This Red Cardinal Brightens Trash Day in the Boston Suburbs!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

Meet The Hybrid Petunia . . . And She's Not In An Onion Patch!

Petunia hybrida Vilm., better known as the Hybrid Petunia!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

Greet The Eastern Daisy Fleabane

Greet the Eastern daisy fleabane, or, as scientists call her, the Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers.

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

What gets fatter as it gets thinner?

"What gets fatter as it gets thinner?" Have you figured it out yet? Drum rolls, please! What gets fatter as it gets thinner? A balloon gets fatter as it gets thinner! Original Riddle by MarashGirl©2022

Yet Another Riddle For You!

Let's see if you can figure this one out! What gets fatter as it gets thinner? Check in tomorrow for the answer! Original Riddle by MarashGirl©2022

"When can a pitcher not hold water?"

"When can a pitcher not hold water?" Figured it out yet? A pitcher cannot hold water when s/he's wearing a pitcher's glove, and pitching a ball from the pitcher's mound to the catcher! Original Riddle by MarashGirl©2022

Another Riddle For You!

"When can a pitcher not hold water?" Original Riddle by MarashGirl©2022 Check in tomorrow for the answer!

This Diligent Gardener Protects Farlow Park . . .

Getting a jump on the season? This scarecrow has been guarding Farlow park throughout the month of June and well into July!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

The Orange Day Lily Was Greeting All Passersby Last Month!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

Have you met the Common Dogwood yet?

Here it is for all to enjoy . . . please welcome the Common Dogwood . . . Don't worry . . . it won't bite!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

Marash Girl asks you again: "When can a loon fly high in the sky?"

You've had over a month, so I hope you've come up with the answer! "When can a loon fly high in the sky?" A loon can fly high in the sky when it's a bal-loon, better known as a balloon . . . a helium balloon! Original Riddle Above by MarashGirl©2022

Remembering Wilbraham and the Storming of the Bastille!

"Here is my memory : "We would set up a “bastille” (jail) using sticks leaned against a tree - the big beech (?) tree in front of the cabin. One year Uncle George was the person “in jail” - he was inside all the sticks and then we stormed the bastille and broke him out 😄 "Also, Papa would always get a whole wheel of authentic Brie cheese - it was huge and I didn’t like how the Brie tasted - but later I learned to love it! Sometimes we would keep the wooden round box that the Brie cheese came in and we would use it to store other things, like small toys." ` Above memory from Ahsin!

"When is a grape not a grape?"

"When is a grape not a grape?" Figured it out yet? A grape is not a grape when it's . . . . a grapefruit! Original Riddle by MarashGirl©2022 (I'll bet many of you guessed the answer to this riddle!)

Riddle Again!

Okay, folks. . . here goes! Get out your thinking caps! "When is a grape not a grape?" Check in tomorrow for the answer! [Original Riddle by MarashGirl©2022]

Meet the Cornus kousa F.Buerger ex Hance

Photo by MarashGirl©2022 Must such beautiful flowers have names that are so difficult to pronounce? Give up? Just take the easy way out and refer to this flower as the Japanese Dogwood.

A Corner In Newton Corner Flags Its Support For Ukraine!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

Does The Mountain Laurel Grow Only On Mountains?

The answer, as you may have guessed, is a resounding "No!"

[Photo by MarashGirl©2022] This Mountain Laurel grows on the plains just outside of Boston!

Say "Good Morning" To The Hypericum x desetangsii Lamotte Des Étangs' Saint-John's-wort

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

Greet the Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus L.

Marash Girl has requested that you greet the Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus L.!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022 The name scare you? Can't prononce it? That's okay. You can just call it the Yellow Daylily!

When can a horse move while standing still?

"When can a horse move while standing still?" Have you figured it out yet? Here's your answer! A horse can move while standing still when it's a wooden horse on a Merry-Go-Round! [Original Riddle by MarashGirl©2022] Above riddle written in memory of Uncle Paul and Newton's Norumbega Park where Uncle Paul always took us kids on the Fourth of July!!

When can a horse move while standing still?

When can a horse move while it's standing still? [Check in tomorrow for the answer!]

Remembering the Fourth of July on Wilbraham Mountain . . .

Before the tornado . . . before the tornado took with it the cabin that sat on top of Wilbraham Mountain . . . many Armenian-American families originally from Marash celebrated every Fourth of July on top of their beloved Wilbraham Mountain. How did they celebrate? --Raising the American Flag on a flagpole on top of Wilbraham Mountain, signaling the beginning of summer for the Marashtsis in Western Massachusetts! --Building a fire in the stone fireplace built by the Marashtsi men behind the cabin, a fire perfectly designed for cooking the shish kebab that the Marashtsi women had prepared by hand for all to enjoy. --Putting up the curtains and making up the beds in the cabin (the building which had been the first schoolhouse in Springfield, Massachusetts) on the top of Wilbraham Mountain. --Remembering the blessings of this United States of America, the country that had welcomed these folks, many of whom had survived the horrors of the Genocide of the Armenian people. --And Levon and George as young boys, shooting off fireworks to celebrate with their parents, cousins, aunts, and uncles the freedom and wonders of their country, The United States Of America!

Welcome The Coreopsis verticillata L. [The Threadleaf Coreopsis]

The Coreopsis verticillata L., better known as the Threadleaf Coreopsis (below), greets all of Marash Girl's readers as Marash Girl prepares to celebrate the 4th of July!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

SAY HELLO TO BUSY LIZZY . . . UNLESS SHE'S TOO BUSY TO SAY HELLO TO YOU!

Please allow Marash Girl to introduce you to the "Impatiens walleriana Hook.f.", or, as more popularly known, the "Busy Lizzy"!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

Greet the Geranium sanguineum L. or, in Plain English, The Bloody Crane's-bill!

Meet the Geranium sanguineum L. or, in plain English, the Bloody Crane's-Bill! Really? The Bloody Crane's-Bill? Such a scary name for such a beautiful flower!

Original Photo by MarashGirl©2022