FOTD – May 7 – New Orchids Sometimes, you get your wish. For mother’s day, I wanted a new pot of orchids. Today, Garry brought me a new pot of lovely, tall orchids. These are bigger flowers than the ones I… Read More ›
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#FOTD – FULLY BLOOMING ORCHIDS’
FOTD – April 30 – 7 Orchids in Bloom I have 2 new yellow tulips blooming outside. If it isn’t raining tomorrow, I’ll take a few pictures of them. We’ve never had yellow tulips. I’m not sure where these came from… Read More ›
SEVEN BRIGHT ORCHIDS
BRIGHTLY BLOOM THE SEVEN ORCHIDS They started blooming in early March. Today, as April draws to an end, all the buds have opened. Seven beautiful blossoms grace my orchid plant. There are two more shoots, but I don’t think they… Read More ›
THESE ARE BETTER DAYS
SQUARES – BRIGHTER TIMES These are brighter times, at least compared to a few months ago. The problem, really, is that it isn’t the same world we went into more than a year ago. What we’ve come out into is better… Read More ›
FOTD – PICTURE WITH A STORY
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 ›
BACKLIGHTING
A Photo a Week Challenge: Backlit There was a time when shooting anything “backlit” was a photographic “no-no.” I never agreed with that. For one thing, sometimes that’s the only light in town and we don’t all have either studio lighting… Read More ›
EASTER LILIES ON EASTER WEEKEND
FOTD – April 2 – Easter Lilies and Orchids Blooming beautifully with two big buds to go, our Easter lilies are doing what Easter lilies are supposed to do: blooming during Easter! My orchids are just blooming and the Christmas cactus… Read More ›
TO NO ONES’ SURPRISE, IT’S EASTER LILIES AND FOUR ORCHIDS
THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH ON THE FINAL CARD OF MARCH 2021 Two of my Easter lilies bloomed overnight and a fourth orchid bloomed, too. Take me off my feet for one day and everything blooms! This photo is au natural except… Read More ›
BUDS OF PROMISE AND ORCHIDS BLOOMING
FOTD – March 27 – PROMISING BUDS AND ORCHIDS BLOOMING They aren’t blooming yet, but they are promising to bloom in the future. I have a lot of repotting to do. I bought the pots and the soil. Now i… Read More ›
THREE PERFECT ORCHIDS
FOTD – March 23 – TODAY THERE ARE THREE ORCHIDS Today. that third bud opened and almost out of nowhere, two more heavily budded stalks seemed to have popped up. I should also mention that — ever so slightly out of… Read More ›
AN UNEXPECTED FOCUS
A Photo a Week Challenge: Unexpected Focus I didn’t have the right picture for this yesterday, but this morning, I took some pictures that are (I think) much closer to what you are looking for. My orchids put forth another (third)… Read More ›
PHOTOGRAPHS. HOME-STYLE.
Today was another cold day and right now, for the first time this month, it’s raining. That should at least get rid of the rest of the ice in our yard and maybe put a bit of water in our… Read More ›
MACRO FLOWERS
FOTD – February 24 –Macro Flowers I haven’t used my macro lens in a while, probably because nothing is blooming. My orchid is sending up shoots and I’m ignoring it except for watering because the two times I tried to… Read More ›
ORCHIDS IN 2020
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 ›
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 ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 