Even the Flowers don't Like THIS much RAIN

Those of you on Facebook have heard me complain and post comments and pictures last weekend.  On Saturday and Sunday (July 6 and 7),  we had 6.5 inches of rain.... On Saturday,  the rain was constant and we had 5 inches that day.  Then Sunday,  it only rained once --but it was a 'gully-washer' since we got another 1.5 inches at one time... Most of these photos were taken on Sunday--after the 'gully washer'... Luckily,  the skies cleared on Sunday afternoon--and we actually saw some SUNSHINE for a few hours that day.  It felt wonderful...

The picture above shows some of the daylilies begging for the rain to finally stop.  Be sure to click on the photos in order to see enlargements.

Here's a photo of one of our rose bushes... Note that all of the roses are drooping and turning brown because of TOO much rain... I always say that the roses are bowing their heads and praying for the rain to STOP.




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Here are some photos of the heavy rains in our front yard.

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And here are some photos taken from our deck of the back yard (near the golf course fairway).   Bet nobody played golf on this rainy day!!!!

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Here is a photo of our driveway---with the water running across it --as it makes its way down the hill.




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Now---here's the good news.... We DO need rain---and the plants/flowers love it (unless it is too heavy like now).  BUT--when I think of the alternative--drought---I'll choose rain anytime...

More good news is that we have had a COOL June and July so far because of the rain.  I hate HOT weather ---so I am thrilled to say that it's been fairly cool most of the summer.  BUT--August is usually our hottest month---SO??????????

And --more good news is that we can get some great pictures outside AFTER the rain.  Here are four pictures for you to enjoy!!!!

Lily Buds with water droplets

Lavender Deal Daylily with water droplets

Touching Lily with water droplets

Sedona Rose with water droplets

See????  There is good that comes along with the 'not-so-good'..... Don't you just love seeing the water drops on the flowers?   We manage to take plenty of photos during the rainy days --as well as the sunny days.

Truly though,  there has been WAY too much rain in all of the surrounding areas  of Tennessee lately.   Our home was 'high-and-dry' here --but don't forget those who live on the river or creeks --and who may have had some severe damage to their homes and other buildings/property due to the flooding...

UPDATE:  I wrote this post on Sunday ---and am here to say that on Monday,  we only had a tiny bit of rain about 6:30 p.m.  Then on Tuesday,  we had a rain-free morning with some sunshine (yeah) ---but had some thunderstorms and a rainy afternoon....  At least though,  the rain was not heavy.

AND--I heard on the news on Tuesday night that there is a tropical storm which 'could' come our way the first of next week and give us LOTS more rain... Gads---I hope not!!!!!  

Have a great Wednesday --and be sure to hop over to my Photo Blog (click HERE) to see a gorgeous photo today.

Hugs,

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LILIES in our YARD in 2013

GARDEN PLEASURE LILY

Except for the deer eating some of them this year,  our LILIES have done really well in our yard... We've had so much rain that things are flourishing, although lately,  we've had TOO much rain... Oh Well!!!!!  Better too wet than too dry I guess.

Hope you like seeing our 14 different lily varieties this year... It's hard to pick a favorite --but the one above  (named Garden Pleasure) is a favorite of mine... Too bad that this is one that the deer also loved and ATE --so we haven't had many of these blooms this year...

Below are more.  Click on them for enlargements...

JUANITA LILY

SARINA LILY

MONTENEGRO LILY

Combination of REGALE and MADONNA  LILIES  (Regale has pink outsides,  and Madonna is white on the outside;  But other than that,  they are similar.)

REGALE LILY

LOLLYPOP LILY

TINOS LILY

PINK PERFECTION LILY

FREEDOM'S GLOW LILY

PINK LEMONADE LILY

TREFFER LILY

GOLDEN SPLENDOR LILY

TOUCHING LILY

Hope  you enjoyed seeing our Lilies...   Four of these (Juanita,  Sarina,  Tinos, and Pink Lemonade) are in the round lamppost flowerbed ---and the deer got to them this year,  eating many of their buds... Hopefully,  we will have a larger group blooming in that bed next year.

The one which bloomed the most this year was Pink Perfection... These were amazing.  AND  Touching will have alot more blooms on it, as you can see from the picture above.  Touching is a beautiful lily since it is a pale yellow with a red inside and pink outside....

Golden Splendor,  Regale,  Madonna,  Treffer and Freedom's Glow are all in the side flowerbed near the deck... I enjoy this group since I can see them from both the kitchen and the Great Room.

Pink Perfection,  Garden Pleasure (which the deer ate),  Touching,  Montenegro and Lollypop are in the road flowerbed out front...

We may have a few more lilies to bloom --to add to this year's collection,  but this is most of them.  IF we do get more,  I'll share them on an upcoming blog post.

Do you have a favorite?????  Gosh---if I HAD to choose from this year's group,  I'd probably choose Pink Perfection --since we had SO many of them... BUT--I also love Touching and Garden Pleasure..... Ah Shucks---I love them all.

Hope you enjoyed seeing them today!  Wish you could smell them.  Lilies just smell awesome!!!!!

Hope you had a good 4th of July.  We had a VERY VERY wet one here --with  more rain than I've seen for a continuous amount of time in a long, long time!!!!!   Many of my friends asked if we were going to build an ark!!!!! ha

ADDENDUM:  Besides these 14 lilies,  we also had 3 more to bloom:  Gold Band,  Simplon, and a tiger lily (either Black Beauty or Midnight Queen).  SO --that made 17 total for 2013.

Hugs,

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