Our 8 Year Old Amaryllis with 7 Blooms

 Just have to share with you our Amaryllis from 2016—YES 8 YEARS!!!

On March 18, on our kitchen bay window sill where Pieter had put the big Delft white planter with the 8–year old Amaryllis. It was opening its blooms now it had come indoors from our greenhouse.

Our now craquelé cachepot...

TWO stems with buds and blooms.

Lovely stamens...

Hard to capture its four blooms and buds...

March 20, at breakfast time in the sunshine...

March 20, from a different angle...

Also March 20, and you see that the second stem shows a huge bud!

March 21—all four are fully open now and the new stem is progressing to show flowers.

Only 3 days later the 2nd stem now shows 3 buds that open with the other four still there.

March 29, all three buds fully open and the other buds are all cut off as they quickly started to wilt away.

Quite a SHOW for 11 days and we enjoyed them during breakfast time as that was with the perfect light!

Related links:

{Amaryllis Stargazer Blooms in Our Wood Garden} | previous post by me

{Gift Amaryllis Fully Blooms on Mom's Birthday in Heaven} | previous post by me from 2016

Our Amaryllis Bloomed Beautifully | previous post by me

Our 4 Sibling Felines will be 16 Tomorrow!

Yes, we are a HOUSEHOLD OF SENIORS...

Five senior kitties and Bandido, Spooky, Spunky and Tiggy-Tiger will be all 16 on March 30.

They are all born here at our home and I was assisting their Mamita when she gave birth.

We rescued Mamita 'Spicy' and brought her home on the plane, from Acapulco, Mexico.

Poor Sacha girl only reached 6 years as she got hit by a car... see post below.

Spunky girl this morning on the windowsill at breakfast time.

YES, she does use 'eyeliner'...

Spunky is a Mackerel Tabby Tiger.

Spooky boy on November 13, 2022, with the elastic that I'd cut off from fitted sheet for using fabric to add to duvet cover making it wide enough for our newest Caribbean down duvet.

They love to play with anything!

Tiggy–Tiger girl on her favorite blanket...

She is a very feisty Mackerel Tabby Tiger girl! 

Bandido (Dido) boy on the cotton mat in front of balcony's sliding door 'indoor shutters' of our bedroom.

He is the most svelte and silky kitty—resembling most his Mamita Spicy.

Dido is also the most vocal of all!

Sixteen is quite an age for any kitty and we both are grateful they all four reached that!

Related links:

{R.I.P. SACHA GIRL} | previous post by me

{Our Felines are 8 Today!} | previous post by me

{Cat Dining Room} | previous post by me

{Telling YOU the Tale of our 4 Feline Girls} | previous post by me

{Our 'GREEN' Bedroom} | previous post by me showing you the indoor shutters that Dido is posing against

Final Day of 5th NAMC and our Visit to San Diego Sea World

On March 13, we had our final breakfast buffet before the conference finale.

We headed with the hotel shuttle to the airport and from there by bus to downtown San Diego.

That was for $ 0.80 by bus instead of $ 10.00 by taxi... great tip!

We enjoyed our visit at Sea World from 11:00 till 16:00 and visited the dolphins, otters, seals show and of course the killer whales.

Very impressive—especially the getting wet of the people in the first 6 rows!!!

Pieter at Sea World with its beautiful gardens and lay out!

Pieter near some giant cacti and to the left you can just read the final characters of  the word Sea World...

Shamu was quite a highlight!

Those trainers interacting with the killer whales...

In–between performances a huge walrus came hanging over the fence and he/she spew water over the audience!

We both swear that the animal had fun doing so—and knew what it did!

Even riding on their back...

It also was a wonderful and sunny day.

We went back by bus to Downtown San Diego and then walked along the boulevard in 20 minutes back to our hotel.

Next day we went to the airport by 11:00 and flew to Atlanta at 12:45 together with someone from Limburg, The Netherlands.

We arrived in Atlanta by 19:45 and drove separately to Dublin, Georgia.

Next day after breakfast, Pieter picked up Jan Huijs at the Holiday Inn and together to the Campbell mushroom plant.

By noon he came home with Pieter and went with him to the Rotary lunch. 

Related links:

5th North American Mushroom Conference Pieter J.C. Vedder FROM CASE HOLD TO FIRST BREAK | previous post