Wednesday 25 February 2015

This post is brought to you by the colour....orange!

Life is very 'interesting' at the moment as the CEO has been sent home from hospital after an overnight stay for a hernia operation which he thought he would have keyhole surgery done for the repair job but on the operating table was given the option of keyhole surgery or facing the knife due to the size of the hernia so he opted for the 'knife'. Of course that means a longer recovery and six weeks without lifting and so on and so forth. We weren't quite prepared for that. So on day three the theatre stockings have come off which were supposed to stay on for five days and his patience with being restricted is beginning to wear thin. So I thought it was time to take a walk around the garden and breathe in some fresh air so to speak :-)



 
We have heaps of pink and purple flowers but I noticed quite a few orange coloured ones as well which are equally as stunning so I thought I would show you a few of them in case anyone was interested as I know a few readers love flowers. 








I could hardly get near some of the flowers without getting stung by the bees as there were so many of them.   




Good old California Poppies which just come up every year and look fabulous in spring. 
 

A hardy Nasturtium plant which survived the CEO's purging as he doesn't like them. Years ago we used to eat them with cottage cheese. Just put a couple of spoonfuls of cottage cheese into the flower. It tastes and looks great.


This is a lovely Dahlia bush and there are lots of flowers on it which look spectacular. 



Last but not least. Hope you enjoyed the orange theme. Now...to check on the CEO ;-)


21 comments:

  1. breathtaking!
    your flowers are so beautiful!
    hope he gets well soon

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    1. Thanks Selina. The flowers are very pretty and distract from the house which needs painting :-)

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  2. Playing nurse again. Why would he choose the knife when keyhole was available? The flowers are lovely as always and if i were you i would move in with the bees for the during of his coalescence.

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    1. Lynda, it was better for the doctor as the hernia was so big. Keyhole is fine for the smaller ones apparently. He has been on on the waiting list for a couple of years so it is probably bigger than it was in the beginning. It pays to have private hospital cover but too expensive for us unfortunately.

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  3. Thank you for sharing your beautiful flowers!

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  4. Thank you and welcome to my little blog. It is nice to know who is 'out there' :-)

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  5. Chel I hope the CEO heals quickly. Your flowers are beautiful, no wonder the bees are busy.

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    1. Yes there were heaps of bees especially on one particular bush. They must have liked the colour :-)

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  6. I think I may be a little out there as well!! ;) Well you have beautiful flowers and my sympathy, if there is anything more difficult than a 4 year old or an adult male when ill I don't know what it is. I would rather have the surgery for them!!! I would tell you to smell the flowers and relax but you would probably get a stinging if you did, sigh...this too shall pass. We'll pray for a speedy recovery!

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    1. A speedy recovery would be good, Kathy or else i will be a bit 'out there' as well. LOL!

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  7. You be sure to tell your CEO that if he does not follow drs orders he could end up like my neighbor. He ended up having part of his stomach removed(the part that tells you you are hungry) and has been only now after a couple months started to eat like a bird. He has been on a feeding tube for quite a while. All this because he did not listen to the DR about taking it easy. ((hugs)) Wishing you patience.
    I was also curious about what the flower with the long stem and starts out burgundy on top and then slowly goes down to a white flower. Love it.

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    1. Krystal, your poor neighbour. Ouch! I think the flower you are referring to is the Mina Lobata vine which is growing on the front fence. It will get frosted and die off in winter and come up again in summer. It is quite striking.

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    2. Thankyou I was wondering what it was. I looked up Mina Lobata and I guess they call it a Firecracker VIne as well. I am hoping I can get one for here. The humming birds would love it. Love them myself.

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  8. H-I-T! (Hang in there) :) xx

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    1. Ha ha, Barb. I will need a holiday after this :-)

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  9. Thinking of you, Chel. Sick husbands are a "trial" - I am sending you lots of (((((patience))))). Hopefully it will help you keep your sanity. As Barb said H-I-T (Hang in there) :-)

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    1. Sandi, it would help if I could have some 'comfort food'. LOL!

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  10. Your garden never fails to inspire me - endless variety of flowers it seems.

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    1. That is what happens when you live in the same place for 37 or so years, Phil. A lot of the flowers just come up every year and put on a nice show. It does help if there is a bit of rain to help them along as well. Most of the flowers never get watered and have to rely on rain. We pretty well drought proofed the garden during our long drawn-out drought a few years ago and if anything couldn't survive without rain we just let them die. I mainly water just the vegetables these days.

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