Celebrating Clivia

The vibrant Clivia, which I showed in my January Bloom Day post,

is brightening our winter days, much to my great delight!
I find orange a little difficult to fit into my garden, but here in the house it goes beautifully with the surrounding, mostly green houseplants. 

I've been photographing (perhaps just a tad obsessively, but look at that color! Remember...we northerners are color deprived here in the frozen tundra) its daily progress as it unfolds those glorious orange blooms.
You'll find the first 2 days' photos in the previous post, and the following were taken over the next several days, as the flowers gradually opened.

Day 3 - January 17th

Day 4

Day 5

Day 7

I actually forgot to take a photo on day 6, believe it or not!

Day 7 again

(so I took extras on day7)

Day 8

Day 8 again - January 22rd

There are 13 blooms on the stalk and all are open now except one. It's truly magnificent. I'm really loving this plant! And yes, I'm still taking photos of it!

Molly is there below the table in one of her favorite birdwatching spots (often all 3 house cats are there)......

Chickadees are very busy at the feeders each day. The little sweeties are just one of more than 13 varieties of birds that visit our feeders daily. I'm counting birds 2 days each week for Project Feederwatch again this year. It's a fun winter activity, is easy to do and you learn so much about birds while aiding scientists to collect data. If you'd like to find out more about it click the link on my sidebar.

 

The birds keep us well entertained while the garden sleeps...and we all wait for spring.

I passed my 4th blogiversary on January 14th without remembering it (again). My, how the years go by!

Here's a link for Clivia care if you'd like to find out more about this gorgeous plant: http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/growing-clivia-plants.html