splash of red on green 🙂
‘Acalypha hispida (Chenille Plant)
Euphorbiaceae
Traditional remedy or use: Used in Indonesia a vermifuge, to treat colic and intestinal disorders; also used as a poultice for sores. As a food source, the leaves are boiled and eaten.
Modern remedy or use: Still used in Indonesia.’
Source:Â Plants of the Medicinal Garden (Palm Beach State College 2012) – thanks to Robert and Dawn for identification
green on pink 🙂
blue 😦 on brown on green
Sheba is having surgery today! She will be having 6 small benign tumours (they look like little pink brains the size of peas) removed from paws and body. I will pick her up this afternoon and give her extra cuddles. She may find it hard to forgive me but food and smoochy cuddles will go a long way to getting back in her good books.
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April 3, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Oh..poor Sheba…hope all goes well for her…sending best wishes.
April 4, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Thanks Charles – she survived and is sore and sorry for herself, but is enjoying the extra attention and treats 😉
April 3, 2012 at 4:17 pm
Good luck Sheba – you’ll be just Dandy!
April 4, 2012 at 2:09 pm
Sheba says a woofy thankyou to you Rog 🙂 She will be dandy, indeedy!
April 3, 2012 at 6:46 pm
Good luck to Sheba & you all today. xx
April 4, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Thanks Jane – a bit stressful for all involved but today great relief as she recovers peacefully at home.
April 3, 2012 at 9:17 pm
No garden poultice to treat that blue on brown on green? 😦 Or poor Sheba – hope she went well today – no doubt, after food and smoochy cuddles, the horror of her medical moments will be a distant memory. Love the photos of that beautiful fat froggy!! 😀
April 4, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Thanks bluebee – she ended up having 8 tumours removed, so she is a bit sore and trying to lick the stitches all the time – they get removed in 10 days, so she has bandaged feet for a while – she is enjoying extra cuddles but is very tired today. That’s a fat frog that one (Stafford thinks it should be on The Biggest Loser) 😉
April 3, 2012 at 11:14 pm
beautiful palette Gabrielle! The frog is very inimidating!
Sheba will love to be back in such a warm and cosy home!
April 4, 2012 at 2:16 pm
Thanks Benedicte – that frog is on Tessa’s arm (I am not that keen on the close contact with fat frog thingy, myself) – sometimes they will jump on you without an invitation – happened to Michael once and he thought it was hilarious – I would be NOT HAPPY – haha.
April 4, 2012 at 12:13 am
Poor Sheba! It’s so hard because we can’t explain what’s happening.
April 4, 2012 at 2:17 pm
I know Tilly – wouldn’t it be great if they could understand – they still wouldn’t like it, but at least they would know we are doing it in their best interest 😉
April 4, 2012 at 6:58 am
aloha Gabrielle – pink on green, bwahahahaha – i like that. yeah, extra attention on dog surgeries of that nature and well being on Sheba all around.
April 4, 2012 at 2:18 pm
She is doing well now Rick – I know you love your dogs – glad you appreciated the colour thing – haha.
April 4, 2012 at 6:59 am
Speedy recovery for Sheba, Gabrielle.
That frog is world-class 😀
April 4, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Thanks Kate – she is well on her way to mending fast – stitches out in 10 days and she will be happy as Larry 🙂 It is a world class frog on Tessa’s arm – haha – a Green Tree Frog – we have heaps of them around our house (sometimes even in the house) and they can get pretty big – they never seem frightened of us humans.
April 4, 2012 at 9:11 am
Poor Sheba! I just had to come and give her a virtual-hug. HUUUUUUG. She would have been out to it, wouldn’t she? Love the fat frog, glad it’s not me holding it, happy to admire from a distance. Croak on!
April 4, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Hello Lily and passing on the virtual HUUUUUUG – thankyou captain 😉 I was glad I wasn’t holding the frog too – that is my 9yo daughter Tessa’s arm. Ribit!!!!
April 4, 2012 at 9:53 am
the colors! lovely. best wishes to sheba for a speedy recovery xxx
April 4, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Thanks tipota – she is resting up big time today but prognosis is looking good 🙂
April 4, 2012 at 10:01 am
Give her an extra cuddle for me Gabe!
April 4, 2012 at 2:24 pm
Will do Graham – thanks 🙂
April 4, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Gorgeous flowers, giant frogs and, EEK! poor Sheba. But those tumors can’t be comfortable to walk on now. She’ll heal fast, less and less pain each day.
April 4, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Thanks squirrel – yes they were annoying her (though they were on top of her feet and around her legs and bum) and she kept fiddling with them and licking the hair around them. The vet said they probably will come back but we will deal with that, when and if it happens.
April 4, 2012 at 4:07 pm
I hope everything goes well with Sheba’s surgery and she recovers well
April 4, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Thanks Kirstie – it went well and she is now home recovering – tired and sore, but otherwise fine and being spoilt rotten 🙂
April 5, 2012 at 8:56 am
What a plump froggie. He (or she?) must be catching a bunch of bugs. Wonderful pictures! I hope the pup is feeling better, and can soon be chasing that froggie around (who looks like he (she?) could use some exercise!).
April 5, 2012 at 1:02 pm
haha – lots of bugs around here for the fat froggies to munch on 😉 Sheba is feeling much better today, thank you Aletha.
April 5, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Woof woof woofitty. Arf arf arf (tail wag) woofy woof woof (sniff) arfy arf. That means ‘Get well soon Sheba and I know how you feel…’ Haha.
Hope she does feel better soon. Poor thing. But what an enormous frog. WOW. He’s a corker. Ribbit!
April 5, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Thanks Dr Doolittle 🙂 (aka Selma) – haha – she is a bit quiet (no doubt pondering the unfairness of the universe) but otherwise fine. The frog is a corker for sure – haha – ribit!
April 8, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Hope Sheba is now fully recovered. Love the frog’s face – SO goodlooking – say ‘hi’ from me!
April 9, 2012 at 1:38 pm
haha – I will adeeyoyo 😉 Sheba is feeling much better – her stitches still have to be removed next Saturday and I am having trouble keeping her bandages in place but other than that all is good.
April 9, 2012 at 11:21 am
Hope Sheba is healing well and love your flower photos, especially the chenille variety. Interesting looking frog. I don’t think I’ve ever seen on like it.
April 9, 2012 at 1:39 pm
I do love that Chenille flower Renee (only recentlly found out what it was). The frog is a Green Tree frog and is the most common frog around here – very cute (though the really big ones – not so much)