Photos of The Blooms

check these out, I didn't get to take many because it started raining and I had to come back inside.
I hope the rain didn't beat them all down and make them ugly and mushy,because I'll try again tomorrow.
These are all just beginning to bloom, that's why they look so "nekkid"..


here is grandson#2 checking out the new buds..yeah, put those shoes back on ,we stepped on chinquapin husks


here's a variegated one


here's one of the red ones..ignore the mess of downed trees, a victim of Katrina and not at the top of our list of priorities,lol


my most favorite, a lavender one, and the sweetest scent ever!

this is a ruffled variety, a very nice pink color, smallish blooms


a lily of the valley



blueberry blossoms, but these are back yard, not in the orchard


a camellia still blooming in this heat! again,ignore the downed trees, the whole Katrina thing :D LOL

this is a Carolina Jessamine, it smells beautiful! but it's very poisonous. this is one of those plants I just can't believe people pay money for....it's wild around here. that's Russian Olive in the background..


a small bunch of azaleas


parts of 3 bushes in one photo..white,pink,red..and somewhere in there is a banana shrub

grandson picking more and more and more...good thing we have a lot of vases

I wish I'd been able to snap some pics of the Cherokee Roses,wisteria, and found some dogwood, there's bound to be a tree standing somewhere around here. Oh, and when the stewartia blooms, I'll snap a pic of those,too,and anything else I see...oh,the tung nut trees are blooming,too. maybe silver bells are blooming? But, maybe tomorrow, if it stops raining

Blog Give-away at Mimi-Toria's Designs

Check out this beautiful button pendant Gretchen is giving away at her blog, Mimi-Toria Designs. Look around at all her beautiful things, you'll be so inspired!


We're all ready to have things growing aren't we? Look what Cindy at Ramblings of Chippewa Creek shared. Isn't that a neat,thrifty,eco-friendly,green thing? And perfect timing,too,because I'm ready to start some seeds. HossFly had bought my grandson some plastic cups to use as seed starters, but we also save empty toilet paper tubes and paper towel tubes so I'm going to let him make his own little "pot" by himself. I told him we'd go let him pick out seeds and plant them today. I love this weather, but I can tell it's going to be a hot summer..whew! Already low '80s!


Later today I'll take some photos of some things I made, and show off some azaleas and find some other things growing and blooming outside and show them to you. This is the best time of year around here for the blooms and colors. Unfortunately, for pollen,too. Yep...my truck will go from navy blue to powdery yellow any day now. And if it rains, we'll have mushy yellow mud puddles. Thank goodness for anti-histamines,eh?