Sunday, March 30, 2008

Tomatoes are starting to sprout


Actually, these were visible 2 days ago.

First to sprout: Lemon Boy, Better Boy, Supersweet 100, Black Krim.

Some dried out. None are on a heated mat, just room temp on window sill.

Burnt Bridge Creek Trail

Ning and Baigou. And a glimpse of Charlie.
Trillium are blooming all along the trail.

Dogs in Spring

It looks vicious but it's all in play. They had a great time.
Practically in flight. I wish that I had that energy!

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Snow


According to the news, yesterday was the latest that is has EVER snowed here in the Portland area.
All day, snow, sleet, heavy rain


It's difficult to photograph snow. It moves.


Clivia

First flower. Grown from seed taken from a "Belgian Hybrid" clivia. It took 6 years to first flower. In person, the color has more red tones.

I played honey bee and applied pollen from the Yellow Sahin's to these flowers. And vice versa - pollen from these flowers was added to the Yellow Sahin's. We'll have our own hybrids now, in about 7 years!