Wow, great color Joy
Aging lobbyist, gardening and tending to our 201 roses bushes with my best friend who happens to be my wife. Also an occasional killer of worms AKA playing golf, father of three high maintenance daughters and Papa to two beautiful granddaughters.
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Wow, great color Joy
Great day at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Can see it from my office window.
Yes they are now moving to the pots with Rosemary in them.
These guys decided to enjoy Ann’s Parsley and strip the leaves while doing so.
Thanks Joy. Have a great day.
Good Morning from the Wells. The Floribunda Roses Our Lady of Guadalupe and Sun Sprite the Hybrid Tea Rose Love at First Sight and the Shrub Rose Outta the Blue have a great day everyone @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Rose #Gardening #Flowers
Bill Belichick looks like he’s been constipated since 1970.
Great job
They really are.
Amazing this late in the year.
Bacon wrapped turkey fillets. One stuffed with Mushroom and Swiss the other Buffalo Blue Cheese.
Labor Day in the garden.
It begins.
We are hosting our church’s picnic Saturday which means we have to do all the things we’ve neglected lately. Had to bring out the big guy.
Last crop of onions from the early Summer planting.
Thank you Joy
Good Morning, for the first time in two years she’s blooming, the Floribunda Rose, English Miss. @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Roses #Gardening.
Happy September time for our monthly status report. How we doing?
Another great one to open today’s service at our historic Church in Springfield IL an American Baptist Conference Church.
The Floribunda Roses Angel Face, Plum Perfect and Julia Child and the Climbing Rose Lady in Red #Roses #Gardening
That’s a beauty.
Thank you Joy. Hope you have a great weekend
Sometimes the neighbors come over to play in the morning.
Good Morning from the Wells, did a pre church stroll through the gardens. The Hybrid Tea Roses Honor and Beverly Eleganze and Tropicana and the David Austin Rose Heathcliff. Have a great day everyone and enjoy God’s creations @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Roses
And the makers of Ibuprofen Turing a profit. 🤣
So today’s project for us was digging up and transplanting day Lillies from an overground to a new one. And I’m pooped.
Ann’s Miniature Roses are putting on a show this morning. Gourmet Popcorn, Conundrum, Tidily Winks and Diamond Eyes @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @shannonrwatts.bsky.social #Roses #Gardening #Flowers.
Probably the last round of this large of picking. Plants are starting to die now. #Gardening #Tomatoes @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social
Today’s wardrobe, I-L-L #Illini
Behold the beauty of Lincoln Greens Golf Course in August.
The beans and corn in our area are like carpets and trees they are so tall and thick.
There is an old saying around her from the farmers that when you hear them the first time, the first frost is 8 weeks away
They have been really loud
Now that’s gardening at the highest level. 👏. 😊
Good Morning from the Wells. The David Austin Roses Princess Anne, Thomas Beckett, Charlotte and Winchester Cathedral. It’s Friday Eve 👏. #Roses #gardening @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social
Well No. Ann decided this year to buy what she needs at a farmers market. Probably because her husband forgot to plant any. 🤣🤣
Thank you
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The sounds of a late summer evening in a Midwest garden.
Not sure yet.
Thanks Joy. These cool temps are bringing out the colors.
Good Morning from the Wells. The David Austin Roses Lichfield Angel, The Poets Wife, Carding Mill and Madame Isaac Pierre. have a great day everyone @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Gardening #Roses #Flowers.
Too early for this
Electric
Good Morning from the Wells and the 49 degrees in the garden this morning. The Grandaflora Rose Mother of Pearl, the Floribunda Roses Our Lady of Guadalupe, Julia Child and Citiscape. Have a great day everyone @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #gardening #Roses
Good Morning Shannon
Thanks Have a great week Joy.
The Shrub Rose April Moon the Hybrid Tea Roses Ingrid Bergman and Tropicana and the Floribunda Rose Plum Perfect. Have a great day everyone and Happy Monday @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Roses #Gardening #Flowers #Blooms.
Love it. 😊
Wow. Wish mine looked that good. Those guys have been frustrating me for years.
