This summer's extravaganza continues. At their peak right now I have peonies, yellow yarrow, yellow hawkweed, heritage roses, iris, daisy, delphinimum, bridal wreath spirea, clematis, cosmos, dianthus, chives, ferns, Miss Kim late blooming lilacs, and lupine( although they are beginning to go to seed as they do from the bottom up!). I am sure I missed a few and the ferns are still spring green so we still have much more spectacular blooming to go until things begin to die back in September or so. The first frost here is late, usually not until some time in October, as the water begins to moderate the fall temperatures as compared to areas farther inland. The seeds I planted a week or so ago are up 2-3 inches! We have had 5 inches or more of rain in the past few weeks so everything is blooming now that we have an seemingly unending sunny period ahead of us. The comfrey was flattened by the rain, but everything else seems to be relishing the weather.
I am going to do a lot of kaleidoscopes of these flowers as they have inspired me!
Friar's Bay Studio Gallery and
Artists Retreat Studios & Gallery open on Tuesday so I will have enforced indoor time beginning on July 1st to plan some new projects...
I did not caption the kaleidoscopes so you have to actually look at them to see what flower is "kaleidoscoped". Some are very obvious and others are a little more subtle.
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