In my glass house which is now called, "Meg's Folly" due to its poor condition, grows this capsicum plant. It already has one growing on it and this will be another. Plenty of water necessary which it is getting.
Three good things;
1. Another shot I took is of a huge bushy tree which is covered in flowers and hums!
2. A good practice in the ukelele group for a big Festival over in Central Otago in February.
3. My eye gave me hell again today - stinging and watering but John's old remedy helped. He said when he was a child, salt water fixed everything!
Tom I love home grown capsicums. I also love bushes that hum. I lay in between rows of lavender on Sunday and the hum was enormous as little bees flitted everywhere .
@fugitivemoments might be a bee problem, Linda? I have heard that its good with some hot house plants to put them outside for a while for the bees to come.
@tonydebont Thanks Tony - I sort of feel it has been a tiny prickle in the corner under my eye that has resulted from heaving 125kgs of tree and bush rubbish into a trailer! I think I've got it out now!
Nice - capsicum is a bell pepper. In the US the green ones are usually pretty inexpensive and the colored ones pricier. In the summer at the farmers markets they are inexpensive. We use them in a lot of dishes. Nice capture of the flower.
Pretty little flower- I never knew what they looked like before, but have always liked the "fruit" that comes afterward. And by the way, I liked your "nature's crystal ball" comment on my "Drip, Drip, Drip" shot and forgot to put that in my thank you comments!
A tree that hums. Mum had one of those outside the bathroom Window -a grapefruit tree. The bees packed it and the whole tree hummed. Good luck with your little capsicum.
My dad - who would be over 100 years old had he made it - used to take a piece of cotton wool, dip it in tepid tea (without added milk of course) and wipe his eyes with it. Seems it was very effective. That looks like a beautiful flower coming out. Beautiful capture.
Love your dof here and the delicate textures of the petals. Shouldn't you see a doctor about that eye? A friend's husband has just had a corneal ulcer and it needed medical treatment.
Nice shot, Maggie. I can't wait to see it when it blossoms. I have a condition called dry eye and another condition called epischleritis so I have to use eye drops throughout the day. Fun fun fun. At least I get reimbursed for the cost of it!
