Sunday, January 15, 2012

Better Late than… Amaryllis 2012

Well, it's not exactly the deep, solid red that the box indicated it would be, it will only have three blossoms instead of the customary four, its soil came "planted" with thousands of tiny fruit fly-type gnats, and it's three weeks after its promised Christmas blooming date, but other than that, my 2012 Amaryllis is beautiful, lol. Sitting outside on my plaid-painted porch rocker for a quick natural-light photo, also visible is my quaint aluminum flower "pot" on the right, patiently awaiting Spring—and fresh plants!

Sitting in the livingroom for this shot, a small framed portrait of my aunt Hoohoo during the 1950s is to the flowers' left. My vintage gold German angel is to its right—the ever present "do it, don't do it" pair that sit on my shoulders, lol.

Now posed downstairs in front of Dagmar Bumper Bullets No. 2. The patterns and colors of the Amaryllis are picked up by this piece's repeated  textures of a 1956 Cadillac's grille reflected in its chromed "Dagmar" bumper guards.

6 comments:

  1. THEIR ONE OF MY FAVORITE FLOWERS.

    THANKS FOR SHARING

    GRANNY

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  2. I always look at those in the stores in late summer, but never buy any. You've done it though, Casey! Next summer I'm buying one! :) Thanks!

    Katie

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  3. be careful, though, Katie! This one really did come with an infestation of gnats. They started coming out a few days after i planted it and have stuck around for more than 6 weeks. I think if I buy one next year, instead of using the soild "disk" that comes with it, I'll just use regular potting soil. I know that is sterile.

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  4. The flower reminds me of the patterns found on Tom Selleck's shirt during his Magnum PI days, lol.

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