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Flower photos
No really good reason for these, other than that I am in awe of the variety and vibrancy of the flora that manages to find a toehold in this beautiful land of ours…. Iris unfurl their cloaks to worship...
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A rose by any other name….
… would still attract slugs. Luckily mine seem to have gotten off relatively unmolested this year. Not so my poor delphinium. The rose above is a bud from “Peace”, which is fairing extraordinarily...
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It wouldn’t be April….
On April 24th, Katherine and I saw our first butterfly of the season. I forgot to blog it, as other things leapt into my path and track-sided me, but I’m writing it now. Coincidentally, we saw our...
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Orchidistry
Over the past couple of years I’ve been growing orchids again. Anyone who has engaged in the cultivation of these wee beasties knows that the conditions required for growth can be almost as assorted as...
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The drabbest of days
(Focal length: 50mm, Shutter Speed: 1/180, Aperture: f2) It seems like on these dreary old mid-winter days (the ones with freezing rain, wind and no sun), a splash of colour is most needed. When that...
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It’s blooming!!
Oncidium orchid: Brs. Eternal Wind 'TOW' I always do a little dance when one of my orchids blooms. I have quite a few orchids of different sorts and they have all passed the strict qualifications...
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Spiders, spiders everywhere…
Spider orchids are such peculiar things. “Eternal Wind” started to open a week or so ago and since then has emerged as a cascading stalk of dangling spiders. Luckily the cat isn’t at all interested in...
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Spring
The snowdrops are blooming now and crocuses are just starting to show their heads. Spring is clearly on the way. Taken this morning. I have two days-worth of photos (beaches, dogs, bridges and owls) to...
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i carry your heart with me
Bleeding hearts bloom at a local garden store, with John and Katherine in the distance (we stopped in to get out of the rain). [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] By E. E. Cummings i carry your...
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New perspectives
The Fighting Newfoundlander. The flecks of red on the plinth are red, plastic Remembrance Day poppies that visitors have jammed into the crevices. It can be very tricky to get a new angle on an old...
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Pantoufles
A pair of slippers. I have always loved the French word “pantoufle”. There is no rhyme or reason to this. I have no particular affection for slippers. I simply like how that word feels in my mouth. I...
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Lost in the garden
Flower Bed, spotted yesterday evening in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Not my garden, but a nifty idea! The rain has finally stopped falling and I’m making another assay on the garden. I know that slow and...
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Spring in Fall
Last spring I bought a few orchids in Florida and imported them (quite legally) into Canada. A few days ago, one of them bloomed for the first time. Epidendrum porpax is a subtle and understated...
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