I’ll be gone most of the weekend. Here’s some clematis flower pr0n to entertain you momentarily.

Otherwise, make yourself at home.

No chocolate cookies, sorry. It’s been too hot to bake. But Michael has Linenkugel’s, Killian’s, and Blue Moon in the fridge.

Nothing like a lazy Saturday.

First, we sent Grandmom off for a week. There’s a wedding in Baltimore, and then she’ll spend some time with my cousin Liz before she graduates. (Our plan is to go up for Liz’s graduation, which is a Thursday afternoon, stupidly, then back for her graduation/birthday party on Saturday.)

Then I took a four hour nap on the sofa. So no, I’m not over the flu yet. Humph. But I am feeling better.

Especially after that four hour nap.

The I woke up, got the mail, and had a postcard from Anne! YIPPEE! I LOVE GETTING MAIL! WHEEEEEE! Very pretty postcard too! Once I get off the sofa I’ll put it on the refrigerator with all the other postcards. YAY ANNE!

But I did get some new flower pr0n. I completely missed the blooming of the peonies while I was sick. Now the scarlet petals litter the ground after the storms earlier this week beat everything to the ground. And my chives! My chives are a mess!

But other things are blooming, and when I sat out on the deck this morning, the wind was blowing, and I could smell flowers.

It almost made up for the constant traffic.

So here’s some more flower pr0n under the cut.
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Spent a good deal of time gardening this long weekend.

Biggest bloomers right now are the broom and the irises.

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New flower pr0n!

The broom, which I adore, had about three flowers on it today. I figure by the weekend it should be gorgeous; I can’t wait!

If you’ve never seen a broom in bloom before, it is a thing to behold. It has lots of long stems, and up and down the plant the stems are covered in scarlet flowers with a yellow heart. When it’s in full bloom it’s one of the most beautify plants I have.

Here’s the first flower pr0n for May.

Shocking as it seems, I already have a day lily blooming.

Got some gardening in this morning, including giving the front and side areas a good watering.

Which is why it’s pouring down rain right now.

Regardless, I got some more flower pr0n. I can’t seem to get a good picture of the white bleeding heart, and several other pictures turned out spectacularly crappy, but I got a couple of nice pictures. I particularly like the purple gem rhododendron, which actually looks rather crappy as a whole plant right now, but the flowers are beautiful–a really gorgeous shade of purple that would be overwhelming anywhere but on a plant.

I’m still stunned by how good everything looks right now, and how many plants are budding or getting ready to flower. It looks like I’m going to have day lilies blooming in early May, which is almost unbelievable. But I’ll enjoy them anyway!

New flower pr0n, including my spring barren front garden, and a truly frightening mutant daffodil. (I kid you not, these daffodils frighten me.)

Yippee! It might not be spring yet, but my garden is starting to wake up!

As threatened, the first of the flower pr0n!

My grandmother noticed this morning that the pussywillow bush is starting to flower. So I took some pictures then cut 7 stems to bring in to enjoy.

Assuming the cats don’t eat them.