Flower Update

I thought I’d give a bit of an update on my flowers. I especially love flowers that come up without any work from me.

Here are my sunflowers. I love that some of them are red and some are a mix.

See the bee? I love catching interesting photos like that.

Here you can see one of the blossoms blooming and then there is another bud beside it. If you look down a bit lower you can see one that doesn’t have much red in it at all.

Here you can see how these self-planted (or maybe bird planted) sunflowers really desired to live in spite of their shallow planting.

You can also see how the “grass” is encroaching on the flower bed. We’ve had a bit of rain, which the flowers are enjoying, but my right wrist/hand/arm is challenging me right now and I cannot get rid of the weeds and such. I am afraid I may end up with one of those “natural” looking flower beds again this year and I really don’t want that. So, we’ll see.

As you can see in that last picture, my marigolds are doing well. My lovely vincas are too.

The white ones are doing well too. And you can see my ?mini coleus? are doing well too, in spite of the pesky “grass.”

My new rose bush is doing pretty good too.

Just look at that flower!

So pretty!

Unfortunately my lilies did not bloom this year.

But there is something growing next to them, other than the weeds. I’m not sure what it is right now.

Yes, that is the plant steak there. I just forget what it says. And that is Darcy. I’m not sure what he was waiting for. (hee hee)

Here was a pleasant surprise . . .

I’m not sure what it is but it is one that we planted last year and reseeded itself! Love that!!!! As you can see, it won’t be a lonesome flower. It has some other stalks coming up too.

I saw a hummingbird at the mimosa tree this week but by the time I got the telephoto lens on, it was gone. But I did catch some butterflies in action.