More flower pics

This week at work, there was almost nothing to do.  No one wanted to start a project the week before a holiday.  And, that was fine with me.  I spent the week cleaning up projects.  Doing those last minute things that it never seems like there's time for, like auditing, and converting my free form ramblings into repeated text that can be counted.  Boring stuff like that.  But, it filled the time and now it's done and those projects will be easier the next time I need to work on them.  Friday was extremely slow and I should probably enter Friday afternoon as paid time off for all that I got accomplished.  

We're having a bit of a heat wave with oppressively high humidity.  Thankfully that will break in a day or two, not like in July/August when it seems to last forever.  I spent as much time as I could in the yard on Saturday, just cleaning up and doing a little watering.  All the hard work is done for the year and now it's just "tweaking" things to get them to look their best when we look out from inside the house this summer.

Over the week, a few new daylilies bloomed.  A friend gave me several daylilies that have never bloomed and it seems like they're blooming this year.  I'm enjoying the surprises.

This one is a pinkish-peach color with a gold center, making it different than the other peach daylily I have.  I'm only going to get this one bloom this year, but that's okay.  Now I know what it is and can move it into a better spot for next year.  

And, this red one that I don't recognize.

The greens are really putting on a show and I recently found another clump of these that are in a bit too much shade and will also get moved this year.  

This is a daylily I bought at the end of the season last year for half price.  It had one flower left on it that bloomed after I got it home and this year, it's putting on a very nice show.  

And, this "ditch orange" daylily.  This is supposed to be the least desirable daylily.  They have a tendency to take over and they're so hearty that they grew in the ditches in front of old homesteads.  I think they're pretty but my Mom always said "get rid of that now and let me send you something pretty".  They come in a double and a triple.  I think this one is a double.  It has two sets of orange petals.    

I mentioned last week that I'd made a strawberry jar of succulents.  Can't wait to see what happens here.  

This is my vegetable plot.  Two years ago, it was an idea.  Last year, it was a concept.  This year, it's an experiment.  I'm learning things that I think will make it even better next year.  There's a huge stump here that makes gardening challenging.  This is also where I set up a temporary greenhouse in winter, so I don't want anything permanent.  Im trying strawberries and blackberries, carrots, onions, tomatoes, green beans, pickling cucumbers, bell peppers and zucchini.  Way overambitious, but I figure some of it will make it and some won't.

There aren't a lot of big plans for today.  Walk the dogs, clean up in the greenhouse and my home office a little.  I have plans for grilled pork chops, potato salad, and coleslaw for lunch with homemade ice cream for dessert.  All in all, a pretty laid back day.

I'm feeling inspired to sew.  I have a shirt I need to finish for Rob that went on hold when my Mom got sick and I'm sewing together a sweater I made over winter (and secretly planning my next one).  I'd also like to do some quilting.  Maybe finish something I have started.  Maybe start something new.  Maybe pick up that Asian inspired quilt I started not long ago.  Who knows.  I'd like to get back into making Linus quilts.  I like that I don't have to think too hard about them.  

I don't know how I used to get so much quilting done.  Does it mean I get less done now?  Or just doing different things?  When I think about quilting now, I don't get excited.  I go into my quilting closet and I don't feel inspired.  I feel overwhelmed.  I have supplies for more quilts than I can make and have trouble letting go of the excess.  I need to find a balance.  

With everything else we do today, we have to remember the patriots that gave their lives to protect our way of life.  And, we can't let that way of life be destroyed by those that would suppress our freedoms.  We mush fight autocracy and genocide at home and abroad.  And, we must prevail.  There's no other option.  

Have a great week!  Lane