Garden Bloggers Bloom Day February 2026 and #ShadowshotSunday

 Two memes today for the price of one.

First, Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, where, on the 15th of each month, bloggers from all over the world post the flowers that are blooming in their yards or houses/apartments.

In my Southern Tier of New York zone 6a small garden, it's been cold.  In the last 30 days, we reached a low of -3F (-19.4 C) although outlying areas reached as low as -26F (-32.2 C) that morning.  Either way, that's cold. 

Here, in a cold winter, I have nothing outdoors to show you but snow. However, when the snow started to pile up, I had an early Lenten Rose plant with buds on it.  Right now, it's still covered with snow and I hope the snow sheltered it from the freezing cold.  We'll see.

Indoors, I don't have much to show you, either. 

The one Phalaenopsis I have is dropping its flowers.  These are all that are left.

My spider plant is trying to have baby spider plants.

Finally this blurry pink flower belongs to my Tradescantia.

Thanks go to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for keeping up this 15th of the month meme for all these years. Sadly, this will be the last year Carol will be hosting this meme, and I thank her.  GBBD, as we fondly call it,  has caused me to keep a sort-of gardening journal, at least for one day of each month.

Now, I'm switching to Shadowshot Sunday, brought to us by Lisa at This and That: A Blog.  I decided to use a flower theme from a warmer time.  Here's a camellia at Bok Gardens near Lake Wales, Florida, taken in January of 2018.

I love camillias.  I even tried to grow one where I live (back when we were zone 5b), and the story is told in several posts over the years.  Here's one of them.  Will I try again?  

Hopefully, next month, I'll be able to bring you other flowers.

Only 33 more days before spring!