27 February 2012

Aloe Reitzii's flowering in Summer
{January/February 2012}

Its busy stations here at the Fourie household with all the final prep for {Doing Life's} debut at Hobby-X 2012.  My dear friends Michelle and Shelley are flying up bright and early Wednesday morning for 5 days to help me setup and man our stand for the days, 1-4 March.  Excitement is definitely in the air.
We usually associate aloe flowers with Winter here in South Africa.  But this lovely Aloe Reitzii variety flowers in the middle of summer.  At the moment all of them are starting to or are flowering in our garden.  Hard to believe that something so vibrant colour wise, can stem from a little brown knob.  Nature truly never ceases to amaze.






Appreciate all your visits and lovely comments here at {Doing Life}.  Will be chatting to you soon.

15 comments:

Hannelie said...

Mmm... hobby-x ... crafting highlight of the year! Enjoy and good luck!

Janiel/ janny said...

Hi Desire, these photos are beautiful!! Have fun at your craft fair..... I HOPE YOU DO VERY WELL!!
Have a great fun filled week.
big hugs.........

Kim Dellow said...

Lots of Good Luck Desire! Hope you have lots of fun too. Love your pictures! Kim

Tammy said...

Gorgeous pictures Desire!
Have a wonderful time at Hobby-x
...and best of luck!
Hugs, Tammy

xxxtglxxx said...

Stunning photograph, really captivating :)

hugs

xxalisonxx

Sandra said...

Besonderse foto's Desire.

E.T. said...

Hi Desire, long time!!gorgeous pictures. All the best Desire!
I will just scroll through the blog now :)

cnelson said...

Good luck and have fun at Hobby-x! Your photos are GORGEOUS!

Sassy Scrapper said...

Sounds fabulous. This flower is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs Bonnie

Linda Beeson said...

What an interesting plant, that has to be fun to watch bloom.

Gvendalen said...

Hi Desire, beautiful photos! Good luck at your craft fair.
hugs, Helena

Kim Piggott said...

Wishing you every success for Hobby-X!
Love your beautiful photo's!
hugs
kim x

Alessandra said...

thanks for sharing these beautiful pics. I am always amazed of the natures secrets and fantastic wonders!
Hugs from sunny Switzerland
Alessandra

Helen Tilbury said...

Absolutely beautiful photos Desire! Your photos are always STUNNING!! Have a great week :)

Merry said...

Hope you have had fun with the craft show....Can't say I have seen an Aloe flower before....very interesting. My plant musn't get enough sun.