fbdierama.bsky.social
@fbdierama.bsky.social
Recently retired 73 yr old, 41 yr Landscape business owner, gardener, hiker, reader, re-wilder of vacant spaces, husband of first wife of 51 years,MOM, father of two beautiful daughters, grandfather to 6! Follower of the Jesus who loves ALL peoples =🍀🌈🏳️⚧️🏴
Camellia sasanqua “Yuletide”
This time of the year and until we have a hard frost, blooms beautifully. I cut branches and bring them into the house for arrangements and bouquets! Great for Christmas!
🌱 #PNWGardening
This time of the year and until we have a hard frost, blooms beautifully. I cut branches and bring them into the house for arrangements and bouquets! Great for Christmas!
🌱 #PNWGardening
December 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Camellia sasanqua “Yuletide”
This time of the year and until we have a hard frost, blooms beautifully. I cut branches and bring them into the house for arrangements and bouquets! Great for Christmas!
🌱 #PNWGardening
This time of the year and until we have a hard frost, blooms beautifully. I cut branches and bring them into the house for arrangements and bouquets! Great for Christmas!
🌱 #PNWGardening
A dear longtime friend passed away, today. I was able to talk to him a couple days ago, I am happy with what I said!
December 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A dear longtime friend passed away, today. I was able to talk to him a couple days ago, I am happy with what I said!
Here are my plants of Ugni molinae in the ground next to a low block wall.
Worth growing in the PNW!
🌱 #PNWGardening
Worth growing in the PNW!
🌱 #PNWGardening
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here are my plants of Ugni molinae in the ground next to a low block wall.
Worth growing in the PNW!
🌱 #PNWGardening
Worth growing in the PNW!
🌱 #PNWGardening
Ugni molinae is a lovely evergreen plant originating from Chile which has similar ecosystem to the PNW. This particular strain by this company came through our very cold winter, two years ago, and this summer produced tasty berries.
🌱 #PNWGardening
🌱 #PNWGardening
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ugni molinae is a lovely evergreen plant originating from Chile which has similar ecosystem to the PNW. This particular strain by this company came through our very cold winter, two years ago, and this summer produced tasty berries.
🌱 #PNWGardening
🌱 #PNWGardening
I installed more plants in what was the bare gravel triangle. The only way to get this area to be green with plants, required me to provide the plants, labor, fertilizer and mulch.
I have learned over the years how important mulch circles are for new plants in our dry season!
🌱 #PNWGardening
I have learned over the years how important mulch circles are for new plants in our dry season!
🌱 #PNWGardening
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I installed more plants in what was the bare gravel triangle. The only way to get this area to be green with plants, required me to provide the plants, labor, fertilizer and mulch.
I have learned over the years how important mulch circles are for new plants in our dry season!
🌱 #PNWGardening
I have learned over the years how important mulch circles are for new plants in our dry season!
🌱 #PNWGardening
Ahh! Some want to know what I wear on those cool dark damp mornings when it is NOT raining! Here is my best selfie!
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ahh! Some want to know what I wear on those cool dark damp mornings when it is NOT raining! Here is my best selfie!
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
More rain gear shots!
It is that time of the year! It has now rained steadily for two days and may drizzle for a few more, but I am prepared!
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
It is that time of the year! It has now rained steadily for two days and may drizzle for a few more, but I am prepared!
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
More rain gear shots!
It is that time of the year! It has now rained steadily for two days and may drizzle for a few more, but I am prepared!
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
It is that time of the year! It has now rained steadily for two days and may drizzle for a few more, but I am prepared!
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
Ahh! Rain gear in Oregon! How could we work, what could we do outside without it?!?
December 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Ahh! Rain gear in Oregon! How could we work, what could we do outside without it?!?
One of my passions is to bring forgotten/ ignored pieces of land back into growing lush foliage, pollinator blooms and fruit whole removing invasives! I seek to plant natives where and when I can!
This is an ugly triangle of bare ground near my house.
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
This is an ugly triangle of bare ground near my house.
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
December 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
One of my passions is to bring forgotten/ ignored pieces of land back into growing lush foliage, pollinator blooms and fruit whole removing invasives! I seek to plant natives where and when I can!
This is an ugly triangle of bare ground near my house.
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
This is an ugly triangle of bare ground near my house.
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
Abies grandis on my walk in the neighborhood.
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Abies grandis on my walk in the neighborhood.
Well, if you sit, or in this case set, too long in the forest here in the PNW, the moss and the licorice ferns decide to literally grow on top of you!
