Day: September 13, 2008

Canberra Show

Canberra show is this weekend. Given the challenging season so far it was good to see so many blooms Best in show was Lady Diana 2w-w Reserve champion was Cowboy 2y-o shown by John Woodfield Best Trumpet was Newcrest 1w-y shown by Glen Sheldrick Best…

Tumbleweeds

Keith, Live and learn. Thanks for the information on the origin of tumbleweeds. Perhaps they were made famous by B-Western movies, but in my memory by the “Sons of the Pioneers” in the song “Tumbling Tumbleweeds.” When I was a…

Lycoris Radiata getting ready to bloom

These Red Spider lilies normally bloom about two weeks later than the Oxblood lilies (Rhodophiala bifida). Not really sure what country the spider lilies originally came from but the Oxblood lilies were native to South America and came from the…

Oxblood/Hurricane lilies in bloom today

Rain is coming in showers and bands here this morning. Even though these photos were taken two hours after sunrise it is still so dark because of the cloud cover that I had to use a flash. I call these…

Hurricane Ike

Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas Mt. Pleasant is 350 miles north of Houston/Galveston and yesterday nearly all of the local churches were filling up with evacuees that could not fit into our Civic Center. The main room will seat 1,800…