Sunday Selections # 602

 Long ago, Kim of Frog ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections. 

A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please. 

Nothing rude or vulgar though.

And we don't mind at all if overseas bloggers care to join us.

The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I occasionally join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to them and have a look.

I looked out to see what the weather was like and saw not one,

but two fire trucks just down the road a bit. I hadn't heard any sirens and there didn't seem to be a fire, so I closed my door and went back to my breakfast.

Lola spent a few minutes zooming through the house and skidding on the mats

before settling down for a nap by the heater

a new pot on the front porch has been planted with dwarf sunflower seeds

a "dead" twig in another pot has sprouted leaves, they look like fig leaves to me, so I'll let it grow a while and see if I have a fig tree which will need repotting next year.

my star flowers are blooming at last, almost a month behind their usual schedule

this pot has two types of tomato seeds, separated by a row of dill seeds

new growth on the dwarf umbrella trees

the buds on the Caribbean lily have grown out from the core

and here is the very first flower, a lighter shade than the original and taken in the rain so a little out of focus as I tried to keep the camera dry.

and the very next day,

five blossoms! over time, these lilies should develop taller cones with more tightly spaced buds and flowers.

Ready for the twins?

they are sharing a bigger cot now,

holding on to toys

and wearing headbands, although Ana looks a little unsure, "what is this thing on my head?"

15 weeks old now. Not as blonde as their Daddy, as you can see by the very visible eyebrows. J's eyebrows were almost invisible right through childhood.