Chocolate Orchid

This orchid was a gift for my birthday last month, it is one beautiful orchid.

Camera Critter Saturday

Last month when we went to the butterfly house at Reiman Gardens, my husband was the lucky one that a butterfly chose to land on, last year it was me that was the lucky one. We go to the butterfly house several times a year, but the only time we have had any land on us was in December, maybe they have the Christmas spirit then, not sure.

Bottle Tree

Here is Iowa we have to settle for whatever color we can get in the winter :).

Lavender Christmas Cactus

I think I have all the different colors of Christmas Cactus but the one that is called white (it has a slight pinkish cast), this is the one I bought this year, it was marked as Lavender, which it is a bit I guess, but mostly they are all different shades of pink. My favorite is still the old-fashioned one that has been around for years.

Coral Bells

This photo was taken long after a hard frost, as you can see the coral bells leaves still have lots of color, I am definitely going to add more of these hybrids to my garden next spring

Butterfly House

My blogging has suffered the past month or so, busy with real life I guess. I took these photos on a trip to Reiman Butterfly House the day before my birthday last month, each year I say all I want for my birthday is to visit the butterfly house.

Thanks to to Pamela at http://phawkinsbead.blogspot.com/ for helping me get the snow gadget working in my blog.

Camera Critter Saturday

Ahhhh.......................cat nip, oh happy days!

This gives me the munchies.......................where are those fish treats?

No wait, let me tell you what happened then.............oh great now I've got the giggles....this always happens.

Looks like I'm not the only one with the munchies.