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MONDAY 1st August: Foxy with Mum


Crinkly

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Tara:

Hello Aunties!  We had a fab walk today at Foxy.  It was cooler, and wimpy Cato actually fought back!  It was ACE!!! Though he did get all puffed and floppy by the end.  And then we slept ALL afternoon.  Well, I slept.  Cato SNORED.

There were people everywhere!

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My stick!

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This is him trying to steal it!

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We had LOTS of fights.  It was great.

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This is me trying to get Cato to play when he had wimped out.

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This is me after Cato messed up my sprouts

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We needed a sit down after that!

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Cato:

It was a lovely walk.  We met lots of people and the sniffs were better cos it was cooler.  There woz even a bit of rain, just enough that my trousers didn't get dusty.  

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The park woz full of picnicers.  Mum thought Tara woz going to embarrass us, but she didn't.  We woz in shock!  I made some nice friends.  They thought I was very very very cute.

You haven't seen foxy for ages.  So I asked Mum to pic him specially.

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Mum:

I have been noticing the pinecones on this tree recently.  And the more I look at it, the more gorgeous I think it is.  It has a memory plaque, a beautiful shape, and such lovely pinecones... can't wait til they fall and I get to see them close up.

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Remember that tree with the white flowers?  Well every little flower is now a fat little berry.  Elder, maybe?

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Sweet little thistles.  These are each the size of a strawberry

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The rowans are already producing berries!

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Weeds are smothering the lobelia :(

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yellow bobbles :)

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I keep seeing yuccas in bloom everywhere

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PipsMom

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No fair, our yucca is skipping this year to bloom :( wonder what their secret is? Loved the play fights and glad your able to play again Cato without all that dreaded heat. Tara your sprouts look cute even if their lop sided from playing lol

I see Mr. Foxy seems to have a gotten a greener bottom this year. Hahahaha Don't you be getting ideas now Tara :roflmao:

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Marlene

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Yellow Bobbles!  Love those.  Is that really their name?

Darn opportunistic drowning out the lobelia.  Fluff up the ground, dig in supplements and plant "real flowers".......but the weeds don't care if they're not REAL flowers!  They just set up housekeeping in the prepared ground. Go AWAY weeds!!!

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Crinkly

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25 minutes ago, Marlene said:

Yellow Bobbles!  Love those.  Is that really their name?

I've been looking online, and I think it is a cotton lavender, like this

http://www.bethchatto.co.uk/s-z/santolina/santolina-romaranifolia-subsp-rosmarinifolia-primrose-gem.htm

http://www.bethchatto.co.uk/s-z/santolina/santolina-pinnata-subsp-neapolitana.htm

but they come in different varieties.  Drought tolerant, so that is good.  And the one in my photo is in fairly deep shade, but I think they probably like quite a bit more light.

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Missysmom

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Ooh foxy park, soo good to see foxy again! Looks like you guys had a Great time, soo glad it's cooler now, can't wait till it is here! 

Love the plant pics but oh my yuccas, they look nice in the pics ...but we've been fighting them again here, hubby just had to dig out 12 more from our yard. Those things are awful here, the copperheads like to hide in them, that's how our last Shepard got bit.. we dug them all out after that.. :( 

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