We got more rain than expected last week, albeit the only snow nearby was in the mountains to the east of us.
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| Photo from our back garden looking east. The Port of Los Angeles is in the foreground and the City of Long Beach is visible in the mid-range area. The mountains beyond are usually obscured but they showed off their snowy caps clearly after storms scrubbed away the smog. |
Many of my flowers were left in a soggy state and finding enough to fill a couple of vases was harder than I'd anticipated on Sunday. The Hippeastrum 'Exception' I used last week was in passable condition so I put together another arrangement recycling it as the centerpiece.
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| I reduced 'Exception's' stalk by almost half and cut off 2 of the blooms that were browning around the edges |
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| Back view: I used more feathery foliage than I assembled last week and added stronger punches of color |
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| Top view |
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| Clockwise from the upper left: Alstroemeria 'Inca Vienna', a noID Alstroemeria, Antirrhinum majus, Boronia crenulata 'Shark Bay', Chlorophytum comosum (aka spider plant), Coleonema pulchellum 'Sunset Gold', and Hippeastrum 'Exception' |
I created a second arrangement using Hippeastrum 'Elvas'. It wasn't in perfect condition but I patched together a vase with a nod to Valentine's Day.
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| I hunted down red flowers to play off the red edges of 'Elvas'. I can usually count on the feathery flowers of Calliandra haematocephala (aka red powder puff) at this time of year but they're only just getting started. |
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| Clockwise from the upper left: Alternanthera 'Little Ruby', Calliandra haematocephala, Leptospermum 'Copper Glow', Grevillea lavandulacea 'Penola', and Hippeastrum 'Elvas' |
Best wishes for a happy Valentine's Day! We expect sun today but mostly cloudy skies through the rest of the week, probably culminating with the arrival of another atmospheric river on Saturday.
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