Flowers, Flowers, and More Flowers

I love flowers, Always have--always will. I grew up with flowers. We lived on a farm and had a HUGE garden. My mother would always plant about 1/3 of it in flowers. My dad could never understand that. He always said, "You can't eat flowers!!" But my mother passed her love of flowers on to me. When I taught, I always had a fresh bouquet of flowers on my desk. Yeah, I bought them myself, but who cares. I still enjoyed them! So, when we bought our trailer and I had 8 months of summer during the winter months, the first thing I would do was head to Lowes or Home Depot and buy plants for my deck. But, of course, I always had to leave them unattended when we went back north. Some survived--some didn't. The orchids managed pretty well. Now, I don't have to leave them and can enjoy them all year around. I've never been down here at this time of the year before so missed out on all the flowering trees such as the Royal Poincianas and the Jacarandas. Wow, amazingly beautiful. Yesterday, I grabbed my camera and took pictures of all my flowers--then I headed down to the mailroom taking pictures along the way. I thought I would share them with you all. Enjoy!

Flowers around my house.

Flowers from around Periwinkle Park.

The Royal Poinciana tree near my house.

Mellow Yellow Monday-Flowers in the Rockies

I love this meme called Mellow Yellow Monday. Lots of yellow pictures to brighten up a Monday. After you look at mine, hop on over and see lots more.

I was going through a bunch of pictures and scanning some of them. I found these that I took some years ago in the Canadian Rockies never dreaming I would use them years later on my blog. Heck, I don't even think there were blogs then!

Ruby Tuesday-Red Rhododendron

We just got back from Ireland and the flowers over there were amazing. I had never seen Red Rhododendron before but saw them on this trip. Gorgeous.

OK, I know you are all busy checking out everyone's Ruby Tuesday but take the time to bookmark me and drop back to check out my blog. I am a retired Special Ed teacher who now spends most of her time on Sanibel Island, Florida which is a Sanctuary Island for wildlife. I volunteer for a wildlife hospital. I am also the proud grandma of 5 wonderful grandkids and brag about them often!! I also have a blog called Branches and Roots where I talk about genealogy and my ancestors. OK, enough about me. So if you really want to see red go to Work of the Poet

Ruby Tuesday-Flowers

It's pretty obvious from the color of the flowers on my deck what my favorite color is. I also have some red geraniums which aren't in bloom right now.

OK, I know you are all busy checking out everyone's Ruby Tuesday but take the time to bookmark me and drop back to check out my blog. I am a retired Special Ed teacher who now spends most of her time on Sanibel Island, Florida which is a Sanctuary Island for wildlife. I volunteer for a wildlife hospital. I am also the proud grandma of 5 wonderful grandkids and brag about them often!! I also have a blog called Branches and Roots where I talk about genealogy and my ancestors. OK, enough about me. So if you really want to see red go to Work of the Poet.