Today's photo hunt theme is yellow. When searching for photos to use I was amazed at how many I had that were appropriate for the theme. Some were food shots, some pics were from travels we have taken over the years, some photos where from the garden, and others were shots of art. In the end I decided upon a garden shot because I am aching to get out there and start digging again - gardening is a great stress reliever. Spring may be here according to the calendar but it isn't gardening weather just yet here in Ontario. . . .
When I bought this plant a few years ago it had been mis-labeled at the garden center: it was only supposed to grown 12 inches in height. Of course it grew taller than me! LOL The next year I moved it to a more appropriate spot in the garden and it has taken off ever since, filling the garden with wonderful yellow flowers.
Lots of the slow travel community members also photo hunt when they aren't traveling. You can find their posts by clicking the links below.
- Old Shoes, New Trip
- Eden's Wanderings and Wonderings
- My Place in the Sun
- Churches in Venice – Mosaics, Marble, and Miracle-Working Madonnas
- Palmabella's Passions
- What I Really Think
- shave Ice and Gelato
- Jerry's Thoughts, Musings, and Rants!
- Keep your Feet in the Street
- Baked Alaska
- That's my story...and I'm stickin' to it!
- Postcards from the Trail
- Cooking at the Whistlestop Cafe
- Candi's Corner
- Trekcapri's Blog
- A Wine Lover's Wanderings
- Destination Anywhere
Happy Weekend.
We'll all have great weekends because we're seeing so many cheery, beautiful yellow flowers!
Posted by: Sherry at EX Marks the Spot | March 21, 2009 at 06:23 AM
Nice photo. The plant looks very nice. I also can't wait to begin gardeneing, but like you, it's still a ways away.
Posted by: Cindy R. | March 21, 2009 at 09:23 AM
Don't you love it when plants take off and surprise you? That's a nice one (and huge).
Happy first weekend of spring. We'll be digging in the garden soon!
Posted by: Annie | March 21, 2009 at 10:33 AM
What a happy bush! Great yellow entry.
I played too. :)
Posted by: Arlene | March 21, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Hi! Sometimes I long to be living in a landed grounded house just so that I can have blooms of my own... I like your giant/tall flowers :)
Here's my first participation in the Photo Hunt!!
cheers,
*lynne*
Posted by: *lynne* | March 21, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Hi! Sometimes I long to be living in a landed grounded house just so that I can have blooms of my own... I like your giant/tall flowers :)
Here's my first participation in the Photo Hunt!!
http://amalaysianabroad.today.com/2009/03/21/photo-hunt-yellow/
cheers,
*lynne*
Posted by: *lynne* | March 21, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I recognize that plant. We have one and use it to block the lights from the traffic. It is huge. I bet you thought you were buying one of the smaller Rubekias not knowing you were getting the wild tall prairie version. I love all the Rubekias. Recently we've been growing a few with green centers.
Posted by: Marta | March 21, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Jerry, Are those black eyed Susans? Happy first of Spring to you and Paul. Thanks for the tip on linking photos widget. I applied and it worked. Learn so much from fellowbloggers like you. Grazie.
Posted by: barb cabot | March 21, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Beautiful shot, Jerry.
Posted by: Candi | March 21, 2009 at 03:00 PM
Lovely shot!
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Posted by: Cindy O | March 21, 2009 at 03:07 PM
Marta - that is exactly what happened. of course, I had no idea that Rubekia could grow to such a height.
It sounds as if lots of us are looking forward to getting our hands dirty once again.
Posted by: Jerry | March 21, 2009 at 04:01 PM
Beautiful plant. Not sure I have seen it before. Love the yellow flowers.
Posted by: girasoli | March 21, 2009 at 06:20 PM
Love the story behind the lovely plant. I had a mislabeled plant in my garden but it was / is not as lovely as yours, so I had the gardener yank it out. Now I see it sprouting again... I thought it was Bird of Paradise... it is just some bush with large leaves!!! Yikes.
Posted by: Eden | March 21, 2009 at 07:17 PM
cheery, I love yellow flowers
Posted by: kaye | March 22, 2009 at 02:23 AM
Yeah, I don't know plants but those look like black-eyed susans to me too - but I didn't think they got so big!
Posted by: Kim | March 22, 2009 at 08:08 AM
Love the picture. I just got done with my first mow of the season. Pulled the plants out of the house and picked up four LARGE lawn bgs of pine cones. I have pine trees coming up everywhere! This is NOT good.
Posted by: Kendall | March 22, 2009 at 08:51 AM
Eden - I guess it is one the the 'fun' aspects of gardening - putting somehting int eh ground and being shocked at what comes up.
I agree with you Kaye.
Kim - they were about 6 - 7 feet tall!
Kendall - I hope it wasn't a repeat of your mowing the lawn after 19 mimosas incidents.
Posted by: Jerry | March 22, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Hi Jerry, those are beautiful flowers and great for this week's theme. That really has taken off hasn't it? It's cool! Hope you get to do some gardening soon.
Have a great Sunday!
Posted by: Kathy (Trekcapri) | March 22, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Nice photo for the theme. And I love that cool blue (adirondack?) chair! Hope spring shows up soon.
Posted by: María I. | March 22, 2009 at 01:35 PM
Thanks Kathy - I will be a happy guy when I can get out in the garden again!
Maria - the sad thing is that the chairs have gone out in the trash. I need to get some new ones. What a paint to paint them all over again! ARGH
BTW - up here we call them Muskoka chairs. LOL
Posted by: Jerry | March 24, 2009 at 08:28 PM