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Not One Sin

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We are back from Las Vegas, happy to be home.  The lobby of the Wynn.  Our attempts to stay somewhere not founded by a sexual predator did not work out.  At least Steve doesn't own or run the place anymore. It is a quick flight from SFO, about 65 minutes from take off to touch. We got settled and took a walk on the Strip.  You could tell right away this new building will be the Hard Rock Hotel.  We wanted to see the Bellagio Conservatory Botanical Garden Spring Display.  I'm not sure I'd consider it a botanical garden, actually I'm positive I would not. Those are not real daffodils.  It felt very Disneyland, however I like that it was so overdone - it felt very Vegas. Twirl, girl! This hummingbird was my favorite "piece" of the display. Some flowers are alive. It was pretty crowded on a Thursday, the rest of the town was fairly quiet.  Much more traffic over  Fri/Sat.  And the famous hand blown glass flower display in the lobby, Fiori di...
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Daybreak

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 "They" say 10-30 minutes of early morning light will tune your circadian rhythm and improve mood.  Are you a morning person or a night owl?  From my morning walk around.  Leucadendron 'High Gold' and Caesalpinia gilliesii making wonderful potfellows. James is away at a conference in Las Vegas for work, he's doing a big talky-talk on tax. Olivia, Vincent and I are off to meet him for a long weekend.  We're not gamblers, still -it's fun to walk around the ridiculous. Luckily, Sophia and Ivan were available to stay and watch over Dr. & the bunny. Speaking of, the neighbors rabbit Harry got out and into our yard last night.  It took 30 minutes and a big hunk of apple to catch him.  Thankfully he didn't nibble any of my plants, I think?  Later as I was setting the coffee pot before bed, Olivia ran down the stairs.  She heard a big ruckus in the backyard.  Turned out one of the neighbor cats, The Interloper was getting into a scrap with D...
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Dirtbag

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 If I had my own nursery or little plant shop, that's what I'd call it.  Dirtbag.  I seem to have gone from dawdling around the garden to having real things "to do".  Isn't that always the way?  I'm fine with that, I'm restless without it. Imagine my surprise, when I walked out this morning and saw this pink bloom?  Surprise, because don't those unopened buds look yellow/orange? Either way, it's a nice pop of brightness in a somewhat shady spot.  I have my preferences, but honestly I don't "hate" any one color.  Currently working on the back corner. Crunch crunch down the path, we've got some cloud cover this morning.  I really need to pick-up some more stain for the fence today.  Ivan noticed that most things were not showing much root development under the pepper tree.  The litter makes the top soil really light and weird. He mentioned the pepper tree is likely allelopathic (suppresses the growth of other plants in the area)....
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