Never.

I've never tried it.

And here comes 'Lights Out.' Have you ever propagated dahlias from cuttings?

A Gymnocalycium saglionis cactus planted in a succulent garden where other succulents can be seen in background. The cactus has a light pink flower and a few unopened buds.

Here is Gymnocalycium saglionis, or the giant chin cactus. It’s the only Gymno I have planted in the ground. The species is endemic to northwest Argentina, but seems to do well in my Nor Cal garden.

A long bed along the garage filled with bulbs in orange, purple, peach, white & just a hint of yellow.

Tulip ‘Slawa’ with its burgundy bases and orange-red edges.

Tulip ‘Slawa’ with its burgundy bases and orange-red edges, plus win-colored lily-flowered tulip ‘Merlot’, dark purple ‘Queen of the Night’ & a huge orange beauty.

Tulip ‘Slawa’ with its burgundy bases and orange-red edges, plus two entirely different peach and white tulip shapes.

The orange and purple bulb show is still going on in the Pollinator Garden but it’s almost over. I have *a lot* of deadheading in my future.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #SmallJoys 🌱

😊

An amazing masterpiece of clouds that I discovered by looking up.

“Sometimes to see a masterpiece, one merely needs to look up.”

- Made Up Person
4/21/2026

PHOTO by Darwis Alwan. Tall, slender trees rise through a dense mist in a quiet forest. Their trunks are dark and speckled, twisting gently as they stretch toward a pale sky veiled in fog. At ground level, vibrant green grasses and broad-leaved plants create a lush underlayer, damp with moisture. The scene feels suspended in stillness, as if time has slowed to a hush beneath the canopy of silent trees.

In the forest, time is irrelevant. Life is measured in cycles, not seconds.

A miniature posy of real spring flowers in a thimble

Thankyou *so* much for your support of my ko-fi in the last few days, it’s helped more than you know. Here’s a seasonal posy in a thimble (all real flowers from the garden), including forget me not, sorrel, geum & lily of the valley. Spot the cow parsley floret 🌿

Good Morning! I just returned from a week of hiking, playing and harvesting razor clams on the Washington State coast. Spectacular weather & sunsets.

#TidesOutTuesday #BlueTue #ECK #Photography #LongBeach #Texture

🤍

🤍🤍Trillium🤍🤍

A flower of early spring, the Trillium shows us such beauty in recovery & resilience🤍
Make today Trillium Tuesday

Have a beautiful Day🤍🤍

#eastcoastkin
#trillium

A shy little bluering octopus.

For #tidesouttuesday, here's a beach sunset from Ocean Shores in Washington state 🧡💛 #ECK #photography #clouds #pnw

A close-up view of a "Pink Frost" Hellebore dotted with raindrops. The silvery-rose sepals of this blooming flower are centered by a crown of showy yellow stamens. Deep rose Hellebore buds round out the frame.

#Photography
#ECK
#MacroMonday
#ColorADay
#PinkMon
#Hellebore

An English Bluebell with multiple ‘bells’

Ladies and Gentlemen, without further ado, we present to you the Queen of English Bluebells

A beach photograph transformed into a painterly homage to J.M.W. Turner at his most elemental. The original sunset scene, bougainvillea and cactus silhouetted in the foreground, a vast calm sea, a burning sun just above the horizon, was edited in Lightroom Mobile in two distinct phases. First, careful panel work established the Turner structure: colour temperature pushed to ~7,500K for a warm golden atmosphere, HSL orange and yellow luminance lifted, greens desaturated into shadow, colour grading layering amber warmth through shadows and midtones, texture and clarity softened to dissolve edges into painterly haze. Then my gut feeling took over: overall light pulled darker, saturation taken higher, luminance intensified, widening the gap between the deepest blacks and the most burning golds until the image crossed the threshold from gentle seascape into something more turbulent. The cloud became a living, swirling presence. The sea surrendered its cool blue counterpoint and drowned in amber. The foreground collapsed into pure silhouette, cactus and bougainvillea reduced to shadow shapes, save for one tiny flash of magenta defying the darkness. The result references Turner's storm works ‚The Slave Ship', ‚Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth', hopefully.

Spent the last two hours #PostProcess -ing Rock‘s
@rjrock.bsky.social image in a #Painterly manner with J.M.W. Turner in mind, from the technical part to a final gut feeling edit. Was lots of fun and I wonder what you think of the result. Edits in alt text.
#photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK

This could be the last week for this hashtag 🙁. #TulipTuesday

Burrowing owl standing on the sandy shore of the Salton Sea.

Good morning! 🪶

Bom dia, pessoal!🫖☕☕🕊️
Uma ótima terça-feira para todos vocês. Cuidem-se bem!😉
📷 🌿🤍🤍🤍🤍🫰

Peonies! 🩷🥰

You have so much beauty in your garden, Pam. Love that soft yellow baptisia.

Yellow baptistia in a container with a lot of green leaves too. Woodland in the background.

White and pink peony flower with leaves.

Fading azalea with pink, and turning brown, flowers with a Chinese fringe tree behind and above. The fringe tree has numerous white flowers and green leaves.

Good afternoon, a #FlowerReport from central NC, USA 🌱
#Bloomscrolling
#Gardening

Harriet the House Sparrow #BirdOfTheDay #Petals&Perches #birds #photography #ECK

A small Goldcrest perched on a branch covered in yellow willow catkins, facing left with its head slightly lowered. The bird shows a bright yellow crown stripe bordered by black. The background is a smooth blue blur. 黄色いネコヤナギの花穂のついた枝にとまるキクイタダキ。ややうつむき加減で左向き。頭頂には黒に縁取られた黄色のラインが見える。背景は青くぼけている。

Joining today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #Petals&Perches, a tiny Goldcrest among spring blossoms.
It turned out a bit on the yellow side overall, but maybe that just adds to the feeling of spring 😊🪶
花がらみと言われても…あ、キクの花はしっかり咲いてますね😎
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #Goldcrest #キクイタダキ #birds #野鳥

Oh my goodness, c. This is gorgeous.

coral peony.

Look at those beautiful pink blossoms! Lovely photo, Sabine. Have a great day.

Against a canvas of soft, cloud-brushed blue sky, a graceful branch droops under the gentle weight of its own extravagance. The double-petalled blossoms of a Kanzan cherry burst open in a riot of deep rose-pink and the palest blush, a gradient moving from vivid magenta at the petal edges to an almost luminous white at the heart. Each flower is a world unto itself: layer upon layer of ruffled, tissue-thin petals folded over one another with the lush fullness of an old-fashioned garden rose, their frilled edges catching the light and glowing softly. Young bronze-green leaves, just emerging from their buds, add a warm earthy counterpoint, like copper foil set against silk, grounding all that pink exuberance in something real and alive. The mood is one of pure, uncomplicated delight: a fleeting, generous gift of color and form that exists only for a handful of days each spring.

Spring glory! The cherry blossoms start to bloom in my little corner of the world. Good morning everyone, have an enchanting day.
#ColorADay #BlueTue (for the blue sky) #bloomscrolling #treemagic #spring #naturephotography #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK

Image of a tidal marsh. Grass in front. Trees reflecting in the water on the right side. Water. Land in the distance. Blueish clouds over the tree line, sepia clouds at the top of the image. York, Maine.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday.
Ominous clouds move with winds blown, reveling they are weak, light shall be shown, as we reflect on the peace we seek.
Have a beautiful day.
#tidesouttuesday #photography #ColorADay #BlueTue #sky #clouds #reflections #ECK #EastCoastKin #maine