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I can't believe Ginger laid down on the desk. She hasn't ever been one to do that. Number Three was, certainly, but she would have been on the keyboard, obscuring my view of Mack Taylor and his New York crew.

The portulaca is finally starting to fill in the window box.

Merlin's Magic didn't seem to like the conditions on my porch, unfortunately. :( But Twist & Twirl is thriving just like it did last year!

Petunias just love it at our house!

Bordeaux and the tuberous begonias, all going nuts.

Here's Vince again, along with my first lilies (other than Stella) to bloom!

The Wave Petunia looks like it's trying to stand up.

The mystery of the strange seedling has been resolved! It was a CALLA LILY!! Yay! Isn't it purty? I just love the leaves. I might even go through with digging up the bulbs and overwintering them inside to keep them coming back. And that's saying something.

Lysimachia Alexander is thriving. It looks so much bigger and fuller and better than last year.

And these babies also opened up! They ran a close second to the orange ones. I just love how soft the pink is.

Look at them with that excellent Telstar Picotee dianthus at their feet. That's the only dianthus that's still consistently blooming. It's just fantastic.

And look at my babies! My little Stellas, all in a row!

Oh, they're fabulous!

Look at those sweet little faces!

And we have a bud coming up on either You Are My Sunshine or Strutter's Ball. I think it's YAMS. (Haha, yams.)

And I'm pretty sure this one is my Siloam Double Classic... which has me so excited!! I can't wait to see my new little double lily! I've never had one before. In fact, I don't think I've ever even seen one in person.

Sorry about the dizzying tilted pictures in this post. In the foreground is all the buds on my only unblooming Stella, and beyond that is all the buds on Happy Returns, which is Stella's cousin.

Speaking of tilted, here's another one of the Stellas.

This is my baptisia. It looks like it's growing peapods!

Astilbe Deutchland looks ready to wait it out until next year.

This is the Secret Sideyard Rose.

And last but not least, we have some fruit!

Aren't they adorable?

Lilies and irises and cats... oh my!

Say hello to Firebreather! Isn't he breathtaking? I was this close to renaming him Incorrigible Tease, and then yesterday morning when I left the house at six I saw he had opened. When I came home, there were two blooms!

Isn't it gorgeous?

And there are more buds! (He tried to lay down today, so I had to put a stick in the ground and use a hair clip to attach it, but he seems much better now.)

Look at all the buds on Trop Jaloux! And they're starting to look purple at the top, so it should be blooming in the next few days.

My first Las Vegas also opened today!

These are all the Las Vegas buds on the other side of the porch. Can you believe my camera focused correctly?

This picture is now the background on my computer. Isn't Bordeaux amazing? It was spilling over a few days ago, but it didn't have this many flowers.

My Ultra Rose petunias are adjusting happily to life in the porch box.

As are my Margarita Strawberry portulaca. I can't wait until they spread out and fill up the container!

The Wave Petunia is also flourishing.

Each of my Shasta Daisies has a flower now. :)

Yet more petunias... they made me so happy last year that I kind of went crazy this year. :)

Sarah is sending up another little shoot from the ground.

Everybody's blooming! There are even a few blossoms on the Seaside Daisy.

MY FIRST LILY OF THE SEASON!! Tiny Hope finally opened!

I really like the combination of the two nemesias.

The Raspberry Blast is also looking beautiful.

Dahlia, dahling!

I guess it just tired Ginger out too much to watch me out there in the garden. Poor thing.

Goin' to the chapel...

My best friend K got married this weekend, and I got to drive out to her side of the state and be her bridesmaid! Yay!

K is at the bottom right, with her sister sitting between us.

Talk about GOOD TASTE... we carried white tulips! K's bouquet was the pink tulips with lily of the valley.

Doesn't she look purty?

All the bridesmaid dresses, just waiting for us.

K and me!

Kind of an afterthought -- taken in the parking lot after the reception while I still had someone to take the picture. K's mom had a brilliant idea and bought some artificial flowers that matched our dresses so we could put them in our hair.

That's all I have from the wedding... everybody's going to exchange pictures soon, so hopefully I'll have more for you.

These two flats (petunias and portulaca) are going into the 36" window boxes I bought today for the sides of the porch, which we're going to put up tomorrow. :)

I like the portulaca!

My two nemesias, looking happy and perky.

The begonia on the left is a replacement for the one I broke. It looks much better.

My Bordeaux petunia is trying to spill over the edges, on its way to conquering the world!

These highlighter dahlias are very profusely blooming.

This Sarah Bernhardt peony is growing quickly. :)

"Blue moon, you saw me standing alone, without a dream in my heart..." Anyway, that's the name of this adorable viola: Blue Moon.

Look at all the Las Vegas buds!

Firebreather is about to burst!

I love the pink of this columbine.

Just take a gander at all those buds on the gaillardia!

The Seaside Daisy is also starting to bloom.

I absolutely love this lupine/false bluebonnet. ;)

Both Shasta Daisies are also starting to open up.

I really really think these are lilies coming up, but I don't remember which one I planted here. I'm so glad I didn't pull them up first thing!

This Jacob's Ladder is called Stairway to Heaven. :)

Again with the anonymous lilies! I'm thinking the daylily on the left is Red Rum.

So many beautiful blooms on the creeping phlox!

I can't believe my luck. Apparently I picked the PERFECT spot for bleeding hearts. They're so happy!

All the whites are in the back, for some reason. But I still spied them!

More whites opening up!

As you have probably figured out, I'm very obsessed with them.

And lastly, Tiny Hope looks like it's just about to open up.

BONUS! I just found K's sister's pictures on Facebook. Here are some extras.

Rehearsal. I'm all the way on the left.

At the hair salon.

In the bride's room at the church. (Chowing down on veggies and dip, as well as cheese and crackers.)

Waiting our turn for portraits after the ceremony.

The Crusader Club! :)

My favorite... the entire wedding party. :)