Flowers
The Sweet Fragrance
My flower for today is Hyacinthus orientalis, a spring flowering bulb, native to the southwestern parts of Asia, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria. France cultivated it for its contribution to the perfume industry and it became a part of the Netherlands famous flower bulb industry. It will only continue to come up in areas where it will … Continue reading
Easter Sunday
Flowers are a beauty to behold. The Father’s creation sings His praises that all men may be without excuse for their unbelief in the One True God Almighty; the Creator, the Son and the Counselor. Praise be to our Creator and Saviour for if we do not the rocks will. I believe in the Truth, … Continue reading
Ode to Dil a Down Daffy
Today’s flower at Vicktory Farm and Gardens is the daffodil. _ Pierce County, Washington has celebrated her daff-o-down-dillies since they began to replace the hops as the Puyallup valley’s main crop in the twenties. _ Kai says, “Lets go to the Daffodil Parade.” _ The parade goes through downtown Tacoma, Puyallup, main street Sumner, and … Continue reading
Lenten Flowers, Lenten Psalm
Dear Reader, I hope that you enjoy these pictures. I’ve had flower pictures on my brain since last week when I decided that this week I would join the participants of Today’s_Flowers created by Brazillian Luiz Santilli Jr., which I found at Fishing Guy’s This_Is_My_Blog. I thought for sure the flower I would have for … Continue reading
Having A Happy…
Thanksgiving Day proper was the best. I spent the day taking care of some two hundred seventy-five gladiola corms, my canna tubers, and my dahlia tubers, they all got separated, cleaned up and packed in sawdust. My begonias weren’t ready yet, still very damp and then I went to my pile of strawberry plants, … Continue reading
Yipee
Yipee, my computer’s key board issue is not fixed and it only took from what, about seven-thirtyish till now, after one, to find out that it was all a waste of time, hanging around my computer making sure it didn’t need me and then telling it things occasionally to finish ‘er up. Yes, I said … Continue reading
Propagating
Look, I found a little buddy while gardening, actually I found two but I only photo-ed one. Ain’t he cute. Not as cute as Kathy’s_puppies, but pretty sinking cute none the less. I found something else while I was gardening. Just some more understanding of God, His Church and me.Right behind my spade fork and … Continue reading
Things In the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
PurrBob the hockey player It may appear as if I skipped a day but I didn’t because it is not a new day until I go to sleep and wake up again. So my computer may think it is tomorrow today but it is still today to me Why am I up so late? Because … Continue reading
The Orange Tractor Rides Again, to the Rescue!
So, if you remember from earlier today I was going to completely clear out my lawn border and replant it. I figured I wouldn’t finish the project today, I expected that I would be replanting tomorrow. I remembered that Siberian Irises are a bugger to move but I forgot the extent of how much of … Continue reading
Finishing Up Before The Season Ends
Okay, so here is the last of my “Marie Antoinette A Real Person, A Real Award” given to me by that_Dancing_Daisy! The title of the award helped my pick my nominees for sure, but they also happen to be the very same blogs that I look forward to reading when I get my random chance … Continue reading
