FOTD – March 18 – Orchids We were away for a few days and there are more orchids — and more on the way. Also, my Christmas Cactus is now covered with buds. It’s going to be a major blooming, probably… Read More ›
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BUD YESTERDAY, FLOWER TODAY
FOTD: The fat cactus bud becomes a glorious flower Yesterday, it was a beautiful fat bud. It had its whole life ahead of it. Today, it bloomed when the last flower fell from the plant. For some reason, my macro… Read More ›
GROWING THE INDOOR GARDEN
FOTD – February 21 – Growing the Indoor Garden And everything is growing. The buds are growing and another cactus flower is blooming. There are more buds on the cactus so I think we’ll see a few more flowers. I’m trying… Read More ›
A MONDAY MORNING DAWDLE
The Morning Dawdle: Wild Aloha! and FOTD – Cee’s Flower of the Day It’s Monday morning and what better a time for pictures of flowers — and answering questions — than right now? Who do you think you might be… Read More ›
THE UNFURLING
FOTD – February 13 – The Unfurling and Uncurling of an Anthurium From when I first saw the bud of this flower, I have been watching it unfurl, uncurl until it’s now almost a fully open. It’s getting close. Anthurium blossoms… Read More ›
I GROW FLOWERS
CFFC: Things People Grow I know that there are others things we can grow. I grew my son and now he’s 53 and aside from getting wider and now narrower, I am not growing him anymore. Otherwise, it’s plants. Flowers, bushes,… Read More ›
THE INDOOR GARDEN
FOTD – January 24 – The Indoor Garden Only the Anthurium and the Green Orchid are in bloom right now, but there are buds on two other orchids. They are not close to blooming yet. They need a few weeks yet,… Read More ›
ORCHIDS GETTING READY TO BLOOM
FOTD – December 20 – Orchids on the way The shoots are up and the buds are on the shoots! I think maybe at least three of them may bloom at the same time.
WHERE DID 2022 GO?
Share Your World 19th December Talk about time going fast! This year has sped by so quickly I almost can’t remember it. I remember fall because it was short and beautiful. I remember the drought because nothing grew except strangling weeds…. Read More ›
BUDS AND FLOWERS
FOTD – December 10 – Buds & Blossoms Despite having just finished blooming with quite a lot of energy, my Christmas cacti are budding again so maybe — just this once — I will have cactus flowers at Christmas! It’s the… Read More ›
FUN IN RED
CFFC: Apple Red Colors Great time of year for red! It’s definitely the top of the line color of the season. I’m glad I took a lot of pictures of my Christmas cactus. As expected, the blooming is over long before… Read More ›
AN ABUNDANCE OF BLOOMING CHRISTMAS CACTI
FOTD – November 19 – Blooming Cactus Sometimes, photography reminds me of living in Israel. There was a decision when the country was formed that it would not import food but would grow our own. As a result, whatever was coming… Read More ›
HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
FOTD – November 7 – Faith and Flowers I’m not big on blind faith. Our pastor (the one I liked who left) asked me if God himself came down to visit me, would I ask for a picture ID? I thought… 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 ›
THE BLOOMING DECK
FOTD – May 12 – Mother’s day a few days late Owen had planned this for Mother’s Day but having just bought us a television, he was out of money. So — he got his paycheck and today was a… Read More ›
BUDS AND THE FLOWERS TO COME
FOTD – May 1 – Buds Outside, if it isn’t flowering, it’s not budding… yet. It’s a bit late, but it has been dropping to freezing at night, even though it warms up (usually) (but not today) during the day. We’ve… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 