Garden Bloggers Bloom Day January 15 2026 and Skywatch Friday

Today is two memes for the price of one.  I hope you stay for both of them.

First, held every 15th of the month, is Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, where flower gardeners from all over the world post what is blooming in their homes and/or gardens.  This is hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. 

It's a winter storm day in my zone 6a Southern Tier of New York garden.  

The other day,  I was pleased to discover that the recent warming spell melted almost all of our snow, revealing my white early blooming Lenten Rose.  I took this picture yesterday, before more snow came. 

Flower buds count, right?

As for my indoor flowers, call it January sparse:

Phalaenopsis, purchased several weeks ago in a membership warehouse.   I've killed several orchids over the years but the one that did the best for me, lasting several years (purchased one Black Friday), finally died late last year.   

Chocolate solder, one of my small succulent plants in my home office.  It has a flower stalk (see middle of photo).  Sorry for the blurriness. I tried retaking this three times and best I can seem to do.

Finally, (cheating, perhaps but it's January), dried flowers on one of my two African violets.  Now, today is also #SkywatchFriday, hosted by Yogi.

Last Sunday, during our relatively warm spell, I took some puddle pictures.

Looks like black and white, but this is in color.

Nice to have puddles, which mean it's above freezing.  No puddles today, though.

Have a wonderful weekend!