New Duo of Daylillies

The peach daylily is the centerpiece of the bed. and the orange one is the 2nd of that shade and planted near the back of the bed. Speaking of duos - I saw Batman: The dark knight yesterday and while I'm not quite sure I'd peg it for getting the Oscar for movie of the year, it was certainly worth seeing in the theatres. I really want to see Pacshedale (sp??) with Paul Gross. I have no idea when it is out or if it is even already out.. I guess I should look that up and see if there is any chance of seeing it before I leave.

Orange Light

The first orange daylily in the daylily bed.

Day by Daylily

This one is another stray daylily hanging out in the front yard and being a nice mix of yellows and oranges.... as for the rain we've officially smashed the June-July record for this area with 8 days left of July. At last check, the total for the airport was at 159.4 mm for just the month of July - but that was before this mornings 3 or four rainfalls being added. Here is the Star Article.

Another Daylily

This one is not actually in the daylily bed - its hanging out with the big kids in the center bed. In fact, I must, with embarassment, admit that I didn't really realize that this was a daylily when I bought it. I think I thought it was a dwarf lily - which I suppose amounts to the same thing - but its nice and it is little realative to the others.

A brave new lily

This little red daylily picked a wet day to join us. I went out in hopes of getting some pictures of a rainbow, but in spite of heavy rain mixed with blueskies, there was no luck for me.

Daylily of the day

And here is the new one for today!

Yesterdaylily

Okay.. new colour that opened up yesterday.

Milestones and Hurdles

Today has been a wacky, but good day. I've been clipping along on my model - I'm not as done as I'd hoped this morning, but if you'd asked me yesterday at lunch if I'd be as far as I am now, I'd have laughed at you....

I've been trying to follow a few rules to keep me functioning - 1. I have to exercise every day and 2. I have to go to bed when I start feeling sleepy and 3. I have to try to eat healthy, no matter how much thesis writing induces cravings for chocolate - I at least have to try and satisfy it with carrots and apples first. So, today I went swimming for the first time since staying at the super 8 in Midland ((I wish I had a picture of the pool to post). This one was taken by a talented photographer - the reality is slightly smaller than I'd hoped from this picture. That said, I have nothing negative to say about the hotel. The service was A++, the price was reasonable, the room was amazing and it included a decent breakfast. -- But I've totally digressed))

So, today I went to the local 25 m long pool for the evening lane swim - something I only do occasionally because I'm too fast for the medium lane and not fast enough for the fast lane which sometimes makes swimming frustrating and its super crowded (oh.. and once