These guys are going gangbusters! I wonder if that little 3rd flower will open up as well? You can see another bud has started to open on the top right of this frame, and another one is on its way, too, at the bottom center of the frame.
There are 3 flowers in this bud. One looks much smaller than the other 2. They’re growing fast!
The amaryllis I planted 4 weeks ago now has about 5 buds on it. one of them has burst and now the flower is starting to grow out of the bud. You can see the slightest hint of red start to show as it opens. I know these will be bright red since this is the 2nd year they will be blooming. Can’t wait to see them fully open.
There are some colorful signs of Spring in Central Texas that I really look forward to. One is the indescribable pink blooms that cover the branches of the Red Bud trees. And another are the fragrant purple clusters of the Texas Mountain Laurels.
This is a shot of one of the mountain laurels in our back yard. I took it this morning as the sun was coming up over the house. The light was not great but I couldn’t resist.
Pretty soon the bees will be buzzing about.
Oh yes, and today is FRIDAY! We’ll be rafting up with friends this weekend on our first raftup of the year. Yay!
This is a close up of one of the lilies that monte brought home the other day.
I’m thinking I’m ready to have a new camera to play with 🙂
Irene and Joseph left in the wee hours this morning for their flight. It was definitely a shorter drive from our house to the airport than from College Station.
Today is another beautiful day. The flowers I planted seem to be taking hold.
This is an african daisy – at least I think that’s the common name for this flower. I’ve planted them before and though they are an annual, they will come back after a mild winter. Last winter was definitely not mild for us, so these guys are newly planted.
My morning stroll through the wildflower patch in the way back found 3 bluebonnets have their color.
And many more to come, i hope.
Today is the 1 year anniversary of my starting this blog. To mark the occasion, I made a collage using all 365 of the moments that I’ve posted here.
I can recall taking each one. 🙂
I started this in early March last year, in time to capture the signs of Spring, and into the Summer as things began to warm up and as we spend so much time on the lake… then through the changes in Fall and Winter when we spend more of our time on projects and playing with friends on land. I’ve come full circle, and am looking forward all the moments from the coming year.
Happy Mardi Gras! and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lori and to Mary!
Today’s post makes the 365th moment that I have shared with you. This is a shot of one of the geraniums I planted yesterday that I took today during a break between conference calls.
I’m very pleased that I have stuck with this post-a-photo-per-day-for-a-year project. There were some days that I found it difficult to see something worth sharing. But I have to say that most days I looked forward to toting my camera around with me, and was usually pleased to find a moment that was either a photo that I liked or at least made for a nice story to share.
Wow, a year. 365 moments. It goes by fast.
I look forward to keeping my blog going. I don’t know that I will be posting something every day, but I am definitely looking forward to posting more moments worth sharing.
A colleague of mine passed away over the weekend after a fight with cancer. He was only 51.
I can only hope that you all have many more years left on this earth to share with your friends and family. But since we never know when our time will be up, we have to take the time to enjoy and be thankful for each and every day that we get to spend with them. I have done that for a year. And I hope to from here on out…
Another great weekend. I put out some more flowers. These are Columbines, which I think are just beautiful. They are perennials, so I’m hoping this will be year 1 of many years of blooms.
They were lit up by the quickly setting sun.
The yard is scattered with fledgling weeds. This is one that seems to be pretty hardy. It has small, spunky purple blooms. It’s the only splash of color on the landscape tonight.
Today is Friday (thankfully). And all is well.
After work tonight we pruned the crepe myrtles back.
Supped on a Tuscan pizza from Brick Oven (next best thing to homemade).
Watched an old Elvis flick on TCM (“Clambake” – um, not his best).
And then watched Jacques Pepin and Julia Child argue whether the turkey had enough or too much salt.
I wish every day was Friday (night)!
Now that the days are getting longer and the weather is Spring-like, I’ve started my ritual walk-around-the-yard-to-see-what’s-new every evening after work. I was stalking a cardinal for a while, trying to get a great shot to share with you. He wasn’t in the mood, though.
I am anxiously watching for signs of life in my bed of perennials. I was excited to see these 2 morning glory seedlings show themselves. Their leaves are very distinctive. Last year I planted a couple of seeds. One grew into a vine. The vine grew to cover the 6′ metal obelisk under which it was planted, and then some. The flowers were a beautiful pink/crimson. These 2 are volunteers from that vine.
We’ve had an absolutely beautiful weekend. Temps hit 80 here at the house. And we’ve been busy – a little yard work, a little house work, a little work work, some shopping, chats with out of town family, and we replaced the doors on the garden shed. There’s just never enough time…
Well, the Valentine’s Day roses have been beautiful and lasted for 2 weeks. These are a few of the petals that I snapped before I took them outside. I tried to get a good macro shot, but this was as close as I was able to get.
This evening was a clear, crisp one, after a brief downpour this afternoon. I took a walk out back looking for any signs of flowers. A couple of bright yellow dandelions were the only blooms to be seen. Usually I kick the tops off of these when I walk by, until I can spend an entire Saturday morning digging each one up by the roots.
This time I stopped a moment to see one. I guess I’ve never really looked at a dandelion before. The little curly stamens in the middle were a surprise.
Sheila365 