1st water lily

[Ikaria]

First bloom from our water lily. Just opened up this morning.

[hanabi]

That is a beautiful lily...

I love water lilies, but mine never seem to do too well...

Speaking of ponds, my daughter rescued some Frog spawn from our pond a while back as our Koi were intent on eating it, and she tells me they are doing well in a bucket

Hopefully when they have grown we can reintroduce them back to the pond?? or maybe the fish will try eating them again??

Might be best to wait til they are frogs and just let them hop off into the rockery??

[luckydog]

It's the cycle of life, survival of the fittest

[hanabi]

It's the cycle of life, survival of the fittest

Yes I suppose so, but a couple of years ago there was an epidermic amongst the frogs in England and they were dying off, it was so severe that they set up a 'frog watch' scheme at the time and if anyone had seen ANY frog at all in their gardens you were supposed to register the sighting

So since then, my daughter has given the frogs a bit extra care, although the frog population seems to be back to normal again at the moment

[mcknli7]

thats pretty

[Ikaria]

Good news! There are 2 more coming up!

[mcknli7]

wow, cant wait to see pics, i love this flower

[beachcat]

First bloom from our water lily. Just opened up this morning.

that is so pretty!!

[Ikaria]

Wow! It's been a month already!! I've been pre-occupied building a new pond. This bloom just opened up today. To celebrate, I sent the girls to to pick up some new fish.

[dattia]

It is so perfect, it almost looks artificial. Beautiful!

[hanabi]

wow that bloom is so pretty, it would look great blown up as a Canvas artwork

[mcknli7]

wow that bloom is so pretty, it would look great blown up as a Canvas artwork

[Ikaria]

Bought 2 more lilies on Monday. The first one bloomed yesterday. Also some pictures of our Mimosa (the tree not the cocktail!)

All credit for all pictures goes to my daughter who is much better at taking photos than I am!

[Ikaria]

The last lily finally bloomed. Enjoy!

[mcknli7]

such a beautiful flower

[Ikaria]

Started 3 Lotus seeds on Thursday (6/3) night. Here is the first of 3 breaking through it's shell. Not much to look at yet, but kind of exciting!

[KimbaWLion]

I LOVE lotus seed steam buns!!!

[Ikaria]

I LOVE lotus seed steam buns!!!

Sounds tasty! Looks like I'll be having lots of seeds, as the other 2 have cracked and are sending out shoots.

[Ikaria]

A couple pics of them in their cups yesterday, and their pots today. The pots look like washtubs because they are... shhhhhhh... only $5 at Target!

Second floating leaf just hitting the surface. Can't wait for aerial leaves and flowers, but probably won't bloom until next year.

They're partly buried in the ground, behind the pond. I think once they're big it should look pretty cool.

I sure hope I get a new pachinko machine soon, so I have something pachi related to talk about!!

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I know, I know... You're all thinking the same thing!!

[luckydog]

this thread is almost as exciting as the world cup