Day Lilies in our Yard in 2013--Part I

WILD HORSES DAY LILY

It's going to take me about 3 or 4 posts in order to show you ALL of our 44 different Day Lily varieties.  I've spent LOTS of time this year trying to learn the names of not only our Roses,  but also the Lilies and Day Lilies.  We keep charts and lists ---and I'll admit that it takes TIME and hard work!!!!  BUT--paying more attention to the flowers makes me just love them even more.

Today I'll share with you some of our pretty Day Lilies.   Most of you know (due to their name) that each blossom only blooms for a day.  BUT--each plant can send up lots and lots of flower stalks, especially if the plant is 2 or more years old... SO--we get new blooms every single day!  I'll be sad when they are all gone.   Most of our Lilies are gone now ---so it won't be long 'til the Day Lilies are gone too... Sniff Sniff..

Be sure to click on the photos for enlargements... The picture above was our second Day Lily to bloom--and reminded me more of a Lily than a Day Lily.  BUT--it is a Day  Lily and its name is WILD HORSES.  It is in the Road Flowerbed.

EARLY BIRD CARDINAL DAY LILY

This little Day Lily was the FIRST one to bloom this year.   That's why it is called EARLY BIRD CARDINAL.  (That is all ONE plant.)

EYE-YI-YI DAY LILY

Another favorite of mine is EYE-YI-YI.   It is in a group which are blooming near our garage..  The others in this group are  Bright Sunset,  Bicolor and Fred Ham.

FRED HAM DAY LILY

In the same bed (next to the garage) is this little pale yellow beauty,  named FRED HAM. 

BRIGHT SUNSET DAY LILY

In the same group is another beauty named BRIGHT SUNSET.  I captured this shot when the sun was setting in the west --and just happened to be shining right on this bloom.  Pretty,  isn't it?

BICOLOR DAY LILY

AND--in the same group is one more,  BICOLOR.  This one was one of our late bloomers.   When one buys Day Lily plants,  you can get early bloomers or late bloomers.  We always buy RE-bloomers (so they will bloom again in the Fall) ---but we also try to get a variety of early and late bloomers..   You can see how this one gets its name!

BRIGHT SUNSET,  EYE-YI-YI, and FRED HAM DAY LILIES

Here is a photo showing three of the four in the group listed above.  Bicolor had not bloomed yet when I took this photo.

LADY ELIZABETH DAY LILY

Besides Early Bird Cardinal (pictured above),  there are three other Day Lily plants in the bed in front of our largest Rose Bed, on the left of the driveway (if you are standing in the road looking toward the house).  SO --another pretty Day Lily in this bed is LADY ELIZABETH... The deer munched on many of these --but we got a few blooms.  Isn't this a pretty Day Lily?

LAVENDER DEAL DAY LILY

This beauty is named LAVENDER DEAL,  and it has bloomed really well this year.  I took lots of pictures of it,  but decided to show you this one, with the raindrops on it.  This Day Lily is really a pretty purple color.

ORANGE VOLS DAY LILY

And the last one in this bed is named ORANGE VOLS---after my Tennessee Volunteers I'm sure.  However,  the orange is not quite the 'right' colors... However,  I do like this Day Lily.

CUSTARD CANDY and FOOLED ME DAY LILIES

Two more Day Lilies (in the road flowerbed) which look great together and bloom like crazy are CUSTARD CANDY (the lighter colored one) and FOOLED ME.  Believe it or not,, but these are only TWO plants,  one of each...

CUSTARD CANDY DAY LILY

Here's another photo just of CUSTARD CANDY.   Isn't she pretty?

FOOLED ME DAY LILY

AND--here is FOOLED ME.   I don't know how some of the Day Lilies get their names!!!!!

ROSIE MEYER DAY LILY

This group of Day Lilies are on the big side flowerbed (on the upper side of our yard).  Her name is ROSIE MEYER --and she bloomed and bloomed this year.