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Well, if you sit, or in this case set, too long in the forest here in the PNW, the moss and the licorice ferns decide to literally grow on top of you!
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
The Quercus garryanna in this neighborhood of Tigard are especially beautiful against the dawn sky!
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
November 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Quercus garryanna in this neighborhood of Tigard are especially beautiful against the dawn sky!
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
🌱 #PNWGardening #Gardening
Some Autumns my Arbutus unedo performs beautifully, sharing its bounty for the birds and mammals to enjoy. Its fruit is sweet and squishy! Not everyone appreciates it to eat, but it is always a feast for the eyes!
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some Autumns my Arbutus unedo performs beautifully, sharing its bounty for the birds and mammals to enjoy. Its fruit is sweet and squishy! Not everyone appreciates it to eat, but it is always a feast for the eyes!
Just removed the screen filled with fallen leaves off my water feature in our back garden. It is a bit flattened from that experience but it still looks pretty good, all in all! I love the sound while working in my back yard!
🌱 #Gardening #PNWGardening
🌱 #Gardening #PNWGardening
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Just removed the screen filled with fallen leaves off my water feature in our back garden. It is a bit flattened from that experience but it still looks pretty good, all in all! I love the sound while working in my back yard!
🌱 #Gardening #PNWGardening
🌱 #Gardening #PNWGardening
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is the Divine mystery supreme! A wonderful thing it is, and the source of our happiness! We need not wait to see what others do, we can begin with ourselves!
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is the Divine mystery supreme! A wonderful thing it is, and the source of our happiness! We need not wait to see what others do, we can begin with ourselves!
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our own body. If we should change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change! As a human changes his/her nature so does that attitude of the world change toward her/him.
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our own body. If we should change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change! As a human changes his/her nature so does that attitude of the world change toward her/him.
If I could only write a poem like this to my two daughters! ❤️🎵🎶
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If I could only write a poem like this to my two daughters! ❤️🎵🎶
The World I Seek
I seek a world free of war and the threat of war.
I seek a society with equity and justice for all.
I seek a community where every person’s potential may be fulfilled.
I seek an Earth restored.
I also realize that this must begin with me, my actions and my relationships!
I seek a world free of war and the threat of war.
I seek a society with equity and justice for all.
I seek a community where every person’s potential may be fulfilled.
I seek an Earth restored.
I also realize that this must begin with me, my actions and my relationships!
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The World I Seek
I seek a world free of war and the threat of war.
I seek a society with equity and justice for all.
I seek a community where every person’s potential may be fulfilled.
I seek an Earth restored.
I also realize that this must begin with me, my actions and my relationships!
I seek a world free of war and the threat of war.
I seek a society with equity and justice for all.
I seek a community where every person’s potential may be fulfilled.
I seek an Earth restored.
I also realize that this must begin with me, my actions and my relationships!
Back home in Tigard Oregon! So enjoyable to see the fall rains have come while we have been gone! Fresh crisp air, sun in the trees and Gaultheria (Salal) blooming out of season!
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Back home in Tigard Oregon! So enjoyable to see the fall rains have come while we have been gone! Fresh crisp air, sun in the trees and Gaultheria (Salal) blooming out of season!
GOLD DUST
Who would be a butterfly?
Flower of air, shining and fugitive;
I envy that trembling existence,
Who always in payment for the nectar it sips,
Leaves a dusting of gold on every bloom!
Julio Florez
Colombia
Who would be a butterfly?
Flower of air, shining and fugitive;
I envy that trembling existence,
Who always in payment for the nectar it sips,
Leaves a dusting of gold on every bloom!
Julio Florez
Colombia
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
GOLD DUST
Who would be a butterfly?
Flower of air, shining and fugitive;
I envy that trembling existence,
Who always in payment for the nectar it sips,
Leaves a dusting of gold on every bloom!
Julio Florez
Colombia
Who would be a butterfly?
Flower of air, shining and fugitive;
I envy that trembling existence,
Who always in payment for the nectar it sips,
Leaves a dusting of gold on every bloom!
Julio Florez
Colombia
The river trip views going back
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The river trip views going back
Loading up for the trip back
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Loading up for the trip back
The village elder and yours truly! He was 67 and I am 74. I felt honored to have a photo with him!
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The village elder and yours truly! He was 67 and I am 74. I felt honored to have a photo with him!
The Embera village and the kids playing!
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Embera village and the kids playing!