We took a walk / ride through the garden this morning. It looks beautiful.
Orange is my least favorite color, but there are some totally beautiful orange daylilies. Like ‘South Seas.’
The girls walked through a lot of the east front yard, but decided they had gone far enough on their own steam. So they headed to the garage with Pa and picked up the wagon.
We saw a tiny Summer Azure butterfly. It’s wingspan is only 3/4 of an inch.
We saw lots of daylilies on our garden walk. Like ‘Fooled Me.’
And this polymerous ‘Hyperion.’ A polymerous daylily has more than the usual three sepals and three petals. This one had five each.
A beautiful day for looking at beautiful flowers.
The hosta ‘Sunny Disposition’ is lovely with its bright yellow leaves and its pretty lavender flowers. It holds up to a lot of sun.
For little girls, though, a short rest out of the sun is always a good idea.
“Look, Pa! A mommy bee!”
We passed the fenced garden on the way to the back yard.
In the back yard, the girls climbed the mulberry tree.
And picked raspberries. We have just enough bushes to snack from.
Yummy!
Time to swing with a little help from Pa.
The tiger lilies have opened.
Many of the hostas are blooming right now.
After enjoying the garden, it’s time to go in. We pass a pot of coleus at the back door. If anyone local has other kinds than these, I’d love to have a start. Am willing to trade!
We’ll be in the garden again later. Right now, DH is watching a Tour de France preview show, the twins are playing with the laundry basket full of toy horses, and I’m keeping my leg up for a while. Everyone else went to Six Flags for the day, so it’s pretty quiet here. 🙂
~~Rhonda
