Back in May the weather turned warm, the sun came out, and off Heather and I went to the nursery. We went to a gigantic place way out in the boonies.
There’s my bride Heather going full speed in the nursery. She is a certified Oklahoma State University Master Gardener and she is reinvigorated this spring to get some plants. I went along to pull the cart and take photos. I don’t necessarily take photos of what she is buying.
Pink Impatiens
Colea
French Marigolds
More French Marigolds
Plum Cockatoo Petunias
Even more French Marigolds
Dayglo Yellow Dahlia
Black Mamba Petunias – my favorite plant name for the day
Orange Marigolds
Callie Pink with Eye Syngenta Flowers
And a large Garden Ornament on the way out.
A good time was had by all. Heather got lots of plants, I got lots of photos.
We love Tulsa Botanic Garden in Tulsa. We have a membership so we go when we can. We went there in early May this year and this is some of what we saw.
Back in early April, Philbrook Museum of Art, here in Tulsa had their annual fund raiser “Art in Bloom” where they invite floral designers from all over eastern Oklahoma to put together floral arrangements for a three day special event called Art in Bloom.
I have been wanting to see the event for years but it eluded us. Too many other things to do.
So this was the year and so we went.
And it was better than my expectations, and my expectations were high.
So I will shut up now, just enjoy the photos.
Below was the star of the show.
Heather and I
So that’s a wrap. Lots of people there, lots of smiles. We’ll be back next year!!
I have fallen behind on some of my posts. Sorry about that!! Back in March, the family decided we would like to go check out the tulips at the Tulsa Botanic Garden.
We went on a beautiful, sunny, and nearly windless day. The wind always blows in Oklahoma and take photos of Tulips as they sway in the breeze is frustrating! No such problems the day we went.
They had tulips, here, there and everywhere and I took dozens of photos. They were all the colors you can imagine and types.
So I will spare you.
Tulips are very special. They are delicate and come in delicate subtle colors.
And shapes
And some in pots.
I couldn’t figure out which were my favorite. They were all my favorite is what I thought.
In amongst all this someone was doing a photo shoot of a young woman in a beautiful gown. I’m guessing that it is a Quinceanera Dress. Whatever it is. It was beautiful.
Whew, I can breathe easier. I got my tulip post out of the way!
Here is the Full Pink Moon from just a few days ago. It’s not pink. It has not ever really been pink. Now if you insist, I have the skillz and appz to make it pink.
From the Tulsa Botanic Garden. They had ultralife size origami, only with other materials and they called it florigami. It was cool, I’m guessing this is a giant begonia. Sorry if I am wrong, I often am.
And these are some big lillies.
And these are some tulips.
My gym is part of a hospital system that I think spends more on landscaping than they do on medical stuff (I’m kidding.) So these are the tulips from my gym. Does your gym have tulips? Maybe you need a cheaper gym. Maybe I do also.
Me leaving PT earlier this week cuz I hit 120 degrees on the knee bend test. That is a critical point in knee replacement physical therapy. Hurts like you know what but things are getting better quickly. Also, this week I was able to get on the stationary bike and turn the pedals. That was also painful but I loved it just the same.
From my latest money making venture. I’ve been saving the families aluminum cans for a long time. My wife gave me the ultimatum that they needed to be gone by the time book group starts or she’ll get rid of them for me. Hey she never asks me for a thing or ever gets mean or anything so we she makes a request I’m all over it. (most of the time). So I bagged them up and weighed them. 30 pounds!!
Drove 22 miles to a metals recycling place in north Tulsa. Got in line drove through the hole into the building. They threw my bags on scales and they suddenly weighed 17 pounds. Got paid in cash and I’m still trying figure out where my missing 13 pounds of cans went. To be fair, the scales are literally big enough to drive a car onto so I am not surprised that they are not true in the entire range. I’m not sure that I cleared a profit but hey I got to see a different part of Tulsa society. I sure lead a sheltered life is all I am going to say.
Went for a walk and found these small bluish-purply blooms and thought they were pretty cool. Just so you know, in Oklahoma, bluish-purply is word.
For Father’s Day early this month, Heather and Logan treated me to an outing at the Tulsa Botanic Garden.
I see where taking photos at an angle is artistic, so here we are.
I loaded up my macro lens and off we went. I love taking photos of the blooms as wells as the whole plant. I know very little about flowers but I love the colors.
I loved the colorful yarrow
And all the other flowers
Daylillies were putting on a show.
I couldn’t get enough of them.
Zinnias are always a favorite.
The garden arranged for several sports cars at a local museum to be on display as well. I love the Jaguar E type. Who doesn’t love a twelve cylinder engine.
Vintage Corvette’s are the best.
And an MG-TC. A beautiful car.
I posted this photo on my of my blog entries last week. I didn’t know what the deal was. I called the Garden’s office on Wednesday and they told me that these bison are moved down to the gardens as part of their Christmas light show. So I will have to check it out later this year. Mystery solved.
I headed up to Tulsa’s Wooward Park to see if the Daffodils were blooming.
And oh, man!! They sure were blooming. The blooms were fresh and people hadn’t picked them, yet.
They were beautiful. There were a couple of young women sitting in amongst them (they were carefully making sure they were not trampling photos) and taking selfies. Usually I take photos of all people doing selfies but I left them alone to enjoy the flowers. They were probably taking photos of me and posting about the creepy old guy lurking about.
They also had lots of hyacinths.
And tulips
They had forsythia shrubs blooming
And rebuds. I’ve always loved that stone staircase.
The big trees don’t have their leaves yet.
And they still have remnants of trees knocked down on during our Father’s Day Windstorm in 2023.
