Temple at Sunset

I thought I would share one of the pictures I took of the Washington DC Temple during the month of July.  This was taken in the evening as the sun was setting and gave the Temple a pink cast.  I love looking at it and thought you might too.

Make it a great day.

African Violet

I bought this African Violet, because I liked the colors at the store.  Now it is in bloom at our house.  Great picture of the leaves, don't you think?

Rainy Day

Sunday was a dreary day, but oh to watch the rain fall.  I love the rain and watching how the drops hit a window or windsheild makes me very happy.  I was able to watch the whole storm Sunday and the rain on the window was great.

Spotted Dumb Cane

I have never seen what looks like a corn cob on my Dieffenbachia maculata before.  The fuzzy stem was there and now it is being enclosed into the leaf.  Jim says that because I haven't had it in a humid area before, but then we have been here for almost two years now.  Can you tell from the first photo to the second how the leaf is enclosing the "cob" more fully?

If anyone knows what this means, will you let me know?  Thanks.

Yes, I have a messy plant area especially around the begonias.

Make it a great day!

Caterpiller Found

These are two pictures taken only minutes apart.  I was trying out the flash and non-flash on this caterpillar.  The picture lighter in color is without the flash and the darker green picture is with the flash.

Jim was mowing and weed-eating the lawn when I got home today.  This little caterpillar was in the grass where he was going to weedwhack.  I moved him to the upstart tree.  In the picture with the flash, you can see all the caterpillar's little hairy parts.  This was taken with the macro lens.

Make it a great day!

Catherine's Begonia

In our house there are at least six different types of begonias.  They are my just about favorite house plant.  This begonia came from a start I got from Catherine about four years ago.  It bloomed once in Idaho Falls and has bloomed three times since coming to Virginia.  It must like the West facing window here better than the East facing window in IF.  It always facinates me to watch how this begonia grows. It almost looks like a jungle in this picture, doesn't it?

Colorful Greetings

These two plants are what I see as I leave the Distribution Center every night right now.  The purple, red, green and white just make me happy.  This was another picture taken with the macro lens, I think.  Just look at all the textures in this picture, at least I think there are textures there.  I really do need to learn all the names of the plants around the Temple.