Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image.
The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life. Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle.
The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
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usually run with a theme. Sorry, it has been another busy and stressful week and I am reverting to type again and taking you back into our overgrown garden jungle. The kittens are in one step forward, one step back mode - which is worrying. It has again been wet and/or windy and I really, really need to get back into the garden. Lots of these photos also feature weeds.
"I hope your week is blooming lovely..."
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful thing to say. 😊 Thanks. Yours too!
Sandi: It is a sincere wish. Thank you.
DeleteHi EC - actually not weed free here ... albeit I live in a flat - I realised the pavements and road edges have lots of fresh green grass/weeds growing up - it's been so warm. I hope the kitties improve for you soon ... but also that you can get into the garden to do some 'cropping' of excess weeds - gorgeous flowers though ... cheers and you have a better week - Hilary
ReplyDeleteHilary Melton-Butcher: It is never weed free here, but the warmer winter and all the rain has meant that the weeds are thriving. They are even growing in some of the potholes in the road. Thank you for your good and hopeful wishes.
DeleteI adore your jungle/garden and will feast on any and all photos. The colors, the growth - all gorgeous in my eyes!
ReplyDeleteI hope that the kitties will soon be springing forward. Try to have a restful, less stress week ahead... or at least put an -ish on those wishes. :) Major hugs sent your way!
River Fairchild: Thank you. I am definitely hoping for a better week - for me and the pussy kittens. And hope (before the predicted rain returns) to get into the garden. Huge hugs.
DeleteBeautiful flowers images EC.
ReplyDeleteBob Bushell: Thank you.
DeleteThat lily is beautiful. This post serves as a reminder that for me it's autumn, but for you it's spring. Happy Spring, dear EC!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Janie Junebug: Definitely spring. Enjoy your autumn.
DeleteAll those flowers are just so pretty.
ReplyDeleteMary Kirkland: Thank you - we think so too.
DeleteLove all the purple.
ReplyDeleteMike: I had to go back and check. There is a lot of purple in the photos I shared this week. And in the garden. I wonder what colour will dominate next.
DeleteThank you for putting this color and sanity into the world my friend!
ReplyDeleteCloudia: Colour I can provide. Sanity is another question.
DeleteA lot in bloom there!
ReplyDeleteAlex J. Cavanaugh: There is isn't there?
DeleteDear EC
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers. It's always a joy to join you in a walk around your lovely garden. (I didn't notice any weeds!)
I hope the kittens will continue to improve this week - what a worrying time for you.
Best wishes and take care of yourself
Ellie
Ellie Foster: Thank you. Believe me there are a LOT of weeds. Less than there were yesterday morning, and I hope less again by this afternoon. It is a worrying time. The kittens refused food again this morning but I have tempted them to eat a little. Yay.
DeleteDid I see lilacs in your collection? I had a lovely old lilac tree in my last house, it cheered me as my mother would always sing when they first bloomed "We'll gather lilacs in the spring again". but all your flowers are wonderful and no I can't see weeds at all. I do so hope your little kitties get better, an awful strain on you.
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Wisewebwoman: You did see lilacs. I have a mauve (lilac coloured) one and also a white one. They are all blooming at the moment. Old fashioned plants, but I love them. My mother loved and grew them too. Fingers crossed on the kittens.
DeleteYour floral collection is a visual feast to view. Love your Sunday post :)
ReplyDeleteroentare: Thank you.
DeleteAfter we enjoyed a proverbial "golden October" during the past weeks, it should now be your turn to enjoy an all-round happy November. Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteSean Jeating: Thank you. Tightly crossed.
DeleteAh, my eyes are now filled with the incredible beauty of your garden. And I am hoping to hear good news about the kitties next week. One step forward, two steps forward, and onward. :-)
ReplyDeleteDJan: Thank you. Lots of steps forward sounds like a very, very good thing.
DeleteBLESS THE CATS & YOU!
ReplyDeleteCloudia: Thank you.
DeleteBeautiful, and I didn't notice any weeds at all. That's the nice thing about flowers: As long as you focus on the pretty bits, you don't notice the not-so-pretty ones. ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour poor kittens; and poor you, worrying about them (and paying the vet bills). I hope they get better soon.
Diane Henders: Unless I go out with my camera in hand the weeds dominate my view. The camera shifts my perspective.
