Spring in my terrace
73Hi Frieda! Hi everyone!
Last week's Spring HubMob inspired me to do a Babbley(c). Some of the photos were taken a few days ago and depict the incoming spring, but most are from last spring and summer. Who's to know what's what, though, as I was smartly told by Shirley Anderson, hubmobster extraordinaire. Thanks for the tip, Shirley!
However, I guess I'm much of a goody two-shoes to do the Sping HubMob with photos that aren't so. In any case, I'm still doing the Babbley.
So here's a collection of wonderfulness from my terrace. Yes, all of them are from home, no copyright issues here. And if I later see these photos circulating around, I don't suppose I'll have a sissy fit. After all, who could blame anyone for snatching a few of these magnificent shots. Ahem...
The capsules are grouped per subject matter, I think it'll be useful (and fun) to read the titles. The captions are a humorous recount of the specimens that ever so graciously share their vital space with us.
I hope you have a good time enjoying the pretty sights and the silly commentary. Here we go, Babbley, baby!
Oh, one last thing: Notice the URL for this hub... I messed up! SPING SPING SPING! Go on and laugh at my expense, I already did!
The TITS... yes, you've got that right!
Cala lilies a gogo
Cactus or trumpets?
Love and Hate
More cactus flowers
Fruits and other goodies!
Ready for more flowers? Late spring and early summer!
Last but not least, CACTUS!
More on cacti
If you love cacti as much as I do, go ahead and visit this wonderful hub by Linda Myshrall:
Succulent Plants - Growing Cacti and Other Succulent Plants Indoors
Previous photo hubs:
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WOW!! On your terrace!!?? Will you come landscape for me? We don't quite have the same climate as Spain, but it looks like you could still make it beautiful!
The Love and Hate looks very much like an amarillus. I have never been successful at growing an amarillus more than a few weeks after bloom.
And is the Don Diego related to Jasmine?
You have such a beautiful view from your terrace. I've never been one to have any desire to travel outside the United States except to see Tuscany. But your pictures may persuade me otherwise.
Thanks, Frieda for giving her the "inspiration". :-))
fantastic photos, I loved them!
Dear god, eleni. These are flippin gorgeous. The tits are amazing! I wish mine looked like that. I'm sharing this one. It's so inspirational. You should frame these. Oh, never mind. You get to see them all the time!
Oh, Elena, I was right there on your patio! Fantastically beautiful photos! For the first time in my life, I *like* cacti! And you have plum and peach trees! I'm sooooo jealous! Thank you so much for sharing your little bit of the world. (Still love those views of the rooftops, btw.)
Your flowers are absolutely lovely! The cactus are so pretty, and the hibiscus is fantastic.
Beautiful!! I also see the subliminal message on some of them , how hilarious!!!Lol. :) I do have to say that you are a great photographer and have clearly defined what spring is. :) I loved the plum tree and the love and hate .:)
These are beautiful. I agree with PM, you should come to Oklahoma and do some landscaping for the two of us.
Wow, what a turnout in minutes! Now, does that make me wish I'd submitted this to the HubMob? Hmmm? No, I don't think so! Miss Goody Two-Shows has spoken! Laugh
Anthony - Sping is the BEST, I can't help be marvelled with the rebirth of everything, every year, no matter how long I've lived here! On the other hand, summer delivers on most flowers, so it's a tough pick!
PM - On my very terrace, every single one of them! Love and Hates have a short life span when in flower, but the plant is very green and alive all year long. It withstood the snow mighty well. And yes, Tuscany doesn't have anything on my terrace! AHEM! :-) Don Diego's fragance is honey like and yes, reminds of jasmine, but never really looked into it. May have to, now that you mention.
LG - They do have a way to turn a day lighter and sunnier eh? :-)
Frieda, the woman herself! You can say that again about the tits! I said so myself in the caption! Rather shamelessly, too, I hope this isn't taken down as porn! Laugh! I've very glad you like your namesake hub!
Jama - Those views are still as incredible as ever! I guess part of the success of this little home garden is the fact it's a sixth floor and the plants get exposed to scroching sun, lots of wind, cold and all, in a way that they grow stronger, and here you have the result!
You certainly have a beautiful and thriving container garden! I especially like your Four O'Clocks...er...Don Diego Del Noche! ;D
Christa - For me it's difficult to pick a favorite, but if I had no choice but to do so, I guess the cactus would be it. They are resilient like you wouldn't belive, grow to be old with you, they become like part of the family :-)
AEvans, yes, some do have a bit of a subliminal message there :-) or not so subliminal.... like the TITS! Laugh!
Gwendymom - I would gladly, but unfortunately it's my partner who has the real green thumb! I make do with taking photos of the whole extravaganza. maybe you can invite me as photographer, instead? Laugh! I'm not an entirely brown thumb though, so I could lend a hand with the landscaping too! :-)
Funny, Suzanne! :-) Those Don Diego fellows smell like a dream, too, they have it all: looks and flair! Laugh!
