Ooh la la

Pippa says: follow me and see what changes have been happening in the yard and garden!

Hydrangeas are starting to bloom. The delicacy of the color beginning to infuse the petals is breathtaking...

I don't know what this flower is called. It's been blooming for weeks now along the driveway of our house. They are almost finished.

The wild roses in the wisteria are wasting away.

The corn which was decimated by the furious digging of a squirrel looking for that nut it was certain lay beneath the dirt in this pot.

I'll admit I haven't been by the garden in five days or so. It's been raining in stormy bursts nearly daily. What growth has occurred! Front left are the cukes, front right is the summer squash, back left are the beans and back right are the spinach.

To think that the cukes were grown on a whim. These plants have been a source of joy. I love the tendrils.

So much.

I've long been drawn to spirals in designs and textiles. It is so cool to have them reveal themselves to me in the natural world.

I probably have to get or make some stakes that are taller than the ones in the planter right now. The cukes are almost as tall as them!

A detail of the squash plant. The big leaves are initially impressive, but this stalk, whoa, really thick and strong. When I took the picture I didn't notice the little bud there (where the stalk branches out).

The spinach looked big enough to eat!

These are the tomatoes which were grown from seed. They may not be getting as much sun as the rest of the plants. They're growing, but don't seem to be thriving. I also need to cut back the bushy growth behind the plant.

This butterfly (and/or members of its tribe) are frequent visitors to our yard. I was excited that this one stopped long enough for me to photograph!

May your day (and week and month and summer) have that swinging feeling!