We had a nice gentle rain the other day. Yesterday, the sky got all dark and thundery and we sat on the porch eagerly awaiting a big old rainstorm. We got a few drops. The weather report assures us that there are thunderstorms on the way over the next several days. Please?
Today: 90 degrees. Don’t like.
How about some garden photos? I’ve been walking around the garden the last few days, snapping away.
While I was away, my husband kept telling me about this plant that was taking over the garden. I suspected it was my Jacobs Ladder and I was right. Yikes! When I got home and investigated, I found it everywhere. My first go at the garden was mainly yanking out some of the over-eager Jacobs Ladder. It is a fabulous plant for under my maple tree because it works so well in the shade. It just needs some firm discipline from Mama Gardener – me.
This hosta was already established when we bought the cottage. I’ve added several more since we moved in. The area right by the porch entrance is shaded by the maple and hostas work very well there.
Coneflowers
Bee Balm and Catmint
Evening Primrose
Lady Elsie May rose
Day Lilies
The first bloom on my David Phlox
My ever-faithful companions on porch patrol. They’re on top of things, so don’t try any high jinks on their watch!
Did you have a good weekend? Mine is always good if there is some time with my garden and my loved ones.
Claudia- your garden pictures are gorgeous! I can’t believe the size of your Jacob’s Ladder! I hope the rain finds you this week- stay cool and remember to keep drinking water if you’re out gardening in that heat ♥
Your garden is lovely, Claudia! It’s so nice to know that you’re home again to enjoy it, and your faithful companions, too:o)
Hi Claudia:
I love your garden photos. So beautiful! Kes said to tell Riley and Scout that she feels their pain. Hot weather and a fur coat just don’t mix well. Sprinklers help.
xoxo
Donna
You have such a happy garden– everything looks so healthy and thriving. I can see that Mama Gardener is happy to be home!
Hugs,
Jill
What a lovely garden..wishing you a cooler day today..our weather was cooled down which makes me a happy girl today.
Your companions are adorable!!!!
xoxoxo Happy Monday.
Your garden is great. I love the Jacob’s Ladder. It hasn’t rained here in weeks, until today and it is pouring. Of course, today is the day I chose to paint the mural on the windows at the nursing home, so no painting today. I’ll sew instead.
Claudia, I was amazed to see some of the plants that grow here in the desert in your garden. Yours is much more lush than mine though. Beautiful. Great watch dogs that you have. They sit on the porch in the shade, watch and relax while Momma Gardner works…
Claudia, despite the heat the lovely plants and flowers have prevailed. The coneflowers are my favorite. Have a blessed week friend:-} ♥olive
Waiting patiently for the time when the deer move to another planet and leave my hosta alone! They always chew it down the the ground before it has a chance to even look like a hosta. *sighs*
Di
Gorgeous garden, Claudia! We are finally getting some much-needed thunderstorms here. Hope you’ll see some rain soon!
Hugs,
Zuzu
your garden is beautiful. i especially love your phlox! do the deer eat them where you live? mine almost look like someone took scissors to them…
have the loveliest of days!
~molly
So nice to see you back in your garden Claudia! Look at all those blooming flowers! Lovely! It is a lot hotter there, than here! I know our heat is coming!
Miss you to darling!
Love,
Maryjane
xox
Hi Claudia, I love your garden, everything is looking so pretty even in this steaming hot weather. My flowers are wilting away…Kathy
Hi, Claudia… what beautiful photographs! I loved seeing your garden’s flowers. I’m not familiar with Jacob’s Ladder, but it sure is pretty. We have a few roses (that hate this heat) and hosta plants. In St. A, I planted some pintas that seem to be surviving the heat, though I wish I had planted them earlier this spring so they would be bigger.
Loved the shot of your boys on the porch! What sweethearts they are. And they are both so pretty.
