Rose of Sharon
Busy bees.
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So full of pollen it could hardly fly.
Even it's wings were full but not giving up!
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One in the bathroom was between my pedestal sink and waste basket.
A couple mornings I found the trap in the middle of the floor. One night I kicked it when I got up to use the bathroom. I knew my ants weren't big enough to move that trap so I had to figure out what was going on.
....Solved! 
Did you know they have finally really built a better mouse trap?
If you care, I highly recommend this trap. Just put a little peanut butter in the cup and set the trap by using a lever on the outside. All you see is the tail! Open the end, press the lever and the critter is gone.
I'm starting to get a little more color in the daylily bed. 
I don't have a big variety but they have been putting on quite a show this year.
I have a couple different shades of yellow.
The bottom picture is a truer color and these are a much smaller lily.
I love the peach colors.
The top picture is the closer color.
I got one calla lily in the pot on my deck and I'm happy with that. It hasn't bloomed for the last couple years for some reason. I'm going to dig it up this fall and see if the 1 bulb I planted had multiplied.
If you would like to show us what's bloomin' where you are planted just add your name and blog address to Mr Linky and add a link to this post on your blog. Remember, you don't have to grow it to show it! Everyone is welcome!
She loved the one on the wall and wondered how it went away and then came back when she moved.
How did it get on my hand?
It sure doesn't take much to entertain a curious 2 year old!
One garden we visited was a lily farm and we were told it took 7 hours a day to deadhead the lilies.
They had over 700 lilies and perennials.
The lilies were all marked but it was impossible to keep track of the names.
I only took a few lily pictures.
It seems our weather here this year has been perfect for lilies.
Last year I painted my mailbox to match the style of the numbers.
Leave a comment and let me know if you are showing your numbers.
First I have to thank Deb from Posted from Home for this award. The "BWA" is given for "brilliant photos & text". It means a lot to me that people enjoy my blog and I really appreciate this award. Thanks, Deb, sorry it took so long for me to post this.
These photos show the handiwork of Cutter Bees Cutter bees are instrumental in pollinating many wild flowers. They are not aggressive and only have a light sting when necessary. They do not eat the leaves they cut but use the pieces in their nest
These are my Jack-in-the- pulpit leaves in the shade garden. The green cluster between the leaves will become red in the fall.
Welcome to Bloomin' Tuesday! I found a couple surprises in the garden this week.
I just noticed that I have a white hollyhock too! We have had some hard rain and the blooms are so heavy that the hollyhocks are bending over.
I also spotted this day lily in the middle of my garden. All my daylilies were in this garden until a couple years ago. I must of missed this one.
My astilbe is blooming in the shade garden although something broke off a lot of it. Maybe that pesky rabbit!
Do you get flowers on you hens and chicks? I'm not thrilled with them but I guess they are interesting.
Most of mine get so top heavy that they fall over and never really bloom.
My trumpet vine has just started to bloom. I really like this plant but you can't plant it too near your house or it will come in!
Allium
I bought this cleome this year. It's an annual but I'm hoping it will reseed. I love the color of this one.
The pink cranesbill geranium is all over my garden.
I really love these plants and the blue is one of my favorites.
These are great plants if you have a large area to fill. They bloom for a long time and get huge if you let them.
I hope you enjoyed the walk thru my garden. To take a country wide tour just click on the names below. If you would like to join the fun and show us what's bloomin' where you are planted just add your name and blog address to Mr Linky and post a link to this post on your blog.
Several of us put together to get her a swing set. She loves to "whee!"
Daddy had to "whee" too.
Trying out all the swings.
A push from Uncle Chris.
The babies had to try out the slide first.
Catch me Daddy!
Jerzie has been asking for a monkey ever since they went to the zoo so I had to get her one.
She opened and read every card
and every book! 
Eating birthday cake.
We already took her new babies for a walk in a birthday outfit from Gramma
and her new stroller.
Jerzie has so much family and so many friends that there is going to be a kids party next week!
She did very well for not wanting to be 2!
She is almost always smiling.
She is a true blue Mets fan!
She loves to read and be read to. 
She loves doggies, kitties, monkeys and buggies. 
She loves to play in the water!
She loves to be "funny" and to yell "Boo! Did I scare you?" 
She definitely has a mind of her own
and is just a little bit stubborn.
She still wants to be our baby and we're okay with that!
She is the light of all our lives!
Happy 2nd Birthday, Jerzie Shea!
Laurie and I are spending the day on our annual Audubon Garden Tour.
Did you ever just look around your house and realize you had a lot of a certain item? Well, I realized that I had a lot of birds inside and outside.
I have birds in the garden.
Birds on the deck.
A bird in the living room
and my bedroom.
Birds in the kitchen.
Lots of birds in the dining room.
Today I'm showing you my bird collection that I didn't realize I had!
I'm just hoping that this little fellow doesn't eat them.
Every time I head out to my middle garden this bunny comes running out from the middle of it. He ate all the sunflowers that I started inside. He has also eaten the globe thistle that I moved last year. Every time they start to grow he eats all the tender leaves. I'm sure he also pruned my rose bush last winter. Hopefully rose campion doesn't taste good!
