Posted in Color Psychology, Flowers, garden, Home/Garden, tagged coastal flowers, colors, Flowers, gardening, osteospermum with sea pink, purple sun osteospermum, sea pink flowers, spring flowers on March 30, 2022| 3 Comments »
While walking in the garden center, I came across these plants and thought that they would make good companions.
The one with the bigger, bold flowers is purple sun osteospermum. It is said to attract butterflies and bees. The one with smaller flowers has a lovely name: sea pink. I found out that sea pink thrives in coastal areas where few other plants can grow well. Thus, its name.
Posted in Flowers, garden, Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged bee, bee flower, bee purple flower, colors, flower, honeybee flower, hong kong orchid bee, nature on March 26, 2022| 4 Comments »
Posted in Flowers, garden, Inspiration, Life, tagged colors, Flowers, garden, gardening, life, life lesson, people, roses on March 31, 2016| 6 Comments »
Life lesson from my garden: There is always a season, an interest, an act of kindness or friendship that will help us bloom, at any age.
Posted in Food, garden, Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged California Navel orange, citrus, food, fruit, gardening, navel orange, oranges, tree on January 31, 2016| 9 Comments »
Posted in Flowers, garden, Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged abutilon palmeri, california native plant, color, flower, palmer's indian mallow, plant, yellow, yellow flower on January 20, 2016| 2 Comments »
Abutilon palmeri, also known as Palmer’s Indian Mallow, is a California native plant that blooms almost continuously throughout the year.
Posted in Flowers, garden, Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged color, daisies, flower, garden, orange, orange daisies, orange flowers, potted daisies on July 27, 2015| 4 Comments »
Posted in Flowers, garden, Life, Nature/Animals, tagged daffodils, March, seasons, spirit, writer, writing on March 3, 2013| 13 Comments »
March marches in with an invisible tempo of energy. March makes one feel that the serious business of the year has really begun.
The daffodils have already burst with color. The birds have returned.
Should I still be meandering, “germinating” ideas instead of buckling down and really working?
Soon the cold will no longer be an excuse. I need to march along with March.
Building Bridges 