tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27385862.post5593753504987297917..comments2024-02-05T13:14:16.318-07:00Comments on High Altitude Gardening: Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day ~ January, 2014Kate/High Altitude Gardeninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06690999267357525527noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27385862.post-46334488807543965402014-01-25T13:52:12.314-07:002014-01-25T13:52:12.314-07:00Great reuse of the candle holders! They look awes...Great reuse of the candle holders! They look awesome. Can't help but peek at those mountains behind the flowers in your photos. What a view you have.Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377516887669269657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27385862.post-1035269348110025192014-01-25T11:47:43.517-07:002014-01-25T11:47:43.517-07:00This is actually the first year I got the flu shot...This is actually the first year I got the flu shot -- and I'm feeling like I made a good choice after hearing your tale of woe.<br /><br />In fact, I think you've convinced me to get one like clockwork every year. (My doctor convinced me too by telling me that we usually call the 'flu' isn't nearly as bad as the real thing -- which sounds like what you had.)<br /><br />Plus I just finished watching Season 2 of Downton Abbey (yes I'm way behind) and there's that awful business with the Spanish Flu of 1919. Well, it was very convenient from a plot development standpoint, but awful beyond words in reality.<br /><br />So yes -- flu shots for all!<br /><br />And that view of the moon over the mountains -- incredible!!!!!<br /><br />Wow.<br /><br />Finally, I'm super-impressed with your use of colored bowls for the forced hyacinth bulbs. You've made the bowls and the roots into works of art in themselves.<br /><br />Hope you're fully recovered and best wishes to one and all to stay healthy as we soon bid adieu to January.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27385862.post-91725691147703102242014-01-21T17:19:47.647-07:002014-01-21T17:19:47.647-07:00Wow! You have a lot blooming. It made me realize...Wow! You have a lot blooming. It made me realize I don't have one indoor bloom. I used to have 14 African Violets, but when we moved I didn't have enough sunlight for them. Thanks for sharing your blooms. Great moon photo!Bonnie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052974547161586063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27385862.post-24406650063395782632014-01-17T06:59:19.359-07:002014-01-17T06:59:19.359-07:00Kate, I always feel rather sorry for you having su...Kate, I always feel rather sorry for you having such a short growing season, and then you show a shot of the view from your window and I'm full of envy--wow! So many colorful indoor blooms; I love the hyacinth vases you re-purposed!<br /><br />So sorry to hear you've been sick--I share your misery. I didn't have the flu, but I've had a respiratory infection and one thing or another since before Christmas. I was too busy to get a flu shot earlier (so I told myself), and now I've got a nasty cold, which isn't a good time to get one either. As soon as I'm reasonably healthy, I'm still going to get one, if I can, and I'm putting it on my calendar for next November--no excuses next year! I hope you feel better soon.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27385862.post-5167352800939681492014-01-16T21:45:58.049-07:002014-01-16T21:45:58.049-07:00Love the orchids - and the euphorbia (or is it a c...Love the orchids - and the euphorbia (or is it a cactus?) behind the phal.<br /><br />Glad you're feeling better! The flu is no joke this year...my husband was down for a good 10 days or more, too. (And I believe in the power of this year's flu shot-I'm convinced that's the only reason I escaped.) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27385862.post-1145725273927645182014-01-16T19:44:25.025-07:002014-01-16T19:44:25.025-07:00I don't seem to have what it takes to grow thi...I don't seem to have what it takes to grow things indoors thru the winter. My Gerberas that started out have taken a down turn. They're still alive but thinning and looking sickly. Guess I'll stick to summer. Your blooms are as beautiful as ever. Sigh!!!Rillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777226206749298833noreply@blogger.com