more flowers from laurie's front yard

Took some photos of Laurie's flowers when I dropped her off after our visit to the farmer's market. Above is a really ugly photo, because there's something totally wrong with one of those petals, and there was a really gross brownish thing to the left of the blossom. Oh well.









These are violets that Laurie transplanted last week. They look really pretty, although after seeing the photo I realized that some of the petals look pretty moth-eaten. Oh well.

more flowers from last week

I took these photos last week during either my noon-hour walks or after work. Above is a dandelion from a lawn on Dufferin Ave., I think.



These forget-me-nots are from my friend Laurie's backyard.



White flowers called I know not what, from Laurie's front yard.

lilacs

Lilacs have been in bloom this past week in London. Here are some photos taken mostly in my friend Laurie's yard. The first two photos were taken on a really windy day, so I'm happy I actually got images that weren't totally blurred.











The above lilacs were taken indoors at my parents' house. Their neighbour had given them a bouquet, and Mom put the flowers in the dining room.

african violets

My mom got these african violets from my Aunt Sylvia. Back in the fall, maybe. (I'm kind of hazy on that part.) Mom recently asked me to take a photo of them for her, so she could show Aunt Sylvia how pretty the blossoms were. So here you go, Aunt Sylvia.

narcissi

Bought these flowers at the grocery store, possibly last Sunday afternoon. Narcissi are like tiny little daffodils. Only tiny. And little. (A glance at the Wikipedia article I just hyper-linked tells me that "narcissus" is the genus name for a whole family of flowers that include actual daffodils. So there you go.) They smell kind of nice. I thought they looked cheery, which is what made me conveniently forget that I'd promised myself not to buy pesticide-laden plants anymore.



Some time-lapse photos.


The second day.



Also the second day.



The fourth day.



Also the fourth day. They are starting to rot wither.



The fifth day. They are totally going to pot. Wait - they're already in a pot. Oh well. Guess they don't have far to go.

tulips

Took these photos at my sister's place a few days ago, when I was there looking after her kids.

daffodils

A friend brought me a pot of daffodils a few days ago. They are awesome. I want to eat them, except they probably taste gross. And likely are poisonous.