• indoors - plants

    >Plants, mostly indoors

    20 September, 2010 - By 

    >…for a change.

    A new pot for this one:
    new pot
    (Please ignore the cobweb, I had not seen those before the pic, now it’s removed. Seems like I need to take photographs of all corners regularily, LOL!!)

    The crown of thorns has outgrown its pot-size so fast that it already needed the next size now (which will have to last it longer now). I had no decorative pot in that size to fit, so I had to steal the outdoor pot from my dalia to give it anything to sit in. Will be looking for something more fitting.
    huge pot

    All that pot-rotation gave my little Money Plant a very stylish new home:
    noble pot

    New plant in the kitchen- yes it is the same species as the alien on the closet- this is what these look like if they grow up more ideal than mine.
    new kitchen plant

    Not a new plant, but ever so pretty and red- and the water looked nice on it, too:
    red rainy flower

    Plant, too, kinda sorta- super huge potatoes!
    biiig dinner

  • balcony - flowers - plants

    >Autumn approaches…

    4 September, 2010 - By 

    >… and on my balcony, too. Today it was sunny but cool weather, ideal to do gardening and maintenance work on the balcony. So I got some plants to replace those who did not survive the tons of rain after the heatperiod. Also my Bornholm Marguerites were no longer truly fit, having spent themselves with their many blossoms.
    So on my balcony reside now the following plants:
    In the corner with the kitchen window are the heather that now replaces the marguerites and my hydrangea:
    hydrangea and heather

    Closeup of a blossom of the hydrangea:
    hydrangea autumny
    All those are winter hardy and should return to life after the oncoming cold season.

    Since the marigolds died, I put a flower pot with one Chrysantenum left and right my still lively third flowerbox:
    red chrysantemum
    (I had planned to have several of these in the flower boxes, but the first two already died on me…this is not my type of plant. Ironically, it was those I paid full for. The ragged red one that the flower-lady did not want any money for because it looked so desolate has not only survived, but also recovered, LOL!!)

    And the other window:
    dahlia and little ones
    The dalia seems to like it there. The little plants next to it apparently, too.

  • decorations - dragons - lizards - plants

    >Flowers and lizards

    28 August, 2010 - By 

    >Today I got some replacements for my drowned marigolds.
    Into the the flowerbox I sat three Chrysanthema which have all their blossoms closed, still, so piccies have to wait some. (Am curious how much longer the other marigolds will last, they start to look sorry also..)
    And since my Cosmea also hated the wet weather, since it rapidly shriveled up, I found a lovely replacement for it today.
    A dahlia, in original a bit more orange than pinkish as it looks on this picture:
    dalia

    Got a most lovely surprise pressie from my parents today:
    lizard02
    I wonder if the butterfly is still there tomorrow morning. *g*

    A closeup which still does not show all the pretty gleam on the scales:
    lizard01

    This lovely lizard promptly inspired me to repaint one of my resin dragons, which was an uninspired blotchy silver all over before.
    Here he is with first paintlayers, some detailings will follow- this little guy can also be wall mounted and will keep the lizard company in furture. (They’re almost the same size)
    green dragon

  • balcony - flowers - plants

    >Addendum to the previous post..

    21 August, 2010 - By 

    >… because I forgot a close up of my lovely Million Bells.
    million bells closeup
    The come in many colours and I want some for next year again, so much is already for certain.

    The hydrangea looks like this- there are tiny pink sprinkles all over the blossoms that slowly turn greenish. It looks as if someone has sprayed some fruitjuice on it:
    hydrangea autumny

    Two tiny lavender seedlings which I pulled from between the stones with the roots intact- so I thought, I am trying to cultivate those now.
    two young lavender offspring
    (Please ignore the dirty window sill, aheehee…)

  • balcony - flowers - plants

    >Time for another flower-post

    19 August, 2010 - By 

    >…it has been a while, hasn’t it? On my balcony, the plants hated the recent downpours of rain- all plants? No, one flowerbox full apparently loves it and really exploded since the weather got cooler and more rainy:
    flowers in full bloom

    For comparision- they looked like this, when they were new:
    Photobucket

  • balcony - firefly - hydrangea - plants

    >This plant is soo awesome!

    6 Juli, 2010 - By 

    >Everyday it grows larger and more gorgeous! I never had such a beautiful plant ever before:
    Snowball

    View directly from above, when set on the floor for watering:
    Snowball

    As for Firely- that one has now reached a juvenile state (not grown up) and all of us do hope for a last decent colour change, LOL!! Psychodelic Unicorn:
    Firefly juvenile

    Azâr:#White…# *growls*
    Mielahis: *slightly awed*#…and…URPLE…#

  • balcony - hydrangea - plants

    >And even more fluffiness

    1 Juli, 2010 - By 

    >… now I know why this variety is called „snowball“!

    hydrangea 04

    Bottlefeeding it during the day did not only save its life, it did also speed the blossoming process some.

    Also found a „new“ spider-species in the flowers- while the balcony(and from time to time my kitchen) is haunted by tiger-striped jumping spiders (cause they can squeeze in through any opening on the window…), there was one that was almost translucent, but striped also and very small, about 0,5cm. Never seen those before, maybe I will find an image on the web…

  • balcony - flowers - plants

    >Flowers and no end, LOL!!

