A Flowery Past I have a lot of flowers and a lot of the pictures are square. On the other hand, some of my square flowers are also pink. Call that a double whammy!
Flowers
FLOWERS BY THE SQUARE
A Flowery Past All of these were used in the past, though which was used when? That I don’t know. In the gallery, the second shot is from a flowering vine that was killed by a falling tree. It also… Read More ›
COMPRESSION SOCKS – A SORRY TALE
My ankles and feet swell when I stand for more than a few minutes. Much of the standing time is cooking or I’m out on the deck, cleaning it and the feeders, filling the feeders, and watering flowerboxes and Chrysanthemums…. Read More ›
MORE CHYRSANTHEMUMS AND MANY BUDS TO COME
FOTD – October 11 – Chrysanthemum And that’s what we’re growing here, too even though the petunias and fuchsia still think it’s August. The red one is in full bloom and the orange one is full of buds. I love watching… Read More ›
MUMS AND PUMPKINS
FOTD – October 4 – Mums and Pumpkins The chrysanthemums are blooming joyfully in two pots on the deck — in deep orange and deep red. The fuchsia still thinks it’s summertime, as do the petunias and the birds, squirrels and… Read More ›
SQUIRREL WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS
FOTD – October 5 – Squirrel with Chrysanthemums I thought it was very nice of this squirrel to pose behind the red mums. Just as if I’d posed her on purpose.
LAST ON THE CARDS
Last on the Card – September 2021 I’m late again. I’ve been trying to do this for two days already and somehow, I’ve done everything else. Yet somehow, I don’t think I’ve gotten anything done. Okay, took a few pictures and… Read More ›
FLOWERS OF MY DAY
FOTD – September 29 – Mums It started raining last night and it’s still raining. It’s supposed to stop tomorrow or later tonight. Tomorrow night the temperature is supposed to drop down to the 40s. This might trigger the trees… Read More ›
FANCY PANSY
FOTD – September 27 – Pretty Pansy, if it’s really a pansy The person in the shop said these were “fancy pansies.” I can’t look them up because there’s no listing for “fancy pansy,” and I have no idea if they… Read More ›
FUCHSIA
FOTD – September 26 – Fuchsia The fuchsia Owen nursed through last winter is just now, at the very end of the season, beginning to really flower. I don’t know if he will nurse it through another year. We shall see…. Read More ›
RED BLOOMING CHRYSANTHEMUMS
FOTD – September 23 – Chrysanthemums I bought them a week ago. They were covered with buds, but no flowers were blooming. Since then, each day there have been more flowers. There are many more buds — and I bought a… Read More ›
IT RAINS EVERY WEDNESDAY
FOTD – September 19 – Rain Glorious Rain Of course, it doesn’t only rain on Wednesday. It also rains on Tuesday afternoons. It continues through all of Wednesday and finally quits sometime on Thursday. Or Friday. Or maybe it’s still raining…. Read More ›
