Bonnie Ballentine

And another...

I created these pages last month but they fit the theme so I thought I would share again.

E = Eastern Hemlock

This one also uses Carole's stamp template, Stamps 3 Summer Template.

This page and "Really Small Gang" above were created using free templates at https://chantahliadesign.com/  . There is a link to "free digital scrapbooking templates". There are close to 100 templates.

C = Cherry tree

Another Angel Oak page. I used Carole's Word Frame 3.

This is something of a scraplift. The original had 3 baseballs on the right. The frames were easy to reproduce.

 

I guess the guys will be expecting their own page also.

I saw this quote on a T-Shirt and knew I needed to create a page...especially since we refer to ourselves as a gang.

Another mushroom hike. This was a template which was not yielding good results so I kept only the frames and went off on my own.

This goes back to 2010...great fun with my basketball team!

Yes, I used Google.

 

Z = Zamia Furfuracea

 

From southeastern coastal Mexico.

To 3 feet high, 6 feet wide.

Short, sometimes subterranean stem.

Fronds to 3 feet long, usually much less; have as many as 12 pairs (usually fewer) of extremely stiff, leathery, dark green segments to 412 inches long, 1 12 inches wide.

Segments may have a few teeth toward the tip.

Best in a fairly sunny spot, but with protection from hottest midday sun.

 

They are slow growing and costly, but with good care will last for many years, both indoors and out. Short trunks (may be completely or partially beneath soil level) are usually marked with scars from old leaf bases. Trunks are topped with circular crowns of leaves that resemble stiff fern fronds or small palm fronds.

 

 

V = Virginia live oak

I used a template but I have changed it so much...you would hardly recognize the original template. Template by Miss Fish, Left and Right 1_03. The signs read in part:

 

"

 

I am old, as old as can be,

 

I am estimated to be 400 years old you see

 

I've got to be very attractive

 

Because the surveillance on me is active;

 

 

 

My limbs are hollowed but you can't

 

tell, because my bark keeps me looking well;

 

 

 

I don't like it when you lean, pull, sit,

 

Stand or climb on me, also your purses,

 

Cameras or anything that would damage me;

 

 

 

I ask you just admire and let me be!

 

 

 

I want to live as much as 900 years

 

Because that is my life expectancy.

 

So you can gently rub me, you can

 

Gently hug me, you can gently kiss me,

 

And if you try to do anything else I've

 

Got someone who will tell you!

 

 

 

 

 

The Angel Oak Tree is estimated to be 300-400 years old. The life expectancy of an oak is approximately 500-700 years. An oak rots from the inside and is fragile as it becomes older.

 

Tree height: 65'

 

Circumference: 25.5 feet

 

Area of shade: 17, 000 square feet

 

Largest limb: circumference, 11.25 feet/length 89 feet"

 

The Angel Oak is on St. John's Island in South Carolina, my home state.

 

 

T = tulip poplar

Q = queen palm

M = magnolia

 

Beautiful tree, makes a mess but I love them.

K =Kentucky Coffee Tree

H = hickory

E = Elm

 

 

B = beech

Thank you Karon and Michele.

 

Karon, the deer are around most of the time. I never get tired of watching them.

Miss Fish Template, Cut It Out, 04.

Stamp Template by Carole. More Rumble In The Park pickleball tournament.

These photos were all taken on my drain field. The deer can be seen everywhere but this day they were on the drain field. They enjoy it especially after it is in the shade.

 

Template 6 by Lady 22 at Pixel Scrapper.