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A bibliography of my published books and stories.
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a hummingbird garden destroyed
2003-07-06 - 4:02 p.m.
It is almost exactly two years since I started my hummingbird garden, and
now it looks like I'll be starting over almost from scratch.
Here's the last view I had out my window before the tree collapsed
on my house:
© 2003 by Elaine Radford, all rights reserved
Yeah, it's wet out there, with more water out of the pond than
in it, but Louisiana native plants are built to take a lot of
sogginess, so I wasn't especially alarmed. At that time,
around 7 P.M. or so, the flood waters had started to subside, and
we thought the worst was over.
Then, bam, the tree came down. Here's the view
out of my office window the next morning, when it was
mostly filled by branches of the tree.
© 2003 by Elaine Radford, all rights reserved
At this point, virtually the entire back yard was underneath the
spreading branches of the fallen oak. It is still hard for my mind
to fully comprehend the size of this thing. It was big enough to fall
from its position on the CLECO alley, to smash my hot tub and aviary, cover
most of my yard with branches, and reach into my office and
living room with multiple branches.
Once the tree was removed, I could see that a great many wildflowers
had been smashed either by the tree or the workmen. The
Black-Eyed Susan and Blanketflower are completely gone, as is
the yellow Salvia. The Abutilons are mostly smashed. The
Crimson Climber is dead. The Echinacea is mostly gone. The
mystery orange flower from Folsom is laying on the ground. It is
a mess.
© 2003 by Elaine Radford, all rights reserved
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