an image of a flower, a snail, and a bird… i didn’t see the snail when i picked this ‘black forest’ calla. in fact i didn’t even notice it until after several photos. what do you see?
Glowing Seed Pods of Indian Blanketflower.
these are flowers i picked for david’s mom. since i’ve only been to my house twice in the last month, i decided to pick the flowers so someone i knew could enjoy them besides my neighbor. i knew bud couldn’t have flowers in the critical care unit, but thought kathy might enjoy them. really I wanted her to know i was thinking about her and care about her and her well being with everything happening to bud. i kinda splurged on the calla lily tubers. they are called ‘black forest’. those were the flowers i was most excited for and the green star gladioli. they were both really disappointing. regarding color, the photos were deceptive. although i was expecting a black lily, the spathes were gorgeous on their own. the pink/purple clematis my mom gave me last year bore one last flower for the spring and the last of the blue but technically purple bachelor’s button made the other colors pop. and just for a green canvas, i picked a couple cabbage and kale leaves the moths hadn’t munched yet on.
spathe o’lily
Heirloom and Hybrid Tomatoes
So these are the first of the tomatoes that have actually made it out of the garden and into the house. I’ve already sampled a couple of the yellow Tumbling Toms and a red Tumbling Tom. So what you see are two Green Zebras and the Tumbling Toms-one of each color. The thing about the Green Zebras is I can’t really tell when they’re ripe. It’s easier now since I’ve started to see the older one develop the zebra markings in yellow and green as oppose to the tonal greens in the younger tomato. I suppose I could have just googled Green Zebra, but well I didn’t. I can’t wait to taste them. Dave n I will have a taste test and I will report back.
Spring flowers in bloom from Wildseed Farms planted in the original front yard garden at the Smoke Glass house.
A bee dines on Echinacea purpurea ‘Bravado.’ This is the second year I’ve grown this. It seems to be the same as the purple coneflowers my mom used to grow.
