FOTD – November 28 –ORCHIDS I though maybe it was a time to take a break from blooming cactus, so I figured I’d go back and see what flowers I’ve grown this year. I’m not sure because throughout the flower… Read More ›
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SQUARE PERSPECTIVE IN QUARANTINE
A Square Perspective – BeckyB, 22 July 2020 My View from a Quarantined World I feel like life has become an endless game of hide n’ seek. We are perpetually in hiding and that which is hunting us is… Read More ›
ORCHIDS LAST A VERY LONG TIME – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – May 12 – Two Buds Remain Two of the first five flowers have fallen, but five more have opened on the second branch and two more buds are waiting. Possibly one will open next week and another the… Read More ›
PICK ME UP AND HOIST THE ORCHIDS – Marilyn Armstrong
Pick Me Up – I choose to raise orchids The electric company came this morning and took down the tree! The whole tree. I’m assuming that they couldn’t find an easier way to remove the branches. I guess it was… Read More ›
MORE ORCHIDS AND MORE ON THE WAY – Marilyn Armstrong
Orchids – FOTD – April 13 Each day they buds get fatter and now, the older flowers are beginning to wilt a bit. Just a little bit. They are still looking pretty healthy. I think in about a week the… Read More ›
ORCHIDS AND NEW BUDS FOR MORE ORCHIDS – Marilyn Armstrong
Orchids and buds – FOTD – April 12 I decided the buds are now big enough to photograph. Meanwhile, the original orchids are in their final glow and glory. I was going to not take any pictures, but then I… Read More ›
THE ORCHIDS ARE DOING VERY WELL – Marilyn Armstrong
Healthy Happy Orchids Every day, the orchids look healthier and stronger. The second shoot is getting bigger and the buds are getting full. I think we’ll have more orchids in a few weeks. One bud looks like it getting ready… Read More ›
IT’S SPRING INSIDE, BUT CHILLY OUTSIDE – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – March 23 –ORCHIDS It’s very quiet here. It’s quiet everywhere except, I suppose in the hospitals. Because we have a guy as the president who cannot tell the truth and I think isn’t entirely sure what the truth… Read More ›
NEW BABY ORCHID – Marilyn Armstrong
A NEW BABY ORCHID AND MORE WILL BLOOM – FOTD – MARCH 21, 2020 Life isn’t very exciting around here. I’m sure it isn’t exciting around your place either. Never have I been more grateful for books, streaming TV, flowers,… Read More ›
IN THE MIDST OF MADNESS, ORCHIDS ARE BLOOMING – Marilyn Armstrong
ANOTHER BUD OPENED TODAY – FOTD – March 13, 2020 On a day that felt like a form of madness, another flower bloomed on my orchids. I always wanted to go back and check out the 14th century and I… Read More ›
AND THE ORCHIDS BLOOM ON – Marilyn Armstrong
More Orchids – FOTD – March 11, 2020 This plant is a much sturdier, healthier plant than the last time I was able to bloom orchids. The buds are huge and the plant is sturdy and another bud opened this… Read More ›
FOUR ORCHIDS – Marilyn Armstrong
March 7 – Four Orchids – FOTD Day by day, more orchids bloom. It’s exciting, in a senior citizen sort of way. Although to be fair, I was very proud of my plants 40 years ago when my entire house… Read More ›