More Beauty Than I Can Bear (Alone)

Flowers are most amazing reflections of Source

Enjoy these beauties with me!!

I was weeding the path, which entailed (so to speak) sitting in it. Looking up, ahead into the light, this is what I saw. Surrounded by fragrances, bees, bird song, well, if this wasn't heaven, I don't know what heaven is. This was heavenly earth indeed.

I ran inside to grab my camera, but discovered it had lost its charge. Ah ha, my iPhone will suffice. Here are some iPhone shots of what was holding me in awe.

Note the varying colours of Irises in the top photo. There's a story about that. The lighter blue blooms are imported from another bed. In its former environment, the light blue Iris would put out maybe two blossoms, which would inadvertently fall over from the slightest wind or rain, lying prone in sad submission. So I moved it to the front bed which has more light, to join the darker purple ones. The surprise about this immigration was that the darker ones flourished, but then were slowly supported by the lighter ones. Now, when most of the darker ones have peaked, the light blue ones are having the stage to themselves, in a lovely Iris encore. A latecomer success.

With a few former performers sharing the applause.

Around which you may have noticed... the arrival of the next act: Lilies. These flowers have a long unfolding sequence which we will be following in upcoming posts!! (Many varieties of lilies in our gardens, and yes, only two L's in "lilies".) 

With an additional act stealing the show, the blossoming Nine Bark shrub.

The front garden facing the road,  which borders a vegetable garden, is now swinging into high gear. All these performers are long-standing perennials, and some are volunteers, like this Spiderwort. These fellows are consistent bloomers in a spidery array of foliage.

(With a small red Dianthus peeking out.)

On a trip to an impressive nursery, run by a woman named Cricket, David and I discovered a variety of Petunia being introduced this year. You may have one of these yourself, as certain varieties tend to be promoted widely, a sort of this year's flower fashion. It's called Constellation: Virgo, and it's quite a prolific plant. David promptly bought a couple, and looking into these blossoms, we have been enjoying the night skies all day long.

On my daily neighbour's dog-walk, I found two new wildflowers that I had never encountered before. I was gob smacked by the first one, which didn't take much imagination to guess its name: Lady Slipper.

The other was a ground cover called Queen's Cup. So we have Lady's slippers and the Queen's cup. Royalty in the woods.

I'll close with two colours I have enjoyed matching up: orange and pink. I love what they do together!