FOTD: Orchid

Cee’s FOTD 1/17/20

FOTD: Palms & Flowers in Tel Aviv

Cee’s FOTD also includes plants, so I am posting another photo taken exactly one year ago today, on January 16, 2019, our last day in Israel. We took a bus tour around Tel Aviv and I snapped lots of photos from the bus, including this one, of a small green area with palms and some […]

FOTD: Hidden Behind Squash Leaves

Cee’s FOTD post for 1/16/20 (a rose in hiding) inspired me to post this photo I took last August at our community gardens. There is a red flower (a zinnia, I think) hidden among these squash leaves, and there’s also a partially visible ripe butternut squash (my favorite)!

FOTD and CFFC: Tulips & Spring in Des Plaines

All these were taken in May in Des Plaines. Tulips – mine and my neighbor’s My garden in nearly full bloom Spring is the season for gardening! Neighborhood spring scenes Cee’s FOTD 1/15/20 CFFC: Spring Scenes

FOTD: Hotel Bouquet

Taken exactly one year ago today, this bouquet decorated the lobby of our hotel in Jerusalem, the Ambassador Hotel, greeting us as we returned from a long day of sightseeing! Cee’s FOTD 1/13/19

FOTD: Flowers By the Water

One of my favorite photos of the Chicago Botanic Gardens is this one, the brilliant orange-red flowers standing in contrast to the reflections in the water behind them. Cee’s FOTD 1/12/20

FOTD: Flowering Bushes in Israel: Church of the Beatitudes & Capernaum

Again, I am posting flower/plant photos taken exactly one year ago. On January 10, 2019, we visited several places in northern Israel, including Capernaum, a village where Jesus spent much time teaching and healing. Archaeological excavations have revealed two synagogues, one built on top of the other. This second photo was taken in the gardens […]

FOTD: Plant & Flowers at Tel Dan Nature Reserve

I chose these photos to post for Cee’s FOTD 1/9/20 because I took them exactly one year ago today, when we were in Israel at the Tel Dan Nature Reserve.

FOTD: Bath’s Pink

The sign at the Chicago Botanic Gardens informed me that these small delicate flowers are called “Bath’s Pink” or dianthus gratianopolitanus. Cee’s FOTD 1/8/20

FOTD: White Clematis

I found these clematis flowers so striking – I’d never seen them in these colors. Posted for Cee’s FOTD 1/7/20.