lilies and hollyhocks


...too much work, days off sporadic, Monday and Tuesday to go, then, at last, I have Wednesday and Thursday off; my birthday is Friday, June 27; I'll be 65.

My garden areas are looking good. I've already had some home grown broccoli; the tomatoes will be very late this year, planting postponed many times due to rain. Many lilies are budding up this year and I planted a bunch more a week or so ago, several, maybe nine, called "Latvia" bright green with maroon markings within the flower, but others, too. Echinaceas have begun to bloom, regular purple-pink ones, a white here and there, a new orange-cast one called "Summer Sky", bought at Lowe's, not cheap. A new stretch of garden, just off the back deck is a mish-mash of annuals, cabbage, broccoli, roses, Lysimanchia punctata--Yellow Loosestrife--gladioli, daylilies, etc.



white trumpet lily with yellow throat