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I took this off my facebook newsreel this morning and to be honest I am not happy with it.  The Democrats are spending so much of their time trying to spread fear, hate and discontent then they are getting things done for the American people who pay them.  This repeal and replace Obamacare is not finalized yet it still needs to go to the Senate of which they are planning on rewriting the whole thing.  This could easily take months and now the Democrats are doing this.  What a waste of time and a shame that we pay them a paycheck with our tax money.  I think all of you voting for democrats need to think about voting this group of democrats back into office.

Painted Turtle

Painted Turtles at the Alexandria Zoo photo by Karen Smith

Painted Turtle

watery reeds of green

float and dreams

by Karen Smith

Cherry Tree from Seed

Last year I bought some cherries that were out of this world so good.  So I got an idea to see about how to grow cherry tree.  As we all know by now the internet has a world at your fingertips of information so to the keyboard went to look up how to grow seeds.
I discovered that cherry trees seeds have to be kept in the freeze for about 14 days as they need a cold
time before they can sprout and grow also you need two different types of cherries to get the pollination and grow of fruit in the tree that you are seeking.  So I bought some different cherries and went to work to get these seeds growing.
After my 14 days in the cold I removed them and planted them but I saw nothing so I gave up well this spring I noticed that I have a small tree growing in my yard and I left it alone until I could look it up and see what it was.  If it was small enough I was going to leave it for shade up in the front towards the later part of the day. 
Then it dawned on me was this one of my cherry seeds I planted?  I looked up cherry tree seedlings and low and behold I have a cherry tree growing.

The little tree is doing well and at this time is about 8 inches tall.  I will have to buy another cherry tree in the near future.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/cherry/grow-a-cherry-tree-pit.htm is a good site for some information on this topic if you would like take a look or look up growing cherry trees from seed.

The Peace Roses

I am trying to grow a climbing peace rose in my garden.  The main plant has died years ago but before it died a branch had broken off and I planted it.  I was so glad I did as it has been growing steadily every year.  The rose got it name in 1944 one month after the liberation of France from the Pacific Rose Society as a request from it’s developer Papa Meilland.  During the war he had sent cuttings to several countries and only Italy, Germany, and the United States received the cuttings.  The Italian gardener were so impressed by the rose that they called it Giola meaning joy and the German gardeners called it Gloria Dei or the Glory of God.  The Americans like peace and chose it in honor of the rose developer.
Papa Meilland produced the rose from a mix between a rose named in the honor of his mother and another rose.   Madame A. Meilland is one of the parents to the peace rose.

I have not seen my rose bloom yet as the branch though mature enough to plant was a small one. Roses are great for cuttings and do best with a year old branch.  My daughter and I have grown many by cuttings.
Anyway, here is a shot if it in my garden along with some of the raspberries and what I think is a muskadine grape.

Blood Orange

This is my blood orange doing well after this years hard freeze.  Our winter was short and warmer then normal but we did have about 3 days of a hard freeze with temps below 32 degrees for hours at a time.  I lost some of my grapefruit even though they were covered. 

The blood orange is an excellent tasting citrus and this little tree has given me a sample of fruit in it's early days.  This tree only bears fruit every 3 years which is the hard part so I have one more year to see if it will give more.

Wikipedia has some interesting facts about these trees and their fruit.  They come from China or the Southern Mediterranean in the 18th century. 

Nest For Native Bees

I am sharing a  link by Prof Matteson on things in our own yards that non hive dwelling bees can use to make a home from.  Take a look.

https://youtu.be/RKrarVaxZ2Y . 

White Peacock

May First is like

a white peacock

in full display

light and airy

ready for a show

on graceful

peaceful days

by Karen Sue Smith