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As annoying as it was when the neighbors chopped down their giant Norway maple, leaving 8" holes in my yard and a (now deceased) colony of refugee carpenter ants in my house, the extra sun in the herb garden is making the flowers very happy. Especially the pyrethrum daisies:





They really are this amazing bright scarlet color. I love them.



This one wasn't quite the crop I was hoping for, but it was windy out, so I was lucky to get anything close to what I wanted:



I didn't even notice the tiny ant at lower right until I downloaded the photos! You can see him better in the large view.

And finally, a cat photo, because Mr. P was so asleep this afternoon he didn't notice when I got up from where he was leaning against me, much less when I zoomed in to take this shot. One of the only advantages of him having gone deaf in his old age is that now I can zoom in without frightening him off with the noise of the lens moving.

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[syzygy-lj.livejournal.com]

I am always so impressed by your gardening skillz. I wish I had that kind of talent and/or patience. Although this year I did manage to find flowers to plant in pots on my patio. Don't ask me what they are, because I don't know, but there are white ones and little blue ones. I also have some heather, and citronella, mint and parsley.

Curse being in the shade all the time. It makes growing stuff really hard.