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    • 1999_May 5–11 – Melbourne with Jessica & Fred
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    • 1998_October 29–November 1 – Chris’s Halloween Visit
    • 1998_September 18–30 – David Visits from Malta
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    • 1998_May 23–25 – Memorial Day with James & Chris
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Tag Archives: plants

Home/Posts Tagged: plants

Mushrooms

May 31, 2024swankivy2024plants

Ben gave me a mushroom-growing kit and they’re getting bigger!

Mushrooms growing

Mushrooms growing

First Gardenia of 2024

May 30, 2024swankivy2024plants

I was not expecting the gardenia bush to flower this year because it had a hard year! I was so surprised to see a flower in LATE MAY!!

First gardenia of 2024

Long Plant

Feb 4, 2024swankivy2024plants

My plant is long and now it reaches the floor.

Plant has reached the floor

USF Botanical Gardens

Jan 13, 2024swankivy2024, Selfiesanimals, ivy, nature, plants

Went to the USF Botanical Gardens with Dare!

Smiling at USF Botanical Gardens

Achiote

Atala Hairstreak Butterfly

First Gardenias of 2023

May 17, 2023swankivy2023, Selfiesivy, nature, plants

My gardenia plant has its first flowers of the year!

First Gardenias of 2023!

First Gardenias of 2023!

Latest Blooms

Jul 5, 2022swankivy2022plants

My plants are happy this summer! A second round of flowers from the gardenia.

Gardenia blooming again

Powderpuff blooming again

Air plant has flowers!

Jun 8, 2022swankivy2022plants

My air plants are doing cool things! One has a weird flower.

Air plants doing cool things!

Air plant flower!

Day at the Rose Garden

May 6, 2022swankivy2022, Vacationscharlotte, coffee, family, ivy, patricia, plants

Patricia and I went to the Rose Garden for her last day in Charlotte!

Coffee at the Rose Garden

BIG rose at Rose Garden

BIG rose at Rose Garden

Beautiful petals with raindrops

Nice mural with sisters

Very lacy flower

Tiny flowers

Dogwood!

Selfie with flowers

Flew to Charlotte!

May 3, 2022swankivy2022, Vacationscharlotte, coffee, family, food, ivy, patricia, plants, sandwich

I flew to Charlotte and met up with my sister Patricia from California! We hung out at an outdoor table while waiting for our AirBnB, took a lovely walk to go grocery shopping, and ate grilled cheese sandwiches.

Tampa airport

Plane Selfie

Meeting P at CLT

Finally, coffee

My waffle

Honeysuckle!

We love honeysuckle

Our waffles

Making grilled cheese

Blooming Flowers

Apr 16, 2022swankivy2022plants

I’m very excited that my gardenia is finally blooming again!

First gardenia of the season!

Dwarf powderpuff is blooming

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