My white peonies by one of the bird feeders all popped open after we got 1.25" of rain from 6 p.m. Tues. into the overnight hours of Wednesday. We had an 8" deficit of rain since the beginning of the year so this is a start of recovery. More rain predicted today or tonight.
This is my backyard neighbor's white peony. It is in the background in the photo above.
About half of the buds are open on the pink with fluffy yellow centers.
The red Weigela bush is just starting to bloom.
I had to bring in this pink Peony because it was down behind another plant....and because it was pink....and because it is just so pretty.
I got more triangles cut yesterday and sewed a few. I still need to cut about 10 more light triangles.
I got this great fabric postcard in the mail yesterday. Vicki Welsh had made a series of them using up her scraps from a quilt recently made. She immediately thought of me and my love of zebras and really of most wild animal prints. If you haven't been to her blog, this is the week she is giving away assortments of her hand dyed fabric every day. You might want to get in on the drawing.
I've loved seeing your plants progress the past week. Your Peonies are such a beautiful colour and look so delicate. My red Peony has finally opened and so has my 3rd Clematis, but it's been raining on & off the past few days so waiting for them to dry out, ready for some photo's. Love your postcard - something I want to do once I can get my mojo back into full swing :)
ReplyDeleteYour peonies are just gorgeous--I have to go and check on my one plant after last night's rain--hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteI love the peonies they are so pretty. Vicki does make the best cards.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers! How sweet of Vicki to send you that post card. It is right up your alley! Here we got a good downpour which helped and I didn't have to water last night. Today looks beautiful and tomorrow is 100% chance of rain - yeah! 60% on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteWe missed the rain the last two days, went south of us. Today much cooler. Hopefully rain tomorrow, but temps barely breaking 50. So not much will get done in the garden again. Guess I'll just have to sew.
ReplyDeletePat
Stunning peonies! The zebra card is perfect for you. That was so sweet of her.
ReplyDeleteYour peonies are gorgeous. The card Vicki sent you is perfect!
ReplyDeletePeonies and unique post card made todays post a visual delight.
ReplyDeleteJJM
I always look forward to your posts with paeonies, I was hoping I hadn't missed them, they're gorgeous.
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