Let’s tip toe through the
and, yes, I made the stepping stone.
I hope to turn the goat shed into a greenhouse this fall and winter, but it’s too dang hot and I’ve got too much to do without biting off another chunk right now.
So I hope you enjoy the stroll. Hetty, I don’t do near as good as you with the proper names. Some of the plants were gifted so I’ll never know them except for their common name. The hibiscus… I’ve got it’s name somewhere. The zinnias and the petunias being annuals are just zinnias and petunias. But it’s all fun and like a merry-go-round of color to greet me in the morning.
What could be better?
Now I need to get out and get a decent camera to keep up with you photo-bloggers~!! How delightful that you got such a bloomin' yard!!
ReplyDeleteAlways like the great outdoors when coming to your place....
Helen,
ReplyDeletethat was the most beautiful walk I've had today! Thank you for sharing those flowers!
Whatever you call 'em, they are pretty! You've got that green thumb thing going on....
ReplyDeleteAll my favorites! I'll come tip-toe through your garden anytime!
ReplyDeleteI just love me some Black Eyed Susans, and Hibiscus and I've always been a nut about petunias...*sigh*
Your flowers are gorgeous! They have survived the heat nicely, haven't they. I have one bright pink tropical hibiscus on my deck this summer, and am not sure what I'll do with it for the winter either. My cat would eat it in the house. :-)
ReplyDeleteHelen your flowers are beautiful, I enjoyed the walk very much, however it was a lil warm out there OKay a lot HOT out there..wheres my ice tea woman ;-))
ReplyDeleteDar- Do you want it sweet or unsweet?
ReplyDeleteSara, that is one of the reasons I don't have a cat. Maybe if you planted up a flower pot of grass for your cat it wouldn't eat your hibiscus. My roommate's son had a cat that he brought back on one of several moves home... when the cat started on the houseplants we found a new home for the cat. And she went to a cat lover's home so that worked out both ways.
Katie - This is the first year for the blackeyed Susans, so next year there will probably be triple what there is now. It does go to town on coming back here in Oklahoma. Yummmm on the hibiscus for me, too, they come back, but the petunias are annuals.
Staci, I love having the color around me. I hope to plant an OU bed next year of red and white petunias, but that will take a little planning.
PS- I'm glad you enjoyed the stroll around the flower beds. In a post or two I'll show you all the flowers in front of the house.
MargaretHall- my camera is a point and shoot digital. Kodak EasyShare. My dream is to have a fancy one that you can put a macro lens on for real close-ups or a telephoto that is bigger than what is built into my camera. Oh, yes, and I'd love to have a remote trigger that I could use to capture better pics of the birds.
Glad you all enjoyed the walk. Makes it double worth all the sweating I've done this summer.
unsweet honey I am sweet enough ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnd beautiful they are! I hope you have somewhere to sit in the morning that is within sight of these beauties.
ReplyDeleteDar I have to sweeten mine... I have no delusions... I know I need to be sweeter. But I imagine you are right. You are so sweet already.
ReplyDeleteBecky, I can sit on my front steps and see all of it or if I'm inside I can look out the front window and see part of it. But usually if I'm outside I'm walking around looking at everything, dead-heading some, pulling up a weed or pulling up grass.
Oooops... A bit of a Freudian slip there Dar... I meant illusions. I have delusions just to entertain myself. LOL at my own self...
ReplyDeleteif i could figure out how to get it i would love some chicks :)
ReplyDeletelove your flowers they are lovly!
well aren't those all sweet and merry? I just love them, how nice to wake up to their happy faces. I'm afraid we've lost all our annuals during this heat wave. I'll just have to come here and get my flower fix..;p
ReplyDeleteThese are really beautiful - my grandma always had zinnias in so many colors, and I just loved the variety. It was like a rainbow in the backyard.
ReplyDeleteOh, Helen! How beautiful! I am intrigued with your coreopsis. The leaves are so feathery and look like sweet cicely. I have never heard of hibiscus that are native - maybe not to my zone. But I was so impressed with your stepping stone! I love it. I have made several of them. Mine are in the shed because they crack during the winter and I have not put them out for the past two years. They really add to the garden, don't they?
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah. And thanks for the link. I hope folks will come over and see my garden too.
Love 'em - do you think we sometimes choose flowers to put in our gardens which remind us of childhood? With me it's therefore sweet peas, geraniums, nasturtiums, miniature roses and a mimosa (wattle) tree - which I'm amazed I got away with, what with it being too cold for it in the English winter. It's survived 10 years so far though, and is 7 metres high. The perfume of the brilliant golden flowers it produces in mid winter really gladden the soul.
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Pretty, really pretty Helen. Thanks for sharing your walk!!!
ReplyDeleteGod Bless~
Debbie Jean
Howdy Helen
ReplyDeleteThank you for dropping by and for the welcome back.
Extended family matters had to be tended too.
A death in the family and then three people who all went into the hospital on the same day .
Still in ICU .So it was a busy family time for me.
I live in Killeen,Tx. and most of my extended family is in Oklahoma from southeastern to OKC.
So it is a bit of a drive to take care of family matters.
Anyhoo blessings to you sweetie .
Loved all the flower photos .
They were truly awesome !!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing .
Big Hugs
Happy Trails
Laura, let me see what I can come up with and I'll send you a couple of kinds. They are pretty tough so if I pack them right it shouldn't be a problem.
ReplyDeleteJoJo I'm praying for you all to get some relief from the heat. They said on the weather last night that front should be starting to come our way so maybe it is heading out.
Medora I'm going to cut off the head when they start going to seed, dry them and keep them for the garden next year. We have a friend that has a beautiful zinnia garden and she told me that's what she does, plus add some new seed.
Hetty those were from a packet of seeds. They went nuts. I love the soft airiness of the leaves. I can't grow the tropicals with the colors that Dar and her mom have... I need a greenhouse for that, but I'll do a hibiscus post with what colors we have one of these days. You are welcome for the link. Your garden is a beauty.
Caroline, I know we plant from our childhood memories, consciously or not. And I hope to get a mimosa tree planted this fall. My friend Hetty, who I linked to in the post, I tell her she plants like she quilts. you love flowers, check her out.
Terry, I'm so sorry for your loss and family in the hospital. When you head up to the Oklahoma way, hopefully for happier reasons, I live south and east of Norman... Holler. Maybe I can get away to say hi and have a glass of tea.
Debbie I always love to share with you. Glad you enjoyed it.
Helen, your flowers are so beautiful and the garden is pristine. Lots of effort on your part. My trumpet vine tooted itself away. I will have to try to find another one. Oh well, take care.
ReplyDeleteI love your flower garden-except for lantana, can't stand the stuff, it brings whiteflies that attack my herb garden, can't have that!And the leaves get hung up in the dog's hair too.have you any double hibiscus?
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