Yes, Exactly!

I am so glad you felt that way because that is exactly what I was hopeing it would do for both of us and I certainly felt that way. That is why I think we should continue the photo-a-day concept on the other blogs. We could post a photo-a-day each on either intwogardens or on our own blogs. So, we each post a photo-a-day on our own blogs and on the days we post a photo on intwogardens that was taken that day, we get a 'by' on our personal blog if we want to take it. It would mean we are checking two places but we are in and out of them all the time and we have been checking three. I think during gardening season, it would go a long way to keeping content going on intwogardens and our own garden journals. For the winter season, it will force me to be creative in coming up with garden themed photographs once in awhile although, it will not always be garden themed on my blog... winters are long here ;)

What do you think?

I Wasn't Counting...

Danielle, after reading your post and catching up on my photos today, I realize what I really appreciated about this blog - it forced me to find something interesting everyday through my camera lens.  A different perspective.  Even on the days I missed posting, I had taken pictures.  Sharing them with you was motivation and incentive.  Another big side benefit was getting a more in-depth look at my garden and your garden - and appreciating them more.

'Yvonne'

In Judy's garden today.

Nigella 'University Mix'

The seed pods are as interesting as the flowers in both purple and blue. The blue age white and the plants are covered in blooms still. I love this plant, the foliage that looks like netting is totally unique to anything else I have in the garden. I am repeating this next year in more than one place.

Possibly Last

Possibly the last of the 'Raeann's Torch' to open. We had sun today and a little wind so it is drying up nicely but it is getting cold out there now. Noticed I have been spelling this wrong all along... there is no end e. Going to fix the posts on flickr and the blogs.

Old Bloom

Quite a colour change for 'Raeann's Torch' from when it first opened. The yellow edge expanded and the red really washed out. The collarette, as a result, really stands out as bright yellow. I like this one.

Front House Garden

Thought I would get this up before I take off. I am so glad I put this in this Spring. It is hard to keep still because it was weeds for years so it seems like I am pulling constantly and still not keeping up. The delphinium are new transplants this year so they are way done and you can't even see them anymore but they are there. This is as far as it is finished though. In the Fall, I plan to get it planted to the end of the house with a lot of room for dahlia left open. The dahlia here are doing really well so it seems like a good spot for them.

Flowering Potatoe

Pretty sure I wasn't supposed to let them do that. Oh well, I guess I am a flower gardener.

Bouncing Bet

I was excited to find this today eventhough it was smack in the middle of a huge patch of grass that is quite a bit taller than it. There is a big patch of it in there and once I dig it, I will be able to easily get rid of the grass around it. Judy gave me a division a couple of years ago and I made the mistake of planting it with the white Summer Phlox. I had thought that the white had overtaken it but happily, I was wrong. Judy got it given to her as 'Bouncing Bet'. The only 'Bouncing Bet' I have ever been able to find is a Soapwort and this almost fits the description as spreading groundcover with very fragrant phlox like flowers. I wouldn't have called it a groundcover and this is at least 2 ft. tall. Also, I don't think Soapwort overwinters here. Despite my pink problem in the sun garden, I am moving this out there. I might wait until it is done blooming though because it really is fragrant and the smell is wonderful. Since this is towards the bush from the 'Stella D'Oro', she might get deadheaded more often now.

The Opening

Half of the flower isn't open all the way yet, making it look lopsided. So, you get another photograph of part of a flower because I can't wait until it is actually open to share it. Dahlia 'Raeann's Torch'. Opening today.

More on 'Golden Wave'

This Yellow opened when I wasn't even looking. Here is yet another view of it. I was watching the Pink bud and when it opened wider today to a yellow centre, I went out to get a photo of it and found this flower too. It is a different flower form than the other two as well as a different colour. It is a semi-double petaled single flower. Both the others have been fully double flowers with two single petaled side flowers that frame the bigger flower. I am loving these things. I hope they overwinter for me.

You've Got Mail

The seeds are dry and cleaned. On Monday when the post office is open, I am going to dig up the 'Endless Summer' bits along with the Combine Garden Daylily and the dark Creeping Jenny. These seeds and the ones on your seed wish list will join all that in the box. Anything else you can't live without next Spring that I could throw in?

Sweet Pea at Front Deck

They are doing as well as the Nasturtium did last year in this spot. The dark green pad-like leaves of the Nasturtium made for a nicer contrast rising up through the Virginia Creeper though. I hoped these would have the added advantage of scent but not that I have noticed over the vetch blooming in the fields. Maybe once that is done. 'Pink Flame' opened.

The Next One

'Hot Lips' opened all the way today. Single flower so far but lots of buds to open yet.

Nigella Opened

In two colours so far. This pale and this dark. I absolutely love them. Both colours are great. There are three flowers and two of them are the dark. I am definitely putting some of these in next year.

Last to Open

This should be the last of the Calla to open. It is more red and less purple than this shows. Another lemon yellow 'Flame' opened yesterday in a pot on the front deck. More 'Crystal Blush', which are now turning pink, and 'Picasso' showed up in the Bird Sanctuary and Boardwalk Gardens. The red and yellow 'Flame' is still producing more blooms. I really like these. I hope they survive the winter in my basement. On an added note, I am taking the refrigerator from Sean's trailer. It was new a couple of years ago and is smallish. He will sell his trailer without one and I will put it in the basement for all my stored plants.

Another Survivor

Brunnera 'Looking Glass', planted July 18. I am adding him to my plant catalogue since he is definitely growing here :)

Calendula 'Bronze Beauty'

First baby bloom but these are going to be stunning, I can already tell.

Blue and Green

Blue and green in the Bird Sanctuary today. The 'Halcyon' didn't miss a beat ! The Heliopsis, on the other hand, looks like a stick but I am watering the heck out of it, sending green thoughts all the while.

Garden-to-Go

All that's left to do is to pack my new Nova Scotia 'Garden to Go'.