Oh, Those Golden Rays...

Ahhh...here's that sunny day we've been wishing for. By nine-fifteen, it's already 72 degrees and getting more lovely by the moment. A red beebalm flower is the highlight here, but you can also see two distant stalks of yucca preparing to flower.

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Our forecast for the Cape and Islands suggests we might actually see two days in a row of this sort of golden day, before returning to that "rainy day feeling" again on Sunday. So enjoy it while you can!!

The rudbeckia that began opening two days ago has now revealed itself as a double blossom...for twice as much fun. Here it is accompanied by a few oregano flower buds (lower left)

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Two more of the centauri flowers begin their show.

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A patch of daisies on the shady side of the garden bed.

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A pair of calendula blossoms welcomes the sun.

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And now for something completely different: the first of many butterfly weed (asclepsia, I think...no guarantees on the spelling) has come into bloom. If the flower structure looks familiar, you might recognize the form from its cousin, the milkweed.

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By the kitchen door, the last of the asiatic lilies prepares to bloom, with hydrangeas and ladybell bellflowers singing back-up.

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A closer look at those blue hydrangeas. They are, I think, just gorgeous this time of year, as their flowerheads begin to open, each day a little closer to perfection.

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"When at last I took the time to look into the heart of a flower, it opened up a whole new world...as if a window had opened to let in the sun." -- Princess Grace of Monaco (1929-1982)