    15 Mai, 2010 - By 

    >My parents had another flowerbox to spare and Dad brought it over when we set out for the home tool supplier. I ended up with a screen-version of a flydoor afterall, as the one I wanted was not available currently. And I will save some room with this version as it works like rollo that is pulled sideways. These are not so easy to install, so I will need Dad for this after all, but at least the thingy is here already.
    But the flowerbox! Of course having it here on the kitchen window sill did not give me any peace, LOL!!
    So I moved the hortensia to a new place (there is a bit more shelter against the weather):
    Blaue Hortensie

    And since the empty box looked so empty and it was still not raining, I made a short excursion to Blume 2000 to see if I could find something nice. And so I did!
    Bornholm Mageriten

    Bornholm Mageriten
    Pocket sunshine, LOL!! Bornholm Margeriten.
    If they grow too enthusiastically, I can set some into a big pot, too, but so far, they have enough room. And I have a mini garden now. ==^==^==

  • balcony - plants - spring - virtual pet

    >Springiness

    27 April, 2010 - By 

    >See how the hortensia turns purple:
    Hortensia

    Detail:
    Hortensia detail

    The Stoneheather is happy- there are new red leaves- so it is busily growing larger!
    New leaves

    The little firtree is also verrrrry springy, as you can see here:
    sprouting like mad

    The Pansies have all turned blue, but they have grown like mad, especially those on the little table…
    Pansies

    Pansies

    And I got myself a little virtual pet which you can see on the sidebar of the blog, so it is invisible in a mailed version, I think…
    So far, there is only the transportbox, I am very curious what will hatch from it… I called it „Snuffles“ because the box looked as if made for something canine, but it may as well be a Wer-something, LOL!! Am waiting curiously now.

  • balcony - computers - embarrassment - funny vids - grand prix - plants

    >Germany – Zero Points!

    18 März, 2010 - By 

    >Aargh!! I just found out that the new song that they play up and down and which I myself had already voted as the „worst thing since Stefanie Heinzman sang the „The Unforgiven“ (Metallica) cover version“ is actually our Grand Prix d’Eurovision entry this year!
    And this crap did they need a whole casting show for?! O.O Also, they also said the girl is „unconventional, an „actress“, spontaneous“ etc. … Seeing her music vid, *I* say I see neither.Let’s not mention that her English sounds…weird…in places. Sing, she can’t either- where her voice fails, she just does some kind of „one tone chant“- I didn’t see the shows, but if she wins- how bad was the rest? o.O

    Good grief…we should have rather sent Guildo Horn again- like that, we would have scored for weirdness, at least.
    Teh German entry:
    YouTube video of „Satellite“

    And now excuse me while I am embarrased in a corner again, LOL!!

    Am feeling old- when you catalogue books and come across recent events- recent, like say, the last twenty years- and have to put them in the „History“ systematic while you think „Heck, I remember this, that can’t have taken place *that* long ago!“, this is weird…

    I will get a new computer, whee! Am both curious and dreadful about Windows 7 on it…
    And I loooove the „persona“ skins that you can put on Firefox 3.6. – they look mostly awesome! ===^==^=== Finally something to make the browser pretty.

    In case you have not seen it yet and need a cheer up after the song above, watch this hilarious „Simon’s Cat“ episode:
    Snow Business

    I want plants like this for my balcony, they are called „Duft Geranie“ and smell faintly of lemon to the human nose- and are apparently revolting for mosquitos and wasps! Great!! Must try to find some..
    „Duft Geranie“

  • oddities - plants - rainbows - winter

    >Mixed piccies

    24 Oktober, 2009 - By 

    >A while ago, we had a rainbow where you could see both ends touching down. It was still too big for the camera, though. *sigh* Here you go:
    Eainbow01

    Rainbow02

    Rainbow03

    My plants now double as pressies! After seeing how cute those jute bag protections really look, I am definitely getting a red one for the third plant, too!
    Plants in bags

    Things that the world does not need. I love it anyway, LOL!! Being a fan for the normal version of these, which look like a smiley:
    http://picnica.ciao.com/de/125193994.jpg
    I really *had* to get the Halloween version, LOL!! And even if that sounds funny, but it looks really good in the toilet.
    Halloween WC refresher

  • balcony - cat - helena - pepper - plants - sunday morning - sunny days

    >The summer of the cat

    27 September, 2009 - By 

    >…is sadly gone now. Not only have I returned my „holiday cat“ to her owner Eva, no the neighbours next door with „Pepper“ have moved out, so if you ask me, here’s definitely not enough „catishness“ around.
    To change it at least a little, here are some piccies of Helena, which I took:
    Am I going to climb that leg or not

    Pretending to be a plush-toy:
    plushtoy look-a-like 1

    plushtoy look-a-like 2

    New purry-looking rose-mugs on kitchen windowsill:
    Rosemugs

    Yesterday I did a fat balcony clean up, tearing out weeds and cleaning windows and balustrade, now it is presentable again, so I have a few piccies of that now, too.

    Very clean gravel now- normally inhabited by weeds:
    very clean corner
    (And thanks to the parents for the board to close the space under the spacer, so to speak.)

    The Chrysantenums gave up, so I have already wintery plants:
    new plants

    Sunny autumn splendour on a sunday morning- is there a better place to read a magazine? (Ok, apart from a real garden, that is)
    sunday morning

  • balcony - plants

    >Plants

    8 Mai, 2009 - By 

    >My Stone-Heather (PIERIS JAPONICA) is going to blossom! Woot! And the flower-shop lady said it would not survive the winter in a pot outside. Mwehe… am now tempted to show her the piccies.

    Steinheide blüht

    Steinheide blüht

    Steinheide blüht

    And my little firtree has miniature fir cones, verry cute. Will try to get piccies of that, too.