A Garden Tea Party

Young Alice is having a tea party and she's invited all her friends from Wonderland.

Won't you please join us?

The Cheshire Cat is on his way.

The White Rabbit is making his way through the flowers.

Daisy the Hedgehog has escaped the Red Queen's croquet game to join the fun!

Looks like the Caterpillar is already here!

"I think I'll try a biscuit," says Alice.

"Oh dear, I feel quite odd! Better have a sip of mint tea."

"Ah, that's better!"

We've saved some for you!

Just be sure to heed the old sign's warning...

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Be sure to visit other Mad Tea Parties today!

Blooming Wednesday!!

My balloon flowers burst open this morning to greet the sun.

A painted lady sips nectar from a coneflower.

Firefly waits patiently for nightfall under a delicate poppy petal.

(someone needs to write a haiku for this photo)

Hydrangea blooms remind me of summer.

Gorgeous day lily I bought on sale for $5 (reg. $28)!

A baby Jack Be Little pumpkin.

Hello Halloween:)

Hard to believe I made this garden in the spring.

A glimpse of my wildflower garden I started in spring from a seed mixture

my mom bought for me from Rohrer's Seeds.

It is jam packed with flowery goodness!

Oh Deer!

 

Took some photos of captive deer this weekend.

The white deer had babies last month and they were just starting to lose their spots.

A nice place for a head scratch...

That does feel good!

My little wrens left the next this weekend.

I caught one just before her jumped out!

Garden Friends

"Butterflies are self propelled flowers."

 ~R.H. Heinlein

A little wren on a child's watering can.

Zazu explores the cosmos "forest".

A dragonfly alights on a salvia flower.

Waiting for a push?

Meemee rests under the Siberian iris.

Ready to pick!

Some beautiful daylilies given to be my a wonderful friend!

Blooming Wednesday

I bought this for next to nothing 2 years ago and it finally bloomed.

 I didn't know what it was until now, an aster!

Coreopsis in the rain this morning.

Another plant I bought super cheap at the end of the summer last year.

I love the intense pink color on this Marshall's Delight Bee Balm.

This delphinium is the most intense shade

 of blue in my garden and it's taller that I am!

A wild rabbit in the garden about to feast on some pansies before I showed up!

This was in the wildflower seed mix I bought.

My phlox just started to bloom.

Have to figure out what to do about powdery mildew now.

Pretty borage.

I took this photo last night. The yard just twinkles from the light of hundreds of fireflies.

I so desperately wanted to capture it with my camera. I set the shutter speed very slow and you can see the yellow streak of one by the hedgehog sculpture.

Gardening at Night

I thought I would try a little something different and take a few flower photos at night with the flash. I didn't spend too much time out there, I was about to go to sleep and there are skunks that prowl the yard after dark. I like how they turned out. Try it for yourself!

Today in the Garden

I missed my Blooming Wednesday yesterday since it was raining

so I thought I would share some pictures from the garden this morning.

Who doesn't love lavender?

Burgundy blanket flower in the background.

A nearly black hollyhock and a

"Cherry Bells" Bellflower (warning, this will take over your garden).

“He who shall hurt the little wren,

Shall never be beloved by men.”

~William Blake

This pincushion flower is so nice, I had to show it twice.

I love how much is going on in this one flower!

Click on it for a larger view.

I ♥ Flowers!