blue herons

Great blue herons rookery bath road ohio some shots I thought I share got these pictures in june. 2014

walkaboutwithmypuppies

know what kind of tree this is? I think it is some kind of oak, not sure any ideas?

what kind of oak?

oak leaves shining through

tall corn pine tree is tall complement each other the blue sky is nothing to sneeze at either.

black walnut canopy.

that apple tree that was in full bloom in another of my posts, bearing beautiful fruit,

my fig tree got really big those red flowers is robin hood rose, I transplanted it there this year and it took a long time to get going so it is small it got quite a bit of die back where it was before which was a northern exposure with little shelter. here I hope it will do better.

my feet hurt and my legs ache after this walk, (plus did yard work too for a while picked up logs and did some weed wacking, love to see those weeds get wacked,) because I wore my brand new filas for the first time the traffic was horrendous, the mosquitos were really bad in spotsincluding when I was cleaning and mowing the hill, yikes! so I itch as well.even with a head net they attacked by arms and back, very hard to do work when your being attacked  my mimi monsters.lol by the way do you like my filas? these don’t look like gorilla feet, lol.

 

 

revisited naturelum

red bud with seed pods?

bush id?

yellow sweet clover

wisteria?

iris in a small pondish puddle?

pretty japenese lilac. see them along the roads alot too.

water lilies and pastere rose

chestnut oak

weeping siberian peatree

ginko biloba

moonseed vine,

clematis

dont know name of these white wild flowers,

 

quail hollow state park ohio

beautiful peonys no?

lupine

some type of mint, lavender perhaps?

sea hollies waiting to bloom

flower is ?

pretty blue misty like flowers, name ?

flowers are ?

some type of yellow sedum?

interesting bark on this tree some type of cherry not sure.

the trail ahead

the trails sign, we walked the conifer, peatland, some parts of another not sure, we went off the trail a couple of times, and the paved. my ankles and feet hurt and I got a bit tired. the weather was perfect not to hot/cold, pretty greenery and birds were singing a cat bird was really singing very pretty.

some canopy shots,

some beautiful ferns in the woods,

beautiful red poppy,

 

would of gotten alot more pictures but my battery was dying on me. hope you all enjoy, my roses are starting to flush alot of color in a few days I will be taking shots of them at full flush, which is their most glorious attire they can achieve. yea.

more walk about/peach tree talk

my poor peach tree has the bad case of leaf curl, I might have to chop it down as I read about the treatments and it si too extensive and iffy to waste time or money, I read that red haven is one that is resistant so I will be getting a couple in the late summer early fall.  this really sucks after seeing such pretty flowers. I think it’s roots may hve hit a water pocket underground and is just to wet, makes sense it is a bit wetter on that side then the south side of my house. did get a couple of apple trees tho planted them last week. a yellow delicious and a gala. yummy. maybe i will post some pictures of them.

anyway here are some more pictures I took yesterday, anyone know what kind of bush this is? the flowers are softly sweet and it gets red berries on it and I love it, let me guess it is not native isnt it?

know what kind of shrub this is? I didnt plant it a bird did, I like it so I kept it, it is very thorny and gets red berries on it, the flowers pretty too,  here is another picture of it,

I just did this to part of my front yard this week,like? those potted strawberries are only there temporarily until I build a raised bed for them.

plants are the one with no leaves on the bottom stem is a rosa rugosa, the variagated next to the house is varigated grass with snow on the mountain, the plants in the corner are hortatunia, and hardy fig, the plants on the outer edges of the bed are horatunia, two types actualy, the plant by the garage leafing out is a crape myrtle, the plants in the hanging pots one is oak leaf ivy and I don’t know the names of the rest. plant on the steps there is a scafflera, house plant, the trellis will be for red morning glories that are growing in pots as we speak. I have just finished another bed today will post pictures later after I get it completly looking decent, here is picture of my carolina all spices in bloom,

flower,

now for the dogwoods

there you have it for now, by all hope you like.

more naturaleum

weeping beech

another european weeping beech

hey a very fat cousin it, lol (from adams family tv show)lol

fat cousin it side view, lol, pretty handsome fello dont you agree?

cousin it’s dog mop, a old english sheep dog, lol even has a air of schanuzer head too,

 

 

looks like this tree came right out of a southern swamp, cool looking tree.

red flowring quince

so there you go gang, enjoy.