Raven Ridge Gardens: yellow flowers

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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Seldom-Blooming Cactus Flower

Last time this cactus bloomed it was 2008. I thought surely there would be yearly blooms since then, but not a one. Until earlier this month, all of a sudden, there were two. Soon I will have to move the plant, in its pot, to another location and I'm so afraid it has rooted through the pot into the soil. Wish me luck.

Monday, May 25, 2015

A Study of Cosmos

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Pale yellow, sharing a pot with lower-growing yellow larkspur and bunches of sweet white alyssum, this cosmos changes hue with the light: Shade brings out the yellow; sunshine softens it to almost-but-not-quite white; overcast skies give it a pearlescent quality not otherwise seen. A fun study at any time of day.

Take a closer look - someone wanted their photo taken.

Monday, March 16, 2015

Nodding Daffodils

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These small daffodils (a mere 8-inches tall and the same ones from this photo), with their nodding heads, are difficult to photograph without laying down on the (wet) ground and shooting upwards, making it a challenge to capture their pretty little yellow faces.

Still, it wouldn't be Monday without Monday Mellow Yellows. Check out the photos featuring the color yellow from photographers all around the world.

Monday, March 02, 2015

Spring Primrose

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These days, when the weather permits, I stroll around my garden beds picking up detritus from the winter storms, trying to not disturb any salamanders, just moseying from one bed to the next - my husband calls this my Zen gardening.

Yesterday as I lifted a few dried fern fronds from a wet and messy border, this perky little primrose seemed to pop out of nowhere. I'd forgotten where I had planted it. Now it is found.