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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Views from the Porch


Flowers planted in 2012 for my wildflower garden have grown. Some have not flourished, and a few have succumbed to over-watering and too much sun and summer heat.  The picture above shows most of the original plantings, plus a few others. Bluebells, where are you? Was the soil not to your liking?  I have been putting used coffee grounds around the wildflowers every morning to increase acidity uptake.
Iris are blooming


Penstemon are almost ready to bloom


Jupiter's Beard *transplanted two summers ago from slips*


Phlox that will go into earth at the end of the season


A new painting started (oils) from this reference photo:



And from the kitchen:


Rhubarb for this recipe (a yum, thanks, Marianne)


Mrs. Tittlemouse, do you recognize your pretty crochet?

Julie is coming over today from the manor.  We have had quite a few days, and maybe that is why I have neglected blogging for a while.  Last week, she had an optometry appointment that was a bust.  Her wheelchair would not go through the door of the examination room because of its width, 36 inches.  The optometrist was a bit embarrassed since his offices were supposedly "wheelchair accessible".  But she did finally get a referral to an ophthalmologist, which she needed to begin with, but the manor Powers That Be would not listen to me.  It might take another few months to get that scheduled, however.

Then there was the issue of dealing with Julie's headaches that lasted a few days...nothing more to report than worry resulting in a natural resolution to her headaches.  And then another visit scheduled to the surgeon who first helped out with the diversional colitis resection, which has still not been resolved.  That appointment will happen at the end of the week.  Perhaps infection is still evident?

I leave you with this verse that struck me from Sunday's homily, referring to Romans 5:1-5:
...affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts...

7 comments:

  1. I'm a fan of wildflowers and yours are lovely. I love the painting colors. You are definitely busy. I am sending you wishes for a wonderful week.

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  2. Oh what beautiful flowers:) Hope Julie gets all of her appointments she needs and headache goes away! Have a blessed day dear friend, HUGS!

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  3. I will miss you!!! I love your art-always have! Your gardens are lovely-you have lots of inspiration to paint ! I do hope and pray Julie will be well. and thank you for the verse-it made my day!
    Love to you always, Debra

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  4. That yellow is wonderful and how serene your garden seems. Good luck to Julie.

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  5. Ha, love that calendar picture. Exactly my thoughts (and experience!!) And so is Rom.5... Your new painting is lovely. The colors draw me in! Seeing your beautiful flowers makes me happy... especially as I just managed to kill my lavender plant... and my verbena seems to be next... I mean who manages to kill verbena?? Sigh. So I will enjoy your thriving flowers instead - I am too far away to kill them:-) So sorry to hear the hardships with getting Julie adequate care continues...

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  6. Your jupiters beard is lovely! I didn't know the name of that flower but it's very pretty!
    So sorry for the problems, Nancy.
    You are strong.
    Beautiful painting. Trees! One of my favorite subjects!

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  7. Great images and great post. specially the images of iris.
    Rivers of India

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