Straight out of the camera ...

Sunflowers!

Zinnias!

Thought I'd post photos I took last week. Wish I could say this was my garden. ;- )

Back from an unplanned blog break

I was a tad busy with real life. I will post some of the photos Ralph and I took in Boston Saturday and Sunday. We had a lot of fun. It was good to have a change of scenery!

I posted a photo of this perennial when it started blooming Wednesday. This is straight out of the camera this morning...more blooms! I was told it's phlox. Isn't it a pretty shade of pink?

Happy summer to all! It's official.

Ruby Tuesday ~ flowery

Pretty perennials push past pesky weeds (!) to brighten my small flower garden on a hot summer afternoon. I think these are a variety of day lily.
Happy Ruby Tuesday!
To join in the fun or just view some great photos featuring a little or a lot of red, visit our hostess, Mary T, The Teach, at Work of the Poet.

Bloomin' yucca

This is part of a second, smaller yucca plant we have growing in front of the house. I had to cut down the stalks on the bigger one because they blocked the front window. And the petals were falling off. Not good.
I took this in the morning sun today. I like the photo and the shadows on the railing.

* Tour de floral *

Took some pix yesterday. Woo hoo!
The Yucca plant in front of the window finally bloomed. It usually is up and blooming on Father's Day. These stalks have gotten quite tall. When the flowers die I cut down the stalks, and miraculously they grow again the following year, even though the plant is indigenous to the desert.
I like the reflection of my car and of the stalk.

I call this 'purple perennial plant next to Yucca.'

I forgot the name of it, but it faithfully comes back each year. That's why they call it a perennial!
That's about all for today's tour. Have a great Thursday.

Ruby Tuesday ~ hoping for blooms

I bought this mixed planter the other day. I hope the red geranium buds bloom. I'm not sure what the delicate pink flowers are called.

And below you can see that I moved the planter to show off our "sun-dappled, freshly mowed front yard." It's such a novelty to see the sun around here. Wouldn't you know that two hours later the sun had disappeared again?

To see many more photos with a little or a lot of red in them visit Mary T, The Teach, at Work of the Poet.

Plentiful perennials

Whoever planted this lovely flower garden in the backyard of the house my mother has been renting certainly knew what they were doing.


As soon as one kind of flower wilts and dies, another equally colorful one comes along to take its place. The timing is extraordinary.
So far it seems there is not a day during the spring or summer when there is nothing in bloom.


It started in late April, when the forsythia bushes bloomed. They were surrounded by white and yellow daffodils, patches of tulips, and later some lilac and rhododendron bushes.


Since my mother will be moving out at the end of August, I took some pictures yesterday afternoon for posterity. She said she knows she'll miss looking out the window at the beautiful backyard. And who could blame her?


Lilies, Black-eyed Susans, lavender blooms, deep blue hydrangea...





Gorgeous, and blog-worthy~