This sad old birdhouse was in my middle garden for several years. When I was weeding that garden a wren would go crazy. I replaced the birdhouse thinking the wren would use the new house. I put the old one on the ladder in my "kitchen" garden this year. 
There is no place like home, even when it's in a new neighborhood!
Last year when Laurie and I went on our "nursery road trip" I found some hollyhocks in some very small pots on a clearance table for 1 dollar each. I didn't really look closely at them but I think I bought 3 pots. I stuck them between my shed and the neighbors garage knowing that I wouldn't see any flowers until this year.
These remind me of carnations they are so full.
I think this color is my favorite. I'm just hoping now that they will continue to come up. The only tag I found says they are Alcea rosea "chater's double pink".
The redhot poker lilies are in bloom. They don't really look good for very long.
The wild daylilies are usually the first to bloom.
Jerzie gave me this lily for Mother's Day last year. (Mommy and Daddy were out of town so Aunt Laurie helped with this)
These 2 daylilies are also blooming.
8 Things I say alot: 
8 books I have Read Lately:
8 movies I seen 8 times:
8 Things I Am Working On:
8 People I Invite To Do This:
Notice the dramatic difference in the amount of visible toilet paper. Ironically, it is the over-hung toilet paper that has both the most visible free sheetage and the least amount of sheetage free from the roll to do it. Now, this may not seem like a big deal on its own, but in these extra sheets lies your undoing. Observe.
We here at Current Configuration, for the purposes of ease and expediency, do the one-handed tear (okay, really, itʼs just me, but bear with me, er, us). The one-handed tear is a quick maneuver that takes advantage of the perforated squares, allowing your bundle of toilet paper to be liberated with one quick swipe of the arm. This is the foundation of bathroom ease, the cottony bedrock on which enjoyment rests in the restrooms of many nations.
The one-handed tear relies on a quick and forceful motion directed either away from or towards the tear-er. The forces applied in this motion are great and, like the atom, are not to be trifled with. The natural curve of the over-hung method allows the roll to stand fast after a one-handed tear, but the under-hung method creates a calamitous tendency in the roll. This tendency can only lead to this:
Wasted paper, frustration, the destruction of our forests. While we realize that it is possible to execute a one-handed tear on an under-hung roll, this is a game of sanitary Russian roulette. You are bound to lose eventually, and there is no re-rolling an unwound toilet paper roll. The results will only cause you grief. Donʼt let this happen to you. Restroom attendants, janitors, maids, facilities crews, and responsible toiletowners take note: Donʼt use the under-hung method for your toilet paper rolls. It leads to the destruction of our precious resources and the pillars of civilization as we know it!
I decided this garden hose wreath I made a few years ago needed to be redone.
I liked the hose part but I took it apart and made it a little smaller.
Then I added a real bird nest that I had found. Added a bird and some eggs and babies breath and it was done.
I like it hanging by my garden sign and with the sweet peas growing around it.
Should be good for a couple more years!
The end of my patio at the bottom of the side hill seemed to be the best place. This area was a pain to mow and is somewhat shady. The sod stripped off very easy because we had so much rain.
I love the colors of this bloom I found at Walmart for only $13.! This is the only type they had or I would of bought more.The tag just said hardy hydrangea but when I planted it I found a stake that said "emotion" so I'm guessing that's the name of this one.
Lowe's had some bushes real reasonable so I bought this Endless Summer Blushing Bride. It's supposed to bloom all summer. I love the purples and pinks in the centers.
I think I can fit one more in this area so I'll just wait until I see something I like or a really great deal. What is your favorite type hydrangea?
Welcome to Bloomin' Tuesday. Click on the names at the bottom of this post to take a garden tour all around the country without leaving the comfort of your chair!
These first few pictures are all in the Campanula family, which has over 300 species of annuals, biennials and perennials. All of mine are perennials. The blue ones above do well in lots of shade.
This white one just started to bloom.
This blue is a large plant and is at the back of my red, white and blue garden.
I love these burgundy bells!
This white has very thin stems so they bend over in all directions.
This is a Ladybell. They are at least 3 feet tall and are very delicate looking. 
These are Straw Foxglove. As you can see by the regular foxglove still blooming, these yellow ones are much smaller bells but the plant is still tall.
I seem to go for all types of bell shaped flowers but they are certainly not the only flowers I go for!
Jerzie and Daddy eating ice cream.
They have a bowl together most every night.
Helping Daddy with his gifts.
Jerzie really liked the Mets bobbleheads.
Mommy and Jerzie just before going home. As you can see she has on a different outfit. She loves to play in the water on the deck. I found these rubber fish that fill with water and she loves squirting everybody and everything!
When Jerzie got here early this morning she asked to go out on the deck. I took a peek and this is what I saw. Putting her feet up and chillin' in her Mets jammies.
I asked what she was doing when we went out to look at the flowers and she said she was watching a buggy. She is fascinated with most kinds of bugs.
She will bend down and squish a small ant with her finger tho!
Happy Birthday America!
The July page from the calender my daughter makes me every year. The hummingbird and beebalm picture was taken in my garden.
My "baby" is 33 today! 
33 has been his favorite number for years (Scotty Pipen/ Chicago Bulls Basketball) but I don't think he's liking it so much this year!
Hope you have a great day!
