While snapping pictures of my yellow blooms, I found the song Mellow Yellow rattling around in my head. The Donovan tune is mellow, but the references uncovered on Wikipedia take it out of the realm of a G-rated post. You can read more about his inspiration on Wiki. I smiled!
I’m just mad about sunflowers…
Helianthus in profile
Helianthus closeup
Lilly
4 O’Clock Flower ready to bloom
Lemon yellow coleus
Dedicated to Mrs. Marion Bloom
Gardening Nirvana 
I love that song; who knew? 😉
Your flowers are gorgeous. I have a weakness for sunflowers.
Alicia
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Hi Alicia!
I thought I was following your new blog, but I don’t seem to be getting notifications via email. Hope you are well.
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That’s what I suspected, Alys. I’ve done several posts on disability and I thought it odd not to hear from you or Sharon. I’ve got a new “Subscribe via email” on the new site so you can sign up for notices or follow via Bloglovin.
Please sign back up at http://www.spashionista.com . I’ve missed you both! 😉
Alicia
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Thanks, Alicia. I just signed up again and signed Sharon up, too.
I left a lengthy comment today about your post, your dress, my own experiences etc. but then it all disappeared and said I wasn’t logged in to Disquus Hopefully this will do the trick. I’ve missed you!
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Oh dear, Alys, you have to log into DISQUS the first time you leave a comment – and that should be the only time – for your comments to appear. I looked in the admin panel but I didn’t see anything from you 😦
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No worries. I wrote the comment, then logged in, but it deleted everything. In WordPress, they preserve the comment before and after. I’ll post again tomorrow.
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Alicia, I just got an email today about “following” you again. So hopefully, now, we can see what you’re up to and all those great outfits!
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Another series of great shots!
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Thank you, Sharon. It’s fun to see my garden through the lens. So much detail comes into relief.
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Such as being “wild about fourteen year old girls”? Hope he was simply acknowledging his audience back then. I really love Donovan and always have. Love you too.
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Aww! Thank you so much! I was referring to the description further down in the wiki link.
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It’s so nice and sunny here! Did I ever tell you my bedroom walls as a teen were bright yellow. A boyfriend said it was like living on the sun 😀 You’ve taken really gorgeous close-ups, I can see the fuzz on the Four O’clock. I haven’t used my camera for weeks, which is really odd. Thanks for the inspiration. I’ve planted a combo of yellow and fuchsia this summer and I’m really liking it. It’s forecast to be pretty hot over the next 3 days so they’ll really like that. Do you have to do a lot of watering over the summer in your hot hot weather?
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I love that color combination of yellow and fuchsia. You have such a wonderful eye for color and design. Perhaps you can take progression photos. One today, then one every Thursday for a month. I love how fast things grow once the heat sets in. (I sit by and wilt myself, but the flowers are happy.)
My pots all need hand watering and they do dry out quickly this time of year. Everything else has drip irrigation which comes on automatically in the early morning. I love it. It’s efficient on all levels (time, water use, and delivery) I finally wised up and added mulch to my largest pot which as reduced watering by half!!! The other pots are just too small to really do that effectively.
So nice to find you here this morning.
So…my challenge to you today: take photos of your beautiful pots.
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ooops, didn’t get back on the net yesterday. I’ll make it my weekend project! xK
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No pressure.
Well…a little pressure, but only because I love you (and selfishly miss your posts). 🙂 xox
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xoxo you are wonderful!
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No you!
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PS I’ve always loved yellow walls. I can totally see you in a bright yellow room. Buttercup!
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Ha, when I moved out my parents changed it into a TV den/room and had to use several coats of beige to rid it of the shocking yellow. Now a days, you’d just buy one good can of primer. I’ve seen dark brown rooms in home listings and thought how opposite that would be from what I’d do. Luckily paint is a quick and affordable fix.
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That it is. I would think brown would really shrink a room, too given how dark it is. I like bright and cheerful myself with lots of windows and light.
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