Echinacea Sombrero Salsa Red displays single rows of drooping, deep orange-red ray petals around a sombrero-shaped, orange-brown cone. The lightly fragrant flowers attract butterflies! They provide long lasting color in the garden.
Echinacea Sombrero Salsa Red Coneflower
These are reded daisy-like flowers with dark cones and are produced on strong, well branched stems. Echinacea is well known for its large, daisy-like flowers. It is a bold, sturdy perennial sporting flowers with a large cone-shaped center, hence its common name of Coneflower.
It is also known by African Arrowroot, Arrowroot, Canna, Edible Canna, and Wild Canna Lily among a few other names.
The rhizomes of cannas are rich in starch, and have many uses in agriculture. All of the plant material has commercial value, rhizomes for starch (consumption by humans and livestock), stems and foliage for animal fodder, young shoots as a vegetable, and young seeds as an addition to tortillas.
Other interesting usesincludethe hard black seeds of the Arrowroot having been used in the 19th century as bullets when ammunition was limited. The seeds are also used for making jewelry and musical instruments such as rattles.
AnolIs carolInensIs Aka AmerIcan Chameleon (Green Anole LIzard) They are closely related to Iguanas. GraffItI Art under the BrIDge SmIleyFaceFootprInt In the TreeColeman sIttIng on the FIrepIt at Anne SprIngs Close Greenway
PigGoatAmerican Brahman American breed of indicine cattle
The Brahman is an American breed of zebuine-taurine hybrid beef cattle. Zebuine (Asian humped) cattle were present in the United States from 1849, when a single bull of Indian origin was imported from the United Kingdom to South Carolina. Cross-breeding of these with local taurine cows was the first step in the creation of the Brahman breed.
Echinacea purpurea is recognisable by its purple cone-shaped flowers. It is native to eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwest United States. It is often known as the purple coneflower.
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Coleman & I went hiking along the Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway and spotted the sand and water underneath the bridge. He loves looking at the water and sand fascinates him. He would have loved to go down and play in it.
While he was watching the movement of the water, I decided to play around the the different black and white settings on my iPhone. The above photos are the results.
Gastonia Transit Bus StopColeman waiting for the Bus to Arrive On the BusColeman’s first city Bus RideRiding the Bus to Highland Rail Trail for a short Hike Highland Railroad Tracks Coleman looking at the Train Tracks Coleman by the Highland Rail Trail MapColeman by the Rules sign for Carolina Thread Trail Usage Down the Paved Trail We GoAnd Go…AndGo Coleman GoesHighland Rail Trail Carolina Thread Trail Gastonia, North Carolina
Skyscape/Cloudscapes over Carowinds Charlotte, North Carolina (taken with an iPhone X in May 2018)Skyscape/Cloudscapes over Port of Galveston Galveston, Texas (taken with an iPhone 11 Pro Max in February 2020)Skyscape/Cloudscapes South Carolina Welcome Center Fair Play, South Carolina Looking at Lake Hartwell State Park landing (Taken with an iPhone 11 Pro Max in April 2020)Skyscape/Cloudscapes Dairy Barn Anne Springs Close Greenway Fort Mill, South Carolina (Taken with an iPhone 13 Pro in December 2022)Skyscape/Cloudscapes Horse Road Entrance Anne Springs Close Greenway Fort Mill, South Carolina (Taken with an iPhone 14 Pro Max on May 22, 2023)Today’s Cloudscapes from our Backyard Gastonia, North Carolina (Taken with an iPhone 14 Pro Max)
Playground at Gable Oaks Apartments in Rock Hill, SCPlayground at Gardner Park Elementary School Gastonia, NCPlayground at Schiele Museum Gastonia, NCMy grandson’s preferred “playground” out on a trail. Persimmon Trail Carolina Thread Trail Belmont, North Carolina Chewbacca
Clematis viticella, the Italian leather flower, purple clematis, or Virgin’s bower, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to EuropeShades of Purple in a Garden PlanterSalvia officinalis, the common sage or just sage, is a perennial, with blue to purplish flowers. Sisyrinchium angustifolium, commonly known as narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass Viola × williamsii, known as hybrid horned pansy, tufted pansy, or just horned pansy
The Eastern Gray Squirrel is particular known in other parts of the world as simply the grey squirrel. It is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It is native to eastern North America (my part of the country), where it is most prodigious and ecologically essential natural forest regenerator. These squirrels I’ve seen before in several campgrounds, Greenways, and along several hiking trails in the area. I usually see them more in the country and not so much in the city near apartments or townhomes.
