Pomegranates & Passionflowers

Blooming in my yard right now, lots of lovely, trippy, passionflowers on the vine and bright, large blossoms on the pomegranate bush, along with teeny, tiny pomegranates to be. I love spring. Enjoy.

Peonies

I have two pink peony bushes that came with house when we moved here almost six years ago. They are such lovely flowers with a subtle sweet scent. Unfortunately, they bloom once and then not again for a year. I suppose I could plant more bushes that bloom at different times, but that sounds like work. Instead, I take lots of pictures of the pretty petals while they are around and create a permanent record of their fleeting beauty. I wish you could smell these. Enjoy.

Blooms

Although it is not quite spring here in Texas, if you look carefully you’ll find flowers budding and blooming. I thought I’d share some pics of my lenten roses which are in full bloom. Also, the big pots of spider-y looking bromeliads on my porch even managed to surprise me with a shot of hot pink petals. Enjoy.

Blooming

Well spring is sprouting and buds are starting to bloom around these parts. I got a big surprise some weeks back when I noticed that an aloe plant outdoors that I pretty much ignore has decided to get my attention by blooming. What a nice surprise. With such pretty showy blooming going on looks like I won’t be ignoring this aloe anymore. I received this aloe years ago from a friend who didn’t know what it was, just that it grew big and was cool looking. I think it is an aloe saponaria, soap aloe. Doesn’t matter what it is, it will be ignored no more. If you click on the pics you will see more photos of this aloe plant in all it’s glory. Enjoy.

Hurry Spring

I want it to be spring. I’m tired of the lack of flowers. I long for blooms. So I have wandered through some of my old images and am posting this lovely peony bloom from my backyard. My peonies came with the house, I take no credit for their gorgeousness. They appear briefly once a year bringing beauty and subtle sweet fragrance. I can’t wait.

I have uploaded this image to my Imagekind account. If you like this pretty peony as much as I do, you may want to order it as a print or card. I think this pretty pink peony would make a lovely Mother’s Day card, don’t you?

Baby Pineapple Update

He was delicious

 

Baby Pineapple Update

He’s getting bigger and bigger by the day. Although it sounds sick, I can’t wait to eat him. The last baby this plant produced was the sweetest pineapple I’ve ever eaten. I guess those who live in or have visited Hawaii get to eat fresh pineapple all the time. It was a treat for me.

Pineapple

Rain. Dallas has had lots of rain lately. Even the news wires have noticed: here, here, and here. Last year, it was so dry that I kept telling anyone that would listen that we were becoming the desert in Texas. Now, its the opposite. We’re the bloody rain forest! Nothing like hot temperatures to go with the non-stop rain. Such pleasant weather. Very steamy.

Pineapple Baby

Our little pineapple baby is getting bigger thanks to all the rain we’ve been having. And its getting warmer so the baby appreciates that as well. I can’t remember how long it takes until the baby is ready to eat. (doesn’t that sound horrible?) I always forget to mention to click the photo to be whisked to flickr and bigger sizes. Hard to believe that the mother plant was started by cutting off the top of the pineapple I was going to eat. All I did was stick the top in a pot of dirt and watered away.

Baby Pineapple

My little pineapple is on its way to being full sized and ready to eat.