We’ve had an unusually warm and rainy March, leading to a few early surprises like these spring flowers pushing up out of the flower beds.
To be honest, I’m still not able to distinguish tulips from other bulb flowers like crocuses (crocii?) and irises at this early stage, although I vaguely remember tulips growing in this [...]
Tags: flowers·maybe tulips·spring
Natasha brought home a new challenge for me from the plant shop. I have a relatively green thumb but I think I’m in a bit over my head with two moth orchids. I hear they’re temperamental and fragile – I’m sure they’re in a bad mood already after the cold ride home in the car. [...]
Tags: flowers·Orchids·Phalaenopsis
We came home from camping to discover that the weird “broccoli” flowers growing in the front flower bed had finally bloomed pink. And what’s more, they were super popular with the bees – we counted a few dozen taking turns combing through the little flowers for pollen. With so many fascinating subjects hard at work [...]
The May Long Weekend was the official start to our planting season. Natasha and I spent Saturday and Sunday rehabilitating our front flower bed after it was dismantled earlier in the spring by the backhoes digging up our sewer pipe. A few dozen Portulaca Grandiosas (Moss Roses), a stack of pink Petunias and a couple [...]
Tags: begonia·dahlia·flowers·petunia·planting·portulaca·veggies
Spring’s not quite here yet, but we’ve been helping it along by making sure there’s lots of flowers around the house. I like giving flowers, Natasha always likes receiving them, and they brighten up the apartment – but I get the side benefit of having some subjects to point my camera at.
Tags: flowers