Victoria

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Uruguaya 🇺🇾 She/her/ella. Birdwatching and flower gardening from seed in zone 7a.

A bouquet of dahlias, strawflowers, snapdragons, hummingbird mint, ageratum, painted daisies, angelonia, salvia, and black eyed Susans in a cream ceramic vase held in front of a gray wall.
A hand holding a tan ceramic vase with brown leaf details which contains a colorful bouquet of ageratum, pansies, zinnias, celosia, painted daisies, angelonia, black eyed Susans, white vervain, salvia, and cypress clippings in front of a plain gray wall.
A black and brown long haired kitten with pointy ears and lynx tips sleeping in an upright position with her mouth open as I massage her forehead.
A hand holding a white crackle glazed ceramic vase that contains a bouquet of snapdragons, ageratum, strawflowers, painted daisies, angelonia, salvia, black eyed Susans, apricot cosmos, zinnia, celosia, and gerbera daisy.
A manicured hand showing gray-blue nails that have alternating light pink flowers with a hot pink center and hot pink flowers with a light pink center details, each flower has one or two light green leaves. There’s a meadow and a blue skies with a few large clouds in the background.
A black and brown kitten sniffing a colorful flower bouquet on a white tiled kitchen island.
A colorful bouquet of gerbera daisies, zinnias, salvia, lavender, snapdragons, chantilly snapdragons, painted daisies, ageratum, black eyed Susans, dahlias, and angelonia sitting on a white tiled kitchen island with wood borders that have been painted a very pale green-sage color seen from above. There’s a brown dog with a white chest that is photobombing the picture, she has her tongue out and is looking up at the camera - only a small potion of her mouth, chest, and front paws visible.
A small yellow spider on the center of a black eyed Susan; The petals and spider are the exact same color. There is a white vinyl fence and three pink gerbera daisies in the background.
A pink-apricot water Lily bloom that is about 1/8 yellow. The yellow stops and the pink-apricot starts in a very dramatic vertical line along two of the petals. There are other water lilies in bloom and lots of variegated lily pads in the background.
A bumblebee on a wilting maypop passionflower that is resting on a wooden trellis. The bee is covered in pollen.
A small salamander resting on my thumb nail. It is smaller than my nail. There’s an old swimming pool in the background, which has become home to hundreds of tadpoles, froglet, and salamanders.
Close up of a Queen lime green zinnia in natural light. Blurry flowers in the background.
A colorful bouquet of nigella seed pods, snapdragons, ageratum, chantilly snapdragons, zinnia, and gerbera held in place by a flower frog in a white ceramic sauce dish that sits on a round wooden side table.
Two bumblebee facing each other as they pollinate a small red pompom dahlia. Their faces are touching, so it looks like they’re kissing. There’s a white picket fence and foliage in the background.
Side view of a yellow, orange, and black spider with very long, thin legs. It’s resting upside down on a web, and it’s holding onto a small oval shaped object that is wrapped in silk. There are blurry trees in the background.
From left to right in a horizontal line: a maypop passionflower bud in its very early stages, a passionflower in full bloom, and a passionflower that is beginning to bloom. The vine is wrapped around a wooden trellis and there are leaves from the vine in frame.
A hand holding a glass vase with hand painted floral details in front of a gray wall. The vase contains a colorful bouquet of dahlias, ageratum, snapdragons, black eyed Susans, painted daisies, zinnias, salvia, angelonia, and asters.
A small flower with long, thin petal rays that go from yellow to red to pale pink. The central disk has a dark maroon outer ring with tiny pollen pockets that resemble little stars. There are blurry flowers and green foliage in the background.
A wide-eyed long haired black kitten sitting on a kitchen island in front of a flower arrangement featuring a big yellow gerbera. There’s a large brown dog with white ticking and white eyebrows sitting in the background, out of focus. Both animals are looking in the direction of the camera. They are both very cute (totally unbiased opinion)
A small flower arrangement of gerberas, ageratum, asters, strawflowers, gomphrena, and celosia in a white ceramic sauce dish that sits on top of a white tiled kitchen island. The flowers are held in place by a flower frog.
A hummingbird moth hovering above a small purple flower, with its proboscis penetrating the flower. There are some dead leaves as well as some heathy plant leaves all around.
