Here to Stay-Growing....

A few weeks ago, I posted a story about my red lily plants, and why they are special to me. At that time, I posted the first bloom of the plants which was about the size of a quarter. You can read my post from 4/24/13 for more, and the photo. A few weeks later...I cannot believe how much these plants have grown. They are now about 6"-8" tall. The first photo was from about 1 1/2 weeks ago, when the first blooms started to take shape. The 2nd photo here is taken from yesterday just to get an idea of the growth. I cannot wait until the first lilies appear on these plants! I have many other perennial flowers too, and hope to post some pictures later this spring/summer. I love flowers of all kinds, but my lily plants will always be my favorite because of how much they have traveled from address to address with me, and are now "Here to Stay".

Glistening Softness & Light

I took this photo recently on a rainy day, stuck inside the house. I love the way the light is angled on this rose to show the glistening water drops. Soon, flowers outside will start blooming, giving me the chance to hopefully capture the beauty of the outdoors too.

Here to Stay

I chose this photo today because it has memories for me. It looks like Spring is moving along slowly here in Michigan, and with that I found my first sprout of my Red Lily plants that sit right outside my front door next to my front porch. The bud shown here is about the size of a nickel right now, but when in full bloom, will be about 2-3 ft tall. I bought these lily plants about 12 years ago, after I bought my very first house myself. I was proud of the fact that I was able to purchase my own house, being a single Mom with two kids. A few years later, my life changed and I ended up moving 3 times in 10 years. Each time I had to move to a different home, I dug up my lily plants and took them with me. My 3rd and hopefully final move was 2 1/2 years ago, and I still have my Red Lily plants. Not sure why they mean so much to me, but they do, and since we do not intend to move again, if ever, I called these plants "Here to Stay". As they grow, I hope to have some more photos so you can see how beautiful these plants are in full bloom. Hope you like it, and thanks for looking! :)

Red Rose

I've always heard that when you see something "Red", photograph it. I always struggle to take photos of Red such as flowers. Went I got a dozen of these beautiful flowers last week, I grabbed my camera because it was a great opportunity to practice some more. More importantly, these roses are beautiful and smell great too! So, here is one of those beautiful Red Roses. Happy Monday!