Early June Blooms

Just after Memorial Day, the weather turned warm and the buds burst open almost all at once.

The poppies were exquisite and abundant this spring.

I lost my magnetic sunglasses that came with my prescription sunglasses.

I was very upset and finally substituted a pair of Solar Shades 

at WalMart that cover my whole glasses.

Today I found the magnetic sunglasses in the poppy debris I was cleaning up!

It is the 4th of July!

And that made me remember that I had not posted these blooms yet.

So "all is well that ends well".

More spring blooms--

Peonies

Peonies, poppies, catmint and False Indigo blooms (deep blue in upper right)

The French Lilacs were abundant for the first time,

but the Siberian Iris were not quite as prolific or brilliantly blue.

Although they look fine in the foreground of this photo...

The Laurel and Lupines along the fence line

on the hillside meadow

Another view of the Laurels

The only one that bloomed well was the Sarah cultivar (on left).

The others are struggling this spring.

Lily dropped some straight pins from the deck when we were sewing 

up her summer quilt.  I found the pins later 

in the Martha Washington Geranium blooms below on the patio.

Aerial view of the fairy garden Lily helped me set up this season.

It's a great start to another year of growing!

And sharing my garden with others, including a granddaughter.