Show Us Your Pictures: 5 Alive

[AnneKipanki]

Morning!
Other thread is nearly full .
Show us your plants , garden , trees or ornaments.
We love it all .

@Elephantscantfly
I love your new found purple thistle..my DDIL used them in her wedding flowers...so unusual and really added to the bouquet.

My photos will no longer send. It keeps saying they have to be min 90 pixels but I haven't changed the settings or anything

That’s strange @BooseysMom

Started to get berries on the yews.

My photo posted with no incident @BooseysMom

@AnneKipankitoo

I've never seen yews before...thanks for sharing..I'm loving the red berries..I bet the birds are happy to see them, also

Thank you to those who replied to my photo not posting msg. My phone is really stupid sometimes!

Our cars are not happy with the result SP 😂

The berries are popular with thrush and blackbirds.

@AnneKipankitoo

I bet! Splat, splat, splat!

Yes.
Sticks too !

Your birds sound as if they graduated the same "School of Irritating Humans" as my squirrels. CHEEKY MONKEYS!

Graduated with Top Honors, too!

The squirrels in South USA aren't as destructive as West Coast squirrels...they just enjoy throwing acorns down on your head if you're trying to relax in the shade

I had to put hats on DM and DGS to protect them from those acorns...they were deadly... at least 5 cm long!

I put my back out standing on an acorn.
I rode it like a skateboard initially until I didn’t.

@AnneKipankitoo
Youch! That's terrible! I'm sorry to hear that. I bet a squirrel put it there for you to walk on, too

Cute pic of DGS and DM modelling the squirrel protecting hats Sweetpea 😍

@AnneKipankitoo

I put my back out standing on an acorn. I rode it like a skateboard initially until I didn’t.

Oof that sounds painful but also your description created a hilarious mental image

@applecatchers36
Thank you! I was desperate for protection for them as it was a beautiful day and dgs loves the garden. I didn't think DS and DDIL would appreciate a bump on baby's little noggin.

Yes , nice hats !
Thanks @ImprobablePuffin

@AnneKipankitoo😂

I'm at my DSs house and we had a visitor twice during the wee hours...an adolescent bear!
. He was much much smaller than the past one I posted about...he's probably a 2 year old...but his "digging in the bin and spreading rubbish about" skills rival that of his older friend. DS saw him on the CCTV. I will post photos when I receive them...good thing I wasn't out doing some late night gardening 😳

On another note, DD on the other Coast has sent me photos of her wildflower garden that she started this year from a seed packet! I'm very proud that she hasn't inherited my inability to grow anything from seed. This is her first year for flowers..shes grown vegetables and citrus trees in previous years, but unfortunately some unsavoury types put used hypodermic syringes in amongst her vegs and lemon tree so she is afraid to eat anything from her garden so she transitioned to flowers..shes amazed at how much less water the flowers require compared to the vegs.
Since she planted a wildflower packet shes not sure what the prolific pink flowers are...anyone have any guesses?

Oops, forgot the other photos from my DD.

Don’t know SP

Here are the photos I promised of the visiting bear...he first came twice in the wee hours of 7/9 and I guess he must have enjoyed his bin dining experience because he showed up for more in the mid afternoon yesterday!!! Broad daylight! I would have fainted if I'd come upon him during the day. He might have, too

Little Booboo looks about 1 or 2 years old.