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Mom used to be both ... and a Master Gardner. ...but the dementia has taken away all her knowledge of such things. It really stinks to see such a big part of her life drift away from her.
My heart goes out to you John.
That's my wife. Her beautiful garden has been featured in a national magazine and on a local TV show. About seven years ago, she could rattle off the common and Latin botanical names of all 212 varieties of our permanent flowers, trees and shrubs, all of which she laid out, then swung the pick, dug the holes, amended the soil and tended them lovingly for about 15 years. Now the poor soul knows a rose is pretty, but can't even name its color.
It's like she's on a raft at the edge of the ocean, drifting away, now nearly out of my sight. I can see her, talk to her, but she can't hear me, doesn't answer, and there isn't a damned thing I can do about it.
It's hard.
 
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From a picture gallery on why we photograph animals. ("Because they're there", as mountain climbers are wont to say.)

Dalmatian puppies, from the series Dog Gods, 2010
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‘The evidence shows overwhelmingly that when people connect to the character of an animal it evokes empathy. In Dog Gods our canine companions were my focus. The book went to 15 editions in different languages’ – Tim Flach
Photograph: Tim Flach/Thames & Hudson
 

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I seem to be in a Ford Rut!
Just posted the Tri motor and this pops up.
What it is? Colt New Service?
I’ve seen a few other pics of their campouts, this is the first one I’ve seen with a Firearm.
‘Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. Numerous support staff set up and took down camp, cooked, took photographs, and maintained the cars and equipment trucks.’
 

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Looks like Dick Bong is Carrying a Randall.
Tom McGuire seems to be thinking, I wish I had one!
 

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They're nice and dense; do you prune them? How often?

Knockout roses. They are supposed to be pruned and cut down to -12 inches each spring but I skipped that part this year. Then the roses came and then the missus commented how nice they are and just couldn’t hack em.
More roses popped out since about a week ago.
Seems like no one else around here trims them either.
 

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