Random Thoughts about life in general, living in the big city of Toronto
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This weeks theme is Smelly
I think it’s finally starting to cool down a bit here. I’m not a big fan of winter so I almost wish that we could just skip winter and move on to spring. At least then I’d be able to admire my lovely Karl Rosenfield peonies again.
These peonies have a delicate sweet scent. So yes, this flower counts for todays smelly Photo Hunter theme.
Wordless Wednesday
Malva Sylvestra Zebrina – that’s the formal name of this flower. what a mouthful for such a pretty striped mallow flower.
I love this dependable little plant. I grow Malva in front of my William Baffin rose bush er tree. The flowers bloom in front of the roses bare lower branches hiding it’s ugly “knees”. It makes a great combination along with some lavender and some phlox.
This is a photo of a fading Morning Glory. I took this photo last Sunday in the late afternoon.
Morning glory vines are very vigorous. I’ve spent many years pulling tiny plants out of my back flower bed but each year some come up. This one escaped me until it grew enough to bloom.
The morning glory’s vine flowers bloom in the early morning – often at first light and by the time that the sun is full, perhaps 10 am or so, the flowers begin to die down and close. Each flower only lasts one day.
As I said I captured this one in the late afternoon as it was dying. It was still a beauty.
If you want to see a gorgeous rose pop on over to my photoblog Breath of Life.
Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.
I can’t believe how hot it is today! It’s after 9 pm and it’s 28 Celsius with a humidity factor that makes it feel like it’s 36 Celsius outside! Do you know how hot 36 C is? That’s 96.8 F.
Isn’t it autumn now? Am I not in a country that the rest of the world thinks is cold all the time?
It’s normal for it to be in the low 70’s or high 60’s during the day and cool to perhaps the low 50’s at this time of year in this area. That won’t be happening tonight. It’s supposed to be fairly warm for another day or two and then we’ll get back to normal seasonal temperatures.
Well … maybe my Tomatoes that I had to bring into our enclosed porch last week when the night time temps dropped to freezing last week will have a chance at continuing to grow. There’s several small to medium sized green tomatoes on the two plants that I brought into the porch. I’d love for them to ripen!
We got off to a slow start with our Tomatoes this year. I planted them too late and the strange “cool then hot plus not enough rain” summer we had didn’t help. We’ve only had one ripe full sized tomato so far and I love tomatoes.
I learned my lesson though. Next year I’m starting my tomatoes in March and planting them in mid-May if the weathers co-operating.
You know how much I love tomatoes? I can eat them like an apple. Yum.
I love gladiolas. They are an old fashioned flower, but so lovely in the garden. This photo is of gladiola buds. I think the flowers were fully open about a day or two later.
I rarely cut the flowers in my garden as I prefer to enjoy them by looking at them from within the house or while in in the garden, but if I were to cut some flowers gladiolas would be a good choice. Especially if they were buds that were just opening like this one. The cut gladiolas would continue to open in the vase and would last about a week.
Do you cut flowers from your garden? What’s your favorite type to bring indoors?
Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.