365 days to make one complete orbit around the sun. 

       Heavenly Blue Morning Glory on Rainbow Creek       by:  brendasue

My Mom loved theses big blue morning glories and my Dad hated them. Mom was always planting seeds (or transplants) when Dad wasn't looking.  Dad was always pulling out the plants by the roots when Mom wasn't looking. As I saw what both were doing, I have to say I understand why Mom loved them, and I understand, probably more so, why Dad hated them.

They are a beautiful blue flower that hummingbirds love. But they grow on a very aggressive vine that will choke out other plants, shrubs and trees if left unchecked. To my gardening friends, I will say I have only planted two things in life that I regret putting in my yard. One is the blue morning glory that Mom secretly planted on my fence. The other is bamboo that I planted.

       wild morning glory on Rainbow Creek    by:  brendasue

In the native morning glories of this area, the flowers are lavender.

      butterfly pea vine (native)                  by:  brendasue


The wild pea vines in the area have lavender flowers also.

               butterfly pea vine (native)    by:  brendasue


Here you can see the leaf shape.

            double blue butterfly pea vine flower         by:  brendasue



This is the one that most gardeners want, the double blue flowers.
This is a tropical vine preferring zones 10 or 11. It does very well here in zone 9. It will freeze. Comes up well from seed.
The pea pod is edible when it is young and tender. In some places, the flowers are eaten. Battered and deep fried. Also, they are used to color the rice in some dishes. A drink is made out of the blue syrup from the flowers and roots are used in Indian medicine.

                          true blue      by:  brendasue


A beautiful flower and a very interesting plant.  Tasty, too!

Hello Everyone,    I am Mr. Whiskers, a cotton-tailed rabbit.

Let The Class Begin!

In our photostudy today, we will look at how Mr. Whiskers looks around at his world. They are always 'on guard'.

This concludes the photostudy of the cotton-tailed rabbit.

Remember what Mr. Whiskers says:  Stop,  Look,  and Listen!!




...........this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek










katescabin@gmail.com









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