I just love to get pretty flowers and put them in a vase. The vase with a bouquet of roses and stargazers and this gorgeous red rose sits atop a sofa table in the great room. Click on the image to enlarge.
Home & Garden
Compass Cactus
This interesting barrel cactus grows up on the back part of our Arizona lot. It is past its flowering season, but you can see the circle of flower buds around the south-pointing crown of the cactus. Many species of cacti are sensitive to their compass orientation, especially if they are transplanted. This one is growing naturally in our back yard.
OOPS!
I drained the spa a couple of weeks ago to flush the pipes out and clean the filter. Today, I went to refill it and accidentally let it overflow. Verna came to the rescue and bailed out a bunch of water to put on her garden plants and some of the shrubs around the house and courtyard.
The level in the picture is about five inches higher than it should be. Click on the image to enlarge.
A Red Rose
I bought a bunch of flowers when we went shopping today. In it, there were a half-dozen stargazer lilies and a half-dozen red roses. I had some baby’s breath left over from the last flowers, so I placed the new ones in the vase with the old. This red rosebud in front looks very pretty. Click on the image to enlarge.
Voodoo Roses
This bunch of “Voodoo” roses, consisting of orange and yellow hues, is in the vase today after we finished our trip to the supermarket. I don’t know how they got the “Voodoo” name, but they sure are pretty with the baby’s breath accent flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
Golden Poppy
This poppy was growing out of a crack in the patio sidewalk of the California house. No kidding! Just before we left here in April, Bob sprayed Roundup® all over the backyard to kill the weeds that grow out there. Somehow, the poppy seeds managed to find the cracks in the sidewalk where this pretty flower is growing today. There are several places where poppies are growing, literally, like weeds, out of the cracks. Click on the image to enlarge.
