Senior Moments

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I thought I was going to be able to get a fair amount of work done in the yard yesterday, but after a sunny morning the rains returned.  We didn’t get a lot of rain, just enough to keep things wet and me inside.

One of the things that didn’t get done was planting some lily bulbs that came the other day.  The new flower bed we constructed in front of the house gets plenty of sunlight and we thought lilies would do well there.  Lilies are probably our second favorite flower after our roses.

We already have a quite a few lilies in our garden.  The collage above shows some of our lilies.  Other collages can be seen HERE, HERE and HERE.

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I don’t know what happened to Wednesday.  I know the days are getting shorter, but yesterday was ridiculous.  We did our weekly grocery shopping and I planted some spring bulbs that came by UPS the other day, but that was about it.  Before I knew it, it was getting dark.

Since I didn’t have a chance to get out and take new pictures, I’m giving you another collage of the lilies we had in our garden this year.  Our lilies did very well this year and we thoroughly enjoyed each and every blossom.

Today (Thursday) we’re going to Hendersonville to check on my parents.  When I talked to them last night they were both in good spirits, but we will help them with some of the things they can’t do themselves anymore.  We’ll also run some errands for them and take them out for lunch.

I’ll be away from my computer most of the day today, but I’ll get around to visiting you as quickly as I can.

Lilies from our garden in 2009.

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We had a beautiful weekend here on the Plateau of Tennessee.  It actually felt more like autumn than summer, but I don’t want you to think that I’m complaining.  It was very nice working out in the yard and I tried to make the most of it.

Our lilies are all finished for the year.  The last ones bloomed several weeks ago, but I’ve been so far behind on my pictures that I haven’t done anything with them.  Yesterday I had a chance to work with my pictures and made several collages of the lilies that bloomed in our garden this year.  Five of our lilies are shown in the collage above.

The last of our daylilies bloomed yesterday.  I showed a collage of some of our daylilies a couple of days ago.  I enjoyed making that collage so much that I decided I would make another one showing six more of our beauties.  We had seventeen different varieties in bloom this year, so I’ll probably post one more collage at some future date.

Consider yourself warned!

Daylily Hush Little Baby, Fairfield Glade. June 28, 2009.

Our roses aren’t producing a lot of blossoms right now, but our other flowers are doing a good job of filling in the gaps.  We’ve been enjoying lilies and daylilies for a couple of weeks now.  They’re giving us lots of beautiful color and delight fragrances.

Betsy is highlighting some of the lilies in our garden today.  The picture above is one of our daylilies, Hush Little Baby.  Daylily blossoms only last for a single day, but they sure are pretty for that day.