FOTD – September 28 – Orchids I always found orchids interesting but I had heard they were very difficult to grow, so I never tried. When Garry’s brother send him a pot of them as a birthday present, I had… Read More ›
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MORE NEW ORCHIDS
FOTD – July 16 – The Latest Orchids The final orchids of the year are blooming and looking great. I tried to take pictures of them yesterday and they came out really odd. Which was when I realized I was… Read More ›
AND NOW, MORE ORCHIDS
FOTD – July 10 – New Macro Orchids These were the first orchids I got, four years ago. It has been a very long four years. These usually bloom for a few months and then rest until the following spring…. Read More ›
LATELY ORCHIDS
Cee’s FOTD: Lately Orchids They are not gone yet, but they are getting soft and a couple of the dark pink ones have fallen off. I have one more orchid getting ready to set buds, but the three that have… Read More ›
MACRO ORCHIDS
FOTD – May 27 – Macro Orchids My orchids were just so pretty in the afternoon light. A few pictures from late in the day.
MOTHER’S DAY MACROS
FOTD – May 8: MOTHER’S DAY ORCHID MACROS Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers and children of mothers. I think the orchids are at their peak now. There are more buds and the last orchid is just beginning to… Read More ›
MACROS
CMMC – May Closeup or Macro Looking through macros, it would appear I have an awful lot of flowers and not much else. But, sifting through, I found a few others though my favorite are all birds or flowers.
LAST ON THE CARDS – APRIL 2022
Last on the Card – April 2022 I suppose I was lucky. Usually, I forget everything almost immediately, but since I took these very last yesterday and didn’t get around to processing them until now, they were waiting for me. There… Read More ›
ORCHIDS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE
FOTD – April 26 – Violet Orchids I was in the kitchen looking into the dining room and I loved the way those tall violet orchids looked in front of the French doors. Usually I just look, but this time,… Read More ›
FOUR WHITE ORCHIDS
FOTD – April 24 – Orchids With Buds There are still a few more buds on these orchids. So, there will be more flowers and soon, I think.
SKETCHBOOK 58 – MINI-ORCHIDS AND A HOUSE FINCH
I keep getting into a time crunch. I write and there’s no time to draw. I draw, but there’s no time to write. No matter how hard I try, the number of hours in a day never gets any bigger…. Read More ›
MORE ABOUT THE WHITE ORCHID
FOTD – April 18 – White Orchids Since I took these pictures yesterday afternoon, another bud has opened. I still had some of these I thought worth posting, so I’ll take new pictures tomorrow. Outside, it’s cold. It’s not as… Read More ›
MACROS FROM THE INDOOR GARDEN
FOTD – April 20 – Macros from the Indoor Garden It was warm and now it’s cold. Below freezing at night again. Rain in the morning, sun in midday, but it never got warm even with the sun out. But, on… Read More ›
BLOOMING AT HOME
FOTD – April 18 – Orchids, Anthurium, Cactus and Easter Lilies For a while, nothing — except the anthurium — was blooming. Now, everything is blooming. Well, almost everything. Two of the orchids are thinking about blooming, but haven’t gotten there… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 56 – ORCHIDS & A LILY
Completely different, but done on the same day.
A LOOK AT THE WHOLE GARDEN
FOTD – APRIL 15 – THE GARDEN INSIDE Owen brought me a new mini-orchid which is lovely. I think that’s it for flowers at that location. I did my best to try to take a decent shot of the whole… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 