Sunday, July 23, 2006

Rainy Weekend

A sunny-colored snapdragon fills in for the god Appollo and his cloud-obscured golden chariot.

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This butterfly rests on wet oregano leaves, pretending to be a flower.

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Found this little frog in the bottom of a four-foot pickle bucket this evening. He'd apparently jumped in, but then found the angle of exit a little too high and steep. I introduced him to our little pond, and I'm sure he'll make his way from there.

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Our hydrangeas are so amazing this summer--they could be posing for garden catalogs.

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The back garden is almost too lush, with everything growing thick together. The paths could use another mowing, but it all looks sort of...voluptuous...and so who am I to tamper with that?

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The veronica are filling out their tall slender blossoms, as they mingle with coreopsis, calendula and oregano at the garden's entrance.

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The view from under the rudbeckia.

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Another untamed arrangement here. Looking through fountain grass, the autumn sedum heads are forming, with bee balm, coreopsis, lavendar, cosmos and white and pink oregano all visible in the jungle behind.

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Here, the Prairie Eyes rudbeckia pose with pink and purple phlox, sunshine colored snapdragons and other assorted greens too numerous to name.

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Another look at heavenly hydrangeas.

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Sometimes, it's the gray, unremarkable day that ends well.

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