Fireworks are outlawed in Corrales, so all we have is 4th of July (the rose), and the lightning storms passing overhead. A tiny spider was watching the lightning show from an Easter lily.
Category: Flowers
Flowers
All Tired Out
I got a flat tire on the truck, put on the spare and drove the flat tire to Discount Tires to see if they could repair it. Even though the tire didn’t have much wear, it was over 10 years old, so he said by law he couldn’t touch it. A guy from the Midas shop next door walked by and said, I think I have some used tires that will fit. He didn’t have any 225/15s, but he had a pair 235/15s, which are a bit bigger. For $30 he mounted and balanced the two 235/15 tires, and put them on the back of the truck, and then he out the two better tires of the 3 remaining originals on the front. That was quite a deal, since the lowest price set of four new tires for the truck would run about $400, and since I don’t drive the truck very often, I didn’t want to put a new set of tires on it right now.
After a morning run and repairing one of the drip systems this morning, to getting tires replaced, loading and unloading my other large snake cage and a bunch of stuff out of Tristan’s garage, I’m all tired out. While making my evening rounds with the camera, I noticed that the white lilies, Rosencrantz and a hummingbird where tired out as well.
A Touch of Blue
Bloom Five
All five lilies on the one stem finally bloomed. Quite a nice array.
Shadow Lilies
Lilies peeking out of the shadows.
Peekaboo
Playing peekaboo with a grasshopper.
White Lily
This is the first lily to bloom in our oriental lily garden. Although I think it may be one of the Easter lilies I planted a couple of years ago.
Desert Flowers at Desert Harbor
Here are a variety of the desert flowers, grasses and cactus that were blooming at Desert Harbor Retreat.
Ducks In A Row
Following the ducks is a bit of “macro madness” — I found various interesting critters in the iris and roses. While I was out moving hoses to hook up drip systems, this female mallard hopped up on the neighbor’s wall. Then she hopped back down, and I could hear her making little quacking noises. When I looked over the wall, she was marching off with four ducklings in a row behind her.
Pink Peonies on Parade
We had several thunderstorms move through yesterday, including a heavy hailstorm. When I got home, Laurie told me the pink peony had bloomed and ask me to go out and see if the flowers survived the hailstorm. Many of the blooms were a little beaten down, but they survived the storm. I couldn’t resist photographing the wet roses while I was out, and I ended up pretty wet myself.
Off Center & Not Even 