Comments on: Bougainvillea http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/ Digging my way out of the clutter Sun, 20 May 2012 22:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Martin http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13723 Martin Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:53:57 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13723 She wears bougainvillea blossoms. You pluck 'em from her hair and toss 'em in the tide, Sweep her in your arms and carry her inside. Her sighs catch on your shoulder; Her moonlit eyes grow bold and wiser through her tears And I say, "How could you stand to leave her for a year?" This is an excerpt from Lock Keeper by Stan Rogers, one of my favorite songs. She wears bougainvillea blossoms.
You pluck ‘em from her hair and toss ‘em in the tide,
Sweep her in your arms and carry her inside.
Her sighs catch on your shoulder;
Her moonlit eyes grow bold and wiser through her tears
And I say, “How could you stand to leave her for a year?”

This is an excerpt from Lock Keeper by Stan Rogers, one of my favorite songs.

]]> By: Beckey http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13575 Beckey Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:41:54 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13575 I Have a huge Purple Bougie in my backyard. Har to stay on top of the pruning it grows like wildfire!. My Passionvine has found a home on it and now the 2 flowers show on the one tree they're gorgeous! Peace Beckey I Have a huge Purple Bougie in my backyard. Har to stay on top of the pruning it grows like wildfire!. My Passionvine has found a home on it and now the 2 flowers show on the one tree they’re gorgeous!

Peace Beckey

]]> By: Gally http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13532 Gally Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:51:40 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13532 I loved going from drought-ridden Colorado to luscious Hawaii when I visited. It's wonderful to see such growth, but sort of sad when you come back to brown grass. I loved going from drought-ridden Colorado to luscious Hawaii when I visited. It’s wonderful to see such growth, but sort of sad when you come back to brown grass.

]]> By: Kate http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13331 Kate Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:33:01 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13331 What gorgeous bouganvilla! Here in Kansas it dies down every winter and has to be protected. It just doesn't grow large and lush like that. Wish it did, though! What gorgeous bouganvilla! Here in Kansas it dies down every winter and has to be protected. It just doesn’t grow large and lush like that. Wish it did, though!

]]> By: GardenMomma http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13251 GardenMomma Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:27:57 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13251 Did you just have to pinch yourself at the luck of a 3 week assignment turning into full time employment...in HAWAII???? What a wonderful place for the 'job' of chief gardener! Sign me up. Bougainvilla are so pretty, but I didn't know about thorns. We have an abundance of crape myrtles here with their little flowers littering everywhere. My front walk is literally covered with little white flowers. Have a wonderful week! Did you just have to pinch yourself at the luck of a 3 week assignment turning into full time employment…in HAWAII???? What a wonderful place for the ‘job’ of chief gardener! Sign me up. Bougainvilla are so pretty, but I didn’t know about thorns. We have an abundance of crape myrtles here with their little flowers littering everywhere. My front walk is literally covered with little white flowers. Have a wonderful week!

]]> By: kate http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13222 kate Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:07:26 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13222 You would laugh if you saw my carefully-tended bougainvillea which is about 2-feet tall. I suppose we desire things that we can't have!! You would laugh if you saw my carefully-tended bougainvillea which is about 2-feet tall. I suppose we desire things that we can’t have!!

]]> By: Genie http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13212 Genie Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:19:19 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13212 Wow -- what gorgeous photos! I did not know about the thorns that came along with the beautiful flowers...that's interesting. Thanks for the educational post! Wow — what gorgeous photos! I did not know about the thorns that came along with the beautiful flowers…that’s interesting. Thanks for the educational post!

]]> By: Mark http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13207 Mark Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:38:44 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13207 Great shots of the bougainvillea, hope your lettuce gats going, do you have any problems with slugs there? Great shots of the bougainvillea, hope your lettuce gats going, do you have any problems with slugs there?

]]> By: Jean http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13203 Jean Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:53:40 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13203 The colors are wonderful! I guess it's better to enjoy them in pictures! The colors are wonderful! I guess it’s better to enjoy them in pictures!

]]> By: Beth http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13197 Beth Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:23:48 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2007/07/01/bougainvillea/#comment-13197 The combination of red, pink, lavender and purple hues in the first photo is gorgeous! The combination of red, pink, lavender and purple hues in the first photo is gorgeous!

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