We had a lazy weekend, and I enjoyed it. Mr. Magpie went to the beach, but it was too hot for me. So I hibernated in the AC. ;-) We went out for brunch on Sunday and had delicious omelettes made with artichokes, cheese, and anchovies. That was a treat. Mr. Magpie had just finished up a week long trial so it was a celebration of hard work accomplished. That’s about it. It’s fun to be lazy sometimes.
XO,
Sheila :-)
Ohhhhhh I remember the sweet scent of phlox!! mmmmmmmm If I close my eyes I can almost smell it.
xox Rella
thank you for the tour of your beautiful gardens…I am afraid this retched heat wave is stressing out all my plants, poor things!
oops! sorry for the typo
Welcome home!
Your garden is lovely. I bought a Jacob’s ladder from Target and it perished. Guess I should have put it in the ground.
hi claudia,
your garden looks lovely. i’d love to see some pull-away shots of the whole thing. i bet it is spectacular.
~janet
Sending a big welcome home to you from Frog Hollow Farm! How have I missed your past few posts?? I honestly don’t know.
Your packages(s) of embroidery misc. are ready to mail – FHFB should be taking them to the post office tomorrow on one of his many trips to that building during the day.
Your garden is just lovely, I really liked the combination of the bee balm with the catmint – so pretty. We just bought 3 new perenniels that have an anise scent/taste to the leaves, with flowers that look like a small version of a butterfly bush flowers. The bees love this plant. It’s called Anise Hyssop and loves full sun. The leaves can be made into tea, or used in salads for a sweetly spicy flavor. Ciao, bella!
How wonderful to come home to so many beautiful plants in bloom. Since I haven’t (quite) made it through all your earlier posts, it’s great for me to see photos of your lovely home. Hope your week cools off and is filled with many happy moments! xo
Hi Claudia, Gorgeous photos, I especially love the Day Lily, for some reason I just love lilies! Summer’s always a great time for enjoying the garden, thanks so much for sharing yours! :)
I do love that stone your porch floor is made of. You know how much I love rocks. You have sooo much going on out in that garden. Mine looks pretty piddly in comparison.
Brenda
Catmint!! I have it in my garden and I didn’t know what the heck it was!! Thank you..
What a lovely garden. And your friends are too cute.
Hi Claudia,
Beautiful pictures from a beautiful lady….
Thanks for sharing your pretty little world with us all.
Love ya’
Meri
HI CLAUDIA,
I LOVE YOUR ELSIE MAY AND DAY LILIES , THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. I HOPE THIS WEATHER LET’S UP, WE ALSO GOT SOME RAIN, BUT NOT ENOUGH. EVERYTHING IS DROOPING, AND TURNING BROWN. WE ARE GETTING VEGETABLES FROM THE GARDEN, SO FAR CUCUMBERS, SQUASH, AND THERE ARE GREEN TOMATOES, THE HERBS ARE GOOD, I THINK I WILL DO A RAIN DANCE. REILY AND SCOUT ARE SO FLUFFY, OUR SHEPARD IS HUGE, (ACE) HE IS REALLY SHEDDING. TAKE CARE, RIZZI
Hi Claudia! So glad you made it home safely and you are where your heart is! I have been playing catch up here. Love your garden flowers. I used to have variegated hosta and stupidly pulled them all up. Big mistake…now I want to replace them! I have daylilies and lilacs and that’s it for flowers that come back every year right now! I used to have many raised beds of both perennials and annuals but got rid of them. I do, however have a beautiful veggetable garden and that is doing awesome! Your little top of the stair studio is adorable! We have had weeks of humidity here in Maine with hardly any rain. I am so sick of it. The air has been running forever! Stay cool and enjoy those wonderful dogs, flowers, and hubby!
What a treat today. You are back home and giving your garden some loven’. Looks like it’s been doing well with all that rain. Great pictures.
Kate – The Garden Bell
P.S. We love having you back home…..yipeeeeee
Claudia, you have a lovely garden, even if a little over grown. It won’t take you long to fix that.
Your doggies are so adorable!
Hugs,
Terri