My dear wife Karen says she always wanted to have a combination of red, white and blue in a garden for the Fourth.
She was sort of surprised when I pointed out that this year in our backyard butterfly garden of the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood, mission accomplished.
The blue is lavender and lupine. Red is bee balm. White is daisies.
Happy Holiday to those here in our country. Happy Saturday to everybody.
What are your plans for the Fourth? What do you mark with red, white and blue? What accidental color schemes have you noticed?
Karen’s flowers are gorgeous! 😀
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Thanks, Rachel!
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This is my kind of a garden 🙂 Happy
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Thanks, Prajakta. Much appreciated. 🙂
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Gorgeous! I love seeing your garden.
I dug red, white, and blue potatoes last night! I didn’t even make the correlation until I read your post this morning. Patriotic potatoes on the prairie. I hope you had a fabulous weekend!
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I think that’s pretty cool, Michelle! Tri-colored prairie potatoes must have been the bomb(‘s bursting in air).
It was a great weekend. I hope you and the fam had a blast as well.
Enough holiday references for me on the Sixth. 🙂 And you were right on your latest post. I would have defended you if you had not disabled comments. A snarky text or two? We know you don’t really mean any harm with those things!
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MUAH! Thank you, my friend. xo
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Back at you, baby! 🙂
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Totally forgot to tell you, Karen’s flowers are gorgeous. Wish I had a green thumb like that.
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I think you did when you lived in the country, sis Angie.
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That seems so long ago now Mark. My memory is getting so “buggy” lately.
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Yeah, no wonder, sis.
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I’ve been so busy fighting bed bugs I haven’t had much time to think about holidays bro Mark. I have a jar with some that I’ve named, and can’t keep them separate, so I think I’ll just put a speck of paint on each of them so I can keep up with each “pet” and it’s name. Hopefully it will all be over on the 8th, when the apartment will be treated with high heat, and they will all croak! Right now I have a pathway thru the place, because I’m trying to get rid of anything that could harbor the bugs, while going ahead and saving the pest control people the effort of throwing some of the stuff on the floor themselves,. Actually I just haven’t been able to bag them up and take them to the garbage room yet. Four large bags a day are my limit, sometimes 6 when I push myself, but 6 makes me fall before the day is over.
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This is just awful, sis Angie. Ugh for you. The maintenance people should be handling their problem for you!
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It’s officially Tuesday now, so tomorrow a crew from the pest control company will be in here to work on it. I’ll have to leave at 7 a.m. and can’t come back til 6 pm, because it takes that long for the place to cool back down to cool enough for humans to live without passing out or having heat strokes. I’ve been forewarned by friends here who have had them that I’ll come home to find everything I own scattered on the floors. All the boxes I packed for my move down the hall…..
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Of course that will happen. Another nightmare, sis.
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Karen has planted English garden colors–my favorites. So pretty.
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They’re pretty lovely and lively. Thanks, Babe.
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You’re welcome, Mark.
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Hooray for the red white and blue garden! That must have made Karen very happy, it’s so lovely. 🙂
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She was pretty stoked, like a sparkler, Mrs. B. 🙂
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As you know, I lived on a military base for years, so red, white and blue was a popular garden motif. My across the street neighbor had red, white and blue roses planted. They were spectacular! I have a yellow house, so I plant lotsa purple/s/blues, cause I just love how they stand out. Our last Indiana home was white and gray and I leaned strongly toward pinks and reds.
Karen’s bouquet is lovely! 🙂
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I bet the base was loaded with this blend, Joey, and it looked fab. I also think purple and blues will stand out against your yellow house in Indy land. Pinks and reds vs. the white, yes, indeed. Karen spend part of each day this weekend out there making all of her gardens look even better, too. Thank you. 🙂
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how beautiful and the perfect way to celebrate the holiday. a patriotic garden. hope you guys had a great 4th. we spent a very relaxing day here –
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Sounds good, Beth. We spend a relaxing day here as well. 🙂
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I snuck my mom into someone else’s apartment and watched fireworks on their roof in Jersey City. Snuck is probably not the right verb here. However, we never made it to the party we were allegedly attending. The bottle of wine we brought is back on my counter unopened. The fireworks were amazing. I’ve vowed never to trek to Brooklyn again. This year was a way better view than last year, with a fraction of the drama and no danger of being trampled.
