It's Spring in my garden....New today! Dial-up warning, though.....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[miss_american_pie]

1. Beautiful!

Thank you, Peggy. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear miss_american_pie!

You're most welcome, my dear!

I'm glad you are enjoying them.... :hi:

[bigwillq]

2. What pretty flowers!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear bigwillq!

Thank you, sweetie! :hi:

[bigwillq]

7. I always enjoy your pic threads.

They brighten my day! :hug:

[huskerlaw]

3. Very nice!!

Love the flowers, Peggy!

A question about this weather though...is this early June gloom? Cuz I'm getting a little sick of this hazy crap that's covering up my sun. :grr:


:hi: :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear huskerlaw!

I'm so happy that you're enjoying these!

I was sooo careful to avoid the numerous weeds!

Alas, yes, this is our annual "June gloom" a bit early......

It is the BANE of living at the beach! I hate it!

It will most likely leave by July......Sorry! :cry:


:loveya: :hug:

[huskerlaw]

14. That's good to know...

I was hoping June gloom wasn't any worse than this!

I'll just settle back and expect it to last a while, no biggie.

And hey, at least it's finally warm!

:hug:

[Xipe Totec]

6. The last one looks like a hydrangea

what is it?

First one is Allium, right?

Third one, I call Tempazuchitl, the traditional flower to honor the dead in Mexico (Choreopsis)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear Xipe Totec......

I will run and check.....I'm not sure right off-hand, though....:blush:

BRB.....

Edited to add: You are correct.....I love them all! PLUS they don't need a lot of water, and they draw the hummingbirds!

[Xipe Totec]

12. Don't be embarrassed!

Loving them is much more important than knowing them!

:bounce:

[Aristus]

37. Oh. I thought the first ones were geraniums.

:dunce:

Hi, CalPeg! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. My dear Aristus!

THERE you are! I was looking everywhere! I had to do practically a house to house search.....:rofl:

I have to look up the names myself, my dear, on the plans I have from my landscape designer.....

Cause I don't know them very well at all.....:blush:

And now it's my turn to thank YOU for the kick! :loveya:

[Aristus]

39. You were looking in the wrong house, but

YOU FOUND ME! :hide:

B-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. ....

You can't get away from me, sweetie! Don't even try, OK? :loveya:

[Gormy Cuss]

35. What a cool fact about coreopsis.

The fourth photo is a ceanothus. The allium looks like chives.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear Gormy Cuss!

And they taste like chives too....Because that's what they are!

I knew there was a reason I left my blueprint here by my computer so I could look up what the different plants are!

Thanks for coming by tonight! :hi:

[Xipe Totec]

45. We're both right!

But I should have said AN allium, rather than say just allium.

(the scientific name for chives is allium schoenoprasum)

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/herbs/allium_schoenoprasm.html

Those are choreopsis, but I was wrong; it is the marigold that is the flower of the dead, not choreopsis. I often confuse choreopsis with the single petaled marigolds.

The right spelling is zempoalxochitl, but it is also spelled cempazuchitl. The cultivation of the cempazuchitl or Day of the Dead flower (Tagetes erecta Linnaeus) has gone on as long as there have been civilizations in Mexico. Cempazuchitl is a Nahuatl word meaning twenty flower. The flowers are used lavishly to decorate graves and altars dedicated to the honor the dead. Cempazuchitl petals are strewn from the graveside to the house, the strong fragrance of the flowers helping to guide the spirits home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes_erecta

:hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

46. Good point

Oops! I forgot that not everyone would know that allium is the scientific name for the onion family.
:thumbsup:

I'm growing several types of alliums myself.

On edit: Tagetes, not coreopsis. Gotcha. They do have a similar look.

[barb162]

43. they are all really beautiful!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

44. My dear barb162!

Thanks! I tried to pick out the prettiest ones......

Thanks for coming by tonight...... :hi:

[Mutley]

9. Those are beautiful, CP.

:applause:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear mutley!

Thank you so much!

I truly appreciate your very kind comments!

