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Category: Gardens
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Sage has been around since ancient times and used for a variety of ailments over the centuries, including in a potion to ward off the plague. In this window box is one of the ornamental varieties of Salvia. Modern Chinese herbalists have found that salvia miltiorrhiza helps to prevent heart attack and stroke…
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"Definitely looks like his father!" Photo by Paula Post. Shot at the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine.
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How tightly wrapped are you? Will you unfold into something big and beautiful when your time comes? Most definitely! Happy first day of Spring!
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Hibiscus, the state flower of Hawaii was once commonly called good night at noon because it blossoms for only a short time! I like that, "good night at noon!" Some days are like that. From the book Garden Flower Folklore by Laura C. Martin
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Lucky stars above you, Sunshine on your way, Many friends to love you, Joy in work and play. Laughter to outweigh each care, In your heart a song. And gladness waiting everywhere All your whole life long. Shamrock flowers! (May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow!)
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What can you do with a perfect day? Go for a walk, breathe, smile, get out the hammock, listen to the birds. Whatever you do on a perfect day, it works. Even if you keep dropping things or tripping, it still works. And then comes the perfect night! Robin in…
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In marble halls as white as milk, lined with skin as soft as silk in a fountain crystal clear a golden apple doth appear. There are no doors to this stronghold, yet thieves break in and steal the gold. What is it? (don't peek!) Thanks Billy, for sharing…
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The Azaleas are starting to bloom in St. Augustine. Robins are coming through too, you can hear them. Spring comes early in the south. This year, you might say that winter is late, or a no-show, except for those few days when it was below freezing. I'm not complaining. In fact if…
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What to do with the unlovable parts of ourselves? Try as we might, we can't run away or separate ourselves from our shadows. What happens if we sit and stay, like a good dog that wants to jumpandrunaround so badly, but we sit and we stay, and we don't look away? The…
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"I'm feeling all fuzzy inside." "Maybe because we're out of focus." "Oh, don't pick on the photographer." The pond was designed and installed by Bill Garren of Green Acres, LLC in Virginia and is in focus.
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