SOUTH SEAS DAY LILY

This is my favorite of all of the Day Lilies I have shown you today.  Its name is SOUTH SEAS and it's in the road flowerbed.  I love the color and design --and this one has really bloomed and bloomed for us.

SOUTH SEAS DAY LILY

Finally,   here's a photo showing SOUTH SEAS ---and some of its many blooms.  Again I say that that is only ONE plant.  Isn't it gorgeous?

WELL---can you pick a favorite?  I guess it has to do with the colors you like the best...  I have lots more to show you---but you will have to wait until another post.  Hope you have enjoyed seeing this group.

Have a fabulous Monday....

Hugs,

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Our Home has a New TOP!!!!

Many of you remember last Summer when we had a new DECK put on our home.  If you missed that post,  click HERE.    Then,  after we got the new deck,  we got the house PAINTED.  Click HERE to see that post.

SO---this year,  we got a new ROOF.  Hopefully,  we are finished with these big jobs for awhile, except for the staining of the deck which we hope to do sometime this summer...   (We have given up some of our longer travel plans for this!!!)   Who was it that said the we don't own the house;  the house OWNS US..   ha ha (TRUE!!!)

Today,  I'll share photos with you  from the installation of the roof.   We had been waiting for a few weeks for the roof---but Mother Nature wasn't cooperating... SO--on Monday,  July 8, 2013,  the sun came out --AND a large crew came to give us a new roof.  They got here at 8 a.m. ---and had it totally finished by 3:15 p.m.  We were SO impressed with their work --and they did a fabulous job of the clean-up.   I would highly recommend A-1 Roofing (Crossville, TN) to others in our area who need a new roof.

They had originally said that it would take about two days.  BUT--with our crazy weather this summer,  they doubled up on the crew and got it done in one day.  AND---we are glad they did it this way since we had some rain that night at 6:30 p.m.!!!!! Crazy weather!!!! And--since we got the new roof,  we have had some rain most every single day!

The photo above shows some of the crew working on the roof...  George and I both slipped out of the house and took some photos of them working. They backed the big truck up to the house to collect all of the old shingles and old skylights.  They also had big tarps around the house to collect anything that dropped from above.  They had a little elevator (with the help of a generator) which took all of the shingles up on the roof.   They seemed very organized and all of these guys had their own jobs---and all worked hard!!  (Be sure to click on all photos for enlargements.)

Here is a photo of them working at the back of the house... Like I said,  there was a large crew here...

This is another photo of those hard-working young men...  I took this photo from the  backyard --on the upper side.

Here  is one more photo of the hard workers ---which I took from the road,  looking toward the front of the house.

This next set of photos were taken AFTER completion.   We love the new roof ---and the color is a Charcoal/Black.  In some shadows, it looks dark --and in certain other lights,  it looks lighter.  I wanted DARK ---and didn't want green,  so we are happy with our choice.  It's similar to what was on the roof --although the old shingles had more of a bluish look--which we did NOT want.

 This is a close-up of the shingles and one of our TWO new skylights.  We had skylights before --but they were made of plastic and were OLD and dingy... They needed replacing.  The workers also replaced some old wood around the fireplace...  The new skylights are WONDERFUL....

And here is a photo of the completed roof from the back of the house.  You can see the other skylight in this photo.  Both skylights are in each of two bathrooms.

This one was taken from the backyard --on the upper side.  You can see the top of one of our umbrellas on the deck.

NOW---here is a "BEFORE" photo of our home taken last summer (before the paint job and before the new roof).... You'll note that they had already taken the shutters down and were getting ready to paint when this photo was taken.   You can barely see the old skylight up there!!!!

AND---here is the "FINISHED PRODUCT"  in a similar location from the photo above.    Quite a difference,  don't you think????   How do you like it????  We love it!!!!   Guess that is all that matters, huh????

Hope you have a good weekend...  I will see you on Monday!!!

Hugs,

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