..the unbelievable Amaryllis I bought for Xmas suddenly came to life and opened into this magnificent polka flower yesterday. I brought it outside for a brief moment to get a picture with the contrasting snowy landscape as a backdrop. It did not mind.
Amazed by its beauty I studied its pretty sun drenched veins for a long time.
And realized just how starved we are for growing life, flowers and trees this time of year!
The snow is now so deep in the garden you walk up to your hips in the white glittering powder. I am happy to have a neighbour with a huge tractor to clear some necessary paths of snow for me.
The Friday sunset with a feeling of pink whipped cream on a child´s birthday cake..
Yes. I could not resist bringing myself to the brink of bankrupcy in buying some marvellous orchids the other day at Lind´s plantshop in Visby.. Here is a pretty yellow and purple Phalenopsis siding up with Ms Polka Amaryllis (.The generic name means "Phalaen[a]-like" and is probably a reference to the genus Phalaena, the name given by Carolus Linnaeus to a group of large moths; the flowers of some species supposedly resemble moths in flight.)
