Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Wednesday Wandering: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

There have been a lot of misty moisty mornings (and afternoons and evenings) around here lately. And it is so humid I feel like a raincloud is hanging over my head while I'm sitting at the sewing machine. Everything feels wet. It's been too wet to work out in the gardens this week but I have managed to go out in between raindrops to take a few photos of the lilies in bloom. I have lilies of all sorts - daylilies, asiatic lilies and oriental lilies and new this year I have orienpet (or tree) lilies that are a cross  between oriental and trumpet lilies.  The rain is supposed to stop tomorrow and it is supposed to get a little cooler so gardening will resume after that.  The gardening will probably consist of lots of weed pulling. And to think I was all caught up on my weeding before these rains. But we needed the rain. We were in a drought but I think we are out of it now. The Iowa cornfields are now knee high and it's almost the Fourth of July. And that's a good thing!

So without further ado...the lilies in bloom in my garden this week...
















 

13 comments:

---"Love" said...

Thanks for sharing the beauty in your yard! Everything is gorgeous! ---"Love"

nestki said...

Thank you for these pictures of your lush and verdant garden! Am I crazy or is one of your beautiful lilies wearing a face mask?

Libby in TN said...

Gorgeous lilies! I never had any till our last house where the owners were collectors. Alex discover some here when he was clearing out the butterfly bush forest.

Gretchen Weaver said...

Your flowers are all beautiful! I love summer because of all the blooming things!

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

You have a wonderful variety of colors in your lilies. My day lilies are just getting ready to bloom so you are a little ahead of us.

Sherri said...

Love, love, love lilies. Thanks for the pics..

Sharon Kwilter said...

You have a lot of beautiful lilies. Thanks for sharing the photos.

The Joyful Quilter said...

Lucky you!! That's a fabulous selection of lilies. You've got some of my favorite varies.

Astrid said...

I love lilies and yours are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing the photos of your beautiful garden!

MissPat said...

A wonderful variety of lilies. The daylilies are budded and ready to bloom if the deer don't come and eat the buds, before I can spray deer repellent again. It's been too hot and windy to spray. The rain has danced all around us, but nothing has fallen in 10 days, so everything is drooping again. I no longer have any asiatic or oriental lilies because of the red lily beetles who wiped out all them over about 3 years. I finally got almost all of the dahlias planted until I ran out of places to put them (and then it got god awful hot again. So not much blooming here right now, but there are buds on the zinnias and the cone flowers are starting.
Pat

Linda said...

Gorgeous lilies, so many different varieties and colours. Just beautiful.

Linda Swanekamp said...

Beautiful lilies. I am having a big problem with red lily beetles. The past couple of years have been ruinous. Glad to see yours are unscathed.

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

Your lilies are beautiful! I haven't tried growing them, so thanks for the inspiration!