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Thursday 9 October 2025
Last Clifornia Poppies, North American Flowers, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon
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Our last two California poppies bloomed in our patch of poppy plants. Our new poppy patch is to the right of the path leading to the porch. The first poppys to bloom were a few California poppys.
Related stories: 2006 California Poppy • 2009 California Poppy • 2010 California Poppy • 2021 California Poppy • 2022 California Poppy

Wednesday 8 October 2025
Blue Boy Phylox, North American Flowers, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon
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A violet phylox plant bloomed next to our front path with spent daisys beyond..
Some related stories: Grace Ward Lithodora • Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder) • Sunflower • Pumpkin Flowers • Crocosmia "Lucifer" (Montbretia, Crocosmia) • Globeflower Golden Queen • Hebe "Patty's Purple" Buxifolia • Berry Blooms • Aguilegia (Columbine) Flower • Liatris Spicata

Tuesday 7 October 2025
By Patio Refilled Pond, In The Back Garden, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon
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Our first back yard pond was refilled with water after we made certain it no longer leaked.
Related stories: By Patio Drained Pond • By Patio Pond • Canna Lily • Pond Fountain • Pond Plants

Monday 6 October 2025
Blackberry, Overgrows The Snake, A Raised Garden, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon
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Our Blackberry bush has grown so large it threatens to overgrow one end of our Snake raised garden bed.
Related stories: Geum • Snake Daylily • The Rock Pile • The Snake • Winter Snake

Sunday 5 October 2025
2025 White Iris, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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The last white bearded iris to bloom did so at the end of September. A closer view of one of our blooming white bearded iris flowers. Our white bearded iris plants bloomed next to the front yard sidewalk.
Related stories: Iris Germanica • Iris Douglasiana • Mini Iris • New Iris • Purple And Yellow Iris • White And Purple Bearded Iris • Wlldflower White Iris

Saturday 4 October 2025
2025 Chalk Mural, Downtown Eugene, Eugene, Oregon
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Someone used chalk to draw a mural on pieces of black plywood.
Some related stories: Window Birds Mural 2021 • Harley Davidson Murals • Asian Buffet Mural • "Art Of War" Mural • Spectrum • Four Corners Veterinary Clinic • Inside Source • On Plywood • Katmandu • Sand Kam's Fitness Advantage

Friday 3 October 2025
2025 Chalk Mural, Downtown Eugene, Eugene, Oregon
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Someone used chalk to draw a mural on pieces of black plywood.
Some related stories: Eugene Toy & Hobby • "Art Of War" Mural • "White Cat" Mural • "Love Always Wins" Mural • Yerba Buena Center For The Arts (YBCA) • Sand Kam's Fitness Advantage • Harley Davidson Murals • Four Corners Veterinary Clinic • On Plywood • The Jazz Station

Thursday 2 October 2025
2025 Chalk Mural, Downtown Eugene, Eugene, Oregon
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Someone used chalk to draw a mural on pieces of black plywood.
Some related stories: Window Birds Mural 2021 • "White Cat" Mural • Sand Kam's Fitness Advantage • Spectrum • Eugene Toy & Hobby • Harley Davidson Murals • Katmandu • Four Corners Veterinary Clinic • On Plywood • "Art Of War" Mural

Wednesday 1 October 2025
2025 Red Roses, Front Yard, Eugene, Oregon
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Both rose bushes were so laden with blooms that their branches drooped down. Our two frontyard red rose bushes were in full bloom at the end of May. They bordered the front path and driveway. One of our front yard red roses bloomed among tall grass. A closer view of a few of the red roses bordering the front path and the driveway.
Related stories: 2023 Front Yard Red Roses • 2024 Front Yard Red Roses

Tuesday 30 September 2025
2025 Drained Pond, As A Garden Feature, Eugene, Oregon
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The pond, by the back patio, had developed a leak and here appeared partly drained.
Related stories: By Patio Pond • By Patio Refilled Pond • Canna Lily • Pond Fountain • Pond Plants

Monday 29 September 2025
2025 Berry Blooms, As A Flowering Pant, Eugene, Oregon
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The berry bush, planted in the dirt of our side garden, developed more small white blooms. The berry bush, planted in the dirt of our side garden, developed small white blooms.
Some related stories: Hellebore • Rosemary Blooms • Anemone • Strawberry Flowers • Aguilegia (Columbine) Flower • Goodyera oblongifolia • Tulip • Daffodil • Pink Blooms • Phlox

