FOTD – August 18 – Red Flowers Back – Encore Performance They bloomed like crazy all through June, then went dormant through July. But now, they are back — and so are the hummingbirds. We don’t have hummingbird feeders because of… Read More ›
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WILDFLOWERS ON THE BEACH
FOTD – August 14 – Wildflowers on the beaches of Maine I have always loved flowers along the beaches. Just before the earth becomes sand, there are also asters and other golden wildflowers. Photos: Garry Armstrong – You can see how… Read More ›
LILIES OF THE DAY
FOTD – August 13 – Lilies
DAYLILIES – FOND REMEMBRANCE
FOTD – August 9 – Daylilies in fond remembrance All the flowers died early this year. It was very hot, very dry. It’s still hot and dry, but the word is out. It will cool off and rain. So they have… Read More ›
FLOWERS ON OUR DECK
FOTD – August 8 – Petunias, Begonias and Lantanas With an occasional five minute rain every few days, only the deck potted flowers are still blooming. But at least we have that. They are beautiful and bright and I hope… Read More ›
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS
FOTD – August 4 – A Rose The super high temperatures not to mention the lack of rain made this years roses disappear faster than usual. Hopefully they will be back either later this summer — if it rains — or… Read More ›
DAYLILIES
FOTD – July 27 – Daylilies Remembering back to when we had rain, we had lilies. Their blooming time was cut short by the complete absence of rain since the first week in May. I don’t think we’ll lose them. They… Read More ›
YELLOW BEGONIAS
FOTD – July 25 – Yellow Begonias It’s a dry, burned out world out there. Hot, sunny. Double up on the hot and triple time the sunny. At least we have the flowers on the deck and of these, the yellow… Read More ›
LANTANA ON THE DECK
FOTD – July 21 – Lantana It’s very hot and very dry, but I’ve managed to keep the flowers on the deck alive. Also, despite everything, the hydrangea is doing well. Those hydrangeas are the only garden flower not collapsing… Read More ›
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 ›
RETURN OF THE ANTHURIUM
FOTD – July 14 – Anthurium is back After deciding it was tired of blooming, our anthurium took about a two week rest and came back with brand new flowers. This has got to be the most unstoppable houseplant ever!
RUFFLED AND UNRUFFLED PETUNIAS
FOTD – July 13 – Petunias, ruffled and unruffled We chose these flowers because we wanted to invite hummingbirds and bees. I don’t know if bees prefer red over other hues, but I know that hummingbirds are attracted by reds… 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 ›
ROSES
FOTD – July 7 – Roses It’s that time of year again and the roses are blooming. I didn’t have a camera yesterday when I was down by the garden and I got busy today. Tomorrow I’ll have to go take… Read More ›
AN ABUNDANCY OF FLOWERS
FOTD – July 2 – Flowers, flowers everywhere It’s not only that the flowers are growing with a level of enthusiasm I’ve never seen before. It’s also the growing season has changed. Wild flowers like Queen Anne’s Lace and Spiderwort… Read More ›
BRIGHT YELLOW BEGONIAS
FOTD – June 29 – Bright Yellow Begonias I went out and took pictures today. Rather a lot of pictures, so I thought I’d show these beautiful bright yellow flowers today. I needed some brightness.
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 