blooming in the garden

The garden this morning and later in the rainy afternoon:

weekend review

There is plenty in bloom in the garden. Here’s a late photo review from this past weekend:

everybloom everywhere all at once

This weekend in the garden. All at once. Up in the side yard: Lilyfest: The rustic bed: And the rest:

lilyfest – rained out

The festival is rained out today, so let’s get up close and personal with the stars of the show! Asiatic lilies are among the shortest lilies, with rich saturated colors, no-to-slight fragrance, and rapid offspring production. Pura Desiertos: Pura Desiertos is the tallest of our short lilies, a saturated pink with a watercolor feel, no […]

the whole thing:

A photographic stroll through everything this past weekend.

week 2 of lilyfest ’25

Second weekend of our festival has the new opening act in peak performance, and several returning acts warming up for their turn in the lineup.

yesterday in the garden

A photographic stroll through yesterday’s blooms:

the slow opening of Lilyfest 2025

The headliners are warming up and the new opening act is lined up for a stellar debut. The Opening Act: Pura Desiertos opens Lilyfest 2025 with an amazing double bloom. Warming up on deck: Tiny Ghost prepares its set for 2025. A smaller, tighter group this year than previously, but bringing the game and ready […]

today’s blooms

I’ve spent the past two days sicks at home, working remotely as I can, sleeping through the rest. I’ve spent zero time in the garden since getting sick. Luckily, storms brought plenty of rain to make my presence unnecessary. I did, however, bundle up this early evening and stepped out into the post-storm chill for […]

this weekend in the garden

I got everything mowed before tonight’s storms, and took the line trimmer to the garden bed borders. Spread a few more bags of mulch. Beyong that, let’s just look at pictures…