Tag: flowers

One of the first flowers to come up in the spring is the snowdrop.

I took this photo last week, before the snow. Today, one week later, all our snow is gone! Part of me is sad, but then, the birds are happy and chirping; they are announcing: spring! Yesterday I walked past a different neighbor whose snowdrops had already formed blooms. For more flowers, visit:

I took this photo of a dried sedum flower a block away from my house a few days ago. Here’s a sedum flower I photographed last September. I believe this is “Showy Stonecrop” or Sedum spectabile. I would like to try growing this flower in my garden this summer. For more flowers, visit:

The sky really was this white on this day in mid-January. Today, in early February, we are having a thaw, and I looked outside for signs of crocuses. Maybe my neighbor’s snowdrops will come up soon? The ground is still too hard to plant peas, but I should order some new ones and some inoculant […]

This was cropped from a 2006 photo, taken from my old digital Kodak Canon Powershot. I see the photo is not as crisp as those taken with my current Canon Powershot. Could be my skill has improved. It is a threadleaf coreopsis. Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr. Thank you, Luiz, for this […]

Since last week I posted a gazania flower, this week I am featuring a gaillardia (also known as a blanket flower), taken at the same farm back in September. Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr. Thank you, Luiz, for this lovely and fun meme.

We received these carnations from a friend who was visiting I enjoyed photographing them. I later tossed a few in my front yard for some outdoor photographs. You may remember my carnation on a sidewalk. Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr. Thank you, Luiz, for this lovely and fun meme. .

This is the last flower I can find on my block. It is in a neighbor’s front yard, a neighbor who has many perennials planted in front of her house instead of grass. I believe this is a kind of heather of the family Erica. Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr. Thank you, […]

Dianthus or “pink” in the (now melted and gone) snow in front of my house A fading dianthus a week before the snow A dianthus in early fall Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr. Thank you, Luiz, for this lovely and fun meme.