African Violets

I still have a few African Violets around, these two bloom faithfully for me, both are in bad need of transplanting but they seem to be very forgiving.

Sunny Sunday

What a beautiful day this has been here in Iowa, warm and sunny, in the low 50s. I sat out in the sun and soaked up some Vitamin D and watched and listened to the newly arrived robins, what a lovely sight and sound.

This collage is from a basket of flowers that the neighbors gave us for watching their kitties while they were gone for a few days.

Flower A Day 7

Flower A Day 6

The next seven days have temps in the 50s and SUN predicted....................keeping my fingers crossed.

Flower A Day 5

How about some pink for today? We had high winds all night and it was cold this AM, but the sun was out at least today. Supposed to warm up for the weekend, in the high 30s.

Flower A Day 4

A little blue for the today. A dreary cloudy foggy day, mud all around.

Flower A Day 3

Gloomy dark day here in Iowa, heavy rains predicted for tonight.

Flower A Day 2

Well another crappy day :). Rain and snow showers. We took a drive down by the river, it is high but not flood stage high.

Flower A Day

Things are a bit slow in my gardening world right now so I thought I would post a flower a day for a bit, all from last summer's garden................starting with red. It rained most of the day today, we have gotten over an inch since this morning. The ground is still frozen, the frost is really deep this year, so the water runs off. So it was a day of candle making and cooking for me. And reading, I am reading a really good book, Serena by Ron Rash, it is historical fiction, probably my favorite category. It is about the logging industry out east during the depression.

Rosie

This is my sweet Rosie using Quasi Boy as a pillow.

I noticed yesterday that even though the temps were in the teens the sun felt really warm! So spring must be close at hand.

http://etsy.com

If you have some free time check out the above sight, it is a place to buy various homemade things, very awesome sight. Moss terrariums are popular right now, they offer several for sale. I decided this weekend to make my own, I used a glass jar that I have, put in a layer of rock, a layer of charcoal, and a slight layer of potting soil, then went out in the yard with a knife and cut some patches of moss that looked a bit green, I will keep you posted on how it or if it greens up. I also had some time this weekend to try making homemade marshmallows, they turned out wonderful! What fun.