These beautiful yellow flowers came from some bulbs we purchased from Lowe’s this winter. I planted them in January and they are now coming out. I’m expecting other colors (red, orange) to come out as well.
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March 2009
Crème Upstar Tulip
The tulip bulbs I planted over the winter are now blooming in the patio garden. These are Crème Upstar tulips. According to the package:
‘Crème Upstar’ is a double, late-flowering, fragrant, peony-shaped cultivar. Petals are buttery-yellow and cream, blushed with rose-pink edges. The tulip has been the favored spring bulb for centuries. Thriving where summers are dry and winters are cold, this bulb is treated as an annual where summers are hot and long.
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Weekends on the Backyard Swing
Much of the winter and early spring the weather and our recently busy schedule have kept us off of the backyard swing. Now, as milder weather approaches, we’re spending more time relaxing on the swing. I usually bring the laptop computer to the swing and Verna often brings out her favorite reading material. I recently ordered a 9-inch notebook computer for Verna, so she can use it when we head out to the swing.
UPDATE: This Arrived Today!!
Portuguese Bend 3D
I did not actually take an aerial photo of Portuguese Bend to get this 3D image, although it would be possible from a moving aircraft. Rather, I made it from a pair of screen captures using Google Earth to view the terrain along the southern coast of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. I took each captured image from a slightly different vantage point by moving the image laterally.
I think this image gives a pretty good 3D relief map of the Portuguese Bend area (click image for larger view). If you don’t have your 3D Glasses, you can see the image in 2D here.
If you don’t have Google Earth, you should get it. You can do a lot more with it than making nerdy 3D images.
In the past, I made Google Earth 3D images of several other locations:
Santa Catalina Airport in the Sky
Mount Whitney
Mount St. Helens
Grand Canyon Village
Blue Freesia
I already posted a picture of our red freesias a few days ago. Now, the blue ones have started to open. I took this in the garden this afternoon after we finished cleaning up from our trip to the shooting range.
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Yellow Pansy
I spotted this bright yellow pansy in the garden shop at Lowe’s today. There are always so many beautiful flowers there that it’s hard to decide which one to post on the weblog. Click for big.
