Flower Adventure

2019 has been a great adventure in finding all kinds of flowers.
This is one of the Giant Lily cutting in the Monther's Day bouquet.  The fragrance is too strong for indoor.  It's much happier outdoor.   It's so beautiful.  When it first opened, the Stigma is like shiny marble.  A few days later, it got all kinds of pollen stuck to it.

This is my mom's Orchid.  It  is very productive this year because of rain.  It close to 40 some years old.

From Mother's Day bouquet.

This one looks like Moonlight Cereus, but it's not.  It is flowering during day time.

KIKU in Mother's Day bouquet.  I wish I can grow them.  I tried to a couple of times, but without luck.

This is morning ... something.

This is PEONY... used Galaxy S10+'s camera trick.

  

More Peony

My pink rose.

Tulips.  I thought they will be like the normal cup shape tulip.  It turns out to be very flowery petals.

They look more like a cross between PEONY and Poppy flower, don't they?

Very Interesting.

My African violets.

African pups.

Very interesting colors.

Peach flowers in my mother's garden.

Wisteria?

I can't remember the name ... friscia?

 

 

  

I was in awe when I saw this Cactus flowered.

Will There Be a Lots of UME Growing This Year?

 Wow! All the new braches are flowering in February.

 Lots of bees are visiting. UME is going to grow for sure? 

Interestingly the truth showed up in March.  When all the flower petals withered, the fruit formed only on the original stalk, yet.  It must take a few more years before these new branches would grow UME.  Exciting to wait and see.

Saga of Fence Repair - Photo Journal

Does Home maintence come one after the other after 18 years?  Some neighbors had replaced quite a few appliances fives years ago.  I can consider myself lucky.  After my sink and garbage disposer replacement saga ...that took three months or so, two nights later on a very stormy rainy Sunday evening,  as I resting in my living room watching a show, a door knock brought a bad news.  It's my neighbor who is on their way to Florida for 10 days vacation.  He asked if I had noticed that our fence fell down.  I stood there speechless for very good seconds. My head was just blank. He told me that he had to leave for the airport and just want to tell me and gave me his phone number.  I just said, "I will figure out something.". That was that.  What a headache!!.  I just finished fixing the kitchen.  Now this!?  Shall I call a professional? I think I have too much of my dad in me.  Watching him fix motor bkies, visiting airfield and while riding in pilot's seat, watching him drive to town the aircraft... I end up checking YouTube and fixing the fence myself.  How to erect 20 feet long fence is challenging. Luckily one of the fence's breakpoint is leaning against the neighbor's house wall.  So here is my photo journal of fence fixing.