I say no to some very “good” stuff, so I can make time for better stuff. Sometimes there isn’t a choice, but when there is – think. Time is finite. Use your voice. Make that choice. And then … Rejoice!
Here’s some Rejoice in the Garden time
The intentional crosses we did with daylilies this year have all have failed.
It got me to thinking – crossing daylilies is like buying a lottery ticket. Winning big will probably not be the outcome. But it is a dreamy idea for a while.
We will try again next year 🙂
How fast the summer has gone! How fast the year has gone!
It seems like I was just waking up at 3:30 am, hearing the birds start to sing, going back out at 4 am to watch as the day began. So beautiful! Now, the birds start singing at 6am. The Cardinals love to sing loud and clear. It is all still very beautiful. Just less sun time. And that’s ok too. Rest is good.
Today’s picture is an early morning picture of the second to last daylily bloom in our gardens this year – a beautiful Marque Moon. She sits next to a bloom from a couple days ago, which I do not remove, as it may produce a seed pod. If that happens, it would be the first Marque Moon seed pod of 2022. Some years are like that. You never know.
Update – no Marque Moon seed pods this year. Each year is different 🙂
I am watching and waiting for the Autumn Joy sedum blooms to begin to turn color.
While I wait, the Chocolate Drop sedum and the Sundazzle sedum are beginning to bloom.
Soon the Autumn Joy sedum buds will start to turn, slowly, from green to pink to magenta.
We need some September color in the gardens. And Mums are not my thing 😉
On days when you have given it all you had – a gorgeous sunset rewards you.
It is Amur Maple seed time. The squirrels are going bonkers. The seeds are all over the sidewalk and the lawn. Can’t say I mind. Aren’t those colors gorgeous?
I hope the squirrels eat a lot!!! Come spring, they are all over in the rock as little tiny forests of germinated baby Amur Maple seeds. They are, indeed, invasive.
Marque Moon bloomed her last on Tuesday.
Absolutely beautiful!!!
Coral Majority has been in our garden for a couple years, but just bloomed this year. It is a super interesting daylily. The first bloom stayed partially open all day. I liked it – just was surprised. The next bloom opened almost flat, but it took all day, and that day had a late rain.
The “outside” of daylilies are as beautiful (to me) as the inside. When this bloom opened flat, the only way to capture the “outside” of it was up. And what a treat, to capture Cedar Waxwing’s seed pod in that process! I did not anticipate that 🙂
Cedar Waxwing was also in its second year in the garden here. Wow! I am pretty excited about the future of that daylily! In the “olden days”, I would have ordered a couple more Cedar Waxwings to accompany this first one, but alas, there is no more room at the inn. Although … there are a few fading hostas …
Nah, better keep a good balance.
I did try a cross with Marque Moon, but sadly, that one failed. The pollinators we’re successful though, so hopefully those seeds will survive and be viable and germinate.
