This Old House of Ours

[LarsMac]

We are having to do some rather significant re-wiring of the electric system.
Turns out that the Power feed for the property is on a pole in the middle of the field behind the house and runs from there to the Barn, and from the center wall of the barn underground to the two houses on the property. That is all well and good, except the foundation of the barn is basically crumbling.
Now, the barn, itself is very well built. IT has moved about 6 inches off the foundation, and has stayed quite sound. It moves around like a big cardboard box, depending on which way the winds are blowing. This morning, I was looking at it and it has almost returned to the original foundation.
We stay clear of it when the winds are strong, and the grandkids are working on carefully removing their stuff from it and taking it to an offsite storage locker.

I expect one day, when the winds are severe, we will watch it roll away like a big-ass Tumbleweed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UiSMyyj-Ac

[beyelzu]

When I let Gizmo outside this morning, I was struck by how good our crazy wildflower garden patch was looking.



Closer view of the flowers or purple morning glory and orange Nasturtium Dwarf

And the view from the listing



We have long loved the beautiful gardens around Willow Glen. I felt the responsibility of maintaining the ecosystem at the place we rented, but I couldn’t just delete or add things.

I’m excited about making our place one of the pretty garden houses

[beyelzu]

In the back I’ve planted a morning glory mix, here you can see that a I’ve got purple and pinkish flowers.

I think there was a more blue variety, but I haven’t seen it yet.

I’ve really been enjoying gardening.

I putter in the garden every day

[beyelzu]

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I’ve got so many different morning glory hues

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The hummingbird visits the pink echeveria


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I imagine he will visit this one, but I haven’t seen it yet.

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I got a pic of the hummingbird feeding from the echeveria the other day

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These are Lithops so called living rocks.

Lithops - Wikipedia

The other pics are my succulent hanging planters, including the first one that I made.

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[beyelzu]

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My lithops are looking good. I had to add lava rocks to discourage an asshole squirrel.
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I’ve been getting frequent visits from this gorgeous hummingbird.
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In my front wildflower patch, the nasturtiums are now outcompeting the morning glories.

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I’ve got Hairy Dawg up for football games. I added an aeonium to the berm that was outgrowing a pot.

Yucca blooming for the second time this year, now with two flowering structures.

[Ensign Steve]

What about my Birds? Did my birds bloom yet?