FOTD – March 3 – Buds and Flowers This is the official start of the spring season though it would be hard to tell looking around here. The snow is still melting from the other day, but it is warmer… Read More ›
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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.
DARK GREEN IN MAY
CMMC May Colors Forest or Dark Green In the northeast, it’s too early for dark green trees. You won’t see leaves that color until the end of June at the earliest. The deepest greens don’t show up until August. But other… 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 ›
THREE PERFECT ORCHIDS
FOTD – March 23 – TODAY THERE ARE THREE ORCHIDS Today. that third bud opened and almost out of nowhere, two more heavily budded stalks seemed to have popped up. I should also mention that — ever so slightly out of… Read More ›
ORCHIDS AND NEW BUDS FOR MORE ORCHIDS – Marilyn Armstrong
Orchids and buds – FOTD – April 12 I decided the buds are now big enough to photograph. Meanwhile, the original orchids are in their final glow and glory. I was going to not take any pictures, but then I… Read More ›
DAYLILIES WITH BUDS – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – July 5, 2019 – Daylily It’s definitely the season of the daylilies. They really are everywhere. I keep trying to find new ways to take pictures of daylilies that don’t look exactly like the last set of daylilies, but… Read More ›
THE BLOOMING OF THE CACTUS – Marilyn Armstrong
I was surprised when I realized the cactus was going to bloom again. It only stopped blooming a month ago, but apparently, this wasn’t so much a new bloom as the end of the intermission following the first blooming. I’m… Read More ›
THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CLOCK: A SQUARE FOR BECKYB #2 – Marilyn Armstrong
UU Clock: A New Square for Becky B Today, we actually got outside with cameras. It wasn’t raining and for a few hours, it was partly sunny. It was cold, but not bitter … and I needed prescriptions and some… Read More ›
WAITING TO BLOOM: A SQUARE FOR BECKYB #1 – Marilyn Armstrong
WAITING FOR THE BUDS TO BLOOM I’ve been living in a New England rain forest. This means that mostly, I’ve been shooting what is easy to get to, namely the birds who visit my feeder and my plants. Birds and… Read More ›
ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS CACTI – Marilyn Armstrong
More About The Christmas Cactus – Nov. 27, 2018 In the course of growing my Christmas Cactus, I get a lot of questions. Mostly, people whose cacti aren’t budding or blooming want to know why mine are budding and blooming…. Read More ›
HIGHLY UNLIKELY AND DEFINITELY ABRUPT- Marilyn Armstrong
WordPress Photo Challenge – UNLIKELY Also, Abrupt! Yesterday it was cold and rainy and they promised today would be better. Not merely is it better. It’s just BEAUTIFUL. Warm, sunny, with a very light breeze. Spring arrived. Finally. I don’t… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS CACTUS BUDDING AND BLOOMING
FLOWERS OF MY DAY Usually, my Christmas cactus blooms like mad around Thanksgiving, but this year, they looked limp and miserable. I realized I had done the one single thing that you can’t do to a cactus: I over-watered it…. Read More ›
SPRING FINALLY
It was warm enough today to wear tee shirts. I took a rake and cleared out the dead leaves from the garden. Garry dumped them into a crate and tossed them in the woods. One of the great parts of… Read More ›
Almost Spring
We passed the pond where my swans live. I only saw two swans today, but I heard a lot of honking, so they were around, just not showing themselves. The trees are in bud and it’s warm. But we have… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 