Category: Flowers

And here we go!

Happy Anniversary to us!

A beauty.

I planted an American Beautyberry about 4 or 5 years ago. She’s doing great! 💜

Splash of red.

Monte planted a couple of rose bushes this winter. We got them from Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham, Texas. They have a booming mail order business but we drove to their gardens in January to pick them out.

This is a bloom from the Dame de Coeur rosebush. So pretty.

Wildflowers.

During Noreen and David’s visit, we got out and about quite a bit to enjoy our beautiful Central Texas Spring weather.

I spied this interesting conjoined twin Texas Bluebonnet at the Wildflower Center. The stem was wide and flat.

Big year.

It’s hard to predict because of the seemingly endless droughts and freezes, but the Texas bluebonnets are blooming early and it looks like it will be a big wildflower year.

Monte has been grooming our front yard bluebonnet patch for years. Looking good! More photos to follow.

Brand new wee baby blooms in a sea of bluebonnets

Good morning, Summer!

The sunlight from the first sunrise of Summer illuminates a bunch of Monte’s pretty zinnies.

Spring zinnies.

Monte’s newest zinnia bed is going gangbusters.

The next best thing.

I visited my family in Washington State last month. I had planned to get my first ever amazing pics of the tulip fields in Skagit Valley, but it was a tad too early.

Here’s a lovely field of daffodils in bloom instead. 💛

Happy Earth Day!

Hiatus?!!

Wowza. I’m sad to acknowledge that I haven’t posted here on sheila365.com for THREE MONTHS. I’ve had this photoblog for over 12 years now, and this is by far my longest period of radio silence. I can only blame an extended creative funk that I’ve been in.

Ok. With that said, I won’t linger on a long-ish, nostalgic post, I’ll just leave a few views from my day that make me happy.

Antelope-horn milkweed that’s come back over the last 4 to 5 years.

I love the red from this Cedar Sage, another perennial in it’s 3rd or 4th year.
Monte’s poppies are popping!
The first blooms from these irises that I planted a few years back… a gift from a neighbor who moved away.

I’m baaaack. 🙂

Sunday drive.

Monte and I drove out Highway 290 on Sunday. It was a really lovely day for a drive.

Autumn means pumpkins!

Autumn zinnies!

Autumn wine on the veranda!

A good day.

Who’s there?

As I was doing yard work today I spied this guy staring at me. Monte’s been tending to the vines along the fence line…

It’s alive!

After the prolonged deep freeze we experienced in February, our giant sago palm appeared to be dead. Until about a month ago, I saw no signs of life. I’m very happy to report that now it is teeming with new growth. Yay, Nature!

Quasi-normal.

Yesterday Monte and I drove out the Texas wine trail to our favorite wine-club vineyard to pick up our May box of wine. It’s a big deal for us. We’ve deferred picking up our wine boxes for over a year because of COVID. But the winery is now open by appointment, so I booked us for a pickup, a tasting, and some lovely charcuterie.

Zinnias!

I’ve missed our drives out here. The visit to the winery was very nice. The wine was delicious, we saw the tail end of some lovely wildflowers, did a little antiquing, and grumbled about the return of traffic on the way home.

Thriving.

It’s been raining since the end of April in Central Texas. A weird happening. It’s so humid and WET outside. The plants are loving it though.

Purple coneflowers in their 4th year blooming with little help from me.
Our sago palm is finally showing signs of life after the big freeze.
Zinnias abound with help from Monte’s green thumb
Impatient for impatiens, but they don’t disappoint.

Life is good on the ranch.