A couple years ago we had a hanging plant with a variety of petunias and all of a sudden this year these popped up on the ground under the spot where the plant was hanging. Fun.
Some real late comers popped up this past week, too, on plants we thought were done producing blooms.
We’ve had crisp Fall weather in the morning and summer temps in the afternoon.
Looks like we’ll have nice weather for the Cider Festival tomorrow.
Hope all is well in your corner of the world.
We’ve had a mix of blue skies and rain showers for the beginning of summer. It has been a banner year for our clematis varieties.
The yellow day lilies are always the first of the lilies to bloom.
Addy and JJ had fun at Golf Camp. We visited the camp on Wednesday held at the Chewelah Golf and Country Club.
On Thursday they were able to play nine holes of golf.
On the other side of the mountains, the Seattle Sounders had tournament games with international teams and Josh and Laura were able to attend.
Our kids had uninvited visitors on their mountain. The farmer/rancher was called to lead this girl back home…but she must have told her friends that the grass was greener here because later in the day this crew arrived. There are fencing repairs needed by the owner of these cows.
We finally decided to give this Mexican restaurant a try since the ownership and management changed. We gave it a thumbs up. For our small town with limited restaurants it’s interesting that we have three Mexican Restaurants.
We are still enjoying the many shades of green with pops of color on our property.
We had some rain on Saturday and on Sunday in the late afternoon we had thunderstorms and a real good soak.
This Monday morning would be a great time to do some weeding since the soil is very wet and softer than usual.
Quote of the week:
…and a look back at May blooms.
The Red Peonies are at full bloom and we are still waiting on the white and pink to open up.
My camera does not get the true color of this clematis.
A bumble bee was enjoying this columbine.
We are enjoying the variety of color on our property right now.
Our weekend was a bit of this and that, weeding, watering, and organizing some shelves in the Garage. On Saturday we had our cars washed by the teens from church who are raising money for camp. After church on Sunday we made an impromptu trip to Spokane for a meal and some shopping.
We’re welcoming June here with sunshine and warm temperatures.
This mama deer comes to forage in our yard but leaves her fawn in a neighboring area to our property.
Our state bird has paid us some visits, too.
Mama Deer comes back a few times a day to nibble on all the pretty stuff and some weeds, too.
We had a surprise visitor today who was running back and forth next to our slider and seemed to want to come in an pay us a visit. This was the first time we have seen this critter in our parts, a long tailed weasel!!
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Since this critter eats mice and chipmunks we wish it well!
I’ll be missing in action for a few days. I’ll catch up when I can. Have a great last weekend in June!
Flag Day is a holiday celebrated on June 14 in the United States. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress replaced the British symbols of the Grand Union flag with a new design featuring 13 white stars on a field of blue and 13 red and white stripes—one for each state
The American flag, also nicknamed as “Old Glory” or “star-spangled banner”, has changed designs over the centuries. It consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars. Each of the 50 stars represents one of the 50 states in the United States and the 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies that became the first states in the Union.
The rest of the photos show some new blooms around our country bungalow.
I brought in some of the white peonies to enjoy their scent and some of the first of the pink peonies, too.
Have a nice Father’s Day weekend everyone.
Our Iris is getting bigger every year.
This is the first clematis to open some buds.
The Columbines are spreading out all over!
It’s a nice time of year for color out back and out front. The most intense color right now are the deep red/burgundy peonies that bloom first before the white and pink varieties we have. I was able to use the red peonies for simple center pieces at the memorial reception of our friend this past Sunday. We have 6 bushes of the red peonies. I’m happy that they could be enjoyed by others.
Our outdoor furniture is coming out little by little. We will be selling a couple of the larger tables that were just too bulky for our deck. We replaced them with simple foldable tables. We have a group garage sale coming up starting next Thursday and hopefully they’ll sell quickly.
Hope all is well these last days of May in your corner of the world.
Thank you, Laura, for this collage of the blooms you took close-ups of during ‘Baptism’ weekend.
We had a good 4th of July celebration with several families from our church. Thankful for such generous hosts to open up their beautiful yard and barbecues for cooking. A potluck of sides and desserts and everyone cooked their own meat on the 3 barbecues available. We all got numbers as we arrived letting us know which barbecue to cook our meat on. A great system for a crowd of 75+ people! A Corn Hole tournament, volleyball and fireworks were all part of the afternoon and evening fun. They also rent a porta-potty which is very smart when servicing such a crowd!
Enjoy the rest of your week trying to figure out what day it is! That always is a challenge for me when a holiday lands on an odd day of the week! Today is Wednesday BTW!
Good morning. Before Spring says goodbye I wanted to document the state of the yard/planters here at our Country Bungalow.
We are heading to a very busy weekend so some preparations are in order this week. Hope you all have a good week with Summer arriving on Wednesday.
We are in the greening time of the year which also means it is mowing season.
Our red peonies are bursting forth and we’ll have many bouquets to enjoy.
I was sad to see one of our 90 foot trees is dying. You can see the one that looks brown. That tree will be coming down soon.
The buds on our White Peony. I really need to divide this plant up.
Our deep red peonies. We have 5 bushes of these.
Irises grow well here and grow wild and multiply!
We are ready for Memorial Day, Flag Day, The Fourth of July and more!
On Sunday we had some severe thunderstorms with gusts of wind, downpours of rain and hail, too. The noise of thunder and the flashes of lightning kept me awake from 2am on. We had some minor damage but nothing serious. We have never had storms this intense. Exciting to watch. They predict more excitement into Monday. The bonus is that I do not have to water for a few days. I had to mow twice last week things are growing so quickly. All of these photos were taken last Thursday and Saturday.
Happy Victoria Day to our neighbors North of us, O Canada!
Many of our plants have survived our epic heat wave and for that I’m grateful.
This clematis hasn’t bloomed the last couple of years but this year we’ve gotten two blooms. This is the second bloom.
The daylilies seem to thrive in the heat.
How does your garden grow?
Today I have a follow-up appointment in Spokane so we’ll leave O-dark-thirty to get to the appointment on time. Need anything from Costco while we are there? That’s a standard question we ask our kids and they ask us depending on who is headed to Spokane.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 