Gardening

The tiger lilies have just come into bloom.

In the Garden

Lilies and Rhubarb

 Rhubarb

common to many people worldwide

Rhubarb grows here as a perennial, and I eagerly anticipate its emergence every spring.  As soon as  I see a hint of new growth, I can almost taste its delicious, tart flavour.  Yesterday I made another batch of rhubarb jam to store away for those times during the winter when we are in need of something to remind us of spring. 

 

Front garden where the Wild Columbine bloom

Robin near the Ornamental Hops

Strawberry plant

Morning sun on a petunia flower

Petunias in a pot

Joy

"Orange is the happiest color." ~ Frank Sinatra

Compton Tortoiseshell (Nympalis vaualbum)

Today while I was outside, an orange butterfly flew past me and came to rest on a mat of dry grass near the roadway.

"Hello little butterfly, welcome back. I have been watching to see when you would emerge from your long winter's sleep."

~ April

Tiger Lilies

"'Tis mine to be in love with life,

And mine to hear the robins sing;

'Tis mine to live apart from strife,

And kneel to flowers blossoming."

~ Alex Posey ( 1873-1908)

Creek Indian poet

In the Garden

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Hummingbirds darting here and there through the flowers

In the Garden

Today is a scorcher with the temperature approaching 30 degrees C. It's exactly what we've been waiting for - at last, some hot summer weather! At the moment, the sprinkler is on, and the garden is getting a much needed soaking.

The lilies are almost ready to burst into bloom.

Somebody has been in the strawberry bed and left this half eaten strawberry on the stones at the front of the garden, no doubt returning for it later. I don't really mind. Squirrel and Chipmunk think it's their patch, too and harvest what they can. I'm a little smarter though and try to get to the strawberries before they do. HA!

Soccer - The Beautiful Game

2010 FIFA World Cup begins in South Africa
Good Luck to all the teams

Bittersweet

Garden lilies just beginning to bloom
are visited by a Western Tiger Swallowtail
whose beautiful wings are torn.