Bloom Day January 2009

This abutilon was featured in my first Bloom Day post almost a year ago. It is in bloom nearly every month of the year and a pleasure every day. I was so happy to discover May Dreams Gardens and Carol's generous community of bloomers. I was a new blogger and it was my first experience of community and help with a new enterprise. My large Christmas cactus which was so maginificent a few days ago is starting to…

Inaugural Poppies

  • Post published:01/15/2009
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This posting just in from my friend Peter in Connecticut.Hello, Pat!This morning I was greeted by the arrival (or blooming) of my Inaugural poppies! Once every four years they bloom, although these haven't bloomed since January 1997 - they refused to bloom in 2001 or 2005 when George W. Bush took the oath of office. They're possibly, according to some nomenclatural set of rules, in the same class as Christmas or Epiphany cacti as far as blooming according…