My African Violet finally bloomed on Valentine’s Day 2012! It took three years for it to bloom. It is one of my favorite house plants. After I downloaded the photo from my iphone, I found old photos I had taken while living in Washington, DC.
I have always enjoyed the Washington museums in the Spring time. It is easy to use metro and walk from one end of the Mall to the other end. A couple of years ago I happened to park near this beautiful sunflower garden just beside the National Museum of the American Indian on Maryland Avenue. You can see the Capital in the background. I remember thinking how odd it was to witness such beautiful flowers growing in a small garden near a busy intersection. I wonder how many people rush to get to the Smithsonian and miss the beauty along the way?
A closer look and a few more wild sunflowers from that garden…There is even a bee on the center of the flower.
