Peonies. Around here, they bloom for a week. My wife's old friend
brought these yesterday. They'll be gone in a week. I used to grow
peonies, but they're glorious for a week. They're too much trouble
to grow for the pleasure they bring.
But...thanks to her, we have some! For a week. ry|N+A
On 2026-05-16, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Peonies. Around here, they bloom for a week. My wife's old friend
brought these yesterday. They'll be gone in a week. I used to grow
peonies, but they're glorious for a week. They're too much trouble
to grow for the pleasure they bring.
But...thanks to her, we have some! For a week. ry|N+A
Poppies, too. And, of course, individual daylily blooms last only
one day, but the plants are pretty good about putting up a lot of
them over the course of a few weeks.
The first house we bought came with peonies. I didn't find
them troublesome. They got a little raggedy after they were
done blooming. Then again, so do daylilies, but that doesn't
stop me from having a bunch of them in the bed in front of
the house.
My gardens tend to look like the most attractive patches of
"weeds" Mother Nature can give us. Yarrow is starting to take
over; eventually it'll reach the bed where the candytuft holds
sway and they'll battle it out.
Peonies. Around here, they bloom for a week. My wife's old friend
brought these yesterday. They'll be gone in a week. I used to grow
peonies, but they're glorious for a week. They're too much trouble
to grow for the pleasure they bring.
But...thanks to her, we have some! For a week. ry|N+A
Pictures or it didn't happen.
On 2026-05-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Pictures or it didn't happen.
Damn! I thought I posted one.
<https://postimg.cc/14554M3q>
On 2026-05-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Pictures or it didn't happen.
Damn! I thought I posted one.
<https://postimg.cc/14554M3q>
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-05-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Pictures or it didn't happen.
Damn! I thought I posted one.
<https://postimg.cc/14554M3q>
That's totally awesome. I don't think I've ever seen something like that. Thanks
to digital photography, that bloom will outlast you and I.
Here's a picture of some pepper plant that I was growing. Everything was going
swell but then it dropped dead. "Black Thumb" is my middle name.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/W6yqncifW4qzMZ1j9
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-05-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Pictures or it didn't happen.
Damn! I thought I posted one.
<https://postimg.cc/14554M3q>
That's totally awesome. I don't think I've ever seen something like
that. Thanks to digital photography, that bloom will outlast you and
I. Here's a picture of some pepper plant that I was growing.
Everything was going swell but then it dropped dead. "Black Thumb" is
my middle name.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/W6yqncifW4qzMZ1j9
On Sun, 17 May 2026 20:21:56 GMT
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-05-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Pictures or it didn't happen.
Damn! I thought I posted one.
<https://postimg.cc/14554M3q>
That's totally awesome. I don't think I've ever seen something like
that. Thanks to digital photography, that bloom will outlast you and
I. Here's a picture of some pepper plant that I was growing.
Everything was going swell but then it dropped dead. "Black Thumb" is
my middle name.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/W6yqncifW4qzMZ1j9
Hydroponic gardening went poorly for me as well.
Peonies. Around here, they bloom for a week. My wife's old friend
brought these yesterday. They'll be gone in a week. I used to grow
peonies, but they're glorious for a week. They're too much trouble
to grow for the pleasure they bring.
But...thanks to her, we have some! For a week. ry|N+A
leo--
On 5/15/2026 10:28 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Peonies. Around here, they bloom for a week. My wife's old friend
brought these yesterday. They'll be gone in a week. I used to grow
peonies, but they're glorious for a week. They're too much trouble
to grow for the pleasure they bring.
But...thanks to her, we have some! For a week. ry|N+A
Hopefully the Republican majorities in the houses of Congress won't
last. I hope that I'm still here when you quit posting because you are >either dead, or too close to it to either post or vote.
Hopefully the Republican majorities in the houses of Congress won't
last. I hope that I'm still here when you quit posting because you are either dead, or too close to it to either post or vote.
Hound Adams <ha@inv.alid> posted:
On Sun, 17 May 2026 20:21:56 GMT
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-05-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Pictures or it didn't happen.
Damn! I thought I posted one.
<https://postimg.cc/14554M3q>
That's totally awesome. I don't think I've ever seen something
like that. Thanks to digital photography, that bloom will outlast
you and I. Here's a picture of some pepper plant that I was
growing. Everything was going swell but then it dropped dead.
"Black Thumb" is my middle name.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/W6yqncifW4qzMZ1j9
Hydroponic gardening went poorly for me as well.
It all seems so tantalizingly easy, doesn't it?
On 5/15/2026 10:28 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Peonies. Around here, they bloom for a week. My wife's old friendHopefully the Republican majorities in the houses of Congress won't
brought these yesterday. They'll be gone in a week. I used to grow
peonies, but they're glorious for a week. They're too much trouble
to grow for the pleasure they bring.
But...thanks to her, we have some! For a week. ry|N+A
last. I hope that I'm still here when you quit posting because you
are either dead, or too close to it to either post or vote.
leo
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