NEW COMPUTER and MISCELLANEOUS

Been working on getting my new computer set up.  My girls came Sunday afternoon and helped get it up and running.  Maybe it will get better,  but I don't care for Windows 7.  Would like to have XP back. as I continue to search by trial and error! :>(

Going to try to upload some photos we transferred over if I can find them:

ALPINE MIST 

ANTIQUE ROSE

 ARIEL ROSE

 BECKY LYNN

BLACK EYE 

CHICAGO KNOBBY 

 WILDA

WIND FRILLS 

Keeping with the pink/rose/lavender theme here is a couple of cards I made quite some time ago.  I haven't done much scrapping/stamping this Spring.  Now that Summer is here and too hot to do much outside will get back to it.

Have had a few ripe tomatoes on my Sun Sugar plant.  Fun to go by while checking the flowers each morning and pop a few in my mouth.  Early Goliath has one tomato that will be ripe in a few days.  Still doing some weeding and mulching in the mornings while it is still cool.  Was thinking about watering the tomatoes but hate to start.  We have had an inch of rain--1/2" Friday and a 1/2" Tuesday so will wait awhile. Some really pretty daylily blooms, probably at peak bloom now, but the foliage on some of the plants look really rough. Combining and haying is done for the year so DH can relax and rest for awhile.

Be back later with some more photos.

SUNDAY SPECIALS

The daylilies are beginning to pop.  Here are a few select photos of some daylilies that are blooming today.

 Bridal Suite (Hanson C. '88) is one great daylily.  She is just loaded with scapes, buds and blooms.  One of my favorites.

 Little Maggie (Williamson '81) is a shorter daylily and makes a beautiful bouquet when in full bloom!

Shari Harrison (McKinney '75) is a different color-violet purple and a very pretty bloom.  I need to move her as she is behind Bridal Suite which is much taller and hides her.  Always rearranging to do in the garden.

 I have grown Serpentine (Wild '84) for a very long time.  A very good daylily-never fails to perform.  I love her coloring-a rose bitone.

 Ming Porcelain (Kirchhoff '82) is another great daylily that I have grown for a long time.  This photo is of her blooming in shade.  I also have her in a sunny bed.  Beautiful porcelain texture.

Leebea Orange Crush (Gates 78)  Here is a bright one for you and another favorite daylily of mine-and another one that really performs well.

 Siloam Double Classic (Henry '85) is another one I have grown for a long time and another favorite.  Most always blooms double except maybe for her first bloom.  Gorgeous pink!

Finally here is a card I made some time ago with the Siloam Double Classic photo. 
I printed the photo on Georgia Pacific white cardstock, layered on Wild Wasabi cs and Pretty in Pink cs. Added a pink and white checked ribbon and a sentiment in Wild Wasabi  as I needed a sympathy card.

Will add some more photos later-take care-really has been hot already here in SW Missouri. 

TODAY'S TIDBITS

One of my favorite blogs to visit is Anna Wight's Sassy and Sweet.  Anna is a very talented young woman.  She designs stamps, makes cards, sews, gardens, does photography and has farm animals.  This picture below was on one of her posts and I thought it was so cute.  The chicken is Olive Oyle with one of her chicks.  They are Turken (naked neck) chickens. Check out her blog for some more interesting photos.  (Clicking on the photos below should make them larger-hopefully.)

We have four weddings in the family this summer.  This is a card I made to send to one great niece who is getting married Saturday.  No stamping but lots of embossing. 

The photo below is the patio bed that runs along our dining room window.  The steps at the far end lead up to the covered back porch.  Ferns, bleeding heart, columbine, astible, heucheras and variegated  Jacob's Ladder are crammed in that space . A brunnera 'Jack Frost' came today.  I had ordered it from a sale Bluestone Perennials is having and hope I can find room for it in this bed.  The heucheras (coral bells) on the far end are some I bought un-named at a garden club sale years ago.  They like their spot and I like their frothy blooms. 

Below is a closer look at the un-named coral bells.

My iris have finished blooming and I have six I would like to find out the names for.  I know that is an almost impossible task with all the iris that have been sold through the years.  If  you recognize any of these I would be grateful to know the names.