FOTD – July 13 – Petunias, ruffled and unruffled We chose these flowers because we wanted to invite hummingbirds and bees. I don’t know if bees prefer red over other hues, but I know that hummingbirds are attracted by reds… Read More ›
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FLOWERS OF THE DAY
FOTD – June 27 – Flowers on a Hot Sunny Day The weather went from chilly enough to need a sweater, to very hot in one night. It’s in the 90s. Not the high 90s, but hot enough. Today the… Read More ›
RED FLOWERS IN BLOOM
FOTD – June 9 – Red Petunias The red Petunias are there to attract butterflies and hummingbirds. It’s doing well on the hummingbirds, a bit weak so far on the butterflies, but at least I’ve seen one. Which is encouraging… Read More ›
OUR BI-ANNUAL MOWING
FOTD – June 8 – The Bi-Annual Mowing We don’t mow, or more to the point, we very rarely mow. We don’t mow because we have a lot of wildlife and they like a natural environment and usually, so do… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 42 – ONE RED PETUNIA
I had to draw at least one flower. Besides, I have all these fancy new pencils to work with.
HOW FARE THE FLOWERS?
How fare the flowers? How do we, ourselves, fare? Suddenly, it’s September. The weather is cool, dry, sunny, and comfortable. If it stays this way, I think this could be an epically glorious autumn. We need a glorious Autumn since… Read More ›
TRANSLUCENT PETUNIAS
FOTD – August 29 – Petunias I went out to a cool, soon-to-be-raining cool morning with a gray sky. The heat wave had broken. Not the humidity — and the smoke wasn’t evident today. I went out to take some in… Read More ›
DRAPING PETUNIAS ON THE DECK RAILING
FOTD – August 27 – Draping Petunias I took these the other day — and immediately forgot where I put the SD card. As it turns out, I put it in a different camera. I think it was because it’s… Read More ›
PETUNIAS IN THE SUMMER HEAT
FOTD – August 14 – PETUNIAS Even though it rains almost every day, I still spray fresh water on the flowers in the morning. The deck gets full direct sun for most of the day. When the weather is this hot,… Read More ›
FLOWERS FROM THE DECK
Summer is passing too fast. Slow down, summer. Autumn will wait and so will that nasty old winter. I’d like the warm weather to hand around longer. Let the flowers keep blooming, the dark green leaves of late summer heavy… Read More ›
FLAGGED FLOWERS
My favorite flower shop has come up with special baskets of red, white, and blue petunias to celebrate the 4th of July. Really, it’s closer to pink, white and powder blue, but you can’t blame that on the petunias. They… Read More ›
A SOLSTICE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Set for Solstice – Today’s Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere). How are you taking advantage of the extra hours of light this time of year? Do you like it, or do you already miss… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 