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garden, house

Holy Blooming Hayfever!
Because I love you, all the photos are under a cut. I've had several requests for pictures of the yard, of the flowers, of all that stuff that's growing outside. I thought it was time to accomodate those requests.

So I chose a particularly cloudy grey day, grabbed the camera with the almost-dead battery, ran outside and took pictures from bad angles with hideous perspectives. Thus my friends will finally believe me when I tell them I don't take very good photos.

Front yard

This is from the sidewalk, looking down the property line. You can see two roses defying death in the foreground. Beyond them is the hebe, and the infernal elm tree.


Here's a pretty little pinwheel daisy that's in the far corner of the yard. It'll be cute when it grows up.


Anchoring the other corner, by the driveway is a variegated sage and a French lavender. On the left you can also see the black-eyed-susan vine and the edge of the arch.


When you go through the arch and follow the path to the front door, you have two plantings to pass between. On the right is this exploding rose (two bushes) with something I forget underneath it (the little white flowers). The rosemary on the right is actually right next to the lavender from the previous photo. There's also the really pretty spiky bloom in the background. Forget the name of that one, too!


On the left, you pass by (surprise!) another rose. On the right in this photo is lemon balm. Behind it is the geranium from hell (can't kill it, even if you try. I know because I have). Working our way to the left in the background you can see the jade (in bloom, if that's what you call those spiky things), the red dragon japanese maple (look real close under the window), a rosemary with some nightshade in front of it, and a privet thing that the bees just adore. On the left, center in the photo, is a yesterday/today/tomorrow plant. Yesterday the blooms were dark purple, today they are lavender and tomorrow they will be white. It's a fun fun plant.


I'm now standing on the driveway, looking between the huge lavendar and the rosemary, and I'm looking past that exploding rose. There's still that geranium in the back right, but you get a better overview of half the yard. It's a much better shot of the privet thing I mentioned, and the elm, too. You can see the obelisk (which will be tiled one day soon) and the iris.


On the other side of the driveway is my lavender rose. It's the only full-size rose I have - all else are tea roses. You can almost see the miniature rose that is blooming pale pale pink that is growing under the purple one. And the silly neighbor's privet hedge. Like they can really mark a boundary around here! Bwahahahahaha!

Backyard

Yes, the wall against my house, where everything is stacked, awaiting assignment to its permanent place (or forgotten about, whichever comes first). This proves these roses will grown anywhere!!!


The almond tree is already fully laden. Hopefully we'll get some before the possums, crows and other animals/birds finish them off.


Right next to the almond tree (a volunteer, btw), is a tree mallow. Who knew they would grow big enough for Stephen King to write a story about them and turn them into a movie starring Kurt Russell (the reference is the to remake of the Blob and I have NO idea if King really had anything to do with it - I was asleep long before the credits rolled).


Underneath the pristinely trimmed butterfly bush, you can see yet another rose that refuses to die, as well as a tomato plant that also refuses. Let's not even talk about the blackberry you can't see!


I'm standing under the butterfly bush now, looking back toward the house. There's the red rose (which barely shows in the previous photo), as well as the tree mallow and the almond tree.


Every spring, I get tons of these pretty little things just to the right of the flowers in the above photo. No idea what they are, but they mark the beginning of spring to me.



On the back fence, there's the first rose Jamie ever bought me. The tea roses are the color of butter and they just explode into bloom every year. At the bottom you can see the feverfew that is fighting for dominance.


Yeah, I like my yards.