A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…
Ok, not really…
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| circa 2014 - the originals |
It was about 10-12 years ago, and it happened in this quaint
little suburb of Buffalo.
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| circa 2015 - the move to bigger and better gardens |
My “geek garden,” which has grown into “Khaleesi’s Garden,”
started with just a couple of plants: a daylily called Jedi Free Spirit and a
dahlia called Dark Angel Star Wars (which just totally reminds me of Mustafar).
It became something of a game to look for new plants each year, and eventually
it grew beyond Star Wars.
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| circa 2018 - overlooking Mustafar |
Some annuals have changed over the years (where did my
Hedwig and Black Widow coleus go, Rosy Dawn?), and many perennials have been
added (finally got a Midnight Marvel Hibiscus to grow!), but I always find joy
in a new discovery, and sometimes I even grasp at straws (I planted Veronica in
the garden because Veronica is the code name for the Hulk-buster armor in
Avengers: Age of Ultron!).
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| 2019 garden |
Along the way, I picked up a few sculptures – three dragons
(hence Khaleesi), a baby dragon (so cute!) and a unicorn/Pegasus combo (which I
know doesn’t exist, but Peter’s steed in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”
was a unicorn and Valkerie rode a pretty sweet Pegasus in “Endgame,” so I can’t
dismantle it now!) – plus a couple of “sun and stars” pieces (odes to Khal
Drogo). I also picked up a cute Baby Groot planter that I proceeded to fill
with “Mint Marvel” sempervivum.
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| 2019 succulent collection |
Every winter, while I’m worrying about the next snowfall and
how much sleep I’m going to get, I find the bright side of things when I go
searching for next year’s new additions.
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| 2019 garden |
