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 ›
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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 ›
COLUMBINE
FOTD – January 28 – Columbine When we first moved here, we planted a couple of columbine. Unlike most of our flowers, these have multiplied and fill the garden in May. All of ours are “hot pink” or something close… Read More ›
A NEARLY PERFECT WATERLILY
FOTD – February 1 – Waterlily Near the shore of the pond in Whitinsville, close to where the swans nest, there are beautiful wild waterlilies. I’m told that waterlilies are one of the favorite snack food of moose, that they will… Read More ›
HERALDING SPRING: CROCUSES
FOTD – January 27 – Crocus It has been snowing all day and it’s supposed to snow all night, though we aren’t supposed to get a lot of snow. That we are apparently saving for next week when they think we’re… Read More ›
#FOTD – THE DAYS OF WHINE AND ROSES
#FOTD – January 24 – THE DAYS OF WHINE AND ROSES, OR HOW I WHINED MY WAY THROUGH LAST SUMMER AND I HOPE I DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A COMPLETE MENTAL BREAKDOWN THIS SUMMER (JUST SAYING) Last summer, I think… Read More ›
DAYLILIES ARE FOLLOWED BY SUMMER
FOTD – January 21 – Day Lilies I thought maybe I could get misty and nostalgic about the Day Lilies. To me, when i see the lilies, I know it is summer. Early summer. And at least two months of… Read More ›
TWO LIPS
FOTD – January 9 – Tulip As one of the very few flowers of which I have a reasonable number of pictures, this is always a good pick for me. I think the skunks at the bulbs because we always had… Read More ›
IRIS IN THE SPRING
FOTD – January 4 – Iris Field Ah, a flower to which I can personally relate!
COLUMBINE, THE COLOR OF SPRING
FOTD – January 3 – Columbine I may not have Dahlias, but we have Columbine. I planted a couple of these when the garden was new and it has spread and become one of my strongest flowers. I love the… Read More ›
FUCHSIA
FOTD – January 2 – Fuchsia I was following along with Cee, mirroring whatever flower she was showing with something similar. But alas, I have never grown a dahlia and probably never will. My garden and I are just not getting… Read More ›
RHODODENDRONS AND HAPPY 2021!
FOTD – January 1 – Rhododendron This year, we had a lot of Rhododendrons. Usually we just have a few, but this year our bush really took off and bloomed!
