Tomatillas

Someone gave us these as little seedlings last spring. They are now huge (in spite of the bug nibbles and growing in pots) and alien looking! Wonder how big they would be if in the ground. Never grown these before or even seen them growing- the fruits are used to make salsa verde.

Happy Summer Solstice

Sunlight shining in my north windows (living room and sewing room) which only happens around solstice time.

Summer Flowers

Rain, rain, rain, every day rain. But the flower bed is going great (so are the weeds).
Balloon flower before opening (why it has its name) and after.
Lilies that I transplanted last fall from the shady north yard where they hadn't bloomed in five years, to the sun in front where they are blooming like crazy.

Spring Conference at Pilgrim Park

Last weekend I went to UU Women's Connection Spring Conference at Pilgrim Park; a quiet and peaceful retreat center in a little valley near the Illinois River. The highlight was a lovely and powerful circle on Sat. evening-but the whole weekend was very enjoyable. Wonderful to be with like-minded women.

Plant Surprises

 

 

The lily in the front flower bed has bloomed-a beautiful bright white, I thought it was going to be red! And here is the rabbit foot fern in my kitchen window-it is becoming a "big foot" fern. Before I moved it this window with eastern exposure it had little bitty leaves but now it has popped out with this whopper!

My Flower Bed

The perennials are going great this spring, and I planted a pink shrub rose. The cactus Jenny brought back from Florida last year is growing too.

Summer is Here

It was 90 degrees and humid for a few days this week, but today absolutely beautiful!
We had drumming circle outside, and I saw my first lightning bug this evening. Another bird was added to our yard list: yesterday I heard a yellow-billed cuckoo.
Photo from Cornell Lab of Ornithology website.)