Westerns Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s , Westerns were television staples… Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Rawhide, The Lone Ranger, Rin Tin Tin, and many more that I have forgotten. There were too many western movies for me to begin to count… Broken Arrow, The Gunfighter, High Noon, etc. Invariably, the cowboy hero gets lost or […]
Entries Tagged as 'Flowers'
NOT Crawling Through the Desert Looking for Water
December 20th, 2012 8 Comments
Tags: cactus · cactus flowers · cactus fruit · Westerns
History of Wilmot Yard
December 10th, 2012 5 Comments
Really Old Plants and Trees When I posted the bougainvillea story last week, I mentioned the ‘old lady’ of my yard… a magenta bougainvillea about 80 years old. Magenta Bougainvillea It got me to thinking about the other plants and trees that were in this yard 40 years ago and the ones that are still […]
Tags: Alphonso mangos · avocado · Bougainvillea · calamondin · citrus canker · coconut palms · Florida wild green parrots · grapefruit · Haden Mangos · Hurricane Francis · Hurricane Wilma · Indian mangos · key lime · lethal yellowing · naval orange · Royal palms · sapodilla · Surinam Cherries · tangelo · tangerine
Bougainvillea Rule the Florida Winter
December 3rd, 2012 No Comments
Three Colors of Bougainvillea in My Yard There is something to be said for Florida during the winter months. It seldom gets below 50 degrees, the skies are blue, the sun is bright, there is always a cool breeze and there are FLOWERS! One in particular, the bougainvillea, are in full bloom during the winter. […]
Tags: Bougainvillea · Florida · flowers · magenta bougainvillea · orange bougainvillea · pruning · white bougainvillea
