Flowers Around The House

[rstevenson]

Eeek! Pure blind luck we survived.

Rob

[Chris Peterson]

Eeek! Pure blind luck we survived.

Probably more like blind luck that you didn't get a stomach ache.

But in the broader picture, I suppose it's blind luck that any of us have survived. The Universe is a hard place.

[Fred the Cat]

And Fred, how is your pineapple coming along?

Ann

It finally ripened! Just in time to make hors d'oeuvres for the eclipse party.

[Ann]

And Fred, how is your pineapple coming along?

Ann

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It finally ripened! Just in time to make hors d'oeuvres for the eclipse party.

Would you believe that I searched the web for "Weeeh! scream of delight", and this was the best I could fine?

But, wow! Congratulations! Hope you had tasty hors d'oeuvres and an unforgettable eclipse party!

Ann

[Fred the Cat]

...like how good "Son of Pineapple" is going to taste after the next eclipse party.

[Chris Peterson]

Still getting rain, still have mild temperatures, still no sign of a freeze. We shouldn't have any flowers left by now, but there are lots of them- fairy trumpets, paintbrush, assorted daisies, sandwort, and more. Including huge clumps of these beautiful tansy asters (our south pasture is full of them).

[Fred the Cat]

It's columbine time again.

And tulips too.

Art with little controversy

[Ann]

Beautiful flowers, Fred!

Eh... what is that controversy?

Ann

[Fred the Cat]

Just saying Ann that “Art” has a way to illuminate that can be taken in a different light – like photographs from a different angle.

[bystander]

Down The Garden Path - Chandra Clarke (2018 Mar 20)

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

The first item on my “to do” list today was “fix up garden.” Having done most of the hard work last fall, it was just a matter of clearing out winter debris, pulling a few stray plants, and planting the spring bulbs.

Two hours work, tops, right?

That was before my kids got involved. ...

[orin stepanek]

Iris are blooming already!

[orin stepanek]

From my flower bed!

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lonely tulip

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tulips with the irises

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lovely phlox

[Ann]

Lovely flowers, Orin!

Here in Sweden, we had a long and cold winter. March in particular was very cold. But April soon turned warm, and May has been borderline hot.

This means that all deciduous trees are lush and green, and the flowers of early spring, like tulips, are basically already over. But many other flowers are in bloom.

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Some of the flowers of Slottsträdgården, "Castle Garden", in Malmö.

Ann

[orin stepanek]

Lovely flowers, Orin!

Here in Sweden, we had a long and cold winter. March in particular was very cold. But April soon turned warm, and May has been borderline hot.

This means that all deciduous trees are lush and green, and the flowers of early spring, like tulips, are basically already over. But many other flowers are in bloom.

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Some of the flowers of Slottsträdgården, "Castle Garden", in Malmö.

Ann

We had a hard winter also; even April was cold; but May; aah; nice and toasty!

[Ann]

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Thank you for posting your pictures of your flowers, Orin. As you can see, I'm not doing that!

Ann

[Fred the Cat]

As summer steams along daylily's blossoms abound.

Cool to have gorgeous views both day and night.

[Fred the Cat]

Columbine season!

[Ann]

Lovely, Fred!

Columbine, eh? I didn't know that. I bet you didn't know they are called "akleja" in Swedish. Listen to the Swedish pronunciation here and impress your friends (maybe)!

Ann

[orin stepanek]

My yellow daffodils were pretty this year and the Irises are taking their turn! My wife and I are looking for some more mumms to fill the bare spots picture taken from internet images

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[Ann]

I found this video and I can't resist posting it here. It is a time-lapse video of a blue flower opening its petals. I believe that the flower is some kind of scilla, somewhat similar to this one, which is a scilla siberica. They are common in spring where I live.

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Ann

[orin stepanek]

I found this video and I can't resist posting it here. It is a time-lapse video of a blue flower opening its petals. I believe that the flower is some kind of scilla, somewhat similar to this one, which is a scilla siberica. They are common in spring where I live.

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

Ann

Very pretty Ann!

[Chris Peterson]

This is pretty much what our wildflowers look like right now. Still getting snow every few days, although the temperatures aren't cold enough to hurt the early flowers (and certainly not a Pasque flower like this, which normally comes up while there's still snow). This is the wettest spring we've had in a good long while, and the flowers (mostly not yet blooming, though) and grass are coming in like crazy. It's going to be a beautiful summer, I think. Thought we'd be kayaking by now, but I guess we need to keep the snowshoes out a bit longer. (Most of the Colorado ski resorts have pushed their seasons well into June, and the high mountain passes that normally open this weekend are going to remain closed for another couple of weeks at least.)
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[Ann]

Because we have had such a non-winter, we have quite a few flowers around the house.

The last of the blue irises.

There is no shortage of daffodils.

Tulips and crocuses outside Malmö Opera House.

[Ann]

I wasn't able to add this picture of an azalea to my previous post, for some reason, so here it is.

Azalea in bloom.

I had coffee and an apple pie at an outdoor café.
No, there were no other guests enjoying the outdoors.

But a couple sat down to have their coffee from Seven Eleven.

So was it a warm day? Not really, it was only around 6^o C, but I decided I would celebrate the fact that it wasn't going to rain. It's supposed to rain every day for the next eight days or so.

[orin stepanek]

Some of my crocus are blooming and my daffodils are budding! The flower beds need cleaning; but it hasn't been favorable weather for working outside for an old fart like me!