FOTD – October 30 – Mixed Mums It must be true because Alexa has been percolating all day with the big news: it’s going to freeze overnight! I mentioned this to Garry who said, “Yeah, and is that news? Doesn’t… Read More ›
mums
FALL FLOWERS
FOTD – October 15 – Autumn Mums
M IS FOR MUMS, MAGNOLIAS AND MAPLES
FOTD – September 26 – Magnolia, sugar maple and mums The Ms turned out to be pretty special. I think I have more of them somewhere, but these three will be good enough, I hope.
SKETCHBOOK 35 – TWO CHYRSANTHEMUMS
It took me two days to complete this picture. Sometimes it’s easier than it looks. This was not one of those times. This was as hard as it looked. It might have taken longer because I work more slowly with… Read More ›
MIDWEEK MADNESS!
CMMC December Color Your Favorite Color Orange is a great color. It’s one of those colors that looks good on me, whether it’s closer to rust-colored or flames. We had one year of orange Cardinals, but they have returned to red…. 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 ›
AND SO DIES THE GARDEN
FOTD – October 31 – Garden’s end I had hoped the mums would survive the rain, but they didn’t. The orange ones are blooming heavily right now, but it’s absolutely pouring outside and it’s cold. I suppose we feel the… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
CHRYSANTHEMUMS – CEE’S FLOWERS OF THE DAY
FOTD – October 4 – My Mums It occurred to me that I too have mums. Not recently mums, but mums nonetheless. In the memory of mums that were and the foreshortened autumn that burgeoned brightly and ended almost before… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 