March 6th’s Friday Fleurday

Here’s another hellebore update. The earlier posts about these lovely bloomers can be found here and here.

They wait to fully bloom and are gorgeous throughout their budding and blooming phases.

Most of these particular hellebore have a pretty red border around the petal edges.

Very pretty and certainly very spring-like.

Happy Friday.

Then and Now

Then: a quick January flight to Edmonton; it was -45C (-49F). There was a lovely sunset and beautiful clear air but I didn’t stay long. There’s definitely a main reason why we live in the Okanagan Valley!

Now: a springy 12C (54F), windless, bright and beautiful …

… with some real warmth coming from the sun.

Happy Tuesday.

February 27’s Friday Fleurday

It’s great to once more be posting recent floral finds for Friday Fleurday (try saying that fast three times 😉). Two weeks ago I found the tightly closed hellebores shown in the next two pictures.

Hellebores take their time blooming and when I recently walked past their location again, I found that they had begun the opening process.

Those that have opened are mostly a creamy white with a red border at the petal edges …

… although I did find one that was fully opened but did not have that distinction.

I apologise for the quality of the last two photos; it was extremely windy out and I had trouble focussing on the flowers. I’ll try to update these again as they bloom more fully. They’re such a lovely early spring find.

Happy Friday.

Sometimes, life is like that.