I have finally seen, and smelled, a corpse flower! I saw one at the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. but that was before it bloomed. I had another chance to see, and smell, one blooming at the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus where I worked in 2016. It was a 10 minute … More The Huntington Library, Art Museum & Botanical Gardens – San Marino, CA
Every year about this time, the water lilies bloom at Como Park in St. Paul. And, I managed to get there to photograph them again. I was down the street buying my tickets to the Minnesota State Fair (post coming soon!) and I was passing right by the park on my way home and decided … More Como Park water lilies
We interrupt your regularly scheduled post about Spain for another post with summer flowers and plants photos that I hope you will enjoy. Oh, who am I kidding? There’s nothing scheduled. I had hoped to publish my Spain posts once a week but that has not happened. I’ve got three more posts about Spain and … More Summer blooms
Greetings blogosphere! It’s that time of year to display scenes from the end of spring and the beginning of summer. I’ve talked before of my walks to Willow Pond and many of these photos are taken on these walks. I love to watch the transformation of the wild black raspberries that grow abundantly along the … More Late spring, early summer
It’s time again for me to create a post of many of the photos I’ve taken since spring arrived the first week of May. We had a few days in April with summer weather and the snowdrops bloomed! Then it was back to winter and now there is no sign of winter anywhere. We made … More Early spring in the twin cities
I’m a little behind with my posts. It’s been a busy summer! I wanted to share my trip to the North Shore before I forget it all and I’ll get back to the posts I’ve intended to create all summer soon!! But first, a post of more random summer flowers and other random stuff. I … More Random summer stuff
Another quick post to display some flowers around the neighborhood, most of them are not from my garden. I’ve been working on two others posts and hope to post at least one of them soon! So, please come back. In the mean time, enjoy this gallery of beautiful flowers.
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