Choice Morsels

I had a big gardening project this week! My order of  new daylilies arrived! Five new colors for $20 from a nursery I use often. (Normally they're around $15 apiece.) Spent a couple hours planting them Tuesday.  T oday's Pic,  a nice sun high-lighted Spider Lily! Just took it this morning. I was keeping an eye on it, watching how the sun touched it. This is a type of "magic" lily common to the South that bloom on the cusp of August & September.  I know I have many bulbs in the bed, but, so far, only 2 have bloomed. I think perhaps some of the bulbs might still be too young.   

I finally got that block project done and planted!  Remember, my goal was to replace grass that wasn't thriving with something I don't have to mow. Hopefully, it will make a nice picture later in summer. Chickadee Nest! We have Carolina Chickadees here, which look very similar to the Black Capped, just smaller in size. This is what a typical Chickadee nest looks like: lots of moss topped with fine hair and grasses filling the cavity 3/4 full! Pretty amazing! They raised a brood earlier in March, so I was emptying the house. Indigo Buntings I called Hubby to the door to peer out at this rare sight: a pair of Indigo Buntings and their fledging picking up seed off the ground under the feeder and in the feeder! There was a male (pictured) and a female and a fledgling with them. Indigo Buntings are a deeper blue then Bluebirds and all blue. They're very common throughout the Eastern United States, but they tend to prefer brush-covered fences al...

The week 2 in the next round of bloggers age 50 or more in the "Between the Lines Series," is up! To read about the how and why all these older featured bloggers got into blogging, visit their  Interviews @ Katherine's Corner . Here's A Few of My Favorites: Turn Around @ 50 Feathering Nest Facing 50 With Humour Living By Choice You'll want to stay tuned---I'm going to be featured on May 10th! ***** For today's Garden Pics, I have a beautiful shot of my front bed Blooming Blue & my patio container Blooming Red & Purple! Blooming Blue : This is as pretty as my front bed as has ever looked!   This is Purple Salvia & Siberian Iris! Blooming Red & Violet! This container sits on my back patio. It's one of three. This is Red Salvia & Violet Petunias. The Salvia wintered over & the petunias were I found at Walmart for 50% off. I put them in all my patio containers. I find Petunias do better i...