I ran out of time!

Where does time go?  I thought it would be a quiet week and I could get a blog written and primed for publication with lots of lovely photos and videos, but here we are - about 3 hours left to pack and do stuff and not time to do anything much.

So how about pondering on the wonder of nature?  With just the nutrients in the bulb, a bit of meagre soil, water and sunlight, what can be achieved in 6 weeks?  Well 6 weeks ago, I bought this rather faded looking amaryllis bulb at Aldi (other discount supermarkets are available), that was clearly left over from Christmas.  It was half price - so perhaps 2 euros at most.  I thought why not?

This is what we have this morning!  Three flower spikes, one all out pretty well, one developing nicely and one half and half.  And what an amazing colour red!  Totally unnatural in my view, but very pleasing.  The next challenge will be to feed and maintain the bulb well enough that it flowers again next year.

So there we have it, and now I am off on my travels for a few days and will tell you all about it on my return.

Have a good week!