Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in Hometown Tourist, garden on May 13th, 2009
is actually a peony bud. Doesn’t it look like a big ole red rose? When it opens it looks like this:
This is the Hephestos Daphnis peony which is part of the peony garden at the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology. My friend E and I took a stroll through the garden last [...]
Posted in Saturday sky, garden on May 2nd, 2009
This actually was the sky earlier this week, early in the morning as the sun was struggling to break through the clouds that it seems we’ve had forever. We might get one day of sun and then several days of dismal overcast weather and rain. I’m not really complaining because the rain has been great [...]
Posted in garden on Jun 2nd, 2008
Paeonia Suffruticosa Hana Kisoi
from the garden
4-year-old tree peony
The blossom is at least 8 inches across
I’m gone this week, getting together with the sister units in California. I expect much loudness and foolishness, and that’s before we open the wine. There will be baby kissing and strawberry eating — love those California strawberries. And maybe a trip [...]
