daffodils and narcissus cut flowers with california poppies and forget me nots

In a Vase on Monday – Sparkling Daffodils

On September 18, 2017 By CathIn Flowers, Photography, Spring Bulbs9 Comments

I noticed tonight that the petals of the white daffodils are spangled with little sparkles, tiny reflections of the artificial light. I didn’t catch that in my photos, taken outside in a cold light just before yet another hail storm.
The first wave of daffodils and narcissi are going to seed, but some of the later yellow ones and the lovely white Thalia are coming on now, and there are still new ones coming up – I’m enjoying the Poet’s Narcissus and some truely radical ones which came in the mixed batch.

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vase of roses with lavender chinese forgetmenot

In a Vase on Monday – Perfume

On June 19, 2017 By CathIn Flowers, Photography, Spring Bulbs20 Comments

This week I have so many scented flowers you would think it would be overpowering, but they blend together to make a perfume. We seem to run out of scented flowers at the end of Summer, and it’s a nice change when the cooler weather brings the scented bulbs and shrubs.

It was a dark morning; although it’s not technically the solstice for another 2 days, the day length in minutes is as short as it’s going to get, and it was cloudy.

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dutch-iris-and california-poppy-cut flowers

In a Vase on Monday – Sun and Moon

On October 17, 2016 By CathIn Culinary Herbs, Flowers, Photography, Spring Bulbs, Weather and Seasons21 Comments

The full moon rose as orange and round as one of these calendulas last night, although I was thinking of sunshine as I picked them and the California Poppies at the end of the day. California Poppies, Calendula, Cynoglossum, and Dill sow themselves around the garden if they can find a nice place. I sometimes take them for granted, but I’m very grateful for them.