Tag: garden

Tulip Tuesday – romantic

These tulips are truly romantic. I looked it up, and this shade of pink is called cherry. Rightly so.  

Sexy Succulents

Two photos, some explanations and a lot of colour.

Tulip Tuesday – classic

This tulip was a soft pink with white fringes. Not spectacular but pretty in its own quiet way.

The Bone Garden

A skull. A garden.

Pretty Powerful Peonies

Choosing the photos to publish was tough!

Tulip Tuesday – friendly

By total chance, in one corner of the garden all the flowers were the same colour. I liked the stability that repetition brings, and tried to take a photo of them in their group. Sometimes flowers are beautiful when they are unique – these… Continue Reading “Tulip Tuesday – friendly”

Incredible Irises

Rows and rows and rows of them

Tulip Tuesday – unique

Have you ever seen a black tulip? I hadn’t, until these popped out of my mother’s garden in Oslo. Their colour was so thick and deep and rich that I still don’t think these two photos show the exact shade of purpley-black, but they… Continue Reading “Tulip Tuesday – unique”

Pastel quotes

These may not be to trash after all

Our very own Mystery Plant

Definitely worth the wait!

Tulip Tuesday – bold

It’s now a thing.

Saving Private Beetle

In retrospect, I think the saving was mutual.

Hemingway’s garden

Hemingway’s shady garden in Habana

What’s this flower?

Do you know what this plant is?

Peaches and Pears

snippets of our garden in Ravenna

City slickers

Escaping from the city for the day

I couldn’t not

…do this

It’s Spring here…

…is it Spring there, too?

The ca(c)t(us)

A cactus. A cat. A ca(c)t(us).

Dead Dahlia

Yet another outing at the Jardin Botanico