IRISES in our Yard 2016

During April and May,  we had some of the most beautiful IRISES blooming in our yard.   (My records show that we had 28 different varieties bloom this spring.)  AND-- I haven't even taken time to show some of them to you... Shame on me!!!!!

Oh Well---today,  I will share some of them with you... Hope you enjoy seeing all of these beauties...  Be sure to click on them for enlargements!  The picture above shows some of the Irises in our Road Bed.   We have Irises in several places around the yard --so it's hard to get a picture showing them all.

FLOOR SHOW IRIS (taken-4/21/16)

AUTUMN BUGLER IRISES (taken 4/24/16)

HELL'S FIRE IRIS (taken 4/21/16)

GARDEN GRACE IRISES (taken 4/21/16)

HALLOWEEN HALO IRIS (taken 4/25/16)

HONEY GLAZED IRISES (taken 4/25/16)

ORANGE HARVEST IRIS (taken 4/28/16) ---one of my favorites

CLARENCE IRISES (taken 4/25/16)

WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS IRISES (taken 5/3/16)

MOTHER EARTH IRIS (taken 5/9/16)

LOVE the SUN IRIS  (taken 5/10/16)

CABLE CAR IRIS  (taken 5/9/16)

BOUNTIFUL HARVEST IRIS (taken 4/30/16)  --another favorite of mine!!

Well---that is enough for today... Sorry I didn't get these posted sooner... Now I have lilies,  roses and more day lilies to post,  along with more trips we have taken.... I just need more hours in my day!!!!!  Jeeshhhh---and I'm supposed to be retired with time on my hands... HA HA...

Do you have a favorite today????  They are all beautiful though I'm sure!!!!

Have a wonderful day/week ahead... It's almost JULY... Mercy Me!

Hugs,
Betsy

Day Lilies Galore in our Yard, 2016---and a Blog-Aversary!

Hello Blog and Facebook Friends/Family!   I am posting TODAY for a specific reason.  I want to show you all of our many, many Day Lilies which are blooming now ---BUT I also want to tell you that  TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (June 15, 2006),  I started Blogging for the first time.  I began on a site called LightBlog (which is now gone).  In 2009,  I switched to Blogger...  The rest is history. 

Friends come and go --but I have met so many fantastic lifetime friends through both Blogging and Facebook.  SO-----what do you want to do today--to help me celebrate my BLOG-ANNIVERSARY????  Shall we go out to dinner? NAH---let's have some coffee and just sit and enjoy all of the flowers in the yard! Okay????? 

Our Day Lilies this year are really putting on a show!!!   I could share post after post after post showing you our pictures, since we have so many varieties and colors.  I think I have taken several pictures of about 47 different varieties SO FAR --with more to bloom....  Wish you were here to see our Day Lilies!!!!!!

Today --I will share pictures I took on 6/14  of just a few of our many Day Lilies... Hope you enjoy seeing them---and hopefully,  in this group,  you will find one of your favorite colors,  since we have so many different colors and varieties.  You can click on the pictures to see them larger!!!  Sit back and enjoy! 

WINEBERRY CANDY DAY LILIES

BAHAMA BUTTERSCOTCH DAY LILY

BRIGHT SUNSET and CAROLYN CRISWELL (yellow)  DAY LILIES  (taken in the BRIGHT SUNSHINE)

PANDORA'S BOX DAY LILIES

Another picture showing the DAY LILY BEDS

INDIAN GIVER DAY LILY

BUTTERED POPCORN DAY LILIES

CUSTARD CANDY DAY LILIES

WARRIOR PRINCE DAY LILIES

CAMERON QUARTZ  DAY LILY

DAD ADAMS' DAY LILIES  (our FIRST Day Lilies, planted years ago from George's sweet Daddy)

PAPER BUTTERFLY DAY LILIES

FRANKLY SCARLET DAY LILY

PLUM PERFECT DAY LILIES

CONDILLA DAY LILY  (this one is a 'double')

One of our DAY LILY BEDS

Well---I hope you enjoyed all of these pictures... As I said above,  all of my pictures were taken yesterday,  6/14/16.   These blooms are constantly changing... We are now going outside with our cameras TWICE a day instead of once.  Amazing the constant changes!!!!!!  Wish you were here....

Do you have a favorite (or favorites) from today's group?   I love them all--but Buttered Popcorn always calls my name since I love YELLOW,  and this one always stands up above the rest!!!!  I also love Condilla,  the double yellow one...  You?????

Enjoy some coffee --or a cold one---for ME today on my Blog-Aversary..... Blogging has always been one of my favorite things to participate in!!!!!  Thanks to all of YOU for sticking with me through these many years!!!!!  Check out George's great post today showing pictures from our early morning walks.  Click HERE.

Hugs,