The flowering frenzy continues around here. Plant after plant is sending forth blossoms to entice the bees and perfume the air. June is such a glorious month! Our neighbor Greg admits to a very limited amount of savvy when it comes to gardening, but apparently Mother Nature sometimes takes the guess work out of it all. Just look at his floribunda roses! They are exploding with color right now.
The vegetable garden is going mad too. I planted several varieties of beans this spring and all of them are blossoming right now. I think it's funny that such nondescript plants produce such a perfusion of delicate pink blooms. And the wildest looking beans show up! God really does have a sense of humor. :)
And if things weren't already glorious enough, some of the early perennials have started their quest for glory. The coreopsis and tickseed are both taking off. They're the easy ones though, requiring little in the way of care or water, yet producing such vibrant flowers. Here's a closeup of the tickseed that Taylor took last night.
Even my flame-stemmed clover has decided to join in the festivities. I haven't paid much attention to it since I repotted it. I checked it out last evening and found this little guy poking his head up to say hello!
Taylor and I spent last night at home. We chopped up some veggies, made a little stir fry and trotted back outdoors to enjoy a wonderful summer evening. And enjoy we did! Several of our neighbors ventured out to chat and marvel over the bounty of late spring while the kids played to their hearts' content. We got to spend time with our neighbor's dogs Max and Sunshine too. Taylor never tires of throwing tennis balls for Max and he never tires of getting them and bringing them back for another throw.
Today is Farmer's Market Day for us. I can't wait to check out the produce and Taylor is champing at the bit for a Sno Cone--her way of telling that summer is really here.
Kristin
The vegetable garden is going mad too. I planted several varieties of beans this spring and all of them are blossoming right now. I think it's funny that such nondescript plants produce such a perfusion of delicate pink blooms. And the wildest looking beans show up! God really does have a sense of humor. :)
And if things weren't already glorious enough, some of the early perennials have started their quest for glory. The coreopsis and tickseed are both taking off. They're the easy ones though, requiring little in the way of care or water, yet producing such vibrant flowers. Here's a closeup of the tickseed that Taylor took last night.
Even my flame-stemmed clover has decided to join in the festivities. I haven't paid much attention to it since I repotted it. I checked it out last evening and found this little guy poking his head up to say hello!
Taylor and I spent last night at home. We chopped up some veggies, made a little stir fry and trotted back outdoors to enjoy a wonderful summer evening. And enjoy we did! Several of our neighbors ventured out to chat and marvel over the bounty of late spring while the kids played to their hearts' content. We got to spend time with our neighbor's dogs Max and Sunshine too. Taylor never tires of throwing tennis balls for Max and he never tires of getting them and bringing them back for another throw.
Today is Farmer's Market Day for us. I can't wait to check out the produce and Taylor is champing at the bit for a Sno Cone--her way of telling that summer is really here.
Kristin