“Sweet” is the right word.. The center leaves bring to mind baby birds, beaks up, drinking..The group could be children playing under a hose
In our part of the Mississippi valley it’s been either deluge or sunbake, off and on for months. Storm drains and low lying roads overwhelmed, then heat alerts– as now, when elders are warned to hide inside.
We had some tropical downpours today, and we’re in line for some real rain over the next two or three days. We need it, and I hope it overspreads the state for once, instead of clinging to the coast. Your lamb’s ear is lovely. Its fuzzy leaves remind me of our Verbascum thapsus, or common mullein. It’s been introduced from the same part of the world.
The first rain after our normal rainless summer, which is considered the first rain of the season when we are reasonably hopeful of getting rain, 7-9 months. We almost never get any June through August, and often are without a drop of precipitation May through September.
I love rain. Your lambs’ ears look so full an happy. All of mine dried up and dwindled this summer in our drought. I hope they come back. I know you love your rain!!
I can’t imagine lambs’ ears dying from drought. Here they go on and on, in many places with scant water. I’ll be interested to hear if you do seem them revive!
I so agree! We have had unusually mild, warm weather on the Oregon coast this summer, and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it, but when we had a hard blustery rain last week, it felt both needed and cosy. Sweet indeed!
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I agree wholeheartedly – we are still waiting patiently for our first spring rain.
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We received September’s total normal rainfall over this past weekend. Needless to say there were overflowing eaves and puddles everywhere!
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“Sweet” is the right word.. The center leaves bring to mind baby birds, beaks up, drinking..The group could be children playing under a hose
In our part of the Mississippi valley it’s been either deluge or sunbake, off and on for months. Storm drains and low lying roads overwhelmed, then heat alerts– as now, when elders are warned to hide inside.
Blessed day for you and your neighbors!
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We had some tropical downpours today, and we’re in line for some real rain over the next two or three days. We need it, and I hope it overspreads the state for once, instead of clinging to the coast. Your lamb’s ear is lovely. Its fuzzy leaves remind me of our Verbascum thapsus, or common mullein. It’s been introduced from the same part of the world.
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I’m happy for you, Gretchen, but – the first rain of… fall? September? Surely not of the year!
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The first rain after our normal rainless summer, which is considered the first rain of the season when we are reasonably hopeful of getting rain, 7-9 months. We almost never get any June through August, and often are without a drop of precipitation May through September.
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I felt the refreshment of that photo. Wow!
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Oooh!
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We are still waiting. Even with Hurricane Dorian we did not receive rain. But it will come, and in the meantime we are enjoying a day of cooler temps.
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I love rain. Your lambs’ ears look so full an happy. All of mine dried up and dwindled this summer in our drought. I hope they come back. I know you love your rain!!
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I can’t imagine lambs’ ears dying from drought. Here they go on and on, in many places with scant water. I’ll be interested to hear if you do seem them revive!
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Gretchen, what a remarkable photograph! Makes me want to rush out to the nursery and get some lambs’ ears to plant before it rains!
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Thank you, Jean!
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We need rain here in Ohio!
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I so agree! We have had unusually mild, warm weather on the Oregon coast this summer, and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it, but when we had a hard blustery rain last week, it felt both needed and cosy. Sweet indeed!
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