You Capture Purple

Busy week with not a lot of motiviation..... but HERE'S PURPLE  One of the siberian irises blooming.

                                     A purple weed in the lawn.  Leaves smells good when crushed.

                                           German bearded iris at  Audubon in Falmouth ME.

                                          Cow vetch amongst some buttercups in a nearby field.

                                                   Purple tinged sumac leaf

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You Capture-Bathrooms

Interesting focus for You Capture this week. My bathrooms are purely utilitarian, nothing interesting or fancy about them. However, the most entertaining thing that goes on in my bathroom is Gems' bathtime.
She is a reluctant bather at best.
It takes some bribing, cajoling and sometimes plain old wrestling to get her into the tub.Thank goodness, she is a small dog.

"OOOOH  Mom left me a treat here?! Can't pass up a treat. How did that bathroom door get closed?"

"Better get every last crumb."

First escape attempt while Mom fiddling with camera." Drat,the door is still closed."

"Allright, if you insist..."  Yes I did, she can be a stinky dog.

"Really, are you happy now that you have broken my spirit. I was just starting to like the way I smelled.
It was my favorite scent-eau de deer poop/pee."

"At least this new shampoo is tastey."

"Can I get out now , puhlease?"

So she got out, drenched my bathroom as she shook herself out of a towel and ran around the house like the crazy hound that she is.

She should smell good until she finds another patch of deer excrement to roll around in. Won't take long.

You Capture- flowers

It has been a cold, wet Spring in Maine. When I read the subject of this week's You Capture,  I was feeling a bit defeated. There was little on bloom in the yard. I decided to go for a walk in a cemetery for inspiration. NO I was not going to take pictures of memorial baskets....but I figured something would come to mind.
I had barely begun my walk when I was struck by" Flowers"
Above are some lovely lilies  that I spotted nearly immediately upon starting my walk.

So you can see what I was inspired by.

There were other flowers too.

Is a flower still a flower if it has gone to seed?

And there was a lovely double file viburnum next to a pond.....

Yesterday I surveyed the yard. Woo Hoo  There were some blooming plants after having had a few warm sunny days.

Closeup of one of the rhododenrons "blossoms." I have only two, the deer dined on the rest  of the buds during the long cold winter. 

                                                                      siberian iris

                                                     blue-eyed grass at the edge of the field


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Check her blog out and all the fabulous entries that have been submitted. 
until next week....

C is for Colonoscopy

Since nearly all my friends and family are in their 50s, colonoscopies are  familiar procedures. This morning I was at Portland Gastro at 6:30 AM to check in for my procedure. Leo brought me over, then went for a run on the Boulevard. He's not great at waiting, and I don't need my hand held.
I was disappointed however, that they gave me more medication than usual, or perhaps I reacted to it differently. I like to watch the procedure on the monitor. This morning,I was asleep in a nano second. Woke up back in recovery area unaware that the procedure had been done. But when Dr Stephan came in I was awake, alert and remember what he told me.
1. Polyp removed
2. A few diverticuli found
3. Ultrasound needed because something in pelvis appears to be pushing into bowel

Oh goody, now I get to drink mass quantitiy of water ( NOT GATORADE) for the ultrasound when ever that is.
Told to eat high fiber diet......already doing that, so no problema. I think I support Fiber One company just  by myself. 

So I have 3 bottles of  G2 (lowcalorie) Lemon/lime Gatorade up for grabs. Any takers? It's free.
If not I may need to find some other use for them.....

                                                      GARDEN ART,PERHAPS?

Yup, I know that I am half a bubble off  center......

Suzanne

Walking at Evergreen Cemetery

I have decided to try to vary my walking routine by going to different places in the area that are open to walkers. There are plenty of trails that I have not tried. Portland Trails has miles of walking trails in the area.   but I usually walk the same old routes.Some routes actually cross the cemetery. There is a map of the cemetery at the main entrance office building. There is plenty of free parking.
It is a lovely peaceful place to walk with varied terrain. There are some hills with paved, dirt and grass lanes.
I could hear plenty of birds singing, but saw few.
My other reason to go was to get some different photos than usual. I am trying to follow the weekly photo assignments from You Capture, a photography site of sorts managed by Beth @I Should Be Folding Laundry blog. Check it out.
I got some interesting shots which I will post later in the week for my "assignment."

 About this blog thing, I am an absolute newbie....bear with me as I try to figure this out. If you have advice to offer....go for it. I don't know how elaborate I want to get. Furthermore, I don't want to pay for any  special "services" to manage the blog.

Here are a few more pictures that I wasn't planning to post for You Capture.

You Capture

Trying to figure this all out. Main reason I wanted to start a blog is to do You Capture, but some how messed up.
Current challenge is Games.... not much game playing except with the dog.

This is Gems doing a dance for a treat.

Success!

Gems loves to play "Sad Girl" in attempt to get another treat.

This Old Yard

We have lived in this house 22 years. Gardens are mature and much different than what I envisioned years ago. The biggest determining factor has been what plant is deer resistant. Some years, NOTHING is deer resistant. It was a difficult winter, and the deer chomped on my rhododendrens for the first time. One is nearly moribund, the other will take time to recover. The question is-should I dig up the nearly dead rhodo or give it a chance to recover. It looks like crap,but is not in a prominent place.