My back yard, sorta.............

Wild flowers in my back yard

By rebelann1949

@rebelann (112879)

El Paso, Texas

September 10, 2022 4:59pm CST

Last month was very wet which is unusual for this part of the country. It rained often enough so that now I have loads of grasses, various wild types plus bermuda and a few wild flowers. I've added an insert of a daisy blossom, some kind of orange colored blossom and a penny, look how big that penny is. I also added a shot of the tiny butterflies or moths we get. It is about the same size as the daisy. They aren't big but if I look closely I see the beauty, thank you Great Spirit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I thought you'd get a giggle outta these funny birds

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@shaggin (72136)

• United States

10 Sep 22

I’ve never seen those orange flowers. They are cute.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

10 Sep 22

They come up every year even when it's normal but boy give them a little water and they go nuts.

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@shaggin (72136)

• United States

10 Sep 22

@rebelann I think we have yellow ones of those here but not orange.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

10 Sep 22

I need to try to figure out just what they are.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (61136)

• Centralia, Washington

11 Sep 22

Very pretty and lush. I think that is an orange poppy flower. I have a few of them, too.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

Do they grow on really tall stalks? The one in the picture above is about 3 foot tall.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

That stalks for these are not all that skinny and very tough and hard to cut.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (61136)

• Centralia, Washington

11 Sep 22

@rebelann Yes. Skinny stalks.

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@RebeccasFarm (89883)

• Arvada, Colorado

10 Sep 22

I love your little flowers there Rebel and yes the penny looks huge! I got some of those little yellow flowers back here too the same kind on the patio..but that orange one is gorgeous. Yes those dang seagulls haha I remember them doing that stuff up by the beach

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

10 Sep 22

I have only seen them in pictures or videos. I've heard they can be aggressive when they want something

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

I hope you mean a cooked chicken not a live one.

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@RebeccasFarm (89883)

• Arvada, Colorado

11 Sep 22

@rebelann A cooked one..we were in the homeless shelter and some old drunk guy was waving a chicken around and the seagull swooped down and took it

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@Juliaacv (51230)

• Canada

10 Sep 22

That is such a pretty collage, so well put together. That is something that I don't know how to do at all.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

10 Sep 22

If you want me to teach you I think I can but you would need Microsoft Excel, that's what I use.

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@Juliaacv (51230)

• Canada

11 Sep 22

@rebelann I've got excel.

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@Juliaacv (51230)

• Canada

11 Sep 22

@rebelann Oh thanks. I'm going to practice this next week and try to put out a post with it. Today isn't a good day to practice, I've been up all night with my gall bladder bothering me. Ugh, I have been waiting for 4 months for the surgeon to call me.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26777)

• United States

11 Sep 22

Rain brought pretty wildflowers! Nice!

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

Yes it did. There are some purple ones but it was so windy I didn't get a clear shot of them.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Sep 22

Yes, I so like to see them but they are not very abundant, I have to look for them as they are small and easily hidden by tall weeds and grasses that grow very fast when we get a lot of rain.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26777)

• United States

12 Sep 22

@rebelann They must be very pretty to see. Now you've a colorful backyard!

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Nocturnal Writer

@Nakitakona (56486)

• Philippines

24 Sep 22

Lots of flowers. They're colorful.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

24 Sep 22

Thanks. Most are simply reed like grass that used to grow here when the Rio Grade river used to flow freely.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

28 Sep 22

I agree. Nature is almost always simple and beautiful.

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@Nakitakona (56486)

• Philippines

27 Sep 22

@rebelann They're simply beautiful. Simplicity is beauty.

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@BarBaraPrz (47314)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

11 Sep 22

Glad you have vegetation.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

I sorta do, the problem is now I'll have to find a wee whacker that is easy for an oldie like me to handle

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@BarBaraPrz (47314)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

11 Sep 22

@rebelann Why not leave it?

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

I probably will, it's cheaper than buying a weed whacker ..... but if it rains again some of those plants will grow over 5 foot tall and attract all kinds of bugs

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@snowy22315 (180780)

• United States

11 Sep 22

Those wild flowers look pretty

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@snowy22315 (180780)

• United States

11 Sep 22

@rebelann Brightens up the landscape

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

They sure do.

@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

Thank you. I love some of the wild flowers we get.

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@LadyDuck (471547)

• Switzerland

11 Sep 22

Those flowers are lovely. I like a lot wild flowers, they are all pretty.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

I think so too. The problem is that the yellow daisies are so small that many people do not notice them, they are all over the deserts.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Sep 22

I have seen those tiny white ones here before but not this year for some reason.

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@LadyDuck (471547)

• Switzerland

12 Sep 22

@rebelann There are several very small wild flowers, people do not even notice them. Also the wild small white daisies that grow in early spring are so cute.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 22

That sounds a very pretty backyard.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

Kinda but mostly it's all just weeds. Well, maybe I should just call them wild plants as I doubt the Great Spirit thinks of his creations as weeds.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

We'll never know, I can't speak kritter but I imagine herbivores make some kind of distiction .... predators probably don't give a flying hoot.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 22

@rebelann It's only humans that make the differentiation, isn't it?

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Dr Souvik Chatterji

@sathviksouvik (19477)

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12 Sep 22

your wild flowers are also looking lovely

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Sep 22

Thank you. I love the little flowers I get to see in our desert but I wish they were larger.

@LindaOHio (178779)

• United States

11 Sep 22

Love the flowers. Enjoyed the video.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

Thank you. Those birds are a riot aren't they?

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@LindaOHio (178779)

• United States

12 Sep 22

@rebelann Yes, they were quite funny.

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@arunima25 (87806)

• Bangalore, India

11 Sep 22

It's been raining a lot here since August. I have taken a break from gardening till the raining stops. My garden is full of grasses and weeds. I am sure that it would be a lot of muscle work when I get back to gardening.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

I am not going to try to pull the weeds, I might cut some of them down but that will be all I am doing.

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@arunima25 (87806)

• Bangalore, India

12 Sep 22

@rebelann I am waiting for few dry days and also the renovation work at home to get over. The garden is pretty messy now and I think I will wait for better weather.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

10 Sep 22

How pretty are all of those colors.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

10 Sep 22

Yes but they are so tiny that many people never even see them

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

11 Sep 22

@rebelann More of those little things in life. The best kind.

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@GardenGerty (160677)

• United States

11 Sep 22

I thought the orange one might be a hollyhock, but it seems too small. Not sure on the yellow daisy either. All so pretty though.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

Yeah, way too small as a hollyhock. The yellow ones are daisies, I see them everywhere in our desert. I need to wait for the winds to die down and get a better shot of the orange flower, I'm really curious what it is.

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@ptrikha_2 (46955)

• India

11 Sep 22

That is a really nice and colorful picture. The Butterflies or Moths too look good. Looking forward to more pictures from your side. May be on other days?

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

I have posted many of my photos here.

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@kaylachan (69776)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

10 Sep 22

Well we do need the rain so be glad you got it.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

10 Sep 22

Well, I do like rain but this being a desert it is uncommon to get that much.

@RasmaSandra (79886)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Sep 22

That looks very nice, Thank you for the funny birds,

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@Deepizzaguy (102889)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

10 Sep 22

Rain coming to your area is wonderful to have. In my area there has not been much rain in the last few days.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

10 Sep 22

I live in a desert so rain isn't all that common and in August we got a lot, I am ready to see more sunshine

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@thelme55 (77081)

• Germany

11 Sep 22

The flowers are beautiful. What are the names of those flowers?

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 22

Thankyou. The little yellow ones are daisies but I do not know what the other one is.

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