Crocus under the chestnut tree
Daffodils bow their heads to the chill of the day
Delicate narcissus tucked under the evergreen tree out front
My new ‘Escargot’ begonia that I purchased at Longwood Gardens
One of my new orchids
The other new orchid
This is the main conservatory at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA. This is a wall of orchids and was over a large door way. You can see the roof of the conservatory there, so it’s high up! I think it’s amazing to see this every year when they do their orchid display. As of 4 pm, I have no comments! Wow! I also made a video of my day yesterday in my right side bar.
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My son was also high up in the stands when he saw Bill Clinton a few nights ago.
I just got back and had love to jump on the computer to check out my shots (this camera doesn’t take any bad ones). That’s after getting the mail and walking Mr. Cosmo around the yard first. It’s so dreary here, but not cold. I got quite warm a few times in just my sweater! There is also a orchid sale at the gardens today through the weekend and I bought two (from a Hawaiian seller) and a neat begonia-all for under $30. I need to take photos of them to show you.
Here are some neat shots. I uploaded my photos and am editing them at flickr. Here is the slideshow.
Inside the conservatory. What are those white spiky flowers?Zoey IDed them as Foxtail lilies! Thanks! They are awesome against the green!
Love any lime/chartreuse colored orchids and flowers in general and these are so pretty next to the bluish purple flowers-Canterbury Bells maybe?
These were some of my favorites with the polka dots!
Some awesome ones near the entrance
I went to the rose and hibiscus room and look what I found:
Talk about neon!
And this is in the children’s garden. We didn’t see everything at Christmastime
I wore my pedometer and I walked 3 k steps there today! Yeah!!
About a month ago, the ABC show Extreme Makeover:Home Edition redid a home in Wilmington, DE., very near our neck of the woods. In the local paper it was saying how a local meat/food market provided the food for the crew (gourmet they said). Anderson Homes did the major work, but some local contractors did things like painting and removing debris and went back even after their alloted time was put in. The one guy’s daughter graduated from high school with Sean and I worked with his mom when I did the teacher aide fill in job. It’s a small world! Watch it on Sunday night at 8:00 and you’ll see those guys (other than carpenter Paul DiMeo) with heavy Philly accents!
Mom had me turn on a PBS show the other night as they were showing scenes from the Mushroom festival that takes place here in September, and one chatty lady who was telling them quite a bit about mushrooms was in the church choir with me.
Today, I’m like the lady in the commercial who feels like her head is blowing up like a balloon. My right sinus was achy like a toothache last night. I know it’s suppose to rain for about 1.5 days, so I was wondering if that has something to do with people and their sinuses-like barometric pressure inside your head? Anyway, got a pot of stew cooking to get my mind off my head as I can’t use Flonase until I get my eyes checked next week. I have to stick with salt spray or the homeopathic kind of nasal spray.
Bri has some dental work today, about 3 different spots and he’s just thrilled about that. My mom went to the doctor and he wants her to get a few tests on her spine as he is concerned about her sciatica still bothering her as much as it still does. She weighs about 120, not terrible, but she could stand about another 10 pds.
I want to get to Longwood Gardens before the 31st as that’s the orchid display is only up until. I completely forgot about it! I want some awesome photos!
Here’s some more flower shots from yesterday:
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A metal structure from the recent Philadelphia Flower Show. That big leaf looks like he is being modest and hiding behind it!
And one of the most famous structures in Orlando, Florida-
The Epcot sphere. That’s Sean giving the thumbs up. We weren’t planning on doing Disney (just Universal) back in ’05, but decided to go on Mother’s Day. I could have had my legs fall off that night and wouldn’t have known it!
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I’m the 3rd comment on Martha Stewart’s blog-woo hoo!
Sean will be going back to PSU for another 6 weeks or so in about 12 hours. He’ll miss his dad’s birthday and probably Easter. This week flew by.
Here are some camera phone photos I took a few days ago at Friday’s restaurant (and photoshopped):
So gang, this was a hard hunt! I went outside and took over 20 photos and narrowed it down to this, which is photoshopped to make it more interesting, plus my guys liked this one best. I should say this is a bush under my bedroom window and there’s a wee friend hiding!
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Here are a few others I took just for fun:
(a police car drove by when I was taking this, I guess he wondered what I was doing!) It’s a faux stone that says ‘tranquility’.
It’s 2 am and I’m just about to try and get to bed. It’s the blasted daylight savings. I was also doing some awesome photo editing in Flickr of my Flower show photos. Now I don’t want to make a slide show of the originals on my computer.Here’s the link so you can see them on Flickr slideshow.
My flower show video is posted in the right bar there too. You’ll see Brian and Sean talking.
Nightie nite until later.
Update:
Sean just emailed this photo which he took with his little HP digital. I’m glad there is a photo of Bri and me. He only took about 12 photos (he was pushing his grandmom in the wheelchair) and I took over 100! There are over 80 in Flickr and I must have edited more than half. Their photo editing companion-Picnik is amazing!
We’re off to get Sean’s car-it passed inspection. His dad’s car, which is our newest car is getting run into the ground. I don’t understand Bri. He hasn’t had the oil changed in over 4K miles; the glove compartment broke, and there are lights on the dash that are out. He needs to take it to the dealership so they can order parts. My brother thought my 12 yr old van was in great shape. I hardly drive it though.
I so miss my flowers! I was out this past Monday raking around my little box hedges and irises as they looked so forlorn. So this photo hunt had me thinking about how I love different colors when it comes to choosing flowers for my various gardens. I really like a rainbow effect, but these green hued flowers are so unusual! They are easy to grow and not hard to find. The lime color zinnias are Envy and the greenish irises are Kiwi.
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If you like my floral photography, many are available on neat merchandise at Cafe Press and Image kind (links at the top on the right).
And… Sean arrived home safe and sound about 3 Friday afternoon. He looks good. He gave the security deposit for his studio apartment today before he left. When his dad got home, he gave his boy the biggest smile I’ve seen in ages. : )
This image is a part of my memory forever. I love how Brian, my husband, still goes swimming. I love when he ‘dives’ in and then I see his head pop up, matting all his curly hair down on his head. My son isn’t a swimmer (not that his parents are), but he’ll take a dip. It’s the freedom of vacation. A bird out of a cage. The vast Atlantic ocean in front of you. (Fenwick Island, DE)
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Collages & Creative Goodness 
Posted by: Dianne | March 21, 2008 at 01:08 AM