One of my three lilies did not throw up a single bud all summer long, but now at long last it has produced a bevy of leaves and one small bloom! Here, the bloom is opening for the first time:
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Here are some pictures of it in full bloom:
In other news, Hanna blasted us with wind and rain, overflowing the ponds and breaking down my plantains.The other plants escaped unscathed.
The day after the storm, I found Cal, a year old shubunkin, outside the pond on the patio bricks. He was still breathing, and the surface was moist and cool, so I returned him to the pond. Shortly, he was swimming slowly about. After a day or so of moping on the bottom, he returned to normal behavior, much faster than Pumpkin, the last jumper I rescued. He is eating and schooling; the only sign that anything happened is his truncated tail (That happened to Pumpkin as well) that makes him look more like a hibuna (common) goldfish than a shubbie.
Let’s hope he does not emulate Pumpkin and jump a second time!!!!
