Spring has sprung. Get out and shoot your Henry
Spring has Sprung
- BrokenolMarine
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Spring has Sprung
The Castle landscaping has bloomed...
The view of the front shows off Miss Tina's careful planning.
Coral Barked Maple to the right of the deck
Red Maple to the left.
Smoke Tree in front of the deck
Roses scattered here and there.
Azaleas litter the landscape
and other nice trees and ornamentals...
The gap along the edge of the drive used to be filled with a nice wide ornamental Knockout Rose line, that was about chest high. Before the temps warmed up, we pulled them all up and tossed them. They had lasted ten years. Tina decided they had begun to look shaggy and broken so, gone. ( I am beginning to look shaggy and broken... )
The view down the drive shows you how nice and secluded the home on the ridgeline is. The view is a bit deceptive. The drive drops down, goes over a small rise then drops again, and curves a bit. It's a measured 250 yards or so... and you can just see the main tertiary road at the bottom. Fun in the winter when the snow is deep... Twenty Five years of spreading gravel have given us a solid base however, so no major issues in wet weather in the spring or fall.
The view of the front shows off Miss Tina's careful planning.
Coral Barked Maple to the right of the deck
Red Maple to the left.
Smoke Tree in front of the deck
Roses scattered here and there.
Azaleas litter the landscape
and other nice trees and ornamentals...
The gap along the edge of the drive used to be filled with a nice wide ornamental Knockout Rose line, that was about chest high. Before the temps warmed up, we pulled them all up and tossed them. They had lasted ten years. Tina decided they had begun to look shaggy and broken so, gone. ( I am beginning to look shaggy and broken... )
The view down the drive shows you how nice and secluded the home on the ridgeline is. The view is a bit deceptive. The drive drops down, goes over a small rise then drops again, and curves a bit. It's a measured 250 yards or so... and you can just see the main tertiary road at the bottom. Fun in the winter when the snow is deep... Twenty Five years of spreading gravel have given us a solid base however, so no major issues in wet weather in the spring or fall.
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Re: Spring has Sprung
Very pretty. Pride of home ownership there.
Snow coming here tonight...
Snow coming here tonight...
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Re: Spring has Sprung
Really like that Japanese maple there marine
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- BrokenolMarine
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Re: Spring has Sprung
They are one of my favorites.
The roses around the place are my touch. Standards, climbing, mini, whatever. I really like roses.
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Re: Spring has Sprung
I have one on my patio and many roses in the yard. Maple is in a big pot as soon as it gets filled out I will take a pic. Its had a rough go this year with this stupid weather
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Don't worry about getting older and still doing stupid stuff. You'll do the stupid stuff as always, only much slower. Hold my beer and watch this.......
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
- BrokenolMarine
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Re: Spring has Sprung
We noticed this morning that nocturnal visitors had consumed every single rose bloom in the front yard. Those deer are a pain in the butt. They are also eating all the young fruit off the young fruit trees. I don't hunt... But it's enough to make me want to buy a paintball gun.
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by the way he treats those who can do nothing for him.
by the way he treats those who can do nothing for him.
Re: Spring has Sprung
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motion activated propane canon will run them off. of course it will jolt you wide awake too.
motion activated propane canon will run them off. of course it will jolt you wide awake too.
BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 12:03 amWe noticed this morning that nocturnal visitors had consumed every single rose bloom in the front yard. Those deer are a pain in the butt. They are also eating all the young fruit off the young fruit trees. I don't hunt... But it's enough to make me want to buy a paintball gun.
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First Flower 2020
We're off to a very early Spring in CT. I snapped this with my phone on Tuesday morning after I spotted it while filling the nearby bird feeders.
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Re: First Flower 2020
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First day of Spring today. Equinox is a couple days early this year.
First day of Spring today. Equinox is a couple days early this year.
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