Cherokee purple tomatoes, jalapeños, lemon cucumbers, cherry tomatoes in a small ceramic basket, strawberries, lavender, and a single nasturtium bloom inside of a woven basket that sits on top of a kitchen island with white tile. There is part of a colorful flower bouquet visible beside the basket.
A hand holding a brown and tan ceramic espresso mug which holds a colorful flower arrangement of nigella seed pods, angelonia, celosia, ageratum, strawflowers, bells of Ireland, chantilly snapdragons, frosted explosion, and a passionflower in front of a gray wall.
A water Lily that is mostly apricot-peach with pink base petals and long bright yellow stamen. About 1/4 of the flower is yellow, which stands out from the rest of the flower. There are two petals that have a distinct, drastic line where the color switches from peach to pale yellow. There are many lily pads around it and both the flower and the lily pads are covered in water droplets.
A hand holding a glass vase with a colorful bouquet of zinnias, black eyed Susans, lavender, ageratum, chantilly snapdragons, yellow snapdragons, asters, strawflowers, salvia, apricot cosmos, bells of Ireland, celosia, angelonia, painted daisies, frosted explosion, and vervain.
A picture of three lemon cucumbers and a small handmade wooden bowl full of ripe cherry tomatoes inside of a woven basket resting on top of a white tiled kitchen island in natural light.
A black kitten with yellow eyes and lynx tips poking her head out of a Trader Joe’s brown paper bag. She’s looking up at me with a look that says “I’ve been caught”.
A spike of rain wet magenta tubular, bell-shaped flowers with fine white hairs and very dark purple spots with a beige outline on the inside. There’s a white privacy fence in the background.
A hand holding a handmade wooden bowl in front of cherry tomato plants. Inside the bowl are about two handfuls of ripe cherry tomatoes.
A hand holding a white vase with an long, narrow cylinder neck. Inside the vase is a simple arrangement of frosted explosion, ageratum, lavender, strawflower, painted daisy, passionflower, and gomphrena. There is a Zinnia and dahlia out of sight. The sun is casting a triangular shadow that makes for an aesthetically pleasing backdrop on a gray mudroom wall.
A woman in her late 20’s standing in a kitten wearing a light pink shirt with small brown buttons all the way down the middle of the shirt and big butterfly sleeves. She’s holding her arms out as to show off the sleeves and framing her chin with her hands. She’s also wearing a denim skirt and butterfly earrings. Her head is slightly tilted to the right and she’s smiling.
A hand holding a white ceramic vase with painted floral and bird details. The vase holds a colorful bouquet of bells of Ireland, zinnias, gazania, frosted explosion, salvia, angelonia, ageratum, gomphrena, dahlias, strawflowers, cosmos, and celosia.
A vine of cherry tomatoes still attached to the plant. The first three at the top are almost fully ripe, the ones in the middle are showing very early signs of blushing, and the ones at the end are still green. There is foliage from the tomato plant all around.
An intricate flower seen from above. It has a ray corona of crimped, lavender fringes with white and purple bands at the center. The anthers and stigmas are a yellow-green color and the filaments are light green with many tiny dark purple dots. The bloom is resting on a wooden trellis and there is foliage from the vine all around.
A long haired black kitten with yellow eyes and lynx tips sitting on a white tiled kitchen island looking slightly upward at me.
A six month old long haired black kitten lying on a burgundy mat with her front legs stretched out and her tail curled around the front of her body. She has yellow eyes and lynx tips, and is looking in the direction of the camera. Between her front legs is a rainbow mouse cat toy.
A bright pink petunia (funnel-shaped flower) with a center that goes from yellow to white. The white fades into the bright pink in a veining pattern. There are more petunias in bloom in background as well as a single salvia bloom, and foliage from the petunia and salvia plants.
A hand holding a glass cylinder vase which contains a colorful bouquet of zinnias, ageratum, nigellas, dahlias, strawflowers, asters, bells of Ireland, painted daisies, salvia, angelonia, snapdragons, and frosted explosion grass. There’s a flower flog inside the vase holding some of the flowers in place.
