FOTD – May 20 – Azaleas by the Mumford Dam Of our two azaleas, one died during the long drought and the other is alive. We’ve had a couple of late freezes and it budded, but failed to bloom. But, azaleas… Read More ›
Cee’s Flowers of the day
SUCCULENTS
FOTD – May 19 – Succulents Really, both my cacti are succulents too, but the jade tree and the aloe are the real deal. The aloe was forgotten and unwatered for almost four months. When I found it, it looked dead…. Read More ›
FIRES AND BOUQUET
FOTD – May 17- Fire and bouquet It looked so good today and I had a camera next to me. The sun was shining, even though there is (are you West Coast people ready?) a red alert. For fires. Massachusetts… Read More ›
THE MOTHER’S DAY BOUQUET
FOTD – May 15- Mother’s Day Bouquet Usually it’s Garry who brings me my Mother’s Day bouquet, but today it was Owen’s turn. It’s actually two smaller bouquets. It’s hard to get exactly what you want the day before Mother’s Day…. Read More ›
THE EASTER LILY
FOTD – April 24 – EASTER LILY It bloomed very quickly and it has had a beautiful week. Now, it is fading fast.
ORCHIDS & A LILY
FOTD – April 20 – Purple Orchids and a White Lily The orchids bloom on, though the lily is passing faster than I expected. It might have been the hot days we had. We don’t have air conditioning in that… Read More ›
GARRY’S BIRTHDAY BOUQUET
FOTD – April 12 – Garry’s Birthday Bouquet It came via UPS from Garry’s brothers in Minnesota. It is bright and colorful. Photographing this bouquet also gave me a chance to try out my Pentax Q S1. As you can see,… Read More ›
BLOOMING DAFFODILS
FOTD – April 9 – Welcome spring! Daffodils are up! And then, overnight, the daffodils bloomed. I knew I had to go take pictures, especially since I have a feeling it’s going to rain tomorrow. Then I had to figure out… Read More ›
PINK CHYRSANTHEMUMS, PREVIOUSLY WHITE
FOTD – October 21 – Pink Chrysanthemums They were creamy white with a yellow center. As they bloomed, I notice a few of them had a slightly pink cast, but I put that down to a reflection from the red… Read More ›
ORCHIDS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE
FOTD – April 26 – Violet Orchids I was in the kitchen looking into the dining room and I loved the way those tall violet orchids looked in front of the French doors. Usually I just look, but this time,… Read More ›
MAYBE THE LAST MUMS
FOTD – November 2 – Autumn Mums It’s supposed to freeze tonight, so this may have been the last day for our remaining mums. The red ones are already dying, but the pumpkin orange ones are still blooming. After the freeze,… Read More ›
FOTD – AUTUMN BRILLIANCE – PART I
FOTD – October 16 – Autumn Leaves I muct admit I didn’t realize I’d done this post twice. That’s what you get when you have such an abundance of pictures, I guess. I got lost in the sorting. October makes me… Read More ›
FOTD – AUTUMN BRILLIANCE – PART II
FOTD – October 16 – Autumn Brilliance I was going to post this tomorrow, but I have so many pictures, I figured maybe I better put them up now because there are so many more already in folders — and more… Read More ›
SQUIRREL WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS
FOTD – October 5 – Squirrel with Chrysanthemums I thought it was very nice of this squirrel to pose behind the red mums. Just as if I’d posed her on purpose.
FLOWERS OF MY DAY
FOTD – September 29 – Mums It started raining last night and it’s still raining. It’s supposed to stop tomorrow or later tonight. Tomorrow night the temperature is supposed to drop down to the 40s. This might trigger the trees… Read More ›
FUCHSIA
FOTD – September 26 – Fuchsia The fuchsia Owen nursed through last winter is just now, at the very end of the season, beginning to really flower. I don’t know if he will nurse it through another year. We shall see…. Read More ›
RED BLOOMING CHRYSANTHEMUMS
FOTD – September 23 – Chrysanthemums I bought them a week ago. They were covered with buds, but no flowers were blooming. Since then, each day there have been more flowers. There are many more buds — and I bought a… Read More ›
BAD BODY, UGLY GARDEN
FOTD – September 15 — Garden Flowers Of all the horrible things my body has done to me during the past 15 or is it now 16? years, this week has been the pits. Not only did I have an… Read More ›
WI-FI IS FLICKERING, LIGHTNING FLASHING AND IT’S SO VERY HOT
FOTD – July 1 – Daylilies and Roses As Our World Sizzles I have some flowers for you that I shot early this morning before the night’s rain had dried and the full heat came on. We’re having serious wi-fi issues… Read More ›
DAYLILIES AND ROSES
FOTD – June 26 – DAYLILIES AND ROSES I know this sounds weird, but I think I managed to pull up the last of the bittersweet in the garden. Owen and I have been uprooting it. Every time we pass the… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 