Sunday 28 September 2025
2025 Bean Blooms, As A Flowering Pant, Eugene, Oregon
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Our bean plants, in the side yard raised garden bed, had just developed its first buds.
Some related stories: Liatris Spicata • Guinea-Hen Flowers • Dahlia • Wisteria Blooms • Small Pink Blooms • Foxglove • Bear's Breeches (Acanthus mollis) • Coreopsis Gigantea • 2025 Umbrella Plants • Geranium Flowers

Saturday 27 September 2025
2025 Blazing Star, (Liatris Spicata), A Garden Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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Our Liatris Spicata plants even turn brown at the back of our front-yard Monster raised garden bed. The purple spikes of our Liatris Spicata plants turned brown in the autumn. Several of our purple spike, (Liatris Spicata), plants grew on the back of the Monster Raised Garden Bed in the front yard.
Related stories: 2024 Purple Spikes

Friday 26 September 2025
Teardown Of Veg Raised Bed, As A Garden Feature, Eugene, Oregon
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We were in the process of tearing down our raised bed vegetable garden to make room for rows of crops. A pile of waste wood was one of the results. The open end of a raised garden box revealed where the box next to it had been removed. Yet more scrap wood was piled outside Terry's Office. More scrap wood was piled in the corner of the side of the house.
Some related stories: Blue Shade Anemone • Back Corner • Monster • Our Patio • Ponds • Garden Walking Path • The Well • Grapes • Garden Tools • Garden Devices

Thursday 25 September 2025
Spider On A Web, As An Arthropod Animal, Eugene, Oregon
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The spider waited dead center of its web. This was a circular web that, depending on the angle of view, could appear transparent. A spider in Oregon wove a web that was almost a perfect circle. The strands were so close together that they resembled an old-time 33 rpm record (also called and LP. A spider on a web was highlighted by the sunlight. A spider web sans a spider was found on Belgrave above Stanyan in San Francisco.
Related stories: The Spider

Wednesday 24 September 2025
2025 White Daisy, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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Our front-yard patch of white daises faced straight up at the sun. Many daises grew next to the front path into our house. Our front-yard, white daisies, after blooming, had begun to close up and go to seed.
Related stories: 2022 Common Daisy • 2023 Common Daisy • 2024 Common Daisy • Miniature White Daisy

Tuesday 23 September 2025
2025 Red Poppy, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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A single, small, red poppy bloomed amid our orange California poppies. A small, red poppy bloomed among our yellow-orange California poppies.
Related stories: 2025 Vegitable Poppy • California Poppy • Poppy Anemone Hollandia • Poppy Leaf

Monday 22 September 2025
2025 Pink Blooms, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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More pink flowers appeared a bit further from the tree trunk. Small pink flowers just appeared under one of our two tulip trees. Their seeds must have been planted by squirrels. Pink blooms, appeared under our Tulip Tree in the back yard, sooner than they did the year before.
Some related stories: Dahlia • Golden Abelia • Liatris Spicata • Hanging Pink Blooms • 2025 Umbrella Plants • Pumpkin Flowers • Calochortus Amabilis • Jacobaea Maritima • Primrose • Rosemary Blooms

Sunday 21 September 2025
2025 Rosemary Blooms, As A Flowering Pant, Eugene, Oregon
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Our Rosemary plant, in the front-yard "Monster" raised garden bed, had developed tiny lavender blooms. Our Rosemary plant, in the front-yard "Monster" raised garden bed, had developed more tiny lavender blooms. Our Rosemary plant grew in the back of the front-yard "Monster" raised garden bed.
Some related stories: Four O'Clock • Iris Flowers • Rhododendron • Clamatis Plants • 2025 Umbrella Plants • Gladiolus • Gailardia_x_Grandiflora Arizona Sun • Blue Honey Berry • Globeflower Golden Queen • Begonia Flowers

Saturday 20 September 2025
2025 Hydrangea Vanilla Strawberry, As A Flowering Pant, Eugene, Oregon
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Our Vanilla Strawberry hydrangea Bloomed despite being partly shaded. Our Vanilla Strawberry hydrangea grew behind our other hydrangea in our "Beast" raised garden bed in our back yard. A closer view of the pink blooms on our Hydrangea Vanilla Strawberry plant. The blooms on our Hydrangea Vanilla Strawberry plant all tuned pink in the autumn. Our Vanilla Strawberry hydrangea exhibited lovely white blooms. Our Vanilla Strawberry hydrangea had many lovely white blooms.
Related stories: 2023 Hydrangea Vanilla Strawberry (Hydrangea Paniculata)

Friday 19 September 2025
Red Poppy, As A Flowering Pant, Eugene, Oregon
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A single, small, red poppy bloomed amid our orange California poppies. A small, red poppy bloomed among our yellow-orange California poppies.
Related stories: 2025 Vegitable Poppy • California Poppy • Poppy Anemone Hollandia • Poppy Leaf

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