Maza Studio

The Capitol in winter. Last Sunday I attended BASNCR's first meeting of the year at the US Botanic Garden. This year I was asked to...

Our back yard last winter. According to the Chinese Zodiac, this was the year of the horse. It started with a nasty kick when I got la...

One more Christmas comes around! This year we got our outdoor decorations up early (for us), taking advantage of a warm spell. And, sinc...

Saffron Flower. In late October only one of my saffron bulbs flowered--I was not surprised, since so many of them were dug up a...

Papaya blossom Weather predictions for last Sunday's temperatures were for the mid-thirties, so I began my houseplant migration ind...

Orchid seed pod maturing. Orchid seeds are notoriously slow-growing. With so many other lovely spring and summer flowers and gardening ...

Asters and chrysanthemums. The morning was noticeably chillier, a presage of the coming equinox next week. The days have been getting s...