Garden Party

There was a break in the rain this morning and now I can keep my promise to Gerri. This is what I call the "Ballet Rose;" I forgot its real name. It was knocked about by all the rain yesterday and, being a bit top-heavy to begin with, it's struggling to stand up straight. This is the first landscape rose I ever planted and I am very pleased with it, although it is not a rebloomer and it gets a little scaggy come late July.
Next are the arugula and turnip seedlings. These came up really fast, but we are still waiting for the rainbow chard to peek through the soil! Remember when we first planted the kale and spinach? It's doing very well!
I purchased these siberian iris plants from Christine Gardner at one of her spring plant sales. She leaves them in the ground until you've made the purchase, then she goes to the spot where they grow and digs them up, puts them in a bag and you take them away to plant them in your own garden! Back in the '80s, Christine planted bowling balls in her garden, kind of like the gazing globes we see everywhere now.
Here is the blue window box ready to hang. Love these geraniums, although Mark complains when they're not red. I'm also a big fan of the sweet potato plant! We have two more windowboxes and I don't know what I will put in those (Mark sez: "RED GERANIUMS!").
Finally, one of the Knockout roses out back. Behind are the hollyhocks and to the side you can see a vintage Linda Fernie Jolly Pot. I bought this back in the 70's and eventually the bottom fell off, but I love it so much I kept it and it now lives as Garden Art.

xxoo P

Parsley, kale, spinach and Mitzi

We be gardeners! Hope we not be gourmet buffet for rabbits! Thank you, Farmer Mark, for your excellent tilling and planting skills. The parsley is in a pot of it's own and the arugula gets planted this afternoon.
In our 'hood, there's always someone walking a dog or riding a bike or just walking about, so if you spend any amount of time in the yard, you will be waving to the mayor as he strolls by with his new black lab puppy or stopping to chat with Sara and Mitzi, who live up the road that heads north.

Hafta do laundry, iron, make more blocks for Kyle's quilt and prepare for 'nutha work week. Buh Bye Bunnies! xxoo P

What the HAIL?????

Okay, this is what my daffodils looked like this morning. There are similar clusters of daffodils all over the yard and they are so pretty. Something told me to take photos this morning before I went to work. These guys need to be dug up and separated this summer so the blooms will be bigger next summer. BUT, here's what happened five minutes ago:

Looks like snow, but it's pea-sized hail! About an inch of it! Can't imagine what the daffodils must look like now. It's ALWAYS SOMTHIN' around here!!! Yikes!
But I did get a couple of packages yesterday! Midwest Modern fat quarters (18 are still on back-order) and half-yards of Posh. WHEEEEEEE! Betty Dippi sent me an Amy Butler quilt pattern she found in a magazine and I think it's very timely! I'm going to start working on that this weekend while I'm finishing up Kyle's quilt. I really need a break from black & blue, so I'll do the Amy blocks as thread-savers. I'm not a big the-person Amy fan, but I do like the fabrics and I think I'm really lucky to have so many of the original Charm prints -- stuff that is now out of print.

Don't tell Bhu, but Goma now has GomaCam! Also, you've GOT to watch Goma eat his birthday cake!! TOO CUTE! Love you GOMA!