FOTD – Cee’s Flower of the Day This Easter Lily has a (literal) back story. Waking up this morning in the middle of a snowstorm was (I admit) a bit jarring. Not that I trust the weather anyway, but my… Read More ›
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FOTD – DAFFODILS IN BRIGHT SUNSHINE
FOTD – April 11 – DAFFODILS The has been so bright for the past couple of days, it has been hard to take pictures of these bright flowers. Even using a slower lens, they outshone the sun. These have to… Read More ›
FOTD – SPRING BY THE BLACKSTONE
FOTD – April 9 –Spring comes to the valley It was a beautiful day. I opened the window early in the morning and you could feel that it would be warm. It wasn’t warm yet. We are still getting frost… Read More ›
#FOTD – SPRINGTIME FOR CACTUS IN THE VALLEY
It turns out the pink buds are turning into scarlet flowers. Does that mean the red buds are going to be pink flowers? Meanwhile, one flower is beginning to bloom with another one right behind it and lot of small… Read More ›
FIRST FLOWERS FOR OUR GARDEN – PHOTOS BY OWEN KRAUS
FOTD – March 26 – Crocuses in the Sunshine Owen saw the buds this morning on his way to work, but they were still closed. When he got home this evening, they were open. We have flowers! I went all… Read More ›
WAITING FOR SPRING
FOTD – March 22 – It’s spring, almost It felt like spring today and I think that in other places, there are flowers. Nothing at all here. We are so much in the shade, our flowers are always later than… Read More ›
ANTHURIUM, IVY, AND TWO ORCHIDS
FOTD – March 19 – Anthurium, ivy and a couple of orchids A rainy day is perfect for by-the-window photography. The sky is bright, but the plants and flowers by the French door come out well-focused and free of glare… Read More ›
FOTD – LITTLE HOYA IN THE SUN
FOTD – March 13 – One Hoya in the sun by the window I’ve been growing this little plant for a couple of years. It is lovely. It is also too heavy for the pot it’s in, but it has… Read More ›
SOLOMON’S SEAL – AN EARLY SPRING FLOWER
FOTD – February 21 –SOLOMON’S SEAL Solomon’s Seal was a wildflower, but I love it and I took bunches of it from the woods and planted them along the other side of my driveway. They still grow wild, but I… Read More ›
FOTD – WILDFLOWERS
FOTD – March 1 – Wildflowers One of the really nice parts of living rurally are the wildflowers. As long as you don’t need nice neat rows, wildflowers are as decorative as any cultivar. And many of them are a… Read More ›
FROM PRIMROSE TO LITTLE BLUE FLOWERS
FOTD – Feb 28 – Those Little Blue Flowers I’ve had these flowers growing in my garden since we moved here and I never knew what they were. A few years ago, someone said “Oh, those are primroses!” Well, a… Read More ›
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
FOTD – February 18 – Mums I love mums. They are the flower that you plant in August and will bloom right through Thanksgiving — if you are a bit lucky with the weather. These are all mums I got in… Read More ›
