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Red Hot Pokers (also known as Torch Lilies or Tritomas, Kniphofia uvaria) grew like weeds along the stairs down to my mother's garden.
I have a couple of them in the yard that look a little ratty, but I love them just the same. I once suggested to a woman, I used to know, that she could plant some in her garden. She said she would never plant anything in her garden that was called a Red Hot Poker. I guess I shoulda said Kniphofia uvaria instead.
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This time of year, there's a fleeting moment in the early evening, just before sunset, when there's a beam of sunlight that comes through the dining room window. Everything in its path is illuminated. I stand there staring at the glow and in a blink, it's gone.
So now when I walk out of the house or come home to it, I will be oh so very happy to see the patio.
Two and a half days of weeding, raking, moving pots, planting a few flowers, a tomato (a squash plant from Kerrie H.) and one load to the dumps and it looks great.
Ahhhhhhhhh.
jumps into an active volcano. The interior of the volcano is a really great shiny magenta color that doesn't show up in this scan. 2 more panels to go.
I'm half way through my vacation and have yet to pull one weed.
There are hundreds of honey and bumble bees in this tree. The sound of buzzing was what first caught my attention. Unfortunately none of them show up in the photo.
