Colin's Cast...

 

It was hard to know what to put as a title for this blog entry. I considered "cast of characters", "supporting cast", "cast-atrophic blogger", all sorts of word play for this blog but just ending up calling this entry "Colin's Cast". It is after all a pic of his cast, posted on his own blog one day awhile back showing us the after affects of being caught up in the moment of picture taking.

I want to say first of all, this was not my brilliant idea, but actually the brainchild of fellow friend and blogger Sharon. She sent me a small note asking if I could work some magic in my graphics program and have all of his friends sign his cast. I said okey dokey and it was with a lot of quiet back and forth e-mailing that signatures were sent to me or okay given for me to sign the cast for them. I had plans of posting this blog last week during Sharon's proclamation of it being 'Colin Appreciation Week', but the best laid plans go awry. Mainly it was the fault of Colin/MkChippy himself that hovered around Des/Sleepy Lady so much she finally threw up her hands and said sign it for me Vic. So I did, plus an added little message from her, which she really didn't say, but I couldn't resist adding,lol. I did mention to her that I might include a  bit of a note of well wishes from her and she good naturedly agreed.

(WARNING MKCHIPPY: Be on the look out for an excessively long honey do list when your arm is cast-less)lol

Seriously we all wish you a speedy recovery as we know how hard it must be with one fingered typing and not being able to comment or blog or post as much as you would like due to the inconvenience. If we could all sign your cast in person, we most assuredly would, so this will have to suffice as the next best thing. Get well soon!

Garden Notes: June 2nd..

 

In gardening, and life for that matter, one marvels at the difference a few days can make. The above pic is one I posted in my last photo album of two iris beds that were still just a sea of green leaves and stalks. Not much to look at for the moment, but within a week's time the sea of green had turned into a sea of color...

 

I have to say that it is the one thing I look forward to the most in my gardening every year. More so than that first tomato, or batch of fresh corn so many other gardeners look forward to. It's when the iris come into bloom that I wait for. A lot of people will argue that the bloom time is to short to bother with them as a perennial, but if you were to vary the different kinds of iris planted you could easily have blooms for 3-4 weeks or more. There are so many different cultivars and colors and sizes, that any garden can surely find room for at least one of these plants known as the poor man's orchid.

I will be uploading some more pics in an album of some of the last of the blooms. I will apologize in advance in that some of the pics are not the best. Using up some old film, one of the rolls when developed had a slightly purple or bluish cast over so many of the pics. I tried picking out the clearest and best. I am not sure if it is the film it's self or a mix up in the processing. So I wasn't able to get all of the photos of the different kinds blooming that I wanted to post here. Out of the pics posted you will see I have a love for purple and have so many varying shades of purple and lavendar iris. Also included in the pics are more peony pics of a second variety of yellow peony that bloomed last week.

Thanks to all of you who have been writing and posting pics about your gardens and flowers. Keep those blogs and updates coming!

Happy Gardening!