The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination.
-Terri Guillemets
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December 7, 2010
November 20, 2010
Autumn, please step aside for a moment. Thank you.
Posted by Morning Bray under Plants and Flowers | Tags: autumn flowers, roses |[25] Comments
October 27, 2010
The best tomatoes ever
Posted by Morning Bray under Friends and Family, Plants and Flowers | Tags: egg yolk tomatoes, first frost, Heirloom tomato, Tomato, tomatoes, Vegetable |[34] Comments
I officially have a new favorite tomato.
Thanks again to Danni over at On the Way to Critter Farm, I grew these egg yolk heirloom tomatoes from seed this year. Just as she promised, they’re a sweet, yellow tomato about the size and color of an egg yolk.
We had our first frost on Monday night, which means no more tomatoes from our garden this year. Hmmph.
I think it’s possible that instead of visions of sugar-plums dancing in my head over the holidays, I’ll have visions of egg yolk tomatoes. Seriously. Go figure. ♥
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October 17, 2010
Maize Maze
Posted by Morning Bray under Albuquerque, Plants and Flowers | Tags: Albuquerque Maize Maze, corn, Corn maze, morning glories, morning glory, Rio Grande Community Farm |[18] Comments
Every September and October, the Albuquerque Maize Maze comes to life.
Don and I spent a glorious fall afternoon yesterday exploring the seven-acre corn maze. This year’s maze depicts wildlife found in Albuquerque and is called Coyote Magic.
We wandered leisurely through the maze for a couple of hours.
The maze is precisely cut by GPS technology. Very cool.
Morning glories were everywhere. They took my breath away.
Beautiful.
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October 15, 2010
End of summer fireworks
Posted by Morning Bray under Plants and Flowers | Tags: cosmos |[17] Comments
September 16, 2010
A late summer walk around the garden
Posted by Morning Bray under Plants and Flowers | Tags: aster, basil, flowers, garden, goldenrod, morning glory, plants, sage, sedum |[23] Comments
One of my favorite pastimes is walking around the garden to admire our plants and flowers. Another reason I love having a blog: It’s allowing me to document our slowly expanding Albuquerque garden. ♥
Aster… planted this year. By the way, we’re gradually eliminating the gravel from our flower beds and can’t wait until it’s gone.
Basil… it smells so wonderful. Yum.
Sage. I’m not sure what variety… it was here when we moved to Albuquerque. The bees and butterflies love it.
Goldenrod… also planted this year.
A volunteer morning glory in last year’s pot. One of my very favorites.
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’… look at how much it has colored up. I don’t recall my sedum in Maryland being so colorful.
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September 15, 2010
I just wanted to show you my tomatoes
Posted by Morning Bray under Plants and Flowers | Tags: photography, technical problems, Tomato, tomatoes, vegetables |[23] Comments
We’re having some serious technical difficulties here. For goodness’ sake, all I’ve wanted for the last few days is to show you my tomatoes.
Thanks to Danni at On the Way to Critter Farm, her support, and her tomato seeds, this is the very first tomato I’ve ever grown from seed. And I’ve been so excited to share it with you.
Instead, as I’ve downloaded pictures from my cameras these last few days, I’ve been getting this:
And, instead of this:
I’ve downloaded this:
Because I was able to download photos successfully onto another computer, here’s what I do know about this issue:
- It’s happening to about two-thirds of my photos; not all
- It’s not my cameras
- It’s not my lenses
- It’s not the USB cable
- It’s not the USB ports
- Photos that I already have stored on the computer are not affected; only new photos that I download onto the computer are
There’s something going on with our computer and we can’t figure out what it is. Does anyone out there have any ideas?
By the way, the tomatoes are delish. Thank you, Danni! ♥
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September 4, 2010
Saturday Stuff – Maximillian sunflower
Posted by Morning Bray under Plants and Flowers, Saturday Parts & Stuff | Tags: Maximillian sunflower, sunflower |[14] Comments
September 2, 2010
Bringing you some Autumn Joy
Posted by Morning Bray under Plants and Flowers | Tags: sedum, sedum autumn joy, yarrow |[21] Comments
Our sedum flower heads are beginning to color up.
They’re stunning with yarrow… one of my summer favorites. ♥
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August 12, 2010
It’s 95 degrees and snowing
Posted by Morning Bray under Albuquerque, New Mexico, Plants and Flowers | Tags: cottonwood, cottonwood snow |[11] Comments
Today’s forecast in Albuquerque is 95 degrees and mostly sunny. And snow.
From where does the snow fall, you wonder?
Have a peek up in the cottonwood tree across the way from us.
What we’re just now starting to see fall is the seeds from the fruits of this lovely tree.
It’s the fluffy white seeds of female cottonwoods that give the tree its name. And sure, they’re annoying and they make a mess. Without a doubt, we’ll find piles of seeds everywhere over the next few weeks.
We’ll get over it though. As summer changes to fall at Morning Bray Farm, the leaves of our cottonwoods will turn bright yellow, creating a remarkable contrast with our clear blue autumn skies. We won’t remember the snow then. ♥
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