in this moment...

  We have leaves everywhere!

twins

which is obviously why I keep posting it :)

There are hoards of these little guys around here this year. You can't avoid them on the grids. The parking lot at Miles' work is...

Green in the front garden.

One of the patches in the sun garden turned out to be yellow and orange. I am sure you are right... the orange looks exactly like Hunting...

My favourite tree in the yard.

This is the first time I am seeing this purple one. You recognize it?

Another that I won't know the name of until I look it up. Blooming in the front garden.

  This one is really bright. There is a solid yellow one with these two in this patch but it is not open all the way yet.

  They might not be 'Jelly Bean' but they sure are pretty.

   These are the swallows that live with Mikaela at night.

  Sharing a few of Miles' photos from the last few days. The littlest guy there is our new neighbour. His fence runs all along the dr...

  Galley Red by Miles.

  Summer and Moxie on the bridge. We've been having nice weather here. By Miles.

  The last time I deadheaded the painted daisy, I was sure it was finished. Painted daisy are not as hardy or showy as other daisy in my ...

The delphinium at the front of the house decided to come up with a second flush of flowers for me! That hardly ever happens with delphiniu...

  Every year we get volunteer sunflowers growing in the bird sanctuary under and around the bird feeders. I pull them like weeds and ...

Yes, it's true, that is moss on my birch. With the high groundwater left from the floods and all the rain this year, I actually have m...

  The rhubarb I cut down for Jen is up again. Smaller and sweeter stalks this time around.

It is tiny, tiny, tiny but it opened today and it looks like there are more buds :)

  Still not sure what these are but I really hope they go to seed!

It's pretty, whatever its called.

I don't know what these are called. The map says the 2 patches planted here are 'Hunting Song' and unknown. Since these are no...

Opened today.

Blue Boy today. Lots more flowers and it looks healthy. There are 5 or 6 stalks so I think a patch is born :)

Yes, that's plural - the first season we've had more than one bloom. This patch is kind of jammed in between other stuff. Last yea...

I've lost the name of this one over the years but it does look quite striking in the back graden.

I love the colour of the John Cabot thorns. When the sun comes from behind them they are really dark pink and I can see them all the way a...

I love this!

Now we have a hibiscus in the back yard too!

The dwarf blue flax looks like it has taken in this spot. It flowered (a little) but more importantly, it has started to grow! I really h...

Esther brought us these beautiful rocks (along with a big clump of kniphofia aka torch lilies ).

I really should move this. It doesn't get anywhere near enough sun at the deck side of the boardwalk. But I love it here and it keeps...

  How cool are the tall ones?

  This is the best angle I can get for all of them together. It is just missing the baby that is off the bottom edge of the pic. It is a ...

  I am not at all sure which is my favourite of the cactus but I really like this little guy. He has long, deep red spines and it a short...

  I have admired this in Judy's neighbour, Nyla's, yard for several years. This year, she was getting rid of it and I volunteered...

My Galley Red has three blooms now and two of them are perfect. It is a huge plant!

The surviving phlox is purple :)

This is all new from last year in this spot. The daylily didn't bloom this year. I don't think it gets enough sun there. I am movi...

I don't think she realizes how big her feet are but at least she is eating the grass under the feeder and not the plants.

Well, the dropped call was the warning. The storm finally blew in. Pouring rain for quite awhile, keeping me inside. Everything is wet bu...

I did a good job of shaping this heather back in the spring, even if I do say so myself. It sits out front corner of driveway and road. ...

  Not the greatest pic but here is the first flower along with an aphid, much to my disgust. There are lots of other buds and I think I h...

  This is the spot I decided to put the Meadowrue. I guess I have a lot to do before I can plant them!

This lily is so delicate and fragrant!

Guess I am short on pictures, lol. This was the Monkshood, after the storm and before I chopped it off and popped it in the vase. There ar...

I haven't looked today since the rain has stopped but this is what my prairie coneflower patch looked like after the last storm.