I took myself and my camera out for a break after fighting the good fight with the computer. The sun is shining (in Western Oregon, in June, this is a remarkable event!) The dogwood is burgeoning bountifully. In fact, Dh had to clip a branch that was so weighted down with blooms that it had sagged into the path of my car as I entered and exited the driveway.
The hostas are happy and home to small arachnids who will, I hope grow to be large, bug-devouring mother-spiders!
Grow, baby spider, grow and prosper!
The oriental lillies are beginning their run and aren't they luscious in the sunlight? What rich, delicious saturated color!
I keep saying that roses grow like weeds around here. This rose has grown from a bit of root stock that was left behind when we moved a fancy tea rose. (Often, tea roses are grafted onto hardy rosa rugosa stock. ) This way, we get two roses for the price of one. I may try making rosepetal jam. (Thank you Norma!)
Today, GED at the jail.
darnit, Roxie, more flower porn--and even if the husband were home, the children are in our bed, napping!
ReplyDeleteSwoon - it's all so lush and green! Beautiful :) The rose petal jam sounds pretty amazing!
ReplyDeleteAll gorgeous, but oh, that lily! I have to love roses, of course - but lilies are definitely up there in the top ten. ;) (Wouldn't they ride us out of town on a rail if we didn't like roses?? Hee.)
ReplyDeleteThe lily looks vaguely carnivorous somehow, rather spiderlike perhaps. The roses... ah, the roses. I can smell them from here.
ReplyDeleteYour flower photos are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteSniff! I do belive I have pollen on my nose (AGAIN!) from the lily!!
And the pink of those roses!