Flowers Around Home
Last weekend we had plans to travel for the superbloom in California's Antelope Valley. Had, because we canceled those plans two days beforehand. We were tired from traveling, and the weather was not great- meaning the flowers might barely even be blooming, let alone super-blooming. Well, the weather at home wasn't great, either, but I have seen a lot of nice blooms right around the house. Here are some pictures from our gardens.
I'm starting off with this shot because it's the best. It's a California Poppy, our state flower. And it's not even in a garden, per se. It's in a small patch of dirt barely 2'x2' next to our satellite garage door. The drizzly rain several days ago provided this rare opportunity to catch a picture of the flower open with droplets on its petals.
Around the gardens in our neighborhood we have a lot of Birds of Paradise, the showy flower in the pic above. Birds of Paradise are named because they look strikingly like an actual bird that's also named Bird of Paradise. With our mild weather these flowers stay in bloom most of the year.
Now back to poppies....
We have poppies in several places around the neighborhood. This bunch are in a curbside garden at the end of our building. I pass by these flowers every time I walk to the trash enclosure or mailbox... which means generally at least once a day.
In beauty I walk... even if it's only as far as the mailbox.
I'm starting off with this shot because it's the best. It's a California Poppy, our state flower. And it's not even in a garden, per se. It's in a small patch of dirt barely 2'x2' next to our satellite garage door. The drizzly rain several days ago provided this rare opportunity to catch a picture of the flower open with droplets on its petals.
Around the gardens in our neighborhood we have a lot of Birds of Paradise, the showy flower in the pic above. Birds of Paradise are named because they look strikingly like an actual bird that's also named Bird of Paradise. With our mild weather these flowers stay in bloom most of the year.
Now back to poppies....
We have poppies in several places around the neighborhood. This bunch are in a curbside garden at the end of our building. I pass by these flowers every time I walk to the trash enclosure or mailbox... which means generally at least once a day.
In beauty I walk... even if it's only as far as the mailbox.