Drawing with sidewalk chalk
Making my first batch of rosewater from my beloved David Austin bushes
Wandering around looking at wild mushrooms
If anyone knows what these are, feel free to help me identify them. :)
This one was my favorite
Eating funky “wild” mushrooms purchased safely from the store
Ah Dinesen
Visiting my first alpaca show
I cut my bangs by myself for the first time in a long time(since childhood?)…
…and am so happy! They actually turned out the way they’re supposed to!
Yay Youtube tutorials! In other news we adopted Preston.
He is rediculously sweet and loving. I would imagine you will be seeing more of him. I never blogged the hollyhocks. They are winding down; but I’ll show you a few pics of them in their glory. They were too beautiful not to mention.
This white one was a surprise in with the burgundy. I think having to wait ‘til the second year for blooms made me want to appreciate them even more.
…on “Golden Celebration” from David Austin Roses.
A very rich(antique?) sort of yellow.
Hhhmmm now I need a bright, lemon yellow one, and a couple hundred other bushes from this company, maybe.
I am sitting here with the dearest little red rose in front of me. I am so in love with David Austin roses. This is from one of two new bushes we put in this year(and it’s the first of the two to blossom). The other one is “Golden Celebration”.
This is “L.D. Braithewaite”. I put a cage around this ‘til it opened up, so I wouldn’t lose the little guy to a deer.
We hope to make a long bed for the roses this year. I’ve put a bit of bar-dial soap next to each bush to try and deter the deer. I plan to plant rosemary with them when we have the more permanent bed.
“This rose has the brightest crimson coloring of all the English Roses; standing out when viewed from across the garden.” say the professionals. Bring on a bushful! :)
Lovely fragrance too…
I was surprised to discover that the last bird post I did was April of last year. How the time doth fly. I certainly haven’t forgotten about it though, and have art in progress.
The little Eastern Screech owls(less than a foot tall) have a very interesting call—which is not actually a screech. Sound clips can be heard on allaboutbirds.org.
They can be either of the two colors pictured above…
“Gray morph”…
or “Rufous morph”.
If you here a mysterious sound in the night, it might just be one of these cuties!
