Sun Rise Bayou Breakfast

Field Trip to Shangri-La  (Nov. 3,2012.)
We got up Saturday morning and went to Orange Texas' Secret Treasure.
We left at 6:30 a.m. and were there before 7a.m for a Breakfast on the Bayou.

Carol Parsley, Sybil LaPray, and Gwen Ochoa

Loading the boat

For breakfast we had fruit , scones, muffins and orange juice , coffee, or water.

And then we were off....... 

 Wanda Woods was the tour leader.

 The Survivor Tree an over 1000 year old bald cypress~~~~here before Colombus came to America!

                                                            Home for birds!!

                                                  Can you see three spider webs?

                                                     Can you see a snake?

                                                      E.T Phone Home~~~~Cypress Knee

                                                      Can you see the birds?

 After the Bayou Tour we went to the garden to look at the plants.  These were the in the greenhouse.

                                                     Sybil and Carol

                                                                  Sybil and Gwen

                                          We finished off our morning looking at the Scare Crow Exhibit!

 There were over 80 scarecrows......we had a wonderful morning.

 

Summer Hiatus

Missing my friends and all the fun we have playing in the garden together. Tis sooo hot out I only venture out in the wee hours of the morning and late in the evening.
The rain we had the last 23 days is gone and things are starting to wilt among the throngs of Mosquito babies looking for a piece of tender flesh. More mosquitoes to
come in the next few weeks.....so I hide in the house missing my fellow Sirens and I'll sing a siren's song until we meet again. Here's a look in my yard.

Thunbergia

growing on my

archway.  

 Madam Antoine Mari Rose

Above is  Perle De Or almost always in bloom!!

                                  French hollyhock

                                  Natchez Pink

 I love my Mexican Flame vine and so do the butterflies and hummers.

                                         Pink Crepe Myrtle

                                           White Crepe Myrtle

Satsumas clustered like grapes on the tree growing until fall.

I Love Rain Barrels!

I saw this at the Master Gardener's Convention.

Who wouln't love a rain barrel like this.  Maybe we will make one this fall.

A May Day at the LaPray Compound.

  On May 8th we gathered at Sybil's house to view her garden and weed her almost perfect beds.  As a special treat she took us for a ride to see the family homes all around her.  She has a brand new home and is just getting started adding to the landscape.  It looks lovely .

Weeding almost perfect beds.  Her vegetable garden was amazing . Forgot to take a picture but she had cucumbers and tomatoes galore.

Off for a visit areound the Family compound........

We got to ride a Mule!!!  It was so much fun!  Especially for Margaret and me in the back.....Great Vibrations!!!

Then the Sirens enjoyed a wonderful brunch... Thanks Sybil, for a great day!
I gave Sybil some blackberry vines and she made a nice blackberry patch on the south side of her house. Here's what they will look like next year.

We will rest for the months of June, July and August .  We will meet again in September.