Morning Eye Candy: Bright Wishes
Posted in Photography on December 21 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Wishing you brightness and light in the year to come, on this, the shortest day of the year!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on December 21 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Wishing you brightness and light in the year to come, on this, the shortest day of the year!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on December 20 2013, by Ann Rafalko
This showy bromeliad is also sometimes called queen’s tears. Given the colors, I must assume that the queen that shed these is one magical lady.
Billbergia nutans (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on December 19 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Warm thoughts as you thaw from your morning commute.
Photo by Amy Weiss
Posted in Photography on December 18 2013, by Ann Rafalko
It’s snowy and cold outside, but warm and dry in the desert houses of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory!
Photo by Senior Plant Recorder, Kristine Paulus
Posted in Photography on December 17 2013, by Ann Rafalko
There are a few different varieties of witch-hazel that grow happily in our area, and they all bloom beautifully through the dullest of winter days.
Hamamelis virginiana (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on December 16 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Posted in Photography on December 15 2013, by Ann Rafalko
This dwarf blue spruce decided to decorate himself. Are you all set for the holidays?
Picea pungens ‘Montgomery’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on December 14 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on December 13 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Did you know that dawn redwoods are deciduous?
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on December 12 2013, by Ann Rafalko
In winter
all the singing is in
the tops of the trees …
White-Eyes ~ Mary Oliver