Clematis

Some of my Clematis are starting to bloom.

Photos from my corner of the world.

The first picture is of a Jack in the Pulpit, the second Bleeding Heart and the last is a Nine Bark bush. The Nine Bark is listed as a shrub that attracts butterflies, as of yet I have not seen a butterfly anywhere near it. The Jack in the Pulpits are finally starting to spread after several years of just sitting there.

Baltimore Oriole

I put out grape jelly and an orange half to attract Baltimore Orioles, it took less than a day for the birds to find it, thankfully they seem to prefer the grape jelly over the oranges, grape jelly is much cheaper than oranges! These pictures are not very good, I hope to get some better shots in the coming days. There is a large basswood tree by the jelly, they congregate there first and then come down for the jelly. I counted four or five in the tree waiting their turn to eat. The orange on a couple of the birds is not nearly as dark as the others, I wonder if they are immature males? I have not seen any females.

A Trip to a Local Nursery

I took these photos while shopping for bedding plants a couple of weeks ago.

Tuesday Tuesday

What a change a day can bring in Iowa, yesterday was in the high 80s and hot hot hot! Today the winds are from the north and it is 57 degrees. While walking around my yard tonight I discovered a nest with 3 baby birds that has fallen to the ground, no doubt from the wind yesterday. My husband says they are robins. Poor babys, they could not have been more than a couple of days old.

Right now I have some pretty little pink dianthus in bloom, they often winter over for me, I always buy a few new ones and plant in with the ones that survived the winter. My Korean Lilac is its usual showy self this year and the Clematis are starting their show.

See the lime green flower pot with a sweet potato vine in it? I was given this pot with some fresh flowers in it as a gift, it is not really to my taste but I decided I should do something with it, I think the pot and the sweet potato vine are a perfect combination, what do you think?

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day. All my planting is done. All my containers are in their spot that they will occupy for the summer. Saturday AM I did all my containers while listening to the Kim Komando computer show on the radio, I try to listen to her show every Saturday AM, it seems I always learn a little something new from the digital goddess.

I ordered two new Brugmansias this year, they are in their new homes and appear to have taken the shock well. The only thing I have left to do is get last year's Brug out of the basement and transplant it.

We did some fishing, our grandsons spent Saturday night with us and we saw the rest of the family, all except our daughter who lives in GA, life is wonderful! It was a great Mother's Day weekend, I hope yours was wonderful as well.

Mother's Day Weekend