I returned from two months at the beach to find my poinsettias lusher than ever. Not just a Xmas plant here! (Click on photos to enlarge.)
If you wonder what the ring is on the cabinet top next to the poinsetta, go HERE for an explanation.
This little green anthurium plant has been blooming for 14 months since Brad and Dave gave it to me for Xmas last year. When I got home, three of the flowers had turned yellow. I trimmed off the brown edges and repurposed them!
For Cee’s FOTD prompt.
The Morning After
The flowers should have been thrown away weeks ago but I couldn’t give up on them until the last bit of color faded away. So it was with the party. The morning after, its souvenirs still remain.
See Cee’s wonderful ranunculus here: https://ceenphotography.com/2019/02/28/fotd-march-1-2019-ranunculus/
Rick and Christine have been painting over every door in the Puesta del Sol. Here is a detail from one of my favorites: Flowers and Iguanas. The central flower is probably about 8″ across.
Here is the entire door and window surround:
and a photo of the artist:
For Cee’s FOTD
jdb photos: Click on photos to enlarge.
I should have balked when I saw that the manicurist had put crown of thorns blossoms into the soak water for my manicure, but instead I decided she must know what she was doing. Yes, I let her soak my hands and only when I got home and developed the sores on my hand that still haven’t healed weeks later, did I make use of Google to reaffirm what I already knew—that crown of thorns sap is poisonous and possibly lethal when ingested by animals, caustic to eyes and skin. I’m sure she just added it because it was pretty, but its effects are not.
For Cee’s FOTD prompt.
Thanks to Martha Kennedy for identifying this flower. Click image to enlarge.
For FOTD
For Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
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