The Dancing Daylillies

Every week here in the Maritimes some plant in my garden is at it's peak bloom.  My smokebush is still amazing and everyone who comes to our Gallery seems to take a picture of it.  My parents next door plant beds of different color daylillies and they are at their peak this week.  I am working hard on finishing my preparations for our show at the Mulholland Market Gallery beginning August 14th.

So without further ado, this weeks images are:

The Height of Bloom

I have everything from foxglove to Miss Kim lilacs blooming right now in my gardens.  The ferns, chives, hostas, columbines, and heirloom roses are amazing this year.  In fact, everything is especially beautiful this year.  We had plenty of sun AND rain when we needed it evidently.

Begonia in a Birch Bark Planter

Chives!

Very green ferns

Ferns!

Heirloom Roses in Abundance

One of my many hostas

Flowers, Rocks and the Geometry of Nature

Campobello Island is well known for it's beautiful beach "cobbles".  I have a garden at Friar's Bay Studio Gallery where I use cobbles as "Campobello mulch".    Today is another busy day of renovation at the Artists Retreat Studios & Gallery, so here are three quick kaleidoscopes I created with seasonal flowers in my garden.

Fiddlehead Ferns and Forsythia

Fiddlehead ferns and forsythia are the current showy plants of the week here off the coast of Maine.

Fiddlehead Ferns--one variety, but there are many others

Forsythia Hedge Adds Color to the landscape

Brian Bieberle and  and I are working hard on the http://artistretreatstudiosandgallery.blogspot.ca/2013/03/1-bedroom-apartment-available-july-1st.html.  I believe I have a tenant for this part of the home, but am now looking for someone to rent the main part of the house beginning in July.  It will be sparsely furnished, but you would have ocean views and several bedrooms to choose for studio space!  Walk to http://summerkeys.com/ activities, bank, restaurants, grocery, beach, docks, and shops.  You could actually just leave your car in the driveway and take the walk on ferry to Eastport or get a tour of Campobello Island with these tour operators:  http://islanddiscoverytours.com/.  Also, Michael Chesley Johnson has space left in his http://www.paintcampobello.com/ plein air painting workshops held during July and August.  Come to Lubec, Maine and Campobello Island, NB this summer and your life will be transformed by the experience!