This is from my own personal button collection. I got it at work in the 1990s. Ironically, my employer was one of the world’s top polluters. That’s all I’ll say about that.
We’ll continue to do the things we’ve been doing to reduce our negative effects on our beautiful planet. But in honor of the day, we did a few other things.
Tim and Tom got rid of a plant that had grown to monstrous proportions. Tom felt guilty about sacrificing it on Earth Day weekend. But it’ll go back into the earth. Now the plants that were adjacent to it can get a little sun and breathe, plus they were joined by some new begonias.
Baby begonias in their bed. (That’s not some giant, mutant rose; just a garden decoration.)
Tim also potted a couple of hydrangeas that I picked up. This will be our first attempt to grow them here.
I added fresh soil to the scheffleras on my front porch and pruned and pampered them a little.
The bougainvillea are flourishing.
And I spotted a new yellow rose. Here it is, looking toward the warm glow of Tim’s kitchen window.
At The Compound, every day really is Earth Day!
The yellow rose photo is almost spooky. There should be a maniacal clown peeking from behind the tree.
You’re just trying to scare David.
Love the photos.
Happy Earth Day, to the Compound.
Thanks! To you, Bob, and Rutlie, too. =)
How wonderful. Happy Earth Day to your Compound Dwellers!
Love the button.
Best of luck with the hydrangeas.
That yellow rose is indeed spooky, but beautifully spooky, what a stunning, absolutely stunning photo. You have such good eye my dear.
Thanks! Your love of nature is a constant source of happiness.
Beautiful, thanks!
(And thanks for clarifying that that’s a garden decoration, not a real rose.) (I’m keeping my mouth shut–for a change–about the last picture.) =)
I didn’t want anyone to get rose-phobic. I’ve done enough damage with the clown thing. =)
Don’t be silly; clowns don’t live behind trees.
They live under my bed, and in my closets, and in my basement, and in my…
..shower with Mrs Garrett?
LOL!!
I used to have a thing against blue flowers, not sure why. I’m coming around nowadays.
You ought to be proud, Becky, of that yellow rose photo– it’s really great. : )
I don’t have anything against blue. What I don’t get is why most everything in my yard is some variation of pink, when pink is not a particular favorite of mine.
Sadly, while I do appreciate Earth Day When I hear it, the first think I think of is Ira Einhorn and Holly Maddux…
Ira Einhorn and Holly Maddux
Well, I must live in my own fantasy world (for the last thirty years! even though I’m only 35!), because I’d never even heard of them.
Thanks to you and Wikipedia, I’m up to speed now.
I don’t know that he was REALLY as involved with Earth Day as he claims to be … and if he was it was probably the only decent thing that he did. Holly’s mother died and her father killed himself while waiting for him to come to justice … the best place to read about it is probably http://www.crimelibrary.com … See I know all the gruesome sites on the internet