Visitor adding color contrast to our garden #Gardenering #Flowers #Butterflies @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social
Beautiful Carla
The most fragrant rose in the garden
She’s kinda a show off. LOL
I think we have around 20
Good Morning on this beautiful Lord’s Day in the 217. The fragrant Floribunda Rose Honey Perfume the Climbing Roses Iceberg and Lady in Red the David Austin Rose Bathsheba. Have a blessed day everyone. #Roses #gardening ##Sunday @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social
🤣. We survived the attack.
My daughter brought me a new hat @joyf.bsky.social
Thanks Shannon
Good Morning from the Wells. The David Austin Roses Carding Mill, Roald Dahl, Septerd Isle and Shrub Rose Robin Hood. Happy Weekend Everyone @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Roses #Gardening #Flowers
They are done. They started fading about two weeks ago finally died off.
Thanks Joy
Sorry @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social I meant to @ you guys #roses #gardening #flowers
A David Austin Rose explosion in the garden this morning. Mme Isaac Pereire, Reine Des Violettes. Winchester Cathedral and Sophy’s Rose. Have a great day everyone.
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A David Austin Rose explosion in the garden this morning. Mme Isaac Pereire, Reine Des Violettes. Winchester Cathedral and Sophy’s Rose. Have a great day everyone.
Morning has broken over the Land of Lincoln.
Clusters of the Hybrid Tea Rose Love & Peace the Floribunda Roses Easy Spirit and Oh My and the Grandaflora Rose Cherry Parfait @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Roses #Gardening
Those are some beauties Fred. 👏
Good Morning from the Wells. Happy Friday Eve. The Sunflowers in the garden are peaking right now. Have a great day everyone @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Sunflowers #Gardening #Summer
Good Morning from the Wells. The Rose of Sharon’s, Hibiscus and Cleome continue to put in a show for us. Have a great day everyone #Gardening #Blooming @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social
Summer #gardening #Tomato
I don’t think so
Thanks Joy. Have a great day. Wish I was on the Cape
It’s a yellow/orange morning in the rose garden. The Grandaflora Roses Sputh Africa and Strike it Rich and the Floribunda Roses True Friendship and Sunsprite. Have a great day everyone. @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Gardening #Roses #Blooms
Thanks
It’s that time of year with the daylight getting shorter. I hate it.
We are noticing a considerable decrease in songbirds starting last week. They are starting to move. 🥲
Thank you Joy
Good Morning from the Wells. Reds and Pinks this morning. Hybrid Tea Rose True Spirit, Kardinal, Peace and the Floribunda Rose Citiscape. Have a great day everyone #Gardening #Roses @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social
It was early in the week. She had been babying a petunia hoping it would last until the show.
Thank you
Anyone else feel like we are starting that strange time of year where the kids are now back at school so summer is over but it’s not fall with the hot temps, it’s the not a season season.
Stealing this. 🤣
It’s a great hymn.
A great opening hymn this morning at Springfield’s Central Baptist Church, an American Baptist Conference Congregation in Springfield IL where Christian worship has been occurring since 1830.
lol. Thanks
Thank you.
Thank you Joy. 21 first at the Rose Show is amazing this was a terrible year for roses. Cold spring followed by constant rain followed by scorching heat which is back again followed by Japanese Beetles So hard to find windows to fertilize and spray.
Thank you so much
Ironically, The Best in Show was for her petunia which she had been babying for days hoping it wouldn’t fade before the show.
the 7th Day God Rested Happy Sunday from the Wells. The Grandafloras Cherry Parfait & Strike it Rich, Floribunda Queen of Elegance & the Hybrid Tea Twice in a Blue Moon Have a great day everyone @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Gardening #Roses #Flowers
Allow a husband to brag on his wife. IL State Fair Flower and Rose Shows last week. 26 First, 15 Seconds, 5 Thirds and a Best in Show @joyf.bsky.social @cabofun.bsky.social @flutterbyflora.bsky.social #Gardening #Flowers #Flowers #Statefair
Thank you Marie
Thank you