February 15 is February Bloom Day, so I went through our garden and photographed all the plants in bloom. Despite the winter cold, I was surprised how many flowers when have in mid-February.
You can also view the photos individually on my “February 2011 Bloom Day” Flickr set.
The Firecracker Begonia 
that I sowed on Feb. 8 finally sprouted this weekend, even though I doubted that they would. They are so tiny and there are so many of them!!!
Compare the sprouts to the tip of a pen.
The Horseradish sprout that I found on Feb. 5 has sprouted roots. I’ll plant it in soil and slowly harden it off to go outdoor.
Finally, I sowed a bunch of seeds this evening.
They include:
– Tomato ‘Brandywine Red’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Copia’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Azoycha Yellow Russian’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘San Marzano’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Hippy Zebra’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Hawaiian Pineapple’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Speckle Red Roma’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Vntage Wine’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Red Zebra’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Red Pear’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato Tree
– Pepper (Sweet Mini Red G2/2007)
– Pepper (Sweet Mini Orange G2/2008)
– Pepper (Trader Joe’s Sweet Long Red G2/2010)
– Butter Daisy
– Cerinthe ‘Purple Bells’
– Larkspur ‘Giant Imperial Mix’
– Alyssum ‘Easter Bonnet Deep Rose’
– Bells of Ireland
– Tweedia caerulea (G2/2007)
– Nasturtium ‘Alaska Mix’ (G2/2010)
– Datura metal ‘Golden Queen’
– Datura metal ‘Purple Queen’
– Starfruit
– Tidy Tips (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Woodle Orange’
– Pepper ‘Golden Marconi (G2/2010)’
I attended my second meeting at the East Bay Modern Quilt Guild. It was fun and very informational… and I really enjoy seeing everyone’s quilts up close… It was very inspirational.
You can also view the individual photos on my Flickr set “EBMQG – Feb 2011 Meeting“.
My Brother locked our storage cabinet with a combination lock that we didn’t have a combination to… so I tried several ways of opening it.
I tried jimmying it with a little piece of aluminum, cut from a can, like in this YouTube video… but I couldn’t get it to work.
So I tried the magic combination code trick, like in this YouTube video… and tried all 100 combinations that I calculated, but that didn’t work.
So, I finally gave up and got the Dremel out and used cutting disc…
It worked!
Photos taken at the Fairfield Tomato Festival on August 15, 2010.
You can also view photos on my “Fairfield Tomato Festival” set on Flickr.
Folia, a garden organization website, started giving badges for different accomplishments. One is a Bloom Day Badge which they give out monthly (on the 15th) when you post a blooming milestone with a photo in your Folia gardening journal… so I thought I would participate and also make Mid-month Blooms blog entry a regular feature on my blog.
I know it’s a month late, but here are all the plants that were in bloom last month.
Borage
Cymbidium
You can also view the photos in the Flickr photoset “Mid Jan 2011 Blooms“.
Back in 2003/2004, I did a series of photos with some of my Homies and Mijos figures.
Antonio (Baby Boy) and Benardo (Bennie) were bestest friends who went everywhere together, especially around my work.
You’ll see more of them from time to time in the Adventures of Bennie and Baby Boy…
I checked the Pawpaw seed that’s in the refrigerator and it was still rock hard and has not swelled from the moisture… so I decided to nick the edge of the seed so the moisture can reach the core and soften the shell.