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    Your Weather, 2025

    Freezing temps out today and sunny day zero wind . Am I brave enough to even step foot outside like Dahlia at least get outside to cover her potted plants to brave the cold.. H-41F … L-29F___ 🥶 Keeping those pipes from freezing … sometimes is a challenge…. 💪
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Thank you TEG PM . A nice New Year’s Eve surprise 🥂🍾
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    Funny Business

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    Quotes and thoughts for the day

    Your welcome. Keeping you in my prays . This is the beginning of a new adventure . It’s been 8 months for me . Still swimming thru stuff and learning new things and finding so much strength about so much that I never dreamed I could tackle on my own. 55 years together is a long time. Finding my...
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    Quotes and thoughts for the day

    Carol Dee sending healing blessings your way.
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    Your Weather, 2025

    H-41F, L-31F cold frosty and icy out. I guess I’m gonna have to put chains on my rider mower. 🥶
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    Coffee

    Gardening with Rabbits sending healing blessings your way.
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    Photo Session

    That pic of the Beatles makes me feel really old…. Yikes🙃
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Nice bird pics. In the PNW we have a similarly looking bird here looks like the zebra striped winged bird. I think your bird is the Red is called the ‘Red Headed Woodpecker. Our red head in the PNW is called the red Headed Sap Sucker . They drill holes in the bark of pine trees and drink the sap...
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Winter flowering Camilla’s. ‘Just floating’ .
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    Winter flowers

    Mine have been bloomin. This plant is old and very tough made it thru ice , wind and sever snow storms. There is also another Camilla plant Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica 'Lady Vansittart') It has many differnt colors on one plant and double petals - triple petals. They bloom a month...
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    Your Weather, 2025

    You can blame El Niño for this warmer winter weather . The oceans are warmer as El Niño is the culprit . According to the weather channel. El Niño is a natural weather pattern with warm pacific waters occurring regularly every 2-7 years . Usually develops in spring peaking in winter Nov - Feb...
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    Coffee

    Thank you digit’S . This year they finally got it right.. the YEAR OF the HORSE. I looked up the meaning. This is what I found. The Year of the Horse in the Chinese Zodiac signifies energy, freedom, enthusiasm, and forward movement, with people born under this sign seen as independent...
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    Garden humor thread..

    Bog water… yumm! post encampment withdrawal. The wallflower that makes you unremarkable. AI at it’s best is putting commercial companies to shame. 😂
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    Gone to the Dogs

    What do you call a dog that can do magic? A: A Labracadabrador! Q: What did the Dalmatian say after his meal? A: That really hit the spot! Where should you go if your dog is missing? A: The lost and hound! Q: Why did the dog go to the bank? A: To make a de-paws-it! Q: What do you call a...
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    Wintergreen

    Dahlia… There is wintergreen Gaultheria planted by my pond . It’s in a sheltered area next to the home patio area. It’s a real trooper plant . Tough plant that has survived severe winters as well as super hot summers. Been bloomin right on que for many years. Enjoy !
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    Coffee

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    Gone to the Dogs

    Roxie playing with her her interactive toys…. later recharging her batteries.
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    How to think about Fertilizer 2026

    I never use chemical fertilizer. It always seems to boost plant growth over the top attracting more insects that like to munch and destroy them as well as ground munching critters. I’m not the gardener I am the gate keeper.
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