April 29, 2008 |
 Karl and Mary Hartig in their backyard
in The Villages, Florida.
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May 7, 2008 |
 
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May 19, 2008 |
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 Branching Out |
May 31, 2008 |
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 Sunset
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June 3, 2008 |
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June 5th and 6th
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June 25, 2008 |
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June 26, 2008Some serious photography...
taken from a ladder. |
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 Blossoms start on the bottom branches and work their way to the top. |
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July 1, 2008 |
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  These blossoms on the lower branches are beginning to dry up.
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July 4, 2008
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July 6, 2008
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July 7, 2008(Click on Photo for Large Resolution) |
  Terri and Madison - two of our grandchildren.
  Fruit developed on the bottom branches.
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July 10, 2008
The blooms have reached the top.
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July 16, 2008(Click on Photo for Large Resolution) |
The fruit is dropping and the branches are getting bare.
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 The entire plant is precariously leaning.
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Some of the fruit. |
July 17, 2008TO THE RESCUE!!!
(Don't click on these pix. They're as big as they get.) |
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 I hope it doesn't pull the tree over. |
 The small fruit fell on the ground. |
July 26, 2008
The fruit has made it to the top. |
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The Photographer and The Assistant.
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September 2008
In its fifth month, the fruit is sprouting into small plants.
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October 2008
In its fifth month, the fruit is sprouting into small plants.
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November 2008
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December 2008
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January 2009
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April 29, 2008 |
January 1, 2009 |
February 2009
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On February 9, 2009, Karl quietly removed the haggard remains of the "Big Bloom".
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