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FLOWERING PLANTS

Canada in Bloom

March 20, 2010

 
After a cold and snowy winter, these tulips are the sight Canadians anticipate. When so many are massed together like this, the vibrant color provides a stunning display.
In early summer, the streets of Toronto seem to burst into bloom. Each window has a hanging basket of flowers, even in the poorest sections.

 
Outdoor stalls [...]

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A Pink Birthday Party!

September 26, 2009

 
Every year on my birthday, I do something a little special on this blog in honor of myself. This year, I’m taking myself back to a “little girl in pink” with a trip to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu.
For the past twelve years, always over Labor Day weekend, I have gone to the Hawaii [...]

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August 2009 Update

August 22, 2009

8-22-09 August Catch up

GARDEN CLUBBERS
(photo courtesy of Charles Tobias)
 
The July meeting of our Ocean View Garden Club was at my place. I told them I was definitely a work in progress and not a show place (yet)! They all wanted to see what was growing on my acre because they’d read my blog and seeing [...]

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A Trip Around the Stanford Quad

August 15, 2009

 
It seems that most large universities, as well as some smaller ones, have a “quad.” When I was a campus minister at University of Arizona, there was a massive quad where students and faculty hung out, played Frisbee, studied, slept, nuzzled with someone special, or whatever else they could find to do.
For an old college [...]

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San Mateo in Bloom

August 8, 2009

ROSES ON A PICKET FENCE
 
I hope you aren’t sick and tired of seeing photos out of California. Even though I lived there for many years, I had forgotten how brilliant the flowers could be. Part of the time I was there for my May-June visit, I stayed with friends who live in San Mateo. We [...]

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Tiptoe through the…Sweet Peas?

July 18, 2009

 
I must have gotten to the market on California Avenue in Palo Alto too late in the season to see tulips, but there were plenty of other flowers to enjoy! The sweet aroma of huge bunches of sweet peas was almost overpowering. These in the above photo gave my room a wonderful ambience.
Other flowers that [...]

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Florida Sunken Gardens

June 13, 2009

(Note: all the individual pictures in this post link to larger images in Flickr; just click on the smaller images you see here.)
Last year, my brother at inkwatu.com invited me to offer two guest posts. This year, I’m excited that I can reciprocate. Be sure to check out last week’s post, which was also from [...]

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Florida Botanical Gardens

June 6, 2009

Last year, my brother at inkwatu.com invited me to offer two guest posts. This year, I’m excited that I can reciprocate. I am unable to post anything myself this week and next, so you will have the pleasure of seeing what Florida has to offer! Actually, many of the plants there are the same that [...]

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A Country Haven

May 30, 2009

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GATE TO CONNIE’S HAVEN
 
It’s hard to believe that only twelve miles away is a hideaway this lush and fertile! On twenty acres of volcanic land that has decomposed, my friend Connie has created a delicious and peaceful botanical garden.
My friend, Velvet and I were invited to come and take pictures. Once [...]

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