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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html
Showing posts with label Our Bridges and Wood Trail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Our Bridges and Wood Trail. Show all posts

Friday, March 17, 2023

SPRING in Our Garden Continued

Some more Spring Garden images taken by husband Pieter to show me how it looks outside...
On March 3, Our Prunus triloba or Flowering Almond
Our still young Spiraea Cantoniensis or double Bridal Wreath Spirea.
See my header photo—that is one in full bloom!
Our Mazus Reptans alba is a loyal creeper that we have for decades now.
It lovely grows between the Dichondra repens or kidney weed that I love.
White azaleas near gazebo with Wood Trail visible on the left.
Better view of Spiraea Cantoniensis or double Bridal Wreath Spirea
On March 7, again our now fuller blossoms of Prunus triloba or Flowering Almond
Now looking towards our gazebo and behind it at the top, you also see the wood trail
Rose Arbor is visible in center and part of gazebo
MY FAVORITE!
On March 9, Prunus triloba or Flowering Almond
Our Gelsemium sempervirens or Carolina Jessamine
Our flower bulbs Hyacinthoides Hispanica Excelsior — Spanish Blue Bell or Wood Hyacinth putting on its yearly show.
White and pink azaleas near gazebo on March 9
Pink azaleas on March 9
Bouquet of fresh flowers from dear friends on March 13
Detail of flower bouquet...

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

SPRING in Our Garden — Post Accident

 This year's beautiful spring happens without me being IN it...
Can't walk, cannot go outside so Pieter captured it for me on my iPhone.
Hard to imagine what a driver without LOOKING can cause to another human being's life!
Our entire household is affected.
An elderly husband becomes the care taker...
Our kitties are unsettled...
Needing assistance with laundry and making the bed and on and on.
A very painful and also costly thing.
Needing a private driver to go to places where I used to drive.
On and on.
For missing the spring flowers, dear friend sent these on February 23, for enjoying indoors...
From my bed, I could see through the balcony door our Red bud Cercis Canadensis blooming on February 25.
Sending Pieter with my iPhone to capture them for me...
BUT my Pieter does NOT see the pink flowers due to being color blind!
This photo shows the wood trail below, that Pieter did newly built while I was in Limburg, The Netherlands one final time...
In front of our garage is this stunning Azalea pot plant, also on February 25.
Heavenly Azaleas...
Those stamens are so pretty!
Also on February 25th a sweet bouquet delivered by some kids from our Church and one street down from us.
You also see our pansies in our fiberglass window boxes happily blooming and more pot plants on the patio that bloom.

At least for me SOME spring flowers that I can enjoy without being outdoors...
My ugly rash and itch has subsided, a nasty side affect from the Medrol Dosepak, to reduce the swelling.
The swelling has gone down and cuts are healing with scabs formed.
My left leg hurts most around knee and ankle, where it is so severely cut and bruised aside from the Proxima fibula being fractured.
My calf is extremely tender and painful to the touch—hard to get any decent sleep with it and my right leg with the knee fracture and knee immobilizer.
BUT my nasty night sweats are also gone it seems—making progress!
Short legged and chunky Speckie girl on February 27, 2022...

Yesterday, our youngest senior kitty of 13, Speckie came home from the Animal Clinic after 3 nights, where Pieter brought her on Friday morning.
She was very sick.
Turned out after some blood work that her kidneys are not shutting down but in bad shape — just like mine. She also had a bacterial infection and got antibiotics and fluids.
Let's hope her Chronic Kidney Disease does not progress too fast...

Thanks for all your comments and prayers.

Friday, January 6, 2023

YES we have had SNOW here in the Heart of Georgia!

Just want to share with you two memories of a WHITE world here in the Heart of Georgia.
It does happen once in a while...
 

This was on January 7 in 1988 and I was home by myself and captured this sight.
Pieter had left on January 5 for Michigan and got stuck in Chicago on January 7 as they could not fly in to Atlanta as the airport was iced over...
On January 8, Pieter called me from Atlanta around noon where he finally had landed.
Now the painstakingly slow journey home via Interstate 75 as it took him 4 hours!
Here in the South they have NO equipment for clearing snow...


Closed Caption (CC) available in Dutch—remember we always did create videos for Mom & Dad in The Netherlands!
But if you watch on YouTube you will find Clickable points below video with English information and also links to matching blogposts with more insight info.

Thanks for watching! 
Hoping you all stay warm and cozy through winter.

