Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: house plant

The sun has finally come out, late afternoon, but it has been a cold day today, with an unpleasant cold wind (which has just started to pick up). Had a routine dental appointment this afternoon and when I got back home, I noticed that the first flower on my little Christmas Cactus had fully opened. Thought I'd make the most of it - after all, a day without using my camera is not my favourite kind of day, LOL! Hope it sends out lots of cheer : ) Rebecca (Red-Star) - this is to celebrate your successful, but bittersweet, house sale.

I'm finding it almost impossible to believe that Christmas is only five weeks away! Being away on a week's holiday in mid-September and now having so many summery images to go through is partly to blame, I suspect : ) Happened to come across this photo of a beautiful Christmas Cactus flower from my archives, that was taken on 10 November 2009, and thought it might help me feel in a Christmas mood. I have dozens of Christmas letters and cards that need to be done so that they can be posted overseas. I used to love doing these, but have to admit it gets harder with every passing year.

I had this Orange Star plant in my kitchen for weeks, waiting to be photographed. Finally had a day on which there was enough light coming in through my kitchen window! Macro shot of one of the flowers that was part of the cluster. I uploaded these three photos at some unearthly hour this morning (maybe around 6:30 a.m.?). Why would any sane person be up at that hour normally and, not only be on their computer, but on Flickr, lol?! And then be on Flickr during the day, too : ) I had planned to go on an out-of-town botany trip for the day, but I was the only participant to turn up. Instead, I chose to drive west of the city by myself, and had a great day. I have to set my alarm for about 1:00 a.m. (I never get to bed before that!) as I have an annual birding occasion that starts at 3:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. Usually, I stay up the whole night instead on this night each year, worried that I might not hear my alarm go off. Hoping that the rain in the forecast doesn't arrive!

Just a supermacro of the goings-on under a flower petal : ) Messing around with my Raynox 250 again. Sorry I'm being so slow with commenting, everyone! I've just been told that I have dangerously high blood pressure (after being without medication for quite a few months because I didn't have a family doctor, and the last walk-in doctor I saw almost a year ago refused to give me more than one month's worth and told me I HAD to find one - impossible in this city!!! Finally, I have managed to find a doctor (though I have to admit I can barely understand him, as his accent is very difficult. I wonder if his patients are leaving him because they can't understand him? Anyway, I am back on BP medication - a side effect is that it is causing awful tiredness, which does not go down well with me at all! Hard to make myself get out of bed and get ready to go on an occasional walk, too, which isn't good. I'm just functioning at a MUCH slower pace - grrr!