This is the mystery ball, summer 2005. No matter how many times neighbor Bob and I returned it to whence it came, it somehow ended up in one of our yards! Photo is so-so, but the story was humerous to us. It reminded me of the movie from 4th grade, The Red Baloon. this film was shot all in blakc and white with the exception of this magic red baloon that followed the boy everywhere and brought meaning to his life. 

Echinacea - side view - get a good glimpse of how the petals open. Photo by Kate Shorey, Windsor, CT
 

Echinacea of a yellow variety, and already eaten by the bugs - japanese beetles? or perhaps catepillars.. 

Obedient Pant version 2 - might make a nice wallpaper. 

NEW DAYLILY OPENED TODAY Photo by Kate Shorey, Windsor, CT
 

Tom Stray Photo by Kate Shorey, Windsor, CT
 

Average July 2005 day. Photo by Kate Shorey, Windsor, CT
 

Sunflowers have grown full heads and are ready to open - Photo by Kate Shorey, Windsor, CT
 

Obedient plant - This perennial thrives both in My Connecticut and Maine gradens, though I must admit it's taller, bigger wider in the sunny CT garden! Photo by Kate Shorey, Windsor, CT
 

catnip, in bloom Photo by Kate Shorey, Windsor, CT

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SUNFLOWER - The grey squirrels are responsible for my summer sunflower garden as they are a bit careless when scrounging lunch from my birdfeeders. Well it works nicely because more seeds on the way!. Kate.
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Jessie enjoys the quiet side of the house while I photograph today's blooms. DAYLILY SERIES. Photo by Kate Shorey, July 15, 2005, Windsor, CT.
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Buds. Classic orange daylily. DAYLILY SERIES. Photo by Kate Shorey, July 15, 2005, Windsor, CT.
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DAYLILY SERIES. Photo by Kate Shorey, July 15, 2005, Windsor, CT.
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Orange Creamcicle Buds biding their time... DAYLILY SERIES. Photo by Kate Shorey, July 15, 2005, Windsor, CT.
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DAYLILY SERIES. Photo by Kate Shorey, July 15, 2005, Windsor, CT.
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DAYLILY SERIES. Photo by Kate Shorey, July 15, 2005, Windsor, CT.
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DAYLILY SERIES. Photo by Kate Shorey, July 15, 2005, Windsor, CT.
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Perhaps your Traveling eGarden is in Asia today?
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Flights of fancy - Caught the house finch mid-flight! Photo by K. Shorey, Windsor, CT 2005. p.s. You can differentiate a house finch from a purple finch by the white wing bars. Don't let the intense raspberry color fool you.
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Flights of fancy - Caught the hairy woodpecker and house finch mid-flight! Photo by K. Shorey, Windsor, CT 2005.
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3 to a feeder - Windsor, CT FEEDER IDEAS
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spring was in late june this year. Windsor, CT
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BONSAI : Why pay 16 dollars for for a tiny bonsai, when you can pay 5 and make your own?
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2005 June/July Photo by K. Shorey, Windsor, CT FEEDERS: Jessie C. Bergeron
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2005 June/July Photo by K. Shorey, Windsor, CT FEEDERS: BUTTERFLY
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2005 June/July Photo by K. Shorey, Windsor, CT FEEDERS: BUTTERFLY
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Phlox, I believe it's David, not Miss Languard. There certianly IS a good amount of mildew on the lower leaves. I believe the Miss L. is the one needed for reduced chance of mildew. This phlox is only about 2 feet tall for it's first season at my garden. Perhaps I did not prepare the soil sufficiently, or perhaps it's too new, or just a shorter variety than Mrs. Mips pink phlox you'll see in my earlier post today. This one is only about half the height of her 5 footer!! Windsor, CT, photo by K. Shorey
July 2005.
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Mondarna, a.k.a. Bee balm, in traditional dark red. Yes, the bees love it! The honey bees across the street often pay my flower garden a visit...I assume it's those bees anyhow. There honey given to me as a gift by the beekeeper, Ron, sure tastes like love! :D Windsor, CT, photo by K. Shorey

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A treat!! 2 cedar wax-wing's paid me a visit the other day! I haven't seen more than 1 except the week tha tSandy Sears and I were "blessed" with a tree ful in the Holly outside Cigna's Wilde building a few years ago! Windsor, CT, photo by K. Shorey

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Summer 2005 - This is where I have been doing most of my studying for stats (research and evaluation I) and for my web class (CSS2.1 in Depth.) That's a yucca in the foreground. You can make out a slamon rose in the background that works nicely with the salmon geranium! Windsor, CT, photo by K. Shorey

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One of the coreopsis varieties - I have several albeit not the pale yellow tickseed. I have one with doubleblooms, one like this without the rusty center... blanket flower (galadria?) goes nicely with the group... Windsor, CT, photo by K. Shorey p.s. There is a butterfly flitting about outside my window...where did I put that camera?

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"Birdseed" - this flower and a yellow variety randomly volunteer themselves each year not far from my bird feeders.... The leaves are a smooth silvery green, roundish, with points at the end of the veins. Windsor, CT, photo by K. Shorey

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Please identify this flower - Delphinium or Monkshood? The difference is important because I read in the 2005 Farmerss Almanac today that Monkshood root is poisonous to the touch, causes tingling sensations and death within 6 hours! =O That coupled with the fact that I have foxglove and columbine makes me think my innocent flower garden is pretty potent!! --Kate
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The newest neighborhood Tom Stray who seems to have replaced Big Red. Windsor, CT, photo by K. Shorey

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Mips phlox, Windsor, CT, photo by K. Shorey
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Windsor, CT, resin chair by spruce tree
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