The sun was out and I just had to get out and take these.....:hi:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

11. Peggy, take those and get them blown up and framed.

Those would make great art! I think you might have found a lucritive new hobby that will make you some money. Those are Beautiful Pictures!!
Duckie

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear YellowRubberDuckie!

I might just do that.....one of these days!

I thank you so much for your generous compliments!

:loveya: :hug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. Someone was selling pictures of flowers at a yard sale for 60 bucks!

they were matted, 8x10s, and they weren't as good as yours!
Duckie

[CaliforniaPeggy]

OMIGOD!

Now THAT sounds do-able.....Hmmm.....

Thanks!

:thumbsup: :loveya:

[Ptah]

17. Excellent selection of blossoms, Peggy.

Thanks again, my dear neighbor.

:loveya: :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear Ptah!

How lovely to see you today! I hope these will hasten your recovery, sweetie.....

:loveya: :hug:

[Ptah]

19. Yes, they are the freshest flowers in this room.

I worked a little more than 30 hours this week.

Slowly but surely improving.

:thumbsup:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

20. those orange finger like petals are amazing

can you get a close up for next time?

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. MAHNY!

How lovely to see you tonight, sweetie!

As to getting closer....wellllll.....I kind of doubt it! I had the camera on the macro setting, and I was as close as I could be.

If you get too close, the camera won't let you focus, and THEN it won't let you take the pic!

Sorry...... :cry:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

23. damnit

what kind of flower is it?

wonderful pics though

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. I think, but I'm not sure.....but I think it is....

some kind of salvia......:shrug:

I am glad you like them!

:loveya: :hug:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

26. they sure do brighten up a night

:D:D

:loveya:

[lumberingbear]

21. Beautiful flowers...

and great photos Peggy!

Thank You

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear lumberingbear!

You are sooooo sweet to say these kind words to me!

I thank you so much!

Glad you enjoy my work......

:loveya: :hug:

[bridgit]

27. lovely pics, Peg, used to know a botanist up in oregon that called...

it "belly button botany", he'd have little kids, and adults, out on the great meadow down on their bellies looking at plants & life process'...your pics remind me of his notion of 'belly button botany'...but that's just not merely a good thing, Peg...that's a GREAT thing

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear bridgit!

How funny is that! Thanks for your great contribution.....

You ALWAYS have such wonderful things to tell us!

I am so glad you are liking these pics of mine!

:hi: back atcha, babe!

[SeattleGirl]

29. Gorgeous, Miss Peggy!

I love, love, love flowers, and yours are beautiful! :loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. My dear SeattleGirl!

I thank you so much, sweetie! I love the flowers too.....and today the sun called me.....

Get outside, and take some pictures before the fog covers me up!

So I got out there.....and here are the results!

Glad you're enjoying these! :loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[lildreamer316]

30. Wow! I jealous.

I've been too lazy to plant a garden. Also; my hubby had NOT MOWED THE YARD. AAAAAAAAAUGh.
I want an herb garden;I'd better get cookin'.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear lildreamer316!

Thanks! Sorry about your jealousy.....

Yup....time to get cooking!

Thanks for coming by today......:hi:

[fight4my3sons]

31. Beautiful & just what I needed....

it's been raining and gloomy here for the past few days. What a great pick-me-up! :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear fight4my3sons!

I am so happy that I can provide you with a bit of sunshine today!

And I hope that your good weather returns very soon..... :hug:

[Haole Girl]

41. Very interesting flowers!

I especially like the fuzzy looking orange ones! :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. My dear KC2!

Yes, they are interesting, aren't they?

Hope you enjoyed them! And thanks for stopping by!

:hi:

[riona]

47. So pretty

Hope you get hummingbirds and butterflies.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

48. My dear flblu2!

And I do indeed get the hummingbirds and butterflies!

This is exactly the purpose of this garden......!

Glad you like the pics!

I had so much fun taking these......

:woohoo:

[Left_Winger]

49. Thanks for the wonderful pics

I wish I could have my garden this year, but I will be spending over half of my summer vacation in Germany.

