Newsletter chitchat - May 27, 2025

[Cassel]

Let's flood this thread with photos of flowers you are attending to (or maybe wild ones) or your front yard.

This might be a good time of year to take those pictures.

Share them!

[Michele]

I've never owned my own home, so I've been unable to have a garden. But if I did, I would fill it with native wildflowers. Not only are they beautiful, imho, but they are very beneficial to local wildlife. They're also low maintenance.

This is what I would love to have.

 

Edited May 28 by Michele

[Bonnie Ballentine]

I would love a yard like that also, Michele. 

I find lots of wildflowers in my yard. I have lots of layouts about them. Here are a few:

 

 

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[Ann Seeber]

9 hours ago, Bonnie Ballentine said:

Bonnie, you've done a great job with these QPs! Tell me where the dogwood quote is from; I love it!

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Ann, the Dogwood quote is the Legend of the Dogwood. I first saw it years ago on a postcard. I'm pretty sure you can find it via Google. There's a legend of the Redbud tree but I haven't been able to find it. 

[Michele]

49 minutes ago, Bonnie Ballentine said:

Ann, the Dogwood quote is the Legend of the Dogwood. I first saw it years ago on a postcard. I'm pretty sure you can find it via Google. There's a legend of the Redbud tree but I haven't been able to find it. 

Are any of these what you're looking for? If you're looking for one about Judas, the first one might be it.
Best Redbud Poems

Edited May 30 by Michele

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Thank you, Michele. The "legend" I am searching for also includes the heart shapped leaves and the red stain at the point of the heart.