Flower Pics - Fall Landscape

Here is a Flower Pics photo of the fall landscape...
http://flowerspics.blogspot.com/2009/10/fall-colors.html

Chicory Flowers

Ahh - the blue eyed maiden - the chicory flower is a rare beauty - blooming in the morning and dying off at the end of the day. This flower is also known as "corn flower" or "coffee weed" - Of course the root is ground up and used in the traditional drink, the leaves are eaten by humans and grazed on by cows, and the French have been known to do something with the roots in the winter to produce white shoots for a salad named - Barbe de Capuchin. For more detail on the Chicory flower and it's many uses check out http://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/58697.html

Fall Foliage

I have wrote about the fall foliage in the past, and I say I'll be more creative and come up with something else to write about, but the palette of intense crimson, gold, burnt sienna paired with the sights and sounds of the wild animals rustling to gather their food for winter fighting over walnuts and leaves. So far it has been mild and the roses and other flowers are still around so enjoy this rose bud which I snapped a few weeks ago...

Energetic Flower Painting

Someone sent me this painter's web site, and I really thought this painting of a sunflower was energetic to say the least...
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26955858

I hope you enjoy as well...

Meaning of a Dozen Red Roses

Meaning of a dozen roses:
There are many meanings - floriography, especially when throwing color into the mix. I'll give you my top 10:
10 - Complete declaration of love
9 - Happy Valentine's Day
8 - Thinking of you every month of the year
7 - Perfect Love
6 - Sacred Love
5 - Mystical Love
4 - Be Mine
3 - True love
2 - Uncreative and unoriginal
1 - Anything less than a dozen red roses says you're cheap!

Summer flowers

The lavender is just beginning to bloom, but some of the warmer weather varieties are just now forming stalks and buds. Since the weather has been a bit cooler this growing season, and winter was colder, there has been a loss on the Provence variety in the garden. As the Grosso flowers and the Hidcote buds the bumble bees are humming much more than last season. There must be 4 times as many bumble bees this year compared to last year. Is this good news for the bee populations? Let's hope the honey bees are thriving, too.

Flower Pics

Tulips are a perennial favorite. See my pic site for more flower pics.

Mother's Day Flowers - Mother's Day is May 10th

This information was passed along to me by a colleague. His research tells us the following about Mother's Day gifts this year:
"Flowers will be the most popular gift this year: 66.8% of shoppers will present mom with a bouquet, spending a total of $1.9 billion on blooms (compared with last year's $2 billion). The most popular flower for the holiday? The lovely rose." B. Tolces

Ahh - Spring flowers are here

The buds have broke, the tulips peaking, and the daffodils are almost done. The garter snakes are stirring the robins nesting, and the starlings grazing...The color of spring will soon be full bore and the browns and grays of winter a memory long gone...Find yourself a cozy spot and just sit, listen and watch...quite refreshing...