‘Dixie Boy’ started blooming this morning.
It has a rich yellow to contrast the deep burgundy eye and edge.
It’s hard to pick a favorite.
Flower
Dixie Boy Daylily
Dixie Boy daylily
Cheater, Cheater, Color Reader
It happened again this morning. A new daylily bloomed with an unusual color.
Its name is South Seas, but that color…
Time to pull out the cheat sheets.
I used to use my colored pencil collection, but this got rather cumbersome…
carrying around a box of pencils…holding each up to the flower…
Now, I whip out my color charts from the internet.
I happen to know that by the time it gets through my printer and the photos and the internet,
there is bound to be some change in tint, tone and hue.
I know someone is going to tell me there is a APP for that. There is an APP for everything.
I can only use “lipstick” so many times (twice) before it gets redundant.
So now you know. The FLOWER is a cheater. (Blushing scarlet.)
I’d like to think of myself as a color-reader over-achiever.
FLOW
P.S. South Seas looks candy with hints of blush and a honey throat. (i.e It’s red and yellow. )
Mud and Mushrooms
You may have noticed my latest posts are a little mushy.
It’s this R A I N.
Oh my. It has caught me at a bad part of my maintenance cycle.
I did get some weeding done, but ran out of mulch.
So that means W E E D S.
I am amazed how much growth has occurred this week.
I wish I had placed measuring sticks by each Hosta.
There are some upsides to the downpours.
I found some perfect animals tracks in the mud.
and then there are the mushrooms.
And let’s not forget the necessity for new garden clogs while my many pairs of shoes dry
after washing them.( Attention: Shrub Queen)
These are Backdoor Shoes. I will let you know how they hold up.
Here is the second daylily to bloom. Dixie Boy.
FLOW
The Family’s Farm
I have always dreamed of having a farm, so I love visiting them.
I envy the space and the history that goes along with a family farm.
Jimmy’s family has been on this farm for generations.
Joyce and Jimmy now grow hay and daylilies and keep a number of animals.
I love visiting anytime, but June is the most beautiful month for daylilies.
They have over 300 varieties. They no longer sell them. They are trying to get their numbers down to a manageable amount.
If you have daylilies, you know that many need dividing to keep blooming. I can’t imagine the work involved in keeping this many.
I walked through rainbows of color last week. Here are just a few of the flowers.
I must include some of the animals. Their horses were running too fast for photos because they were being chased by Tank, the donkey who likes to bite their backsides.
I did get to pet the goats.
I love chicken noises. These are young ones.
This little rooster was trying to crow. No noise came out. It was so cute!
FLOWER wants a FARM!
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