DeleteFingers crossed on the kitten front. We had a bad start to the day - but they have at least deigned to eat breakfast now. Fingers crossed.
Do you have them on kitten food or regular cat food? I found when I first brought Angel home he didn't like the kitten food, wouldn't eat it. I also found the "Whiskas" brand wasn't good for him, stinky breath and stinkier farts. I switched brands and he thrived.
DeleteRiver: At the moment food is an issue. While they are not feeling well they simply stop eating. On the vet's advice they are on a bland diet. No cans/sachets. Cooked chicken. Which sometimes they will eat. They are to stay on that until they have got over the diarrhea. And their appetites return.
DeleteTrying again (Arthritis rears it's ugly head and my fingers were not working)
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are gorgeous! I saw no weeds either. Right now ours are at bay, but they will be back in full force in the spring. In fact, right now the yard is almost perfect. The grass is still green but growing so slowly that it does not need to be cut, and we are still have a little bit of time before the great leaf dump!
Anne in the kitchen: Thank you. This is a spring garden and looks its best (usually) at this time of the year. Because of our very wet weather the lawn needs mowing at least once a week (which doesn't happen because the grass is too wet). Enjoy your almost perfect yard.
DeleteBloomin' lovely. I can't remember seeing the pergola like structure before. One plant seems to like it very much, in fact is dependant on it.
ReplyDeleteAndrew: I have showed the pergola before, but not often. It is a white banksia rose which is thriving over it. There was also a wisteria, but the banksia strangled it.
DeleteI'm sorry to here Batty and Odie are still not 100%. May they have more steps forward, and none backward.
ReplyDeleteTake good care, EC...I hope the week ahead is far less stressful for you...and your furry little mates.
Lee: Thank you. Batty and Odie's continued ill health is a worry. The vet told us that sometimes feline coronavirus mutates into feline infectious peritonitis - which is almost always fatal. And primarily affects very young male cats. Fingers and toes crossed. Tightly.
DeleteYour garden jungle is still very beautiful and colorful. I love all your beautiful flowers. I don't see your weeds. I read somewhere that weeds are plants in the wrong place. lol...
ReplyDeleteToday, I cleaned a portion of my neglected weedy vegetable garden and the weeds were all in seeds. Sigh!
In past year, I kept ahead of the weeds but this year, I have put more efforts in harvesting and preserving and less in weeding and we had a fair amount of rain too.
Poor little kitties, such a rough ride for them. I do hope that their immune systems can cope until fully recovered. Wishing all the best for them and for you so that your week will be less stressful.
Hugs,
Julia
Julia: You garden on a much grander scale than I do. I am seriously impressed and awed at your work. Sigh at the seeds/weeds.
DeleteFingers and toes crossed that the poor kitten's health improves. And thank you.
What a glorious post of beautiful flowers! I especially like the purple and white iris, and there are many other flowers in your garden that I would love to have a piece of... EC, you must spend a lot of time keeping it all looking so lovely.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear that the kittens are still unwell - fingers crossed that they will be able to recover completely, and soon. I hope you are able to enjoy the spring weather (rain, here)!
Alexia: Thank you. I do spend a lot of time in the garden, but nowhere near as much time as it needs. It is really too big for me, but I have not (yet) admitted that. Like you I am hoping that the kittens make a complete recovery. Yesterday wouldn't be too soon.
DeleteYou have a snowball tree! (Guelder Rose). I never could grow one of those once we left Sydney. I had a few there, dividing our front yard from the neighbour yard. I love the bright yellow against the mossy pavers. What is that rampant growth over the pergola? I have actually recognised most of the plants shown today. What type of lily grows that tall?
ReplyDeleteRiver: I do love our snowball tree. It is inconspicuous for most of the year, but comes into its own in spring. It is a white banksia rose over the pergola - which needs trimming. That giant lily is an asiatic one - which you would not like because it is heavily scented. It looks as if it is going to be well over four feet tall.
DeleteP.S. fingers crossed for the kittens. Do they share food and water bowls? Can you feed them separately for a while? Maybe that would help. In case they are re-infecting each other.
ReplyDeleteRiver: Sadly no. Odie spent a few days at the vet, but was traumatised at being away from Batty. And if we separated them here he would simply stop eating. If only they can 'get over' this illness they should develop antibodies and not catch it again.
DeleteGood thoughts for you and those kittens and your beautiful weeds!
