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My Indiana home....well, first we have to pass this place to get there. I sure don't mind though, I like Chicago just fine!Anyhow, when we get there, the first thing I notice is how humongous the trees at my mom's are! (Exactly how long have I been gone?!) Matt's inspecting his old swingset...looks like something's amiss...or this is an attempt to create a "Rambo-style" jungle scene.......uh, yea. To take a swing on that, you'll need a cup! These are persimmon trees suckering like there's no tomorrow......and her iris looks happy too.This is looking toward the back of the property. I used to love this time of night, when the sky is so light but the land is dark. It looks really cool from a two-seater airplane! (Thanks D.L.! ;-)These ostrich ferns seem to be trying to prop the old shed up. Mom has clay soil which holds a lot of water...fern paradise!Storm front whizzing past to reek havoc elsewhere...thanks!This rose standard is huge! (Like 7 feet tall.)


Nice roses, too!
Her "snowball bush" is blooming like crazy. I always loved this thing as a kid, you can play with the bloom clusters like softballs, snowballs, whatever.

Like I said, fern heaven......mom kept saying that she needs to "clean this up", but I think it looks terrific! All the hostas and sweet woodruff and bishop's weed, blending together in drifts...
...after all, this 'Sum and Subtance' can hold its' own... ...I mean, what's not to like?
I thought these were tall garden phlox, though it's too early for them to be blooming, even in Indiana. Mom says they're some kind of wildflower...

...but they look like tall garden phlox, and smell like them too!

This peony is huge, beautiful, and sweet-smelling.....
....but this woodchuck hole-not!
The virginia bluebells are unmistakeable though...very nice!
Exhausting drive, but well worth it!