Tag Archives: Orchids

Gift #1154: Orchid Fever

My mood can best be summed up with the following quote:  “Now is the winter of our discontent.’  About the second week in February I start to lose it – I’ve had enough of winter and I can feel my … Continue reading

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Gift #1121: Orchids

Well hello everyone and welcome to March!  We’re on the home stretch into spring now.  It’s really, really hard for me to get through January and February, but once we get into March I feel like I can breathe a … Continue reading

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Gift #1075: Orchid Fever

Hello everyone and welcome officially to spring.  Here in my neck of the woods, it’s spring in name only.  The outdoors hasn’t got the message.  Our blast of cooler weather continues and I walked outside today through the shredded, brown … Continue reading

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Gift #1070: Green shoots and white blooms

Behold, green shoot burst from the cold, hard earth!! Yes, our bulbs are starting to emerge which means that spring is not far away.  We haven’t had much of a winter – in fact today was near 70 – so … Continue reading

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GIft #1067: Orchids

What a difference a year makes.  Last February when our art museum hosted an orchid exhibition, I went only because I was starved for flowers, not because I liked orchids.  This year it’s different.  I’ve been anticipating their return and … Continue reading

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Gift #990: Orchids again

Last month I promised to show you more orchid pictures from the exhibit at the art museum that my mom and I attended.  I thought that would be a good post for today since I don’t have much in the … Continue reading

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Gift #977: Orchids

I think I had mentioned that my mom and I ended up at the Art Museum, quite unplanned on Saturday.  I had been avoiding it since the Gustave Baumann exhibit is gone-  it seemed too painful to go back knowing … Continue reading

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Gift #577: Orchids

So now in our tour of the greenhouses of the art museum, we come to the orchid room.  Like the succulents, there does not seem to be much in the way of poetic maxims about the flowers.  A brief reading … Continue reading

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Gift #99: Orchids

I wanted to share with you some photos that I took on the trip to Cincinnati a few weeks ago.  While there, my mom and I visited the Krohn Conservatory in the heart of the city, near Mt. Adams.  The had a … Continue reading

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