ReplyDeletee: Thank you - and the same to you and Lukas.
DeleteYou seem to have every spring variety invented!
ReplyDeleteJoanne Noragon: I wish. How I wish.
DeleteOh my, the flowers are so beautiful! Would the vet get them some Remdisivir, or however it is spelled, for at least a go?
ReplyDeleteStrayer: Thank you re the garden. If you are talking about the treatment for FIP, the vet told me that it would cost thousands. For each cat. Not a happening thing, and I really hope it isn't needed.
DeleteDarn it I'm sorry.
DeleteStayer: Darn it is politer than I have been thinking.
DeleteThis is so beautiful, lovely photos with delightful colours and beauty x
ReplyDeleteaussie aNNie: Thank you. I have spent much of the day working in the garden and it is looking a little more kempt than it did.
DeleteLovely collection of photos and lots of colour and beautiful flowers in your garden EC. Take care.
ReplyDeleteMargaret D: For a change blogger allowed your comment through. Thank you. There is lots of colour in the garden, and I hope it continues.
DeleteFantastic flowers. Hugs from the other side of the world.
ReplyDeleteBill: Thank you on both counts. Your hug is gratefully received and reciprocated.
DeleteYou think you have weeds - you should see my garden…..days of rain, then dry with maybe a little sunshine and they grow like topsy. Beautiful white Iris make a lovely contrast to the purple.
ReplyDeleteI thought I’d commented earlier this morning- obviously I didn’t.
Cathy: I DO have weeds. And am covered in a rash this afternoon after removing one of them. 'Sticky weed'. Which is a brute. I have different coloured irises coming out now, and hope to see one of my favourites (a deep maroon) out soon. And some sunny yellow ones.
DeleteFor some reason there is none of that ‘sticky weed’ here this year. Thank goodness - you pull on a bit of it and yards and yards of it appear out of nowhere.
DeleteI put a SS post up this morning, hopefully you had a few visitors from it.
Cathy: Sticky weed is new here. We had it for the first time last year. Sadly I think it will be back next year. I understand that if you miss any of the roots (which I undoubtedly did) it will grow back. Your SS selections didn't show up in my reader. I am off to track it down.
DeleteFrom where I sit, Sue, your garden looks glorious. It is full of colours and fragrance too, I wager. If there is a weed here and there that's perfectly okay. I am inclined to think that we unkindly regard them as weeds when they are striving to live their lives just as we strive to live ours. Like human outcasts we have to find a place for them.
ReplyDeleteDavid M. Gascoigne: Thank you. We had a fine day yesterday (not today) and I did do a bit in the garden. A woman walking told me that our garden enhances the street - so perhaps the weeds are not evident to everyone. And I have never been able to achieve a weed free garden - but do try and eliminate those with plans for world domination.
DeleteHello - this reader from the northern hemisphere is wishing your kittens a speedy recovery. About weeds. I read a wonderful book by Richard Mabey- weeds in defense of nature’s most unloved plants. Dense reading - the guy knows way too much about everything- but all sorts of insights about weeds. His observations about weeds growing in London bomb sites for example are fascinating. One of my goals in life is to embrace the weed. Since another goal is to eradicate the weed I do a lot of dithering hither and thither. Hither and thither - I picked that up from another great book English Passengers - about Tasmania.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous is Frances from Lexington outside Boston Massachusetts
ReplyDeleteFrances: Thanks for indentifying yourself. My father always told me/us that a weed was imply a plant growing out of place. Which I can except and understand. Some of our out of place plants have Triffid like tendencies and plans for world domination. Those I fight. And usually lose.
DeleteSo sorry about your week. I just want a normal week here and there. It is difficult.
ReplyDeleteJenn Jilks: Sometimes a bit of calm would be welcome. Here's hoping for both of us. And the world.
DeleteNot good news about Odie and Batty. I hope it is soon two steps forward and no steps back.
ReplyDeleteI was impressed by your pergola. It is beautiful and lush. Don't worry about the weeds. Your gorgeous flowers and orchids more that make up for any weed we might see in your amazing photos. PLEASE try to destress, dear. I know how trying it can be when "family" is unwell.
Bleubeard and Elizabeth: Thank you. They had a rocky start yesterday and picked up. Today we have another rocky start - but I am hopeful. Rain again today, and the garden (weeds and all) is drinking deep.
