There’s one yard that always has a really nice wildflower display.
They even had these red poppies, which are pretty unusual.
Neighborhood watch. He never blinks!
Calling card.
What we saw on our walk…
Category: garden
May begins…
…with a couple of perfect Kentucky Derby roses! They weren’t omens or anything, because in spite of my month of studying, my handicapping most definitely did not come up smelling like a rose.
We dominated at the local plant sale…
The key, we have learned, is showing up before it actually starts. The early bird makes off with the goods.
An outing at the local botanical garden…
A terrifyingly large staghorn fern…looks like an alien life form with bad intentions.
The color of these primroses was wild!
Just a bee doing helpful bee stuff.
Poppies…
Protea…
The water lilies were lovely.
It was a nice afternoon of flower-peeping at Sherman Gardens with a good friend.
If you’re in Southern California and haven’t been there, you should go. It’s cheap and one of our underrated gems.
Not just flowers…
There’s healthy stuff growing too!
Tomatoes…
Zucchini…
Cabbage…
Swiss chard…
Lettuce…
Sorrel…
What bloomed in April?
Nasturtiums, in a variety of colors!
Alyssum
The geraniums were going nuts.
Cabbage has flowers. Who knew?
Black-eyed susan vine…I love these muted colors.
Daisies…
Butterfly bush…
Clivia, liking their new home in the shade.
A small gift.
Walking out into the yard in the morning and being greeted with this sight…a gift is exactly what it is.
Urban Wildlife!
California ground squirrel, Clark Regional Park
This guy, taking his sweet time…
Mr. Crook, our resident #1 Western fence lizard. You can tell it’s him because of the kink in his tail, the fact that he’s big for his species, and the direct, sassy eye contact he gives you. My day is made when I see this guy.
Night irises…
They glow like stained glass.
What bloomed in March…
In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms. – Truman Capote
Irises.
A white iris!
Double daffodil.
Black-eyed susan vine going nuts!
There was more, I just wasn’t organized enough to take good photos. We had geraniums, and freesias, and white roses. And the cabbage plants were putting out yellow flowers. Use your imagination.