Day Moon-Crow Moon

See Previous | See Next This week my garden is looking just right for wild, rambling, misty mornings.  With mosquitos.  But ignore the mosquitos.  It’s much more romantic without the mosquitos. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years confirms that it’s definitely the season for summer lushness. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years emphasizes that July is also definitely the time of the sea of daisies (which has gone a bit rogue this year, but is still sea-of-daisies-like). …This…

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See Previous | See Next This week a couple of my fancy roses have decided to bloom.  I never get very many of those, but they are very pretty while they’re here.  The one in the picture is El Catala.  I might get one more bloom out of her (I have a very shady garden) or a rabbit or a squirrel might decide to eat it instead… Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows a bunch of roses that…

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See Previous | See Next This week has given us extremes, from raining buckets, to sunny-and-hot.  Yucca flowers are some of my favorites, but always so sadly short-lived.  And my roses might be slow to turn up this year, but some at least have a lot more buds than usual – I suppose they like being properly (rain) watered. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years mostly gives hope of more roses – and also daisies coming soon. Looking back…

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See Previous | See Next This week my peony is trying to take over my garden by lounging all over every part of it that it can reach.  The garden is way too big for such a thing to be possible but it’s still making an impressive attempt.  Also, my bearded irises are still a no-show.  But, in an interesting twist, I have surprise irises instead that last year I didn’t even know I was planting.  I thought I was…

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