Tag: gardening
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Orchids – How do you make them bloom again?
For my birthday, my daughter gave me a little orchid. It had a purple flower and bloomed for quite a while. I enjoyed seeing it every day. Now, as you see, the flowers are gone. It’s still thriving, because it grew a new leaf. I’ve given it orchid food, but I’m not seeing flower progress.…
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Flowers – The beauty within.
Lately, while walking, the Spring flowers were in “sleeping” mode, ie closed. Then yesterday, they were wide open saying, “LOOK at ME,” and I did! Each one was so unique. A surprise, a cute bunny hopped by. The only sad thing about Spring flowers is that they don’t last long, 2-3 weeks, so we have…
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Writer’s Block?!
Amazing how our mind works. If you’ve visited my Home page, you’ve seen a typewriter with bright pretty flowers. The creative mind. Well, look what happens to the same typewriter when winter comes. Flowers gone… just black dirt! I chuckled to myself. Black dirt = Writer’s Block My second thought, this typewriter needs a visit…
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Spring – Pansies, a flower with a face!
Every year, I’m amused when I see pansies in the garden center. I feel like there are all these different colored faced looking at me. It’s most amusing. I always buy impatiens, so I don’t know much about the pansies. I didn’t realize they are edible flowers. So that’s the flower I’ve seen on salads…
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Walking – A new discovery!
I like to walk for exercise and explore new areas. I came across a bush, with these…?? I don’t know what to call them. They didn’t turn into flowers. They weren’t on a tree; otherwise, I would think they were pine cones. In fact, in second photo, you can see that they were drying up.…
Spark of Inspiration 