Garden Pics: See the loves of our labors...#9

Close-up

Gloriosa Daisy

More

And still more

Iris out by the pond

Tiny 4" tall campanula

Maybe less blurry

Hydranga

And Great Expectations is blooming well this year

And the Pineapple Lily.

Thanks everyone. Took a day off, got a neighbor to look in on mom and went on a bus trip with the senior center. It did not go too well. The bus broke down, took 2 hrs to get another and it was a noisy, hot, old kids bus. Had no knee room or a/c and had the hardest seats I've sat on in a long time. It could have been a disaster but most everyone took it very well. We always give the driver and the tour guide a hand when we get back, this time I said WE deserved a hand for the way we handled the situation. Everyone agreed!! LOL

Finally got my new camera but have not had a chance to read the manual. Here's my first photo taken with it - i hope they get better when I read the directions!

Nicotiana from seeds from Tills. Whoops the photo is rotated. The plants are in a big pot and are as tall as I am!

Willow - love that pineapple lily!

Wow..... I'm wayyyyyy.... to far behind to comment on all that is lovely, pretty, great, and otherwise fantastic things going on the garden!!!! Just know that everyone's yards are looking good! I'm taking advantage of a rare event that I have a decent connection right now.

Portland.... I'm so glad that your camera arrived and you're getting a chance to try it out.

Sally.... happy to hear that your mom's appt's went well and that she's ok. What a crazy day you had with the bus trip. It sounds like one of those character building events! Deck is looking good!

Willow... great pics!

Pony... Great job on the frog pond. it looks fantastic!

Rj.... Your rose garden is amazing. I love the idea about planting lilies between them.

Katye... your heliopsis Loraine sunshine is beautiful.

Jan.... Glad to hear that the visit went well. I second everyones thoughts that it sounds as if you should be out here!!

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Thanks, Red... nice to see you, btw!

I managed to level the pond today. Boy, was that a lot of fun.... NOT. But it's looking good now, so it was worth it.

Thanks Pony.

Your pond is looking really good. How did you manage to level it sort of 'after the fact'??

Do you have any thoughts for the title of a new thread?

I moved the rocks out of the back corner, wedged my fingers under the edge of the pool, heaved up as hard as I could, and shoved bricks and rocks under it one at a time with my foot until it was straight.

Only title I can think of is "Oh, my aching back". LOL!

Wow!.... Whadda feat that was! nice job. It looks as though it will all be worth it.

lol....maybe 'Our results of soooo many backaches!' ? lol

"Breakin' our backs for beautiful blooms" LOL!

Yep, it was danged hard, but that low corner was driving me crazier. I'm real happy with how it looks now. :)

Speaking of broken backs, I think it's time to take another pain killer and hobble off to bed. G'night! :)

Yep.... That's it! The next title. Thanks. I hope that your back is not too bad tomorrow.

Since we've reached 300 posts, I'll start a new thread.

Since it's time for the sun to set on this thread, I'll finish it off with a couple of pics that I took while I was in Eastern Oregon over the 4th of July.





This message was edited Jul 16, 2009 1:11 AM

The end! Appropriately, a pioneer cemetary.


And on to the beginning of the New Thread!!!..... http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1015377/