We have three epiphyllum succulents living in the patio and the flowerbed. These aren’t much to look at until they produce these beautiful flowers. We have three of these – one of them will be getting red flowers soon and another will get golden flowers. The one with white flowers usually waits another month or two and we’re hoping to get those too.
These are photos from last year:
We hoped that after last week’s rainfall, that it would be clear enough for some good photo ops at the seashore. Unfortunately, we had one of those mostly overcast weekends with suboptimal visibility. So, I dug into the archives and found this nice seascape taken at Point Vicente several weeks ago. Verna takes most of the pretty pictures for the blog, but every once in a while I get lucky and get a good shot with my canon A710IS digital camera. This is a wallpaper-sized photo. Click on it to see it full-sized and feel free to put it on your desktop.
California Poppies are abundant in the back yard these days. No wonder “California Poppy Day” is celebrated today.
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Via WikiPedia:
Eschscholzia californica was the first named member of the genus Eschscholzia, which was named by the German botanist Adelbert von Chamisso after another botanist, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, his friend and colleague on Otto von Kotzebue’s scientific expedition to California and the greater Pacific in the early 19th century.
The California poppy is the California state flower. It was selected as the state flower by the California State Floral Society in December 1890, winning out over the Mariposa lily (genus Calochortus) and the Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri) by a landslide, but the state legislature did not make the selection official until 1903. Its golden blooms were deemed a fitting symbol for the Golden State. April 6 of each year is designated “California Poppy Day.”
I have a nice California Poppy in the queue to celebrate California Poppy Day which is tomorrow. Meantime, enjoy these nice daisies that are on the table this week.
About a week ago, I posted a picture of a pair of flower stalks showing the coming red amaryllis. Today, as promised, I took this picture of one of the two blooms currently showing along the side of the house.
This tomato vine is set to produce a crop of yellow tomatoes for the table this summer. We find that they’re great in salads, salsa, sliced on various sandwiches and lots more. The first yellow blossom is out and four or five more set to follow suit.
