FOTD – October 12 – Oh my! Foliage! This was probably not the best day to discover my SD card reader was malfunctioning. As photographers, we worry about cameras and lenses. The little widgets we use to connect one thing… Read More ›
Cee’s Flower of the Day
MORE CHYRSANTHEMUMS AND MANY BUDS TO COME
FOTD – October 11 – Chrysanthemum And that’s what we’re growing here, too even though the petunias and fuchsia still think it’s August. The red one is in full bloom and the orange one is full of buds. I love watching… Read More ›
MUMS AND PUMPKINS
FOTD – October 4 – Mums and Pumpkins The chrysanthemums are blooming joyfully in two pots on the deck — in deep orange and deep red. The fuchsia still thinks it’s summertime, as do the petunias and the birds, squirrels and… Read More ›
GOURDS OF AUTUMN
FOTD – October 3 – Seasonal Gourds I used to go out to farms and buy lots of gourds, but there are hardly any farm stands this year. Maybe next year. Meanwhile, these are the gourds of yesteryear.
FANCY PANSY
FOTD – September 27 – Pretty Pansy, if it’s really a pansy The person in the shop said these were “fancy pansies.” I can’t look them up because there’s no listing for “fancy pansy,” and I have no idea if they… Read More ›
IT RAINS EVERY WEDNESDAY
FOTD – September 19 – Rain Glorious Rain Of course, it doesn’t only rain on Wednesday. It also rains on Tuesday afternoons. It continues through all of Wednesday and finally quits sometime on Thursday. Or Friday. Or maybe it’s still raining…. Read More ›
THE BUDDING CHRYSANTHEMUM
FOTD – September 17 – Chrysanthemum Buds It has not bloomed yet, but it has been gray and rainy all week. If the sun comes out, I think we might yet have some very serious maroon and red Chrysanthemums.
HOW FARE THE FLOWERS?
How fare the flowers? How do we, ourselves, fare? Suddenly, it’s September. The weather is cool, dry, sunny, and comfortable. If it stays this way, I think this could be an epically glorious autumn. We need a glorious Autumn since… Read More ›
FANCY FLOWERS IN THEIR BOXES
Fancy flowers in flowerboxes My garden is not photogenic. It doesn’t even look like a garden anymore. There are some roses in there, but the weeds — huge weeds the size of trees — have taken control. I don’t know… Read More ›
TRANSLUCENT PETUNIAS
FOTD – August 29 – Petunias I went out to a cool, soon-to-be-raining cool morning with a gray sky. The heat wave had broken. Not the humidity — and the smoke wasn’t evident today. I went out to take some in… Read More ›
DRAPING PETUNIAS ON THE DECK RAILING
FOTD – August 27 – Draping Petunias I took these the other day — and immediately forgot where I put the SD card. As it turns out, I put it in a different camera. I think it was because it’s… Read More ›
AUGUST AT THE RIVER
FOTD – August 25 – Wildflowers by the river I thought somehow the news would be better this year. I suppose it is better, but it doesn’t feel better enough! Today’s news featured an upcoming heat wave, bringing us close… Read More ›