My grandson woke me up early to watch the squirrel on our back fence eating the dog’s food. He was fascinated watching the squirrel. Most squirrels I’ve seen do not have as long a tail as this Eastern Gray Squirrel. This shot he seemed to be saying; “Why you looking at me? Can’t you see I’m enjoying my breakfast at your expense? Thank you, I appreciate the food.”
Mother’s Day is meant to honor and celebrate the unconditional love of a mother. It is celebrated in many countries around the world on the second Sunday of May every year. This year it falls on May 14th.
Did you know that the ancient Greeks and Romans used to celebrate festivals honouring mother goddesses such as Rhea and Cybele. ( I did not know this about them). The ancient festivals were held in the springtime and were dedicated to motherhood and fertility.
Our current tradition of celebrating Mother’s Day in the United States was designated in a proclamation by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914. It declared the second Sunday of every May as Mother’s Day. Many people choose to give cards, flowers, or other heartfelt gestures to show their appreciation, affection, and gratitude for their mothers or the significant person who demonstrated mother like qualities toward them.
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
Honoré de Balzac
Most cards contain famous quotes or sayings regarding mother’s or motherhood, however they may not confer how you really feel. The words that touch a mother’s heart the most are the words that come straight from the heart.
My mother and I were never friends and never close after I became an adults on was living in my own. I never felt like she liked me or approved of anything I ever did in my life. Even though I felt that way I still knew, in her own way, she loved me. I cannot express any heartfelt appreciation, gratitude, or love to her on this earth, but I can still remember her & try to honour her.
Wishing all the mothers everywhere a blessed & Happy Mother’s Day! (www.barbourbooks.com)Happy Mother’s Day! From Deb & Coleman
God Bless. Thank you for visiting. I appreciate y’all.
Coleman on bench outside log houseColeman on Farm Bureau benchColeman on ledge of Gazebo Coleman sideways on bench near Grist MillGotta love ❤️ Coleman’s expressionsColeman on backless bench by PondA Rock 🪨 is as good a Seat 💺 as Anything for ColemanColeman fascinated looking 👀 at a leaf🍃 sitting on a wood & metal bench
The stream by the Grist MillDown further along the trail To the Pond Where ColemanThrew small stones to make splashes rippling the Water And on around toward the other side looking for the Turtles 🐢 finding abstract reflections.
Let’s walk the Nature Trail together. Coleman leads the way around the farm through a log house and later onto the trail.
Through a Log HouseAround the Farm Past the Grist MillAcross the Bridge Are you coming? You need to keep up, Mawmaw.Working the Way through the Maze in Natural AMAZEmentColeman says let’s play a little bit In Playscape Then we’ll walk around the Pond and make a few splashes just for fun. Follow me, I show you how to get to the car. Go through the Gazebo, across one Bridge, under another bridge and we’ll reach the parking lot.
Blending in … Can you see me? What am I?First, I’ll Swim this Way…Then, I’ll Swim That Way…
If you noticed me, you guessed I’m a turtle. I love to swim in the pond here at Schiele Museum of Natural History. You can spot me in the pond if you look closely. The pond is located along the Nature Trail.
The Schiele Museum of Natural History is located just a short distance of where we live in Gastonia, North Carolina. If you’re ever in the area, I’d encourage you to stop by & visit the Museum and take a walk around the nature trail.
Lavender & Meadow SageMeadow Sage Salvia x sylvestrisLavender ‘May Night’ Sage
These Lavender & Sage plants and flowers are within the Memorial Garden which you can find along the Nature Trail at The Schiele Museum located in Gastonia, North Carolina.
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