Lily fever

They're starting to open! So now I have to control myself every time I walk past a display at any plant store, grocery store, corner market, etc.

This little beauty is called a Pink Echeveria. Tiffany and I each got one at Meijer's. We just couldn't believe it was real. It's so crazy looking!

I also got this, called a Peperomia. I love the foliage.

At Home Depot, this tiny little Sarah Bernhardt peony was on clearance! I couldn't just leave it sitting there, never knowing if it would have a good home, now could I?

My pink oriental lilies have opened up!

Look at all those buds!

Happy Returns was the first lily in my garden to bloom. (The Stella d'Oros were going crazy before that elsewhere, but I don't have any.) Look at those ruffles!

The Indestructible Thyme is blooming.

My petunias seem to love the weather lately.

They're so pretty!

I haven't featured the hostas in a while, so here they are. :)

The peaches are getting bigger!

Big yawn!

She looks kind of evil here.

Dan and I didn't actually see a bug that she might be chasing, but who knows? (She is a little loco.)

We let the girls lick our bowls after having some pasta for lunch, and it was too funny for me to miss taking a picture.

You know they had to check out this old dresser before we could put in the drawers. They're very thorough.

Cornholing?

No, really! It's not as bad as it sounds!!


Cornhole is actually just a bean bag toss game. And it's totally fun. But you can imagine my surprise when I came into the library and opened up the computer and PlayCornhole.org was up in Firefox. Um, what?

But all cornholing aside, our barbecue was a blast. The shish kabobs were delicious! And the rain didn't even last all night.

My lisianthus is falling over, but it doesn't seem to bother it any.

These Exotic Impatiens are just so pretty!

Grape Crush New Guinea impatiens and nemesia.

Salvia and Dusty Miller are making themselves perfectly at home.

These, I think, are dahlias coming up from the tubers I planted a few months ago in the petunia garden.

And speaking of dahlias, my highlighter dahlias are making a comeback!

The Indestructible Thyme is blooming! (Keep off it.)

There are still a few flowers on my columbine.

But most importantly, yesterday my first lily opened! Say hello to my newest addition, Happy Returns.

Typhoon!

Well, we had some crazy weather. And we were lucky enough to be at its mercy, unable to escape it. Yay us!

My poor irises are just pooped after dealing with all the wind and the rain. They just wanted to lie down for a few minutes.

But this is my New Guinea Impatien in a precious new pot that I bought. Actually, it's a watering can. And not intended in the least to be a planter. But Dan and his handy power drill gave it some drainage holes.

Same with this big bucket.

My little white potted petunias are reblooming.

These Outbacks are just so unusual looking! I can't get enough of them.

My dianthus is finally blooming this year! I'm so excited. It was really looking dead there for a while, but then one day I realized there were little buds on the ends of some of the stalks, and then the next day there was a little pink at the tip, and then this was today!

Aren't they happy?

Just take a gander at all the buds on these lilies! I can't wait for them to open!

The thyme is TAKING OVER!! Anna, will you do a garden marker for me sometime this summer at the Glaze that says, "Keep Off the Indestructible Thyme"?? I would love it!

This is the stuff that we thought was moss rose.

Thank goodness for this $30 garage sale find! Yay for not sweating to death!

Look at these sweet girls! Right after I snapped this picture, Elph started trying to nurse and Ginger kicked her. She was probably like, "What the heck are you doing down there! Get out!"

But they continued the bath anyway.

And then, for some bizarre reason I don't understand, Dan felt the need to wrap Elphie up in his shower towel.

Look at that pitiful little thing!

A blustery day

Here's our little Ginger, soon to be a big sister to a little black kitten named Elphaba, overseeing her kitchen territory. She's such a goof.

I had to pinch off the existing blooms on my newest Gerbera daisy because of the weird brown spots, which you can see in previous pictures. But there are little new ones coming up, sans spots!

I'm just crazy about these dahlias! I especially love that the one is the exact color of a highlighter. haha

The indestructible thyme, with my "Keep Off the Dirigible Plums" garden stake. I love you, Xenophilius Lovegood! Even though you're a selfish coward.

My main Kerry sedum, so named for my mother-in-law, who gave it to me. It's in the main bed up across from the mailbox. And it's rounding out nicely!

Kind of blurry because it's so doggone overcast, but look at the little baby tulip! I'm so miffed that they're called Lucky Strikes now that Dan pointed out that was a cigarette brand. *pouting*

My Jim's moss rose is going crazy! I just can't get over how cool it is that Jim, my cousin in Wisconsin, harvested some seeds from the moss rose in his garden and gave them to me, and now they're in my garden! I just think that's the coolest thing. (The Dusty Miller is looking good too!)

My two other little Kerry sedum, surrounded by nameless weeds that I'm afraid to pull up because I planted so many seeds and don't know what they should look like when they're coming up. How pathetic. ;)