FIBERGUY

OK, bad picture, I know.  And I tried my best to get a good shot of these.  They are from my heliotrope plant, which fills the front yard with the scent of vanilla for as long as they are blooming!

If you would like to see the photos from our recent trip to South Dakota, click here.

Another showy and gorgeous rudbeckia.

I have been waiting for weeks to show you all this picture!  They are of a somewhat new rudbeckia, Cherokee Sunset.  They made me smile inside every time I looked at them.

This salmon-pink lilly with is another showy favorite.  Gee, I seem to love all these “wow!” flowers – maybe that does begin to say something about my personality, eh?

These are very old-fashioned double day lillies in a fabulous shade of orange.  They were left by the prior owner and we haven’t touched them.  And they have such long stems, maybe 3-4′ or more!

I finally got one! I’ve loved my blue iPod mini for years, but I never thought I would need more than 4GB of space. Who knew?! Anyway, thanks to my generous family, I got a bunch of Apple gift cards for my b’day and yesterday I went and cashed them all in on a top-of-the-line 5G iPod classic with 160GB (thank you very much!) of space! It uber cool and I’m enjoying it immensely already. Finally, I can have all my music and podcasts and internet radio shows on one device. How cool is that? Anyone got a good new name for my iPod? I haven’t quite decided yet and need some help.

Happy 888 day!  Oh, this one is another whore for color and smell, isn’t she?  But stunning, oh so stunning in the garden.  We’ve never grown Stargazer lillies before, though we have often enjoyed them purchased.  The heady perfume and riot of color, it’s something of a mardi gras in bloom, isn’t it?

This is a wine red lily (it’s darker in person) with the neck that changes abruptly to bright yellow, then fades into chartreuse at the bottom.  Isn’t it just gorgeous?!

For my birthday (yes, I turn 43 today!), I have been saving up one of my favorite pictures.  It is of an absolutely stunning peony that was growing in H’s cousin’s garden at her house in Lutsen.  The color is just knock-your-socks-off, dontchathink?