Raining inside

We just had a major water infestation in my section of the office. They have moved my computer but working all around me and I can't concentrate, so I will do something mindless like blogging.

The rainy weather does make for better garden photos than bright sun. The textures are better. And since Nancy took a lot of photos, I will give them to you all at once.

This is our garden pond. When we built it, it jutted out into the lawn from the patio. In the 16 years since, we have built the patio out to so the pond is inset into the patio. The rain, at least, doesn't affect the water plants, but I see no buds on the lilies, as yet.

This line of hostas is at the edge of the patio. In front of the hostas are columbine 'Lime Sorbet' which is not yet blooming.

These hostas are in front of some daylilies and have  Corydalis lutea around them. A good pairing on Nancy's part, I think.

These hostas – and they all are doing quite well in the rain, I think -- are planted with plain coral bells and a yellow blooming sedum, probably Sedum kamtschaticum.

'Magic Carpet' spirea is one of my favorite new plants. The blossoms are great, I love the chartreuse color before it blooms and it needs no maintenance. It is usually a bit more upright, but probably tired of holding up all the rain.

We will close with a generic picture of our back yard. In the right forefront is the magnolia we are trying to bring back from ice storm damage of two winters ago – see, the rain isn't THAT bad. There is some aruncus blooming in white toward the rear.

Well, my mind is a bit settled from the indoor deluge and the workers are around me and about done. I better get back to some real work. Like thinking about what to write about my column for July 12, My column for this Sunday is about attracting pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard.