Garden Showstoppers

Hello Again Everyone!   After my "Women Going To Work" post, I got sucked into 50 hours a week quickly, and it's taken awhile for me to get my head above water.   I can't promise I'll do blog posts OFTEN, but I will try to be better about staying up to date.   While I've been absent from the blogs, that doesn't mean the camera hasn't been busy... primarily with Garden Delights.  Each year the garden is different, and each year Dan and I get so much enjoyment walking through it, many times in the morning, and almost every evening when we both get home from work.   This year, I've discovered my Kodak Easyshare takes remarkable close-ups.  We've been enjoying this feature, sometimes you can see things in the pictures that you don't even notice in real life!  I will add to the Garden 09 Photo Album, but for now here are a few "Showstoppers"!

This is actually our 2nd Tigridia, barely open, you can see the petals are still unfurling.  On the right is a Rainlilyand if you look on the petals, you can see the dusting of pollen from the stamen.

Lace Cap Hydrangea... we have several varieties of these.  And our first large Gardenia... I love this, reminds me of a vintage wedding dress.   Tonight I'll add more garden photos to the album, so be sure to check it out! 

We also enjoyed an evening over at Tio and Nancy's recently, and I was particularly thrilled to see the deer.  I love deer (gardeners don't!), and it's usually a stroke of luck to see a deer in the wild, it's a flash and it's gone.  Because Tio and Nancy actually FEED the deer, they come ambling out from the woods around their house every morning and every evening.  We enjoyed watching them in the yard for a good hour at dusk the night we were there.  Here are a few treats for you:

And of course, the best "Dears".... last but not least, it's been pretty exciting around the neighborhood lately.... Both of Bryce & Sue's girls had baby boys in May!   Sarah had her 2nd, her 1st is Lane, her 2nd is Tate... he was born on Mother's Day!  Meghan had her 1st, Ellis, one week earlier. Here's a really cute photo:

That's Ellis on the Left, and Tate on the Right... and Lane in back!   So though my neice Stacie is long distance with her 2nd boy, Owen... I get close-up views of what it must be like having baby boys around!  Maybe one day soon, we'll see our own little Luke running around in OUR garden!

Comments

[Chris]

Great to see a post from you, Lynne. The flowers are gorgeous. I've actually been enjoying following Sarah's blog. Her sentiments are SOOO similar to Stacie. I've told Stacie she needs to read it. I saw this picture of Sue on it a week or two ago and loved it! Congratulate her for me!! How fun to have three little grandboys!

[GerrySchowalter]

Thanks for the pictures Lynne, flowers are beautiful, I'm sure the gardenia's smell like perfume.
Good pictures of the deer at Tio and Nan's also a great picture of Sue and her grandbabies.