Flag Days

The flag went up for Memorial Day and has been joined by mini flag-y bows. This may be flag month at our house. It's not so much patriotism, but the fact that Dave has a place to put this stuff, and so why not decorate? As you may have noticed, the Christmas icicle lights remain up, and they are quite nice lighting on the deck at night. It's a little bit like playing house.
I have been eagerly awaiting the first blooms from the fancy coneflowers I bought. This one is called Hot Papaya, and is truly orange. The centers will have more petals in a few days, but it looks good enough now for its portrait.


I have a bunch of different fancy kinds, including this Double Decker, which looks white so far, but  hopefully it will pink up as it develops. Fancy Schmancy eh?

Lots of lilies are open, including the red Pardon Me, one of 18 tiny daylily plants I bought last year. This is the first bloom of the bunch.

A few doggie pictures. This is Chum climbing the hill towards breakfast, after a great run in our field which Dave calls the pasture. It also is called Dave's Memorial Garden, and in the Spring, the Swamp. It used to be the orchard, but most of the trees fell over in the wet heave of Springtime. We do have about six peach trees with lots of little peaches growing, but really don't expect them to outlast the bugs and birds. We haven't sprayed them, so we get what we get.

The house is shrouded in early morning fog. Cooler weather now, for a few days, making it irresistable to sit out on the deck for the entire day. I knit for hours and realized my mistake, and ripped out six hours worth of knitting. Had to. Restarted and can now knit it all again for today! I call that a good deal.

Dexter looks west towards his former home. I know he is quite happy here. Six meals a day, including toast, his favorite.