FOTD – October 4 – My Mums It occurred to me that I too have mums. Not recently mums, but mums nonetheless. In the memory of mums that were and the foreshortened autumn that burgeoned brightly and ended almost before… Read More ›
Cee’s Flower of the Day
OH THAT FOLIAGE!
FOTD – September 26 – OH THAT FOLIAGE! I have not had a really great day. Actually, I was doing just fine until suddenly, I wasn’t. I had a great morning and even finally made my banana bread. Different recipe… Read More ›
ANTHURIUM, ANTIQUE CHINESE POTTERY, COLLEGE DEGREES – AND THE FUTURE
FOTD – August 7 – Anthurium I actually didn’t know what the flower was until Judy Dykstra-Brown looked them up and told me. What has turned out to be so interesting is though the orchids in the pot flowered once… Read More ›
DAYLILIES IN THE BACKYARD
FOTD – July 27 – Daylilies The flowers are blooming and wilting in one day from the heat. And we could really use some rain … which we might get. Tomorrow afternoon or evening, assuming the weather guy is right…. Read More ›
QUEEN ANNE’S LACE – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – July 8 – QUEEN ANNE’S LACE This wildflower pops up in various parts of our property from time to time. It’s naturalized in the U.S. and Australia, wild all over Europe and parts of Asia. It doesn’t grow… Read More ›
A GREAT DAY FOR THE LILIES – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – July 6 – Daylily Today was as close to a perfect summer day as you could hope for. It was warm, dry, breezy, and sunny. Not terribly hot and not at all humid. Owen decided to put up the… Read More ›
CATALPA TREES IN BLOOM – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – July 3 – CATALPA BLOOMS In addition to the flowers, we have a lot of Catalpa trees. They are supposedly hard to grow, but we didn’t grow them. They just grow around our property, almost like weeds. I… Read More ›
DAYLILIES IN THE RAIN – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – June 28 – Daylily It finally rained today. It was the thunder that woke me from an impossibly deep sleep and it was a lot later than I thought. In fact, I never sleep that late, but we were… Read More ›
ANTHURIUM? – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – June 19 – ANTHURIUM I didn’t know they could flower until this one did. Scarlet flowers on a regular philodendron, the classic green plant everyone grows in their offices.
THE WILDEST GARDEN IN WORCESTER COUNTY
FOTD – June 16 The Wild Garden of Worcester When you totally neglect a garden — even if you have a very good reason, like, for example you are trying to not die — eventually it goes completely out of… Read More ›
FUCHSIA IN THE MORNING – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – June 11 – Fuchsia in the morning I still haven’t put the feeder back up. I have to admit, I’m enjoying a couple of weeks without the mess on the deck. And I’ve been busy. Summer is a… Read More ›
FUCHSIA BLOOMING – MARILYN ARMSTRONG
FOTD – June 7 – FUCHSIA ON THE DECK Just as well I took pictures yesterday when it was sunny because today we had pretty much every kind of weather minus tornados and a blizzard. I woke up to a… Read More ›