My photos of the Atlantic sunrises will also be delayed: I have been selected for jury duty two days after school is over. So spending time at my second home is now on hold. Dagnabbit! (Look, no F-Bomb!) :silly:

Last year I could not figure out what was happening to my marigolds. I discovered later what was going on: my neighbor's lab puppy was eating them. :9

:hi: :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

52. My dear Left_Winger!

How nice of you to come by.....and with such lovely compliments!

And going to Germany WAY outweighs having a garden.....Hope you have a ball!

I was on jury duty earlier this year.....and it is such a necessary thing.....:patriot:

And who'd a thunk that Lab puppies would like marigolds? Not me!

Thank you for coming by today....and sorry for the delayed response...I was out tabling for a State Senate candidate!

:loveya: :hug:

[kid a]

50. Ahhhhhh . . . Spring!

Thanks CP . . you always delight!
dp

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. My dear AsSEENonTV!

Yes.....Spring! My favorite season of them all......

I thank you so much for your very kind words!

I am glad you're enjoying these pics of mine....

:loveya: :hug:

[wildhorses]

51. isn't spring wonderful? and you have captured it so

beautifully. Your pic threads are among my favorite.
:hug::loveya::hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

54. My dear wildhorses........

You are such a sweetheart.....thank you for your kind words today.....

Yes, spring is my fav season.....

I am honored that my pic threads are among your favorites, my dear!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[Call Me Wesley]

55. My chive is flowering, too!

You know that the flowers are edible; great as decorations.

My azalees and pond irises are flowering right now, too, but the weather's quite bad (thunderstorm just now) so I haven't taken any pictures yet.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. My dear Call Me Wesley!

I didn't know that the flowers are edible too! Wonders will never cease...at least I hope not!

I look forward to your wonderful pics...once the weather clears up!

Oh, BTW......just today, I got back Heidi's wonderful holiday card, all framed.....

Eventually I will photograph it.....and either post it, or email it to you both.....It looks fabulous!


:hug:

[Call Me Wesley]

57. Chive flowers are great in salads or cold servings.

You really need to try it. Don't use the stems, though, after they flowered, they will be real hard and chewy.

I'll take some pictures as soon as the weather clears off.

I'll tell Heidi about the framing. I'm sure she'll be totally honored, as well as I am. Thank you!

:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. Ah, I appreciate your input a great deal!

Thank you soooo much!

:loveya: :hug:

[liberaltrucker]

59. Absolutely gorgeous, Peggy

Thank Heavens I'm on broadband tonight!

:loveya: :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

60. My dear liberaltrucker!

Oh, I am so glad you're on broadband too.....These would be murder if you were on dial-up!

And.....I'm so glad you like them! :loveya: :hug:

[Rowdyboy]

61. Everything is so gorgeous! are the flowers in the first picture....

bachelor buttons?

We cleared out a 60 foot, 100 year old row of pecan trees last May and built a bed of flowers. The soil is so rich that my hollyhocks are over 10 feet high and growing! Its full of butterfly bush, butterfly weed, Turks turban, sweet peas, climbing brown-eyed susan, foxglove, sweet william and various perennial hibiscus. Just wait until mid-summer!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

62. My dear Rowdyboy!

Thanks for your very kind words!

Actually, the flowers in the first pic are chives.....

YOUR garden sounds awesome.....How about some pics?


:hi:

[Rowdyboy]

63. How embarrassing! I have chives and garlic chives but all the blooms

are white. As to pictures, I'm rather comuter illiterate, but we do have a scanner now since we bought a new computer ("Dud, we got a Dell!). My partner retires in two weeks (30 years of teaching Spanish) and I'm going to put him in charge of learning how to really use our computer so maybe, eventually, we can figure out how to post pictures. I'm assuming we'll have to buy a digital camera first and then learn how to use it in connection with this infernal machine. Its all so complicated and I have little patience.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

64. When you have a digital camera, you won't need a scanner.....

You just download the software from the camera into the computer, and follow the directions....

It takes a little getting used to, but once you have it down, you'll wonder how on earth you ever did without it!

It is soooooo much fun! I love love love posting pictures!

:hi: