Our road taken at 9 a.m. this morning. The freezing fog is still here and it is now nearly lunchtime. Night temperatures here have been minus 7 for several nights in a row.
Indoors things are much brighter.
My Orchid has really thrived and I have never seen so many blooms. It has been flowering like this since early December of last year. It has now reached the stage where, once flowering is over, it needs re-potting. However, it ideally needs to be in a clear plastic pot that allows light to penetrate as Orchid roots need light. I have no idea where to purchase one. Maybe I will be able to find something online. Anyway, it will be a few weeks yet before the flowers finish.
It is so cold today. Much colder than when it snowed, so the heating has been turned up although we try to keep it on low. We have washing drying everywhere, looks like a Chinese laundry.
My exercises are going well but oh, my muscles, I can certainly feel them. I am being extra careful because of my back but am managing to do some every day. Slow and easy does it, the story goes that the tortoise won the race against the hare. I hope to be that tortoise.
I hope your week is going well, dear friends and readers. I have not forgotten you and will be back to commenting on your journals soon. Stay warm.
Hi Jeannette the views from your house are pretty much like the ones we have been having ,Dare I say it will soon be spring ?oh I hope so ,Your plants indoors are Beautiful ,My Sister Jean's orchid is in a clear pot and doing well ,,keep warm love Jan xx
ReplyDeleteHow nice to have those blooms indoors. It is still snowing here. Roads were covered coming into work this morning. I'll have to clear the walkways when I get home this evening. I'm going to go slowly with that too. Seems my winter exercise is clearing snow. Glad you are doing them slowly. When we're not used to it. It is the only way to go safely.
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my orchid is blooming again...
ReplyDeleteloved the street pics...you live in a beautiful area...always makes me homesick...
How lovely that your orchid is blooming, I have never tried to grow any, may have to look into it. Hope your snow goes away soon.
ReplyDeletelove the pics!...brrrrr tho..
ReplyDeleteThe snow picture is beautiful and all those flowers blooming in your home gives a cheerful spring like feeling. They are so pretty. Hugs, Helen
ReplyDeleteWow, orchids! I gave up on house plants long ago; I somehow manage to kill them all.
ReplyDeleteThe weather has been terrible here too Jeannette,though today the sun has shone and made me throng.I have been cleaning down and decorating upstairs a little.How that currant bun (sun) makes me throng,instaed of toasting my toes by the fire..Roll on spring.Your lovely flowers cheered me nothing nicer.I hope you find a pot you need.Maybe the garden centre sell them specially for orchids.You could ring and ask.You sound much brighter and well done on the exercises Clap Clap gentley does it.Ouch I ache now with all I have done today.Take Care god Bless Kath xx
ReplyDeleteI love the snow pictures! I am praying for a real good snow here in Kentucky. After being in Florida for five years I found out just how much of a northern girl I am at heart. Wow I did not know orchid roots need light... hope you can find a clear pot somewhere. Yes that would be tough to find. Your flowers are just gorgeous! I miss my garden this time of year when it is so cold. So nice to have house plants. I have one house plant that is real and it needs transplanted to a new pot and more dirt. LOL another thing to add to the to do list. Hope you have a wonderful 2009! Sorry I am very slow getting over here and playing catch up in my journal reading.
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Wow, it's cold there. We are having snow and sleet in my town, too. I think snow is very pretty. I don't mind it as long as I can enjoy its beauty and not have to go out in it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing the Sentence Game, Jeannette. It means alot. I am having a hard time keeping it alive. I struggle with my blog now that it has moved to Blogger. I am so glad you aren't totally giving up writing in yours. Please don't. You can always write about your daily happenings. Your photos are always stunning, as well, and I would miss those. Wow, your orchid is gorgeous!!
You take good care and do know you remain in my prayers... Love, Val xox
Brrrrr to the snow but how pretty your orchids are....
ReplyDeleteGood job on the exercising!
Have a blessed day! :)
I can never grow orchids inside. I try and try with no sucess. Yours are beautiful. We haven't really been getting snow, just freezing rain.
ReplyDeleteTake care!!
It's still foggy out now and very cold, love the Orchids I've never been able to grow them, not very green fingered, glad the excercises are going well I start my new regime on Monday just waiting for the DVD to arrive..lol.
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Take care
Yasmin
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Jeanette the orchids are so beautiful, had to be a real pick me up after seeing your picturs of your terrible weather. Stay indoorts, keep safe and enjoy your blooming, heavenly orchids. Keep going slow with the exercises the aches will subside as time goes on.
ReplyDeleteJeannette so glad you have those beautiful flowers to cheer you up ~ The weather has been awful hasn't it ~ Luckily we have no Fog here ~ Ally x
ReplyDeleteThe roads look bad there...but the flowers look so pretty...hope you have a nice ending to your week...hugs and love,
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Hi Jeannette,
ReplyDeleteI`m glad the exercises are going well, I know they will reap rewards for you.
I see the amryllis is flowering well, its lovely. I didn`t have one myself this year so its nice to see yours. My garden centre sell clear plastic orchid pots, I`d send one but I think it`d get broken if I posted it. You know which ccompany I work for so try at your lacal branch.
The weather is actually very much milder here today though tonights temperature is forecast to fall and it may be -5 tomorrow night, thankfully the fog that was forecast passed us by. Take care. :o)
Love and Hugs
Sandra xxxx
Hi Jeanette, don't like the look of all that snow..thankfully it has not got as far west as us...cold and very frosty -9 they say last night but been a lot milder today...or could it be that we are getting used to it !!!
ReplyDeleteYour Orchid looks great. I love them but don't have much luck with them rarely getting them to bloom twice...Your lovely hysenth bulbs ar ein the very same lovely pot as the ones I received from a friend for Xmas...again unlike yours mine didn't bloom so well !!
Keep well and warm. I have had my heating on 24 hours a day all week...heaven help us when the gas bill comes in Thank goodness for our £260 from the gov...
Much Love Sybil xx
if you cant get an orchid pot jeannette try a pot cloche.clear cover for plant pots.most garden centres sell them.mike may need to drill couple extra drain holes.very jealous,i cant grow the bloody things lol take care love mort xx
ReplyDeleteThe pics are fab and your flowers look great. Glad your doing the excerise but your right easy does it :o)
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're staying warm.
ReplyDeleteI dont' have a dryer so I know what you mean about Chinese laundry day in the house.
Those are some pretty flowers you got there.
We got a fast little blizzard yesterday dropped an inch of snow in like an hour. Then it was gone.
Take care, Chrissie
Beautiful flowers!! :) Stay warm! Julie :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures and flowers! Hope your back feels better soon. Linda
ReplyDeleteOh brrrrrr....you are really having a blast of winter. Your flowers are lovely and the orchid!!! Wow, I have never had luck with orchids and I love them so. LOL, I had to laugh at the chinese laundry statement :)
ReplyDeleteStay warm and good luck on the exercising.
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Hi Jeannette, I just love the picture at the very top of your blog. It just looks like the coziest little house. So pretty!!!
ReplyDeleteMarlene
Many thanks for you kind comments on my blog about Danny's ordeal. I was exceedingly tough
ReplyDeleteand he is a great kid! He is over hypothermia and he and his family are over shock..will tell you more later
later alligator!
love,nat
Geez those are good! Taking another look.
ReplyDeleteHi Jeannette nice to hear from you ,miss talking to you on Ava .
ReplyDeleteNice photos ,don't think its quite a cold here .
Lovely photos of your orchids ,like Jan said mine is doing well ,its on its second year of flowering and is a white one ,think I would like a coloured one too .Keep well and warm ....love Jeanxx
Hi Jeannette, No snow here in York but plenty of fog and cold today! Approx 60 cm snow in Italy where my parents live, but they are still here with and I think they'd rather stay here without snow!!! Beautiful flowers!!! Keep warm and cheerful! Ciao. Antonella
ReplyDeleteI forget how far north England is. Cold is not the word for it! Brr! Stay in and keep warm!
ReplyDeleteWe have been having similar weather up here, though maybe not quite as cold. It went to
ReplyDelete-5 during the night though, which is cold enough. Your orchids are really beautiful, you obviously have "the touch". Eileen x
the flowers are so pretty. Love the view of your road, that's enough snow for me, yuck i really want spring. (((((((hugs)))))
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Cindy xoxoxo
Jeannette, Those flowers are breath taking. Our Lord sure gave us some beautiful things to look at.
ReplyDeleteRIght now all I can see is white and brown. I am NOT a green thumb although Chuck can be. That is why he misses his Vancouver where things grew so much better.
Love Alberta LORI
Hello Jeannette I am glad you are getting into your exercise routine with the maraca's. I will be taking Salty for a walk after this. I have been snowbound all week. 50 miles south of here is a disater area. Ice covering power line,and trees have caused multi-state damage. Some people are traveling 100 miles to get Kerosene and heading back to Kentucky from Illinois. Many will not have electricity for a month, the damage is so extensive. I was fortunate in that sleet instead of ice happened here. Last Feb. 2008 an ice storm took down Mulberry trees onto Salty's fence, which I had to chain saw to get rid of. I was without electricity for 8 hours at the most. It is finally up to 38F today and tommorrow should be in the 40's. My car will finally be usable. I remember viewing the orchid before and it is beautiful. mark
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