Christmas just a week away and the year end coming too. Whew – where did the year go. We are having a dry winter again down here, the ski areas are doing OK. But you know it’s bad when you are watering in December! Colorful Bamboo from Denver Botanic Gardens.
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cleome
An interesting plant, found it at the Denver Botanic Gardens this past summer. Hope to get down to see their Blossoms of light display before December is over.
Under $100 show
If you are shopping stop by the Aurora Mall and see our art work.
happy thanksgiving
On this cold overcast day a banana plant from the Denver Botanic Gardens Conservatory. It’s one of the food groups for this Thanksgiving Day?! Enjoy Family!
clouds
Called this my snowflake cloud because it’s a 6 pointed star. We got a good snow yesterday with lots of cloud cover. Today we have sunshine and melting snow – fortunately. I’ve been looking up at the clouds a lot lately, it is always good to look up.
voting day
A cold wind is blowing here today and in the picture of the apache plum seed head. I look at my work for images appropriate to be turned into a Black and White image, this was my selection for this months competition and I got a 1st place!!
Halloween at DBG
Denver Botanic Gardens is decorated for Halloween; the mandala is one of the interesting plants inside the conservatory. Always fun to visit!
pressed flower
Another way to preserve flowers that are now gone is to press them. I keep a garden journal and sometimes save flowers in its pages. Planted some red columbines this year and they were pretty prolific, thus today’s mandala. Tried it with a black circle around it but liked it better just plain white.
fish eye
Sometimes the oddest things grab my attention. There were these ceramic fish in a bowl that formed an interesting pattern, so I took a picture. We put our pond to bed for the winter and lost a koi in the process. Oh well.
Floral Bouquet
Now that we have had our first hard frost my flowers will come from floral bouquets. All flowers are beautiful!