SV: First Water Lily Opens

[Guest guest]

That is beautiful!

Do you grow them yourself?

 

I believe I read somewhere that it is difficult to grow genetic variations.

These seem quite red, or do they turn all white when opened?

 

Thousands of buds are about to burst in the ponds and lakes here

but at the moment it is raining and so cloudy it is almost dark .

 

Alan

 

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[Guest guest]

,

"Alan" <erilarend wrote:

 

 

>That is beautiful!

Do you grow them yourself?

 

 

Thank you, Alan, yes, we created a pond here about two months ago and

stocked it with various hybrids, this one is called "Attraction", and

there will be more soon, several colorful varieties. They are easy to

grow, and actually help the pond in many ways. We put some lily

fertilizer in the pots to begin with, and they need at least 4-6 hours

of sun a day. Of course, we are in the middle of a heat wave, which is

stimulating a lot of growth. Today was over 100, for example. Just

yesterday, a new lily celebrated Summer Solstice by opening up right in

the middle of an Amarylis.

 

http://snipurl.com/s3ag

 

 

Mazie has been busy landscaping a Paradise within Paradise (our town

name), and I am cataloguing the various plantings in our photo album

website:

 

http://www.1heart.us/gallery/v/

 

particularly in the sub-album called "Close Up".

 

 

Btw, we have another sub-album dedicated to various favorite artists

(Artists), and within that, a special album featuring an appreciation

of some of your incredible work (page 14 of "Visibility").

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Blessings are indeed yours, Bob and Mazie, your photos are awesome,

Paradise? Damn, how appropriate could it be? (I live on Spring

Garden Rd.;-)

 

I must share an experience. Last year, my son (who is also a

brilliant photographer;-) and I went to a placed called The Beaver

Marsh, with a bridge across the whole lake. It was filled with

yellow water lillies, he was taking pictures and I walked across the

bridge to the other side.

 

Lo and behold 4 vultures came to me. Two circled in opposite

directions about 15 feet above me, and two more came from opposite

directions and flew directly above me and the first two vultures,

very high in the sky.

 

I stood there in awe with my arms raised as if in open prayer,

my son was looking at me and the vultures and later said

"Mom, they know".

 

It was quite amazing. And thank you for the reminder. Endless hugs

to you and Mazie.

 

Love,

Ana

 

p.s. Bob and Alan, I'd perhaps like to use one or two photos in the

next book of mine. ;-)

 

I'll browse thru all your albums leisurely soon.;-)

 

 

, "Bob OHearn" <hrtbeat7

wrote:

>

> ,

> "Alan" <erilarend@> wrote:

>

>

> >That is beautiful!

> Do you grow them yourself?

>

>

> Thank you, Alan, yes, we created a pond here about two months ago

and

> stocked it with various hybrids, this one is called "Attraction",

and

> there will be more soon, several colorful varieties. They are easy

to

> grow, and actually help the pond in many ways. We put some lily

> fertilizer in the pots to begin with, and they need at least 4-6

hours

> of sun a day. Of course, we are in the middle of a heat wave,

which is

> stimulating a lot of growth. Today was over 100, for example. Just

> yesterday, a new lily celebrated Summer Solstice by opening up

right in

> the middle of an Amarylis.

>

> http://snipurl.com/s3ag

>

>

> Mazie has been busy landscaping a Paradise within Paradise (our

town

> name), and I am cataloguing the various plantings in our photo

album

> website:

>

> http://www.1heart.us/gallery/v/

>

> particularly in the sub-album called "Close Up".

>

>

> Btw, we have another sub-album dedicated to various favorite

artists

> (Artists), and within that, a special album featuring an

appreciation

> of some of your incredible work (page 14 of "Visibility").

>

>

> __/\__

>