Ok… hmmmmm, where to begin. Let’s start with…
I found a little blue egg, freshly laid on my lawn sunday afternoon… coincidentally right after I got home from visiting my sister who had just given birth to the most gorgeous baby girl ever! I thought it fitting for what the weekend had bought us, and placed it on my Echeveria plant my the back door. I love the icy blue with the veins of purplish-red.
Next, is a fabulous Nigella amongst the Nasturtium. I have never been a big fan of this plant, as the weedy looking foliage kind of annoys me, but I’m diggin’ this one. Love the dark stamens and pistil… very flower noir.
Ok.. onward in the garden we come to my pride and joy! A fabulous Canterbury Bells cluster I have been babying growing for three years! Each year I will it to bloom, to no avail… well, except for this Spring. I am very proud to say they are gorgeous and super healthy. Lots more blooms to come, too. Oh, and my chipped up, dirty, street-walker nail polish was not planned to match…. I just got lucky!
This is a Van Gogh cultivated sunflower, just about in full bloom. Grows super easy from seed (what sunflower doesn’t?) (and if you have thought of one, believe me – it’s you, not the sunflower) and holds it bloom for quite some time. I meant to plant more, but with everything going on, didn’t get them in the ground. I may try this weekend for a fall bloom.. we’ll see. You can buy these…Here.
Lest I forget this little gem!
Poppies. I love poppies.
There’s not much else to say.
I should do an all poppy section of my new garden.. Hmm. Project!
How odd to find the egg, unscathed, on your lawn of all places! Do you have any distressed Robins about? Your Canterbury Bells are lovely, and what a hoot that they’re the exact shade of your nail polish
I have discovered my major gardening problem!!! My nails don’t match anything in my garden!! My God, I feel like such a failure. The Canterbury Bells are lovely.
CVF: I saw a robin the other day looking mighty rotund… could have been the culprit.
Turling: Umm, duh! Everyone does this you know!
(Really it just hides the dirt under your nails)
I like the nail polish! and I love the flowers in your garden. Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful. UDG
Agreed, the nail polish brings a smile to my face. Perfect match. Matti
Beautiful colours! I love the yellow/purple combinations! That wine poppy is stunning! Congrats on the new niece!
Love that poppy ~ it reminds me of one I’ve seen around here called ‘Lauren’s Grape.’ I would love a field of them too except for the dying foliage after they’re done blooming. bleck on that.
Funny your polish matches. I need to paint my nails to hide the dirt!
Glad your canterbury bells bloomed. They are a wonderful flower. I am letting mine seed everywhere this year. Just wish I had some in pink.
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Congratulations on becoming an Aunty! Your blooms are all wonderful, so colorful, goes with the polish. As for the lone egg. What is that all about? We found one abandoned on our fence the other week. We wondered if a Crow had stolen it and left it there.
Lovely shots today. Wonder if that was a false egg. I find alot of those in my yard. Really love the Canterbury Bells & Nigella, those shades of bluish purple are my faves for the garden. I’ll have to try both of those plants.
Love that dark burgundy poppy! I’ve never had much luck with poppies, but the nigella are even easier than sunflowers for me–they all came back from last year’s seedpods:)
Hey Girl, I love your fingernails, and I just painted my chairs in the garden that color. Very ooh la la. Your plants are lovely, and I don’t know if I mentioned it, but I adore the rose sugar for bathtime. Divine.~~Dee
What a colorful tour. Beware of that egg. Don’t keep it around too long. Congratulations on a beautiful niece.
Dee: Glad you liked the sugar scrub!
Kathleen: Thanks! I think I have some pink canterbury bells seed… I’ll have to get your address and ship them to you.
Rose: Yes, I’m going to try to save the seeds on these ones this year.
Helen: Lone egg is right.. not sure what it’s about but it’s darling.
All delightful but especially love the Canterbury Bell /nail polish photo … a prizewinner
those are perfect match! Love that color!
i too feel compelled to mention the polish – love it
gorgeous photos and I love the nail polish. I have that same colour in a tiny OPI sample bottle.
Congrats on the new niece! And all those cool purples, and especially the Canterbury bells! I do wonder about one thing: Do you have polish to match the sunflowers and poppies?
I’m actually not a huge nail polish person… so no, I don’t. But wouldn’t be a bad idea…
Congrats to your sister on the new baby girl. Love love love the matching purple fingernail polish!
i wonder who laid that egg for you?
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I love the nigella and bells! How gorgeous. And the egg in the cabbage reminds me of all the stork/cabbage patch stories from childhood.
Ooh, I love all those flowers, most especially with your nail polish! The sunflower is especially attractive to me, although I’m not sure why. Congrats on your aunthood and the weird coincidence of the egg!
Wow, the flower photos are just great. I like to make flower photos too and then I make a painting of them.
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