9000 words what a challenge

Gosh Katrina set an amazing challenge which I was unable to match!

She said... A picture is worth a thousand words. How about 9 for nine thousand words?
Photos on your blog provide visual zing to your stories! Today, why not gather photos from your last week or so, put them together in a layout and share them with your blog world. I love the way photos group in 9's! No photos from the last week? Wander around your house and snap 9 to share with us!

I didn't have the photos to use so decided on snapping shots of the orchids in our apartment. That was the easy part

 

I was totally unable to get them in grid formation as I don't have the capacity, skill or where withall to do as Katrina did but it seems a nice collection of photos. It was all lined up in three rows when I formatted the post but it just fell out of order.

First gift from Mary and Leonie in memory of Maddy; second Sue's birthday present from me; third  the one we inherited from Susan
Fourth Maddy close up; fifth the bud on the sixth one which is about to burst into bud and was the one that Jude saved from the dumper room 6 years ago
Seventh roots of the dumper orchid; eigth Susan in bloom and ninth Sue's birthday in bloom

Hopefully the orchids will survive our three week absence from the city.