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Patriotic Mailbox

Patriotic MailboxI decorate our mailbox stand with flowers for every season. I just updated it to show red, white and blue colors for the Fourth of July holiday.

At Christmas time, there will be poinsettias, on Halloween, there will be orange, yellow and brown flowers and in the springtime, there will be bright spring flower colors.

Other times of the year, I will take a notion to just put something cheerful and pretty around the stand (which is a painted old milk can). There is always something I can put there.

I know we don’t get a lot of traffic on our dead-end road, but for those that do pass by, there will be something pretty.

July 1, 2014 by Arizona Holidays Home & Garden Photography

Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

We were taken by surprise this morning, when we saw another flower on our big saguaro. There were many flowers in late May and early June and we thought they were done.

There are also a couple of new small flower buds that promise to bring more flowers soon. We love spring and summer in the desert! Click on the image to enlarge.

June 25, 2014 by Arizona Flowers Home & Garden

Lemons – Lots of ‘Em

Lemons

Our lemon tree has been doing great this year. I trimmed it this spring and it already needs to be trimmed back more. I took this photo today of some of the lemons just at the top of the tree. There are many, many lemons and we will be harvesting them in the near future.

We are planning to use the lemon skins to produce Limoncello, an Italian liqueur (digestivo). We will take the pulp and squeeze the juice out to keep for future use as ingredients to meals or as lemonade. We’re looking into how to preserve lemon juice over the long term. Click on the image to enlarge.

June 23, 2014 by Arizona Food and Dining Home & Garden

Golden Barrel Cactus Flower

Golden Barrel Cactus Flower

It’s almost summer and time for some of the barrel cactus flowers to start to open. This is the golden barrel cactus that I have in my rock and cactus garden on the west side of the property. We are still expecting more flowers from several barrel cacti that are here – some we planted and some were here when we came. Click on the image to enlarge.

June 7, 2014 by Arizona Flowers Home & Garden Photography

Vigilant

Vigilant

Bay Bay and Cabela stand watch in their usual position on the top of the love seat. If anyone or anything is on the road out front, they will let us know. Fortunately, neither of them bark at birds other than the roadrunner that comes around once in a while. Click on the image to enlarge.

June 2, 2014 by Arizona Critters Home & Garden Photography

Orange Gerberas

Orange Gerberas

We bought some Gerberas and Hydrangeas at the flower concession in the supermarket last week. Today, they are looking beautiful in the vase on the sofa table. Click on the image to enlarge.

June 1, 2014 by Flowers Home & Garden Photography

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