Related links:
{Our Home in the SNOW  --  January 2002} | previous post by me with photos
{Our Felines - Sweet Spooky I...} | previous post by me
{Daylily Hemerocallis WHITE TUXEDO + SAD Feline & Canine Love Story} | previous post by me
{Our Clematis lanuginosa 'Candida'} | previous post by me where the wrens were feasting off its seedpods
{Phlox Subulata - Creeping Phlox} | previous post by me showing the blooming Phlox along pond
Acting like a CAT for Retrieving Pieter's Glasses | previous post by me—where Spooky climbed in the video... that pile!
{Our Damage from Tornado spin off of Hurricane Earl, 2003} | previous post by me showing the Phlox that we planted next to bridge
LET IT SNOW! – THE GREAT SNOWFALL OF 1973 | post written by a Dubliner

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Our Autumn Garden Blooms & HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

 The 2022 Autumn has been very brief...
On October 9, our Hydrangea paniculata, Limelight still blooming like it would not end!
More in detail with perfect sunlight.
This was already blooming on September 8—the longest lasting blooms we've ever seen!
Check post below about 'Our Garden Blooms in Summer
On October 21, Pieter did bring in a giant red Hibiscus bloom.
Placed it in our Repoussé Silver Rose vase...
Showing here its proportion a little better...
On October 30 when we left for North Carolina and Tennessee it was very dark and drizzling so I could not capture our Sugar Maple.
Photo got taken on November 4, day after our return and as you see—most leaves are already down and not even turned completely golden yet.
Pieter's open hand gives you a good idea about the size of yet another red Hibiscus bloom on November 7.
Love this red Hibiscus with its very special center.
A detail of its fabulous center—too bad our hummingbirds are already gone to the Caribbean.
Not the best photo taken on November 13—that late into the season.
But what I wanted to show here is that these petunias, the Blanket® Double Chardonnay in our Fiberglass Window Boxes remained like miniature plants...
Very disappointing!
GrowJoy claims that one plant grows to mature size of 10–inches tall x 24–inches wide or 
25 cm x 60 cm.
Our plants sure did NOT do that, they remained very miniature as you can see by my hand as comparison.
In post below you can see them also
On November 19, our Hydrangea paniculata Limelight had turned pinkish from some near frost nights...
There were more buds but they did not turn out the way the first two did!
On our patio the summer blooming azalea still performs well as a pot plant!
Another great performer on the patio as a pot plant is the Rosemary—they bloom year round!
On Sunday, November 20 I captured our regal Camellia Japonica Debutante.
You can clearly see the now raised wooden walkway that Pieter finished in June while I was in Europe solo...
Holding one regal Camellia Japonica Debutante in my hand...
Mariette's Back to Basics wishes you and your loved ones a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING
And all those that reside outside of the USA, THANKS for your VISITS over the years!
Black Friday is always on with FREE SHIPPING at Spectrenoir on line ←click link.

Related link:
Our Garden Blooms in Summer | previous post by me
{Camellia Debutante & Chocolate} | previous post by me
{Let It Be A Happy New Year} | previous post by me
{Our Camellia Japonica Debutante} | previous post by me
Espresso with French Macarons | previous post by me

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

A HUGE Snapping Turtle

 With our five kitties having just made our usual cat—walk after breakfast, over the bridges and wood trail, we spotted a MONSTER.
Looking from the bridge down into the creek that is.
No wonder they are also called mud dragon!
It was quite a monster!
Guess our kitties do know instinctively that they better avoid such a monster!
They were just over 13 months old here and they followed us like doggies.
Now they don't do this anymore and of course they have become senior kitties.
~
BUT remember our Kwekkie with a wounded foot?
Before that, we had other ducks with the same wounds.
Guess those snapping turtles try to pull them down as prey when they're hungry.

Related link:
Pieter's NEW Love—While I was in Limburg | Kwekkie with her wounded foot
10 Biting Facts About Snapping Turtles | Interesting info with videos

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Our 3 Bridges got Severely Whacked by Flooding

Of course, right before going on a long 11–day trip something happens...
Click in center to view 16 second video:
Sure enough on July 8, we had severe weather with quite a downpour and of course ALL our bridges + pond + greenhouse flooded...
It broke my heart to see Pieter's hard work partly being destroyed!
Wearing my rubber clogs, I went outside and look at the center bridge's first pole being whacked out!
Debris all over the bridge...
Even an entire pole that came through the pipe under the road—one wonders HOW...
The force of water is strong.
Lots of sand also comes in the roaring stream; from elsewhere of course.
Here you can see how it got whacked out.
Also the soil below the start of the bridge got washed away...
The debris is hanging in the shrubs...
This is the final bridge, our third one... There was even more debris that whacked agains it full force.
So much sand left behind on the lawn.
Zooming in to all that wood and debris from whatever and wherever...
When I walked over to the greenhouse, there was water inside as well!
Our pond is constantly being fed by an underground spring and there is an overflow by means of a drain pipe that leads excessive water away to the creek.
But now it all got flooded and Pieter had to poke the pipe open, as it got clogged up from debris, like leaves.
Did walk closer to our first bridge, near the road.
An entire pole rammed into it.
Our Moonflower Ipomoea alba was happy with all that excessive rain!
Of course, Pieter managed to repair the bridges once more, just before we departed on July 16.
While we were gone, we had again some damage to the center bridge due to yet again severe rain!

Related links:
NOW or NEVER — Travel WEST with us | previous post by me about our 11–day journey
Building a Bridge in Two Days | previous post by me about how it all started
{IMPACT and AFTERMATH of TROPICAL THUNDERSTORMS} | previous post by me with short videos for getting an idea how severe it looks...

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