I had such good intentions of doing something, anything yesterday but in the end all I did was run the dishwasher (and empty it) and fold laundry. The rest of the day was wandering through the house and the yard.
I did put a few things in their proper places and unpicked stitches on a block I wasn't completely happy with.
So lets go outside and walk around after the rain was finished. (It rained again after 10:30 p.m.).
This is the view of my favorite front section of garden taken from the paver path behind it. It looks like I need to move the center Coral Bell closest to me a little to the right. I just have to decide whether to do it now or wait until fall.
When I was preparing for the new front gardens I dug out a few plants I wanted to save. There were 3 Red Penstemon and I'm happy to see 2 of them survived the move to the back garden. I haven't seen any signs of the third one but I won't give up on it yet.
We are due to have some 90 degree weather starting Sunday so the Peonies will probably start blooming. There is an ant working hard on the bottom of the big bud. This is the early blooming plant, dark red.
I can see one of my lilac bushes from my dining room window. If it hadn't been so humid yesterday I would have had the window open to smell the beautiful fragrance.
When the lilacs start to fade the Garden Heliotrope starts blooming with a very similar fragrance. I have these in a couple places in the back garden.
Since this was my first year having Lenten Roses I wasn't sure what to expect. I was surprised that the blooms are still there and looking good. The other 2 plants are getting larger but didn't have any blooms this year.
Today I hope I can make a decision which quilt top needs to become a finished quilt and get it done.
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13 comments:
It's so nice to take a "dolce far niente" day for yourself, isn't it?
Your garden spots are looking so inviting and lovely.
I was able to finish cutting all my strips for my proposed TAW--hopefully I can sew them together straight (not one of my natural abilities!)--we'll see how they come out...
Cloudy day here, and only 45.7 degrees--what happened to warmth? We had to put the heat on ;(((
...hugs, julierose
My peonies were battered in the rain on Sunday so I had to deadhead them yesterday. I still have a few buds.
I transplanted a new peony but it is really tiny and will not do anything this year - I found it growing in the strawberry bed of all places - I hadn't had a peony grow there in sometime and thought I dug everything up before I made the new beds but I have found other things - bulbs growing that I thought I had gotten out. I don't know if the peony will grow - we will see.
Sometimes you just need a day to relax and enjoy your surroundings. After all the garden changes every day and you can only enjoy it so many months before winter comes so ENJOY! Your plants all look so fabulous! I am so happy the one Lenten Rose bloomed and looks so big! This must be the second year for the other two plants; Lenten Roses seem to not bloom until year three. It will be fun next year to see what color the flowers are for the other two plants. You will get seeds from the one that has flowered. They are about 1/8 to 3/16 inches around and are black. I don't harvest the seeds, but your plants came from the seeds my more mature plants dropped and just came up on their own.
Follow your blog, always amazed at all you accomplish so glad to see you had a lazy day as I have a few
A day to wander in your lovely garden will recharge your quilty batteries.
I wouldn't move any perennials until fall. They don't like the summer heat to make new roots. Everything looks filling in lovely for you. I have a heavy duty weekend of gardening here as I need to add a lot of organic material to the soil and plant the seeds and the annual pots.
Lovely garden tour, and I’m glad you listened to your body, telling you to take a day off. At our age we must do that from time to time.
JJM
Your garden looks wonderful! Watching my Lenten Rose in Virginia was a favorite year round activity. When the plant was large enough I would pick a small bouquet to bring inside in the spring—such a beautiful bloom up close.
The flowers on the Lenten rose do last a long time, fading in color, until the leaves grow big enough to cover them up. The other nice thing about them is that the leaves stay green and look good all summer, unlike day lilies and iris that start to look scruffy after they bloom.
Pat
Must be the season for wandering ... happening here, too. Laundry, meals, dishes, paperwork seem to be taking the energy I do have with little leftover beyond sewing straight seams and even that doesn't last long. Reading instead - this too shall pass.
We all need quiet days like that. The gardens look so pretty.
A day of doing nothing is good for us I think and I can understand the good intentions! I've been having the same problem. I like to move any plants in our Autumn months, it gets so hot and humid in Summer here that newly moved plants would just give up. Lenten Rose is a favourite plant of mine and I see you also have violets growing around them, at least the leaves look as if they are.
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