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 ›
Cee’s Flower of the Day
A TIME FOR EVERY THING
ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:A time to be born, and a time to die;A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;A time to kill, and… 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 ›
EASTER LILIES A’BLOOMING
FOTD – April 7 – Easter Lilies or Lilium Longiflorum Lilium longiflorum, often called the Easter lily, is a plant which originated in Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands. This one, whatever you want to call it, is beautiful. Today it had… Read More ›
APRIL ORCHIDS
FOTD – April 4 – The New Orchid The second bloom will be coming out tomorrow. It looks ready to pop. I’m not sure if the buds on the other orchid are going to survive. They seem a little bit… Read More ›
ORCHID BUDS
FOTD – March 27 – Orchid Buds Two out of my three orchids are full of buds. One is about a month ahead of the other, but with a little bit of luck, it will mean the flowering will seem… Read More ›
FLOWER OF THE DAY – FUCHSIA
FOTD – March 8 – FUCHSIA I grew fuchsia every summer for years until the man from whom I bought them passed away and no one seemed to have really healthy plants. I saw some last summer, so hopefully, this… Read More ›
ROLL ME OVER IN THE CLOVER
FOTD – February 23 – Clover We grow giant clover in our garden. It’s a wild flower, but it smells like heaven and it’s a perfect lavender. Unlike it’s smaller brother, it grows about two feet tall with a big round… Read More ›
THE GREATNESS OF GREENERY
GREEN AND GROWING I love the orchids and the cactus blossoms. I love the anthurium and its ever-present scarlet flowers. But most of all, I love having the greenery. the endlessly growing plants that remind me, even during the coldest… Read More ›
DAFFODILS
FOTD – February 19 – Daffodils Of all the spring flowers, nothing screams “it’s spring, it’s really spring!” as well as daffodils. We never have a lot of them, but we always get at least a dozen or so, usually sprouting… Read More ›