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Now this sounds like a Fireworks vantage point fit for two queens, Wormy. Good job borrowing your friend’s apartment location to use the roof! I’m proud of that one. MDW Karen and I watched those Big Apple proceedings on our flat screen last night, and though spectacular, agreed, she thought they were exactly the same as the New Year’s Eve special we’d watched. Careful, New York City pyro guys. Change it up …
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I like that this garden is so festive, Mark and Karen. Fantastic how this bloomed and turned out red, white and blue! Enjoy the rest of this special weekend and hope you get to see beautiful fireworks with no mosquitoes or people bugging you 🙂 ☆*☆
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Good one, Robin. The people can be as bad as the mosquitoes, of course. 😦 Have fun up north! 🙂
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Happy fourth of July, DL!!! :)))
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Thank you, LR! 🙂
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Your garden looks beautiful PM!
Happy independence day to you! 😀
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Thank you, Shooby Doo! 🙂
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happy Independence Day. I’m celebrating in the best way I know how – with a glass (or two) of barefoot Californian Shiraz. Cheers!
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Enjoy your win, my friend. A toast from Syracuse, Roy. Thank you!
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I did enjoy it while watching two episodes of “Breaking Bad” on dvd
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I think there’s something wrong with me, Roy. I’m that guy who did not get into ‘Breaking Bad.’
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it’s taken me a while to get around to viewing it. I cut my teeth on the cynical black humour of the Ealing comedies of the 50s. Breaking Bad seemed to fit right in. Once I’ve been through all 5 seasons I plan to get round to watching The Sopranos
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Now The Sopranos I loved, Roy. Enjoy the hell out of that series. I certainly did. Joisey families at work and play …
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Tell YDW Karen her garden looks lovely-Happy 4th from sunny Florida. The Gatorette.
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Thanks, Cheryl. Happy big Fourth party down on your lovely Florida Grounds, Gatorette. Enjoy with the family, my friend.
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So Name that Tune this week is awaiting you! Gatorette!
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Loved it, Gatorette! Brilliant song choice. Yeeeeehah, God bless Texas. All my exes don’t live there, and I don’t hang my hat in Tennessee, but dang that George Strait writes a mean lyric, doesn’t he?
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Love this song…
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Love your taste, Gatorette. How’d we turn out so similar from such different roots?
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No wait Northern Parents from Jersey. Raised Southern…??? I don’t know Terp?
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Parents from Brooklyn, strictly New York except for my six years living in Maryland, which the south doesn’t even want to accept as Southern. So go figure, Gatorete!
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Yes, well we are all AMERICANS…Woo Hoo glad I met you virtually…The Gatorette
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Woo Hoo, for sure, Gatorette.
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Happy Independence Day! The flag is out, now I’m going to grill and watch the Yankees. Like a real American! 🙂
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You are a real American, Austin. Happy Independence Day! Let’s Go Mets!
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Well it certainly looks terrific! Happy 4th Mark!
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Happy Independence Day to you, the hubby and the kids, Marissa! I hope LA is calm in its celebrations, my friend. ❤
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Me too!!!
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Karen got her wish! YAHOO! Happy 4th! May there be peace today…
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Indeed, Nancy. Peace, we need. ❤ Happy Fourth to you and your sweet, sweet man.
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Mark, love the garden!!! We are presently on the patio listening to the birds and the pool filter. Will be retiring inside when the heat of the day hits. Not many plans today, other than me gleefully checking the laundry basket, which remains empty. The boys are up in Lake Tahoe at some big mansion, eating on someone else’s dime. Went with their friend for the weekend. Their friend’s Dad loves to cook, so he should be thrilled to feed my ravenous giants. So, just a quiet day here, listening to my husband curse at the flies on the patio. Hope you have a wonderful Fourth. Be safe!!!!!
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When the ravenous boys eat another man’s barbecue, that is a good day, indeed, S.D. Have a good holiday with your hubby! Flies be damned. Enjoy your AC, I say. ❤
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Thanks goodness for AC!!!!!!!
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Happy Fourth of July, Mark and Karen! I love her garden. ❤
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Happy Fourth of July to you and Ron, Colleen. I hope Pensacola is pleasant on this holiday! ❤
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Hot as blue blazes, Mark. Ron was just watching a baseball game. He came in from barbecuing dripping! Happy Fourth! ❤
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Keep cool, you two. 😉
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Happy 4th to you and Karen!
