Sunday, January 18, 2009

Today's Flower

Well as we are in Canada and in the middle of winter, flowers are few and far between. However I picked up four amaryllis bulbs on sale for 94 cents each after Christmas and finally one of them is flowering. Now granted it's not fully out, but at least it is starting to flower. So this is my contribution to today's meme. Also do you remember back on January's 4th post I wrote about how I was given a bunch of flowers by my neighbour on December 29th? Well just wanted to say they are still looking good. So that will be three weeks tomorrow.







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17 comments:

Scrappy quilter said...

Don't you just those flowers.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Gill: It looks like you are going to have several blooms from your bulbs.

Rune Eide said...

A bit of colour always comes in handy.

Anonymous said...

It is so exciting when the first flowers come out, I think it is almost summer!! I know a while yet, but still, SUMMER IS COMMING!!!!

George said...

I would bet that you feel warmer just looking at those blossoms. Just wait until they all bloom!

Anonymous said...

Nice idea since it is so cold outside. Warming shots.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Beautiful, Gill. They are so pretty to have especially in the winter when fresh flowers are few and far between.

Hugs,
Betsy

Maria said...

Wonderful amaryllis! So you have some beautiful red colour around! The pink carnations are very delicate. Amazing how long they lived!
Thanks for your visit on my blog, oh, the winter is a burden, I'm also longing for summer, or spring... Had to post summer pictures today, now I feel better!

arleena said...

Lovely amaryllis. I had in Christmas same.

Unknown said...

Love the amaryllis!!

Clippy Mat said...

Gill:
re clippy mats i didn't find a 'how to' but i found some information on it for you. maybe you already saw this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2008/04/07/wansbeck_matters_feature.shtml
pat :-)

Unknown said...

I LOVE to have something blooming in the winter. We have quite a bit of snow on the ground, so anything blooming is cheerful.

Thanks for sharing your lovely bloom.

sweetmom said...

wow! very interesting, great idea very beautiful..

Bunny said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I love your blooms so nice to see such wonderful colour in this cold and snowy day.
I have a Husqvarna Designer 1 and a SE both are embroidery machines.

Arija said...

Aren't you the lucy one to have wonderful bulbs coming up and flowering inside!

Strawberry Jam Anne said...

They are such marvellous flowers - I love the way they just seem to shoot out of the pot and burst into flower. A x

Carletta said...

This one is blooming and the others are looking really good. You're sure to have more as beautiful as this!

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