DeleteSuch glorious colour, EC. I hope you have time to enjoy the spring colour this week.
ReplyDeleteMarie Smith: Thank you. It is raining at the moment, but the colour is still on display. Which I love.
DeleteI thought I left a purple comment. It's gone! BLOGGER!
ReplyDeleteMike: It wasn't blogger this time. You did leave a purple comment, I replied, and it is still there. One of the early comments to the post. How is your voice today?
DeleteI don’t see weeds. I see colour and life and lovely green.
ReplyDeleteI hope your stress goes and all feels well again. xx.
Thank you for taking the time to share this wonderful place of yours. It fills me up and reminds me of all the things I dream of achieving. 💚🌿
Anonymous: Thank you. And what a truly lovely comment.
DeleteYou have an eye for nourishing beautiful things which look great. The garden is an interesting challenge. You look after it well. As soon as I got lazy the weeds took over. Its like a war between weeds and flowers. Which is going to win?
ReplyDeleteSpacerGuy: Thank you. I am a beauty addict and am chuffed to learn that I contribute as well as collect it.
DeleteYour garden is a feast for the eyes, whether the plants are grown on purpose or as volunteers. They all work together to make a wonderful place.
ReplyDeleteMy selections are over here.
messymimi: I thoroughly enjoyed your Sunday Selections. And thank you too.
DeleteFantastic as always. I enjoy seeing the different flowers. Weeds can sure keep you busy!! I remember that well.
ReplyDeleteGlad you posted on my Wordless Wednesday post (for next week). I meant to schedule it for the future and somehow posted it with a date from the past!! If you and Sandee hadn't of commented, I'd have never noticed! Sheesh. :) Have a wonderful day!
mail4rosey: Weeds can indeed keep me busy. I did several hours work in the garden yesterday and the day before - and can barely see where I have been.
DeleteIn a way I like having a small garden. Removing weeds is not an easy task.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers.
Caterina: Thank you. It isn't an easy task, but is almost always worth the effort.
DeleteBeautiful flowers. While here all our leaves are falling and flowers have been long gone.
ReplyDeleteHena Tayeb: Thank you. I love being able to experience two seasons at once through the magic of the blogosphere.
DeleteI totally agree, your post is a wonderful splash of not colour but a variety of colours. Ahh... so nice to see the Spring flowers blooming and growing well. I think the first flower is hydrangea? i have not seen them in white, always purple or blue.
ReplyDeletekestrel: The first flower comes from our 'snowball tree' or guelder rose. I look forward to them every year - and thank you for explaining who Beau Bo is.
DeleteSorry, Beau Bo is Kestrel!! Trying to fix the problem
ReplyDeleteAlways a sight for sore eyes! Your garden is bursting with colors, so lovely!
ReplyDeletegigi-hawaii: Thank you. At the moment the garden is also a sight for sore backs. I am glad to see that some colour and beauty shines through the weeds.
DeleteNow that made me smile, Enjoyed all the colorful and beautiful flowers, I hope you have a wonderful new week ahead.
ReplyDeleteRasmaSandra: Thank you. I hope your week is full of joy.
DeleteYour overgrown garden is a great to see, that’s for sure. So many beautiful flowers, and that’s a lovely finish with the sky at the end. Sorry it’s been a stressful week and that the kittens are still having issues. Hope those will sort themselves out soon.
ReplyDeleteDeniseinVA: Thank you. Sadly the stress continues. Yesterday was a bad day for the kittens, but as of just after one this morning they are eating again. Fingers tightly crossed.
DeleteGarden or jungle, it looks divine.
ReplyDeleteKeep yourself nurtured, EC.
Rawknrobyn: Thank you. I try. Look after yourself too please.
DeleteI am so sorry that the kittens are still causing concern, I do hope they get better soon.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing your garden photographs, lovely colours be they flowers or weeds :)
All the best Jan
Lowcarb team member ~Jan: Thank you. We are hoping that the kittens recover too. So very much.
DeleteEach day that passes the kittens are hopefully getting stronger.
ReplyDeleteI have so many weeds I have almost given up. I claim it's a biodiversity project
kylie: I hear you on the biodiversity project - though some weeds are trying to claim the lot.
DeleteFingers crossed on the kittens. At the moment it is a very uneven progress.
