A truly outstanding plant with orangish-red flowers early in the season and these gorgeous, velvety leaves.

This plant is often called the "basketball" plant, or the "baseball" plant. Perhaps in honor of the World Cup, we shou...

We're getting some early Summer showers. It makes things a little more humid than usual, but it's not uncommon for us to get these...

  They only bloom for a short time each year, but - wow - what blooms. Well worth the wait. (Again, photos by Lynn-Marie.)

This is a very small plant which really shriveled up a bit this winter, making it even smaller. But that doesn't stop it from flowerin...

These are the three sisters, originally named Faith, Hope and Charity.  Further along the range is Mt. Washington, viewed here from the...

We took a couple of days to get away from everything and went to Sisters, in Central Oregon, and spent a little time over at Camp Sherman ...

Lynn-Marie had fun taking this pictures the other day. The dragonflies are back, doing their thing. Fascinating creatures.