Side view of a female eastern black swallowtail pollinating jewelweed, which is a small, cornucopia-shaped yellow-orange flower with darker orange spots. The butterfly’s wings are mostly closed, so only the ventral side is visible. The forewing is black with white spots and the hindwing is black with two rows of seven orange spots with tiny, pointillism-like iridescent blue dots in between them. There is forest greenery, large rocks, and a small body of mountain water in the background.
A picture from the inside of a greenhouse. There’s a green shade kit along the roof and side panels and pink two-tiered shelves that hold seed trays with lots of sprouts growing in them on either side. There are some more mature plants like violas on the wooden deck that is the foundations of the greenhouse, and a fuchsia plant hanging from the connecting roof panels off the highest point of the greenhouse structure.
A dirty hand from yard work holding a handful of peach, apricot, and pale yellow strawflowers of varying bloom stages. There are a variety of flowers growing in the ground along a white picket fence to the right, and a vegetable garden and more flowers along a white privacy fence to the left.
Aerial view of a narrow lake surrounded by trees on both sides, mostly deciduous and evergreens. The corner of a hand-woven hot air balloon basket is visible in the bottom left portion of the image. There’s a checkered rainbow hot air balloon hovering above the water, only the top is visible.
A hand holding a set of five miniature white ceramic vases of varying heights and shapes which are connected by a small rectangular platform at the base. The vases hold celosias, zinnias, bupleurum, gomphrena, ageratum, salvia, and white vervain.
A long-haired black kitten lying on a yellow flower shaped cat tree perch. She has yellow eyes and lynx tips, and is in the middle of a *big* yawn. Her tongue is curled upward at the tip and her front teeth are slightly visible.
An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail pollinating a pink Zinnia. There are cosmos, more zinnias, and blue skies in the background.
A cluster of blackberries still attached to the shrub by the stem. Some are a deep purple color and the rest are still red, waiting to ripen. There’s leafage surrounding them.
A close up of a Daisy-like flower with a golden disk and ray florets that go from yellow to white in a gradient, and have a dark pink stripe down the center. There are leaves in the background and a couple more of the same gazanias to the sides.
A hand holds a white ceramic vase with painted floral details that contains a bouquet of salvia, angelonia, strawflowers, zinnias, bells of Ireland, apricot cosmos, white cosmos, ageratum, dahlias, celosia, frosted explosion, and snapdragons. There’s blue skies and a green lawn in the background, and a greenhouse in the distance.
A two-striped grasshopper nymph on a hot pink snapdragon bloom at the tip of the flower. The background is mostly green from foliage.
A hand holds a blue, brown, and white ceramic sauce dish, the colors bleed into each other. There are snapdragons, bleeding hearts, strawflowers, ageratum, angelonia, and white vervain held in place by a flower frog.
A white ceramic sauce dish sits on a wood table and holds a bouquet of white hydrangeas, apricot cosmos, fuchsias, Potomac orange snapdragons, lavender, salvia, and bleeding hearts. The flowers are held in place by a flower frog.
The right end of a double rainbow touching down on the Blue Ridge Mountains. There are green tree leaves in the foreground and foggy mountains in the background.
A long-haired black kitten with yellow eyes and Lynx tips sits on a white tiled kitchen island. Her tail is wrapped around her front paws and she is looking in the direction of the camera. To the left of her there is a colorful bouquet in a ceramic white vase with fine black line details that look like intentional cracks and has a painted light blue rim at the top. To the left of that is a collection of five test tube vases that sit in minimalist gold hardware, they are holding more flowers.
A set of five test tube vases of varying heights which are held in place by a minimalist gold frame that is welded together. The vases are adorned with gazanias, strawflowers, ageratum, angelonia, painted daisies, dahlias, and salvia.
A bouquet of tiger lilies, white cosmos, zinnias, celosia, bupleurum, bells of Ireland, salvia, and chantilly snapdragons sits on a white surface in a mudroom. There is a window to the right and a doorway to the left where you can see out into the yard. It’s a sunny summer morning.
Three ripe strawberries amidst green foliage. There is a fuchsia colored petal that has fallen from a strawberry blossom on top of one of the leaves.
A long-haired black kitten stands on a brown platform looking directly at the camera. She has yellow eyes and lynx tips.