Kaleidoscope…

28 Saturday Mar 2026

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Thursday night I picked up a cute little orchid after we attended the Member Preview of Kaleidoscope at The Leaf…

one of the many benefits of membership is that often there are previews of new displays… always great fun…

this new display is filled with bright, colourful, flowers and lots of crystals… I am looking forward to seeing if they produce rainbows on sunny days;-)…

and the neatest thing is a piece that has three kaleidoscopes on it with a platform of flowers which turn and produce the kaleidoscope effect… such an entertaining time, either looking through the three options or spinning the saucer for others to see…

I am also going to go later in the evening to see everything lit;-)…

the orchid is from the Apothecary display, so it is a lovely reminder of that display…

there is always something new or different every time you walk through the biomes…

losing…

15 Wednesday Jan 2025

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as the last couple of orchids are losing their final few flowers, I am watching four plants which have begun new buds…

two are quite a way along…

one is a bit further behind…

and the final one has just barely begun…

most of them are in the den, which is interesting, as I would have expected the ones in the front rooms to do better…

looking forward to the new flowers;-)…

phalaenopsis…

04 Sunday Feb 2024

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I’ve been waiting patiently for this phalaenopsis orchid to open…

here it was on Friday…

Saturday…

and today…

it is beautiful and different from the other one that has been open for awhile…

in my mind I was thinking they might turn out to be the same, lol… but not;-)…

whenever I look at my orchids I always think of my beloved, who brought them to me all the time…

newest…

22 Wednesday Nov 2023

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so happy to see new tiny buds on all of the orchids on the dining room table…

it was an exciting surprise to see the newest buds on the one plant that hadn’t had a new stalk…

looking forward to some blooms around Christmas…

tea…

08 Monday May 2023

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had a great time with my BS buddies…

we gathered in two vehicles and drove to Rosenort for our 1 pm High Tea reservation at Lily Stone Cafe…

what a delight… we climbed up stairs, went down a narrow hall, and into a beautifully decorated room ready for our tea…

we just happened to get this space, but for a 20% gratuity you can book one of the private rooms for your group… no one wore gloves, but there were pearls, jewellery, and some fancy clothes, lol…

there were so many teas to choose from it took us a while to decide, and everyone enjoyed their picks…

then the tiered stands with a number of items for us to devour arrived, and devour them we did;-)…

they were able to deal with a food issue for one of us, and everything we ate looked lovely and was tasty… although it didn’t appear like a lot of food, we were all full once we’d cleaned the plates…

from there we drove a few kilometres to Lily Stone Gardens where we toured the Gift Shop and the one open greenhouse…

I found a beautiful white dahlia that is now sitting next to the tubers, which I hope will encourage them to get growing, lol…

the drive took just over forty-five minutes each way, and even in the rain and overcast, it was enjoyable… lots of conversation and laughter in both vehicles…

what a wonderful way to spend an afternoon;-)…