07/06/26

 Happy Monday and happy new week!  My Balloon Flower has been blooming.  It's in a shady spot over by the Gazebo pond and it has been windy so challenging to get a decent photo of.  I liked this one though.

 

11/28/22

 Happy Monday!  We are on the downhill slide to Christmas now, not many shopping days left!  Yikes.  I am dreaming of summer with this image today.  This is my Balloon flower which gets it's name, as you can probably see, from the unopened flower buds interesting shape.

2/21/22

 Happy Monday!  Starting off the week with a flower that I babied along when I first planted it by my Gazebo and it survived and comes back every year and has been getting larger.  This is a miniature Balloon Flower.  The flower blooms make it fairly obvious where the name comes from.  They look even more balloon or bell like before they totally open up.

8/5/19

I have a miniature Balloon flower that I bought new and babied along throughout our drought last year.  I was pleased to see it come back and fuller and produce a lot of blooms this year.  It's a lovely little flower and these are 2 of it's blooms.

8/28/18

This is an image of a Balloon Flower from a plant I have been nursing along by the Gazebo of my new pond.  I am wondering if it doesn't get all the sun it needs as it seems to be still quite small.  I guess I will see if it comes back next year.  It has been blooming like this from a week ago or so.

7/15/16

What a beautiful morning we had for once, in the 60s and beautiful blue sky.  A great start to the day and weekend.  It's supposed to get boiling hot again soon so I am enjoying it while I can.  The image today is of my neighbor's Balloon flower.  I shot this last year and just recently found the images and liked this one a lot so decided to share today.  They are called Balloon flowers because before they open, their buds swell to balloon shape and then the petals break apart.