morning in heaven

 

There is nothing to compare to nature when she's kind...



The morning sun shines on our little garden, and the field beyond, and the South Mountain beyond that

 

Arugula gone to flower

 

Arugula flower up close

 

a fat five point zucchini blossom

Kale, up close and personal

 

violet bush bean flowers that open like snapdragons; some stand tall

 

and some stay close to the ground

 

 

whatever is this prehistoric looking plant?

Why, it's the bud of a marigold! If you're like me, we rarely give these wonderful exotics a closer look

 

the frilly and tufted open blossom of a marigold that stands guard for the tomatoes

 

On the back deck, a big pot of cherry tomatoes, ready to eat; this is my idea of fast food

a potbound pepper plant that never made it into the garden, but still produce this lovely pepper

you can still see it's blossom remains poking from it's tip

 

a pretty choir of teeny blossoms on a long stalk, up close

 

and an even teenier pot filler up close

 

a pale pink geranium

and what's this in our pot of yellow lilies! a prickly weed

with flowers so pretty before they turn to fluffies that fly away

 

Still intact, the handmade latch and peg to hold the deck gate closed

How wonderful it is to have these relics of a bygone era when people made what they needed

instead of going to the store. I am perfectly charmed! or shall I say, "enchanted".

 

the little garden next to the compost bin Wally made from wood pallets

 

the cilantro flowers, perfectly edible, that grow to the fore of this garden

 

and a close-up of the speedwell that grow to the right

 

Speedwell looks so fluffy but each "hair" is the petal of an individual blossom

 

the speedwell buds before they bloom

 

and looking down the centre of the speedwell blooms, you can still see the individuated blossoms

To the left of this little garden stands a lone Zinnia with about 5 buds lower down.

It stands so proud

 

What an exquisite arrangement of sepals and petals like a choreographers dream

Do you remember the June Taylor dancers from TV's Jackie Gleason Show?

 

The Zinnia from above with its fabulous spiral

I think I will dedicate these shots to the 2 most important "Z's" in my life :)

 

Zinnia O Zinnia

Dewdropped and Mottled

 

and another mottled leaf from a similar plant

an update on Midnight Lady who seems to be doing very well

 now that she's been moved out of the sunlight

 

a backlit flower pod from this same exotic plant

 

and from above

 

Yesterday morning, in the space of a few hours, the Oriental Lilies bloomed.

I should have had a slow motion camera on them for that it is pretty fast for such a big flower

 

And OH the perfume!

 

But be careful not to touch the stamens whose powder can stain clothes

Hmm... that means it would make a good dye...

 

My efforts of yesterday

(besides laundry, cleaning, etc.)

 

the weekend is almost upon us, a long one here in Canada.

Safe and happy times I say.