The flowers in your garden are absolutely exquisite EC, I kept scrolling up and down trying to pick some favourites but there are too many beauties. My place is crazily wet at the moment, I'm half expecting to see fish swimming around in the garden. I hope next week is kind to you and your animals.
ReplyDeleteKim: I do like the jungle, despite it getting away from me more and more. We have had buckets of rain too, though today is expected to be dry. Ish. Cold though. We are going for a top of 12 or 13. And thank you for your hopes. The kittens are still on the one step forward on step back merrygoround.
DeleteWhat beautiful flowers. I see no weeds - maybe your weeds are also exotic to me. That purple one with the funny petals - what's the name of that one? I'd like to see if I could grow one.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte (MotherOwl): That is a cape daisy (Osteospermum). It comes in a range of colours and petal shapes. I have several of them, including several with the twisted petals. I do hope you can grow them. They are quite hardy plants here.
DeleteThanks :) they can and do grow here. I have some in my garden with normal petals, only I did not realize it was the same one ... off hunting for some with that shape of petals!.
DeleteCharlotte (MotherOwl): I do hope you find them. They are lovely aren't they? I have the twisted petal variety in several colours now (but not yellow sad to say).
DeleteEC! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYou have provided Gini and I with the perfect pick-me-up for our day! What glorious colors and textures! Who needs coffee with this sort of inspiration?
Our week began wtih a great birding morning and has continued today exactly the same way. We hope your week will be peaceful, pain free and as lovely as your flowers.
Wally: thank you for those wonderful wishes - and your compliments. I hope that the birds and critters continue to delight you and Gini - and am sure they will.
DeleteYour garden is glorious! Love the images and the colours. I'm not a good gardener. Thankfully my husband is more willing than I am to deal with it!
ReplyDeleteJemi Fraser: Thank you. We both garden here, though himself's efforts do not include weeding. He also likes to plant things in rows. I leave his rows but plant things in front/behind/between them.
DeleteI saw some favorite flowers of mine in your wonderful garden, Sue, like lilacs (my absolute favorite flower), a white hydrangea, and beautiful irises. I'd let those weeds run wild in an area and call it an insect garden ~ lol! In an alternate universe I have a fabulous garden, but in this one, I live in a townhome and enjoy the work of our landscapers. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteFundy Blue: Thank you. The hydrangea is a snow ball tree though. Sometimes I would love to enjoy the work of landscapers. The garden is getting too much for me. Which I have said for a number of years.
DeleteOh, I am embarrassed, Sue! All of my grands and greats had snowball bushes, another old-fashioned flower that I love. I probably filled a hundred vases growing up with
Deleteflower arrangements including snowballs! lol
I hear you about how much work gardens are. Terry and I had a garden in Parker for seven years, and it broke us. The frequent hail, the sudden torrential rain, the hard clay soil, the southwestern exposure, the invasions of insects, no sprinkler system, the cable company coming in and laying cable through our vegetable garden one year, and the highly successful weeds were too much. I was getting up at 3:00 am to move hoses around to water things. It was exciting to eat vegetables we grew and fill vases with flowers, but it was overwhelming. We've lived in an apartment or townhomes ever since. I truly appreciate our landscapers.
Fundy Blue: Not a problem. If I had a dollar for every misidentification I had made we could afford the very best landscapers in the business. The garden is a LOT of work, but rewarding. Mostly. I loathe dragging hoses around though. And am unstable on my feet so it is a dangerous business.
DeleteI hope your week is progressively trouble free. Thank you for these wonderful, vivid splashes of colour and beauty. They cheer me up no end.
ReplyDeleteAs for being weed free, I'm sorry to have to tell you that I know zilch, I've let a weed strangle a desirable pot plant and got a ticking off from the gardener in the past and now I think I have done it again in my current situation. Admire the ability to distinguish the desirable from its opposite, seriously.
Nilanjana Bose: Thank you. I have carefully nurtured a 'weed' more than once. You are so not alone.
DeleteBlooming post !
ReplyDeleteashok: And it is still blooming. Beautifully.
DeleteHmmm, looks as though when I comment from my tablet, it vanishes. Your flowers are gorgeous. What would this world be without them? Yet, I've met people who think that they are a waste! Yes. Can you imagine?
ReplyDeleteneena maiya (guyana gyal): Your comment is here - for which I am grateful. Beauty is NEVER wasted - whatever form it takes.
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