Salsify

I'd never heard of the salsify plant until I posted some photos in my blog last year.  I always just thought it was a weed growing in my garden.  Come to find out, it has an edible root.  I'll have to pull one out of the ground and take a look. There are salsify plants …

Pink Gerbera Daisy

We've had more snow over the last two days than we've had since December. When you have spring fever, snow is not welcome.  I had picked these Gerbera daisies up over the weekend and they were a little splash of color on a black and white day. Maralee

Orchid

One of my orchid plants has started to bloom.  I've had this plant for several years and this it its third bloom.  I have three other orchid plants that haven't bloomed since I got them.  Hopefully they will bloom again one day. Maralee

iPhone Flowers

I took these photos at the vet's yesterday while picking up a sick cat. I have been going through a kitty-cat nightmare the last couple of months.  I have six cats (and that's a story for another blog).  I never intended to have 6 cats but it ended up that way.  Four of them are …

Day 303 – Sad Little Sunflower

I came across some sunflowers that are way past their prime.  The are such a happy flower when they are blooming in the summer but when autumn arrives and they lose their petals, their heads droop and they look so sad. Maralee