flowers

The orchid vendor at the farmers’ market was selling bunches of six phalenopsis stems for $10. Ten dollars! He said they’ll last three weeks, which is two weeks longer than my potted orchids tend to last. I set up my studio today – just need my hinged clamps and I’ll be ready to print. I […]

It’s starting to feel like spring around here – morning tule fog, sunny afternoons, and longer days. The farmers’ market has blood oranges and late-winter bulb flowers. So much has changed now that I’m back to working full-time. At least I’m drawing again, after two weeks of zonking out after work every night. Jake’s eye

Bulb flowers are here. The flower stand at the farmers’ market has tulips, and the paperwhites my friend Christine gave me for my birthday just started to bloom. When anemones and ranunculus start to appear, I’ll know spring is almost here.

Fall flowers have started appearing at the farmers’ market. Gone are sweet peas. Now we have sunflowers and wildflowers and crazily-colored hydrangeas (though I suspect these are year-round flowers in Northern California).I think snapdragons are next, after which I will have to content myself with the forced bulbs of winter. Happy Autumn!