FOTD: Purple Wildflower

Cee’s FOTD 9/23/20

FOTD: Marigold

Cee’s FOTD 9/22/20

FOTD: Sunflowers

Most of the flower pictures I have taken lately have been in our community garden. This is how a large sunflower plant looked on Sept. 2: Same plant, two weeks later: Close up of one of the sunflowers (down low!): Cee is back home, safe and sound! This post is for her FOTD 9/19/20.

FOTD: Hibiscus After Rain

Hibiscus or Rose of Sharon (which is a type of hibiscus) after the period of rain we had over the weekend. I’m posting this to show solidarity with Cee in hoping rain comes to her fire-ravaged state of Oregon. Cee’s FOTD 9/14/20

FOTD: Sunflower

Cee Neuner has had to evacuate from her home in Canby, Oregon, to her sister’s in Idaho. The fires are raging in Oregon! I don’t know if she will post FOTD today or not, but I am posting this in her honor – we’re thinking of you, Cee, and happy you are safe!

FOTD: One of These Things Is Not Like the Others…

Who remembers the song on Sesame Street “One of these things is not like the others, one of these things doesn’t belong…”? I’m playing that game today with my flower of the day photo: in a field of black-eyes susans, a purple blazing star rises above its yellow companions. Cee’s FOTD 9/11/20

FOTD: Wildflower

Zoom out: Cee’s FOTD 9/10/20

FOTD: Pretty in Pink

Unidentified pink flowers at Chicago Botanic Gardens Cee’s FoTD 9/9/20

FOTD: Bromeliad

Zoom out: Taken at Cantigny McCormick estate in Wheaton, IL on Sept. 3. Cee’s FOTD 9/7/20

FOTD: Cardinal Flower

Dale and I were taking a walk just before sunset this evening around campus. We came across a woman I know, who was very excited to show us something she had found out about. She led us along the path next to West Lake, telling us it is a flower called “cardinal flower” which grows […]