As geeky and/or kooky is it may have been for me to walk around our yard taking close up pictures of flowers, I did just that.
Actually, some of you may have or will do this. However, I bet you wouldn't squat on one foot lean as far down as you can without kissing the sidewalk or even better lie on your back with camera pointed up in the air in order to get the right angle on your pictures...of flowers... but I just had to document this.
Every time a car went by, I'd jump up, start whistling and pretend I was just strolling so they wouldn't catch a glimpse of me in an awkward position and think I was off my rocker. We live on a busy road, so let's just say I got my exercise. ;o)
I guess I could call this the fruits of my labor but I can't take credit for all this unexpected beauty. That glory goes to God for giving us this wonderful gift. This is one of those rare years in which everything bloomed all at once. Spring flowers and Summer flowers. So, it's quite an explosion of color all over the place so I'm going to share what's been keeping me outdoors so much in the past couple of weeks. We've been eating on the patio a lot this month! Only downside to all this bloomage is the pollen. My mother told me we have record levels due to everything blooming at once.
Word for the Day:
FLOWER:
Pronunciation: \ˈflau̇(-ə)r\
Function: noun
A plant cultivated for its blossoms
TEROLATION:
Pretty righteous dirt decor!!
Rose/Don Juan Climber on a trellis I made out of an old screen door. Someone was going to throw this away, so I got it, stained it and painted RustOleum on the center part.
Wisteria
Snapdragon (Sown from Seed)
Azalea (Encore)
Azalea (Encore) Color: Sunset
Rose/Chrysler Imperial (Hybrid Tea)
Irises
Rose/Iceberg Climber
Rose/~Not sure of the name~ Climber
I had so many blooms this year that I've got enough flower arrangements to go around
My favorite:
FYI: Iris buds will bloom after cutting. They don't dry out in bud form like some flowers do. I had cut out a lot of buds and got ready to throw them away because I assumed they weren't any good. I saved them just in case. They actually bloomed and just after the others became spent. I got many many days of this same flower arrangement just by changing the spent flowers out with the buds.
So, we have Irises coming out of our ears...
More buds
and some more
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