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Mike

Oct 4, 2022 6:01 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mike Stewart
Lower Hudson Valley, New York (Zone 6b)

Petunia 'Picasso'

Mike's petunia 'Picasso' in a hanging basket.

| @Mike | Post #2819292 (1)

lauriemorningglory

Oct 4, 2022 6:17 PM CST

Name: Laurie
southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)

Great banner, Mike!

| @lauriemorningglory | Post #2819298 (2)

Fleur569

Oct 4, 2022 7:54 PM CST

Zone 5

Delightful work of art for the banner.

| @Fleur569 | Post #2819342 (3)

crawgarden

Oct 4, 2022 8:37 PM CST

Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)

Excellent banner Mike!

As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

| @crawgarden | Post #2819355 (4)

Murky

Oct 4, 2022 8:45 PM CST

Name: Nancy
Northeastern Illinois (Zone 5b)

Whenever I've seen Picasso, the edging is pure green and just looks bleh to me. But yours show more white than green, and I really like that look. Beautiful banner!

| @Murky | Post #2819361 (5)

MargieNY

Oct 4, 2022 10:08 PM CST

Name: Margie
NY (Zone 7a)

Thanks for the very pretty banner Mike!

Observe, observe, observe
We are fortunate to "see" & appreciate nature in ways others are blind.

| @MargieNY | Post #2819392 (6)

slowcala

Oct 5, 2022 3:59 AM CST

Central Florida (Zone 9a)
I recycle, reuse, repurpose!

Love the Petunias Mike, and is that an Owl you're holding in your Avatar pic?

http://garden.org/blogs/view/s...

| @slowcala | Post #2819425 (7)

Mike

Oct 5, 2022 6:51 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mike Stewart
Lower Hudson Valley, New York (Zone 6b)

Thank you for the kind comments...

Yes, that's "Mozart," an Eurasian Eagle-owl, one of the world's largest owls. Their pumpkin orange eyes and feathery ear tufts give them a very striking appearance.

| @Mike | Post #2819463 (8)

Last edited by Mike Oct 5, 2022 6:56 AM

arctangent

Oct 5, 2022 7:48 AM CST

Name: Elizabeth
Ann Arbor, Michigan (Zone 6a)

Excellent first banner.

I post high resolution photos (nature, travel, and other subjects) on smugmug
https://arctangent.smugmug.com...

| @arctangent | Post #2819488 (9)

Mike

Oct 5, 2022 9:29 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mike Stewart
Lower Hudson Valley, New York (Zone 6b)

Here's a small white faced owl who's also fun to work with. He only weighs 6 ounces, and is fully grown.

| @Mike | Post #2819522 (10)

Last edited by Mike Oct 5, 2022 10:03 AM

Zoia

Oct 5, 2022 12:14 PM CST

Name: Zoia Bologovsky
Stoneham MA (Zone 6b)

Oh, my goodness! The owls are outclassing your excellent banner!

| @Zoia | Post #2819597 (11)

slowcala

Oct 5, 2022 1:23 PM CST

Central Florida (Zone 9a)
I recycle, reuse, repurpose!

Mike, thank you for sharing your owls with us.

http://garden.org/blogs/view/s...

| @slowcala | Post #2819626 (12)

Murky

Oct 5, 2022 1:28 PM CST

Name: Nancy
Northeastern Illinois (Zone 5b)

Zoia said: Oh, my goodness! The owls are outclassing your excellent banner!

I agree! It must be amazing to feel the weight of the large owl on you like that!

| @Murky | Post #2819628 (13)

Mike

Oct 5, 2022 4:06 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mike Stewart
Lower Hudson Valley, New York (Zone 6b)

You'd be surprised how light so many owls are. They look big, but are much lighter than they look because of the amount of feathers they have. If you lift up their "skirt," you can see for yourself, LOL.

The indignity!

| @Mike | Post #2819686 (14)

Last edited by Mike Oct 5, 2022 4:08 PM

Zoia

Oct 5, 2022 4:36 PM CST

Name: Zoia Bologovsky
Stoneham MA (Zone 6b)