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Happy Fourth to you and your hubby, DE! Have a great day in Florida, my friend. 🙂
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Rainy 😦
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Ugh. Improvise, DE. Started rainy here, now a glimpse of sun. Forecast not great, though.
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Love the garden, Mark! Please tell Karen, “Well done”! Happy 4th to you both! Cher 🙂
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Thanks, Cher! Have a great Fourth in Chicago, my friend. 🙂
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Thank you, Mark!! And a great Fourth to you and Karen! Cher 🙂
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You guys have a beautiful garden, Mark. Today I’m going to a friend’s 50th birthday party. One day, I will be somewhere in the USA on the 4th of July to take in its celebration. I think that would be FUN! Happy 4th! ❤
Diana xo
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Have a great party celebrating your friend’s milestone, Diana. That someday when you’re down here for July Fourth, will be a happy one for us! Wish your friend a happy day from MDW Karen and I!
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Will do. Thanks!
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awh 🙂 hello honeys 🙂 yep, crikey, here we are a year on!
yep… you did it, that garden of yours is perfect for today!
Happy Independence Day lovely.
🙂 and it seems that i did it too, smaller, but somehow, more beautiful, more perfect, happier.
please see the garden pic here https://nikibayard.wordpress.com/2015/07/04/ive-been-preoccupied/
god, a year ago 🙂 i remember your garden pics… and you so inspired me 🙂
thank you my friend, deep gratitude.
Nx
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Nikki, you love your Brighton so much, so deeply. I am so happy that your move worked out so well. You are a great friend. Thank YOU. ❤
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Happy 4th of July, Mark. I always love the colors I find here.
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Happy Independence Day, Ann! Any way you color it, you’re the best.
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It takes one to know one, Mark!
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Best wishes for your Fourth of July Mark, also special wishes to all the American servicemen I met during my time in Vietnam.
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Thanks, Ian, and on behalf of all those who served with you, too. Have a great day Down Under, my friend.
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Beautiful garden! Thank you Karen and Happy 4th of July to you both!
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Thanks, PJ! Happy Independence Day to you, my friend. Karen says you’re welcome. 🙂
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have a great day!
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Thank you, Rachel. Have Steve and Josh gotten over that awful own-goal in the Women’s World Cup? My heart cried for your player! I was rooting for a U.S.-Great Britain final.
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they are right here so i asked them – both are ‘devastated and mortified’. None of us stayed up to watch the match. I think that considering the fact that girls here have only been playing football for the last 20 years they were brilliant! And loads better than our male football team.
Did you see the womens tennis yesterday at wimbledon – our girl very nearly beat Serena Wiliams – I was pretty devasted that she didn’t as it would have been her biggest win.
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She played great against Serena, Rachel! I also watched Murray right the ship and win today. That was good for the home team!
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Excellent pictures Mark. Lovely. Happy Independence Day!
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Thank you, my Canadian friend!
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Happy 4th to you, Mark. Your accidental red, white, blue is lovely. With the rainy day forecast, we will be celebrating with Old Bay steamed shrimp, Blue Moon beer, and white corn…not planned, just improvised for the weather conditions. Swimming with the sharks postponed till later. ☺ Enjoy.
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Stay out of the finny waters, please and thank you, Van!
Happy Fourth with the shrimp, beer and corn. We are evaluating our options. After rain all night, it is now a bit dry.
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Happy Independence Day to you too!
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Thank you so much, Cate. Enjoy your family celebration in the Big Apple. 🙂
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Happy 4th MBM and DWK. My plans are to ride my bike in the sun, wish my fellow Americans a Happy 4th, and to thank those men and women sporting veteran apparel. And to be grateful I have the freedom to do whatever it is I want to do.
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That’s a Master schedule, MBC. Enjoy all of the above, and Happy Fourth to you and David and all the kids and grands. 🙂
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Thank you!!!!! ❤
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My flag is proudly waving Mark. Happy Fourth.{hope the rain holds off}
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Happy Fourth, Jackie. It’s now stopped to the east of you, in Eastwood, as well. Let’s hope it stays dry for a while!
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Happy Independence Day, Mark! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Hannah!
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Happy holiday!
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Thank you from Down Under, Vonita. 🙂
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Been looking for red, white and blue tomatoes. Will just be safe and quiet here in Greensboro. In Miami tonight there will be dozens and dozens of loonies shooting guns into the sky.
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Shooting guns into the sky is not something I’d want to get miles within, Carl. Happy relaxing with your tomatoes and pops in Greensboro, my friend.
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