Saturday, May 16, 2015

May Day -- a Little Late

No rain and the garden is responding with delayed bloom.  Last night we had some rain, finally.


The grass is green, the azaleas in full bloom, the daffodils dry from two days of 80 + degrees.
The frog didn't need his umbrella.  The rain gauge only shows 1/4 inch of rain overnight.


But the raindrops look like diamonds on the large Hosta leaves.


The fuzzy Lamb's Ears look a little wet and caught a few drops in their leaf bud cups.


Lily couldn't find a single drop of water in any of the Bleeding Heart blooms
when she visited two days ago
even though each is supposed to have one under normal conditions in Spring.


But the quarter inch of rain was enough to paint pastel colors of May:
blue Ajuga, pink Korean Spice azalea, and lime green Creeping Jenny on fresh mulch.




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