Wordless Wednesday ~ Daylilies

It's daylily time...



















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Wordless Wednesday ~ Winter at the Arboretum

A winter's day at the Arboretum.

A knot garden. I want one of my own.


Journey....


An armada of pelicans and some sort of loon.


Ric Rac


A tranquil scene


Camilla. Why is it that I don't own one of these winter blooming beauties?


Flashes of orange and gold


Color. Kale


Sculptural beauty. Dusty Miller

Not So Wordless Wednesday~Sunflowers

Is it a bad sign when even your flowers won't look at you?


Evidently, the sunflowers we grow love watching the sun come up. These are in the new bed we built on Memorial day weekend on the east side of the back yard . Which means they are facing the eastern horizon instead of the back porch. We have a line of sunflowers on the west side of our back yard along a fence. They always look into the yard. Never thought about these guys facing away from the back porch. Aren't flowers always supposed to face the way you want them too?


Ah, but when you walk around the other side of the bed, the sunflower faces are lovely. The bees and butterflies are enjoying them. The neighbors are getting a pretty show, too.


Sunflowers make me smile.

Wordless Wednesday

It's Wednesday already?

Around the yard this week....

N's Orange/Purple/Gold bed


Boston Ivy is happily eating the house

Fortunately, I have a knight in shining armor to control the monster


Red Volunteer Daylily


Have a happy summer day!

Not So Wordless Wednesday ~ Nature Walk

Take a nature stroll with me on the wild canyon lands of the Texas Panhandle.


Bright sun, cool breeze


My life doesn't seem so stressful when I consider what this little yellow wildflower has to deal with. Rock can't be too easy to grow in, even crumbly rock.

Prickly Pear Cactus


Mourning Dove nest and eggs


Feeling all bent out of shape? Mesquite stump and cholla cactus


Busy Red Ants


A yellow coneflower, see how the wind is ruffling their skirts


Horned Frog or as most folks call them, horny toads--I used to catch these as a girl. Love 'em still. On the endangered list, but their numbers are increasing. This is a fat, handsome fella. He was sitting near an ant trail and feasting on passers-by.


Shade is so hard to come by on the prairie. Bull snake


Seek beauty and sweetness in life. Bumble bee in a hollyhock bloom.

Not So Wordless Wednesday

Consider the lilies....

Calla Lily


Lady Bug Daylily


Asiatic Lilies


Stella D'oro Daylilies


Not a lily, but...
Cecile Brunner Rose planted for my late sister in law.


Ralph Waldo Emerson said the earth laughs in flowers. If so there is a constant chuckle going on in my yard these days. Joyful, joyful!

Not So Wordless Wednesday

Ready.....


Set.....


BLOOM!!!




Red Cascade rose

Not So Wordless Wednesday

Is it a sign of an active and vivid imagination to not plant something in front of a favorite broken gargoyle because he won't be able to effectively guard the driveway if he can't see? I hope so.


Stella d'Oro daylilies


Shasta Daisies


Happy Wednesday!