Today is the first 50 degree day of the year...I am dying for spring. Thanks for the spring fever! I can't wait.
My pleasure, Pest! It's been around 75 in the middle of the day here for the past week :-)
Be-u-timous!
Only you can come up with such nifty words, Teresa! Would like to take credit for the photos inspiring you, but somehow I don't think so! :-)
Loved it - loved it - loved it...Very nice my dear...I have plum and cherry and apple and pear trees here and my favorite blossoms are from the trees...The flowers and cacti are also wonderful...I just have such a brown thumb tho :O(..Thanks for the fresh start to my day...G-Ma :O) Hugs & Peace
Hi G-ma! isn't it wonderful to have your own fruit trees! I'm glad I gave you a colorful start, I hope your day only improves from now onwards! :-) Besos!
Wow! That's quite the terrace garden you have(And some naughty flowers too - Georgia O'Keefe would have a field day! I must get two tits! Ha!) Really, I'm quite impressed. You must have green tits...I mean "thumbs!)
Thanks for letting me see a little spring, for here it has not yet sprung!
Elena: I am sitting here with my mouth wide open, WOW!!!! And this is your terrace?! Puts me to shame, we have garden space, and none of these beautiful flowers and fruits. I enjoyed looking at all your photos, you are encouraging me to get into gardening!
BEAUTIFUL! I really enjoyed looking at all the flowers. Wonderful job! Angel trumpets are one of my favorites, but i can't keep them alive. I'm an angel trumpet killer. Fresh peaches...that's heaven! Love em! Oh and it's very interesting about the flowery tits. :D lol
Morning, everyone, rise and shine, it's 18 degrees at 6:30am! Laugh!
Chris, I think you're right, O'Keefe would have had either a filed day or a stroke with so much variety! The tits, the cala lilies (which, well, are quite impressive in their maleness impersonation...) I've a semi sort of decent greed thumb, but no tits to speak of, green or any other color! I'm actually jealous of those two perfect ones!
VioletSun – Yesterday I got a couple of offers to go landscaping in Oklahoma, from Proud Mom and gwendymom. Where are you again? See if we can make a cross country adventure, besides a gardening one! :-)
Pam – Trumpet killer? Bad, Pam, bad! Get away from my tits, in case you're a bad influence! Laugh
Everyone, I'm glad the terrace is a sight for sore eyes, after the long winter!
Got any sangria ready?
Sangria, and plenty of very cold beer!
what a gorgeous garden - particularly the fruit trees, the herbs and the raspberries in such temperatures on a terrace! no brown thumbs live here!...cheers
great photos too!
Thanks, ajcor! Isn't it a sight? :-) Plus, the fruits are really yummy! :-)
Thanks for sharing pics of these flowers. They are absolutely beautiful.
My pleasure, laringo! They are very pretty and whenever I watch them I still think -- wow, they're mine!! :-)
My terrace's ledge is lined up with nasty looking cactus, my first line of defence as it connects to my bedroom :D
Awesome pictures! Too early for spring here...we'll get one last snowstorm in early May, if last year repeats itself! Still - I found some old mums in 2 pots in my garage today... they are growing strong, without light, water, sun, or love. YET, when I plant something in the ground and call it beautiful three times daily, it dies. Go figure. I'm with PM - will you come landscape for me too??
Cris -- Your first line of defense! Laugh! It's gotta be a great defense, though, the buggers can do harm! At least mine are really, but really, "biting"! They could fool you, though, with those absolutely beautiful flowers!
Amy G - It really feels like spring here, hope temperatures doen't dip again, we'll see. Some of the shots are from some days ago, but most are from last spring and early summer --last year. Flowers take a bit more to grow, except on the fruit trees :-)
About landscaping, I do feel a hub coming on .... so many requests can't go unpunished.... whoops, sorry, I mean UNANSWERED, yes, that's what I meant! Laugh! Besos!
awesome, you got so many wonderful flowers and plant!
what a nice home you have...
Hi Wallpaper Queen! Nice to meet you, and thanks for the compliments ... about the photos and about my home! :-)
Elena--you're just getting here, and I'm just going to bed! :(
I hope to catch up with you tomorrow!
Laughing Mom, sometimes you've got to hate time zones! Grrrr. Sleep tight, and see you later! (whenever 'later' may be!) Besos!
Your photos are amazing. You have quite the green thumb. Yours are the most beautiful cacti I have ever seen. Lovely.
Thank you, SoulaBee! My thumb is so so, but my partner's is VERY green indeed :-) Cacti are amazing, aren't they?
They are. By the way, out of curiosity, what's a Babbley?
I just clicked on the link. Very sweet. Sounds like a great idea. (She's very funny, I'm going to have to visit her pages.) Those photos are truly beautiful. You have a great eye.
Gracias, SoulaBee! Maybe I do have a good eye, the thing is, I did the first photo hub of my own accord, but the second was all Ms Babbley's idea and this third, I couldn't help calling it the way I did :-) Yes, visit her, she's fun to boot!
Ahhhhh. Another beautiful Babbley. You must have the most awesome rooftop terrace in Madrid. I am so friggin jealous.
I have a request. Maybe you could gift us with a map of what your terrace looks like...I think it has a 90 degree bend? Or more bends? How many square feet? Where are these awesome tits and peaches in relation to each other?
I'm sure you know there is a green movement to landscaping rooftops. I'm not sure that's what you are trying to do, but it seems as if you doing it nonetheless.
I would love to see a map of your roof garden. Like a bird's eye view.
You made a gorgeous, gorgeous Babbley.
Hello, Sally! Check below the comments box, you'll get a satellite visual! Isn't Google Maps the fanciest thing? :) The rectangle within the red lines is the terrace. Full surface is 210 square meters, but if you subtract the patios' space (those dark areas in the middle) you'd get around 165 usable square meters (about 540 square feet).
We have a sun area visible in the lower part of the image --that's were all cacti and fruit trees are, and a "roofed" area visible in the upper part, partly for the plants that are a bit more delicate but primarily for us who would otherwise perish under the monstrous Spanish summer sun :-) That's where we have the tables and stuff for dinning au naturel :-)
We're not really trying to do anything special with landscaping (I know what you're talking about, though) but it seems we achieve the effect nonetheless :-) We just like plants and flowers, and they really are a sight, make us very very very happy!
Elena, you Babbley'd well! The photos are just beautiful! Thanks for sharing them.
I was in Spain for 2 weeks a number of years ago and I loved it! Everything grows so beautifully, too. You have quite the green thumb!
Happy Sping, Elena! :)
Happy happy, merry merry Spring to you, too, Shirley! I'm hailing from the bluest day in Madrid, you'd love it here now :-) Thanks for the visit!
Awesome google shot. I have so many questions...does your flat open directly onto the roof, or do you have to go up stairs to get to the roof? How did you find this incredible place to live? If the garden and your living area are not on the same level, how do you get water up there to the garden? Glorious, glorious environment. Yours seems to be the only roof garden in the area (from the google shot)...is there a community gardening program where you live? Like I said, many questions. Time for me to say good-night, and also that your new avatar is way cool.
Wow, Sally, you do have questions! :-) I'll email you, that'll be best. Here I'll say I think it's the only "roof garden" in the area, but close by there is a cloister convent and a lot of trees, tall and old, can be seen within the walls. I suspect there is a major garden down there, but who knows! I'll email you the rest :-)
Avatar makeover ends today, I'm going back to Ms Blue ... as soon as I figure out where I put THAT picture :-)
This was so fantastic I had to call my wife over to have a look. You are cetainly a gifted horticulturist. So many cacti with such beautiful blooms.
A ray of light in a darkening world.
Thank you.
Hello CWB! My partner is the one with the greener than green thumb, and I'm the one who chases her around with a camera :-)
You are right, these are a ray of light, a real sight for sore eyes. I'm glad you and your wife enjoyed!
I had to admire your lovely plants from afar (and definitely do admire them!). You would not want me getting too close and personal. I have the most non-green thumb (we call it a brown thumb) ever!
Thanks for sharing your spring with us, Elena! Mm
My pleasure, MM! Brown thumbs are welcome, too -- there's just no way that you can kill them plants with just a look.... or is there?!! Laugh!
Thanks for the visit to my garden!
Everytime I look at this I see such beautiful flowers. :)
Just as beautiful as some people who visit ;-)
Some lovely photos.
I'm a hugh cacti fan and find them really beautiful - but mine never get to looking like that
Well done
Thanks, Sorrel! Keep trying with them cacti -- you've got to be more patient than they are, I think!! :-)
Hi Elena. These cacti (and pictures) are beautiful! When I lived in Calif., I was able to grow them, but I haven't had much luck in the humid south... At one time I lived in the desert, and every year the whole desert floor would erupt in blooms. It was, in a word, spectacular! You have quite the green thumb, don't you! Thanks for sharing.
Howdo, Linda -- glad you visited! I think the green thumb belongs to my SO, mine is hmmm, just greenish :-)
I've never seen the desert in bloom with my own eyes, I've just seen documentaries and it makes me smile every time, it must be spectacular indeed.
Madrid is quite dry, maybe that's why my cacti just keep on growing and growing -- some have been with us for over 10 years. Ain't that something! :-)
Still so in love with this photos. Hope you're doing well.
And I hope the same for your cute self, Frieda! :-) I'm pretty good, summer likes me and I like it too, pity the romance is almost over :-)
ajbarnett 2 years ago
Lovely stuff, Elena. It feels great now doesn't it, love it over here in spring. It's my favourite .... before the scorching heat of summer.
Still lighting the woodburner in the evening though....