Evening Primrose

Evening primrose are supposed to flower at dusk with the blooms dying the next day. That might explain why I only found two sad yellow flowers like this one, both definitely not at their peak. I will have to go and look tonight and see if I can watch them bloom before my eyes. I have seen this once in a friend's garden and it was like watching a miracle. They open up rather quickly and spectacularly and are a true joy to watch. What luck to find some in the meadow out back only steps from our deck.

Garden Flowers

Lily

Clematis

Mini Rose

Though feeling dreadfully under the weather, I managed to muster enough energy to get myself and my camera outdoors after it rained to take some pics in my garden. Everything is so lush and big this year.

Toad

I'm not sure I would call this fella pretty but he was amusing. Look at that face!

Iris

One lonesome iris was all I found out back but it was just too pretty to ignore.

Starling

My nature-lovin' fella rescued a stunned starling the other day and moved him out of harm's way to our peaceful yard. He sat on our umbrella tree for a long time recovering and then his mama came over and gave him a piece of her mind. There was some heated dialogue between the two and finally the young 'un flew off to a nearby tree. Guess mama won that argument!

Coreopsis

Coreopsis is one of the prettiest flowers we have growing out back so I was excited to see them in bloom again. That sunny yellow is just the cheeriest colour.

Vole

We had a toad, a vole and a baby chipmunk stuck in our window well yesterday. My gentle giant of a husband was good enough to rescue all three and to call me to take a pic of this tiny but adorable vole in his hand. Isn't he just too cute?

Forest Trail

I had a little time to kill while the boy practiced parade so I stopped at a local park and enjoyed the sun shining through the trees. I couldn't stay long (is the story of my life?) as the boy was part of the awards ceremony following parade practice.

Bright Colours

Orange Hawkweed

Peony

Fog

My husband spotted some free furniture while taking his evening walk and took me for a short drive to see if it was anything I could spiff up. Both pieces weren't in very good shape but the scenery was a different story. A lovely fog was rolling in over the farmer's field. We hightailed it home so that I could grab my camera. We only had a few minutes of daylight to work with but the moments were magical. The fog transformed the ordinary field into a mystical land enclosed in a farmer's fence. Too, too pretty.