Thursday, April 9, 2009

Finally! Fabulous Florida Fotos!

After a long and unsuccessful search for the missing camera cable and a couple of snafus at the photo shop, I finally have the pictures on a CD and can upload them to the blog.

This also means the blog giveaway has officially begun. Just comment on one (or all) of the Florida posts and I will randomly choose a winner. The prize package includes some vintage Florida post cards, a couple of ads from the 1950s for a free Florida vacation book and Rainbow Lakes Estates in Ocala, and a jar of YUMMY tangerine marmalade. Be sure to give me some way to reach you if you win.


Today's selection of photos include palm trees, oranges and flowers! I went a bit crazy with the flower pictures - it was so wonderful to see spring after leaving gargantuan piles of snow behind in Wisconsin. There's still no sign of color around here except for a few green sprouts making their way into the light. We should see some crocus blooms soon I should think.
The azaleas were just about finished blooming when I arrived. Still, they were a delight to me!
Of course, when a Northern gal is down in Florida it would be a shame to come home with no proof that she saw any orange groves. So here you go...






The only amaryllis plants we see way up here are in pots - it was lovely to see tons of them all over town just popping right out the ground.

6 comments:

  1. I JUST started growing an amaryliss inside last week. (After the Milwaukee Art Museum Art in Bloom event.) I didn't know that people actually grew them in the ground, which is dumb when I think about it. OUR SPRING WILL COME!!!

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  2. I'm dying for warm weather here in Nebraska too! Your photos are beautiful and encouraging that we will see blooms here soon.
    jrruskamp@msn.com

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  3. Those are beautiful photos, it looks like you had a fantastic time!

    heatheranne 99 at hotmail dot com

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  4. Boy Eileen...Your love of nature really shines through your postings!

    Nature is so precious!

    Cheers,

    Dorothy

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  5. Florida is such a wonderful state. Your pictures are great. Love those orange groves and bags of oranges. Now you've done it. You went and made me hungry for an orange. Yummy!

    JD

    lebizyb@gmail.com

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  6. I've only been to Florida one time, but loved my stay while there...those oranges are making me hungry for some nice Florida oranges.

    prpldy (at) comcast.net

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