What's Blooming Around the Yard

Yesterday I finished sewing this together.  

It's pressed, folded, binding made, and in a bag for the

next time Chris and I get together for a 'stuff made swap'.

Chris stopped over on Saturday afternoon to take everything

I made for Outreach and to drop off a few quilts so

I can apply the bindings for the ladies who want to hand

sew to the back of the quilt.  Basically, I sew the bindings

to the front and the ladies hand sew the bindings to the back.

She also gave me 200 [5" squares] for some I Spy quilt tops.

Julep

I've been praying and applying the "Liquid Fence" powder

[which repels rabies and deer] around my lily plants.

This particular lily is a monster plant this year.

My dad gave me this red maple tree years ago and

it's finally happy in this spot.  

Wildflowers from last years seeds.

Dahlia

Golden Yarrow

The coneflowers are starting to open.

It may have been last year [or maybe the year before]
I bought two containers of Easter Lily plants at Lowes
for a $1.99 each.  It was an impulse purchase
thinking they probably wouldn't come back.
The plants are amazing and full of buds and
I personally can't wait to they open.

Osprey looking for an lunch.

Hollyhocks ... the package showed a picture of 

double flowers that looked like a carnation.

This is what I got ... single flowers.

Wildflowers from last years seeds.

The wildflowers are in the front bed and are so tall they

are falling over so once the blooms are gone I will be

cutting them back.  A few weeks ago I tossed seeds from two different

varieties of zinna seeds in the same bed as the wildflowers. 

To my surprise all the seeds are coming up so I've been slowly 

thinning out the small plants.  I also planted a package of

Four O'clock seeds and all those are coming up as well.

I remember my parents having Four O'clocks as well as

Hollyhocks in the garden when I was growing up. 

I love to putter in the garden just like my dad did.

Painted Japanese Fern

The Joe Pye weed is starting to get flower heads.

This plant attracts butterflies.

Bluebird on the Virburnum plant.

It's been so dry that I've been watering all my flower beds.

Our Gingko tree looks very happy this year.  Wilson and I

are still working to figure out how we want our new flower 

beds in the fall.  We basically are forced by the community

to move our beds since they are passed our property line.

Funny thing is we never paid attention to the 'official' property

line since it matched both of our neighbors.  We will be 

loosing a nice size chunk of what we thought was our lawn to

the "natural look" [meaning the lawn will grow back into

tall weeds].  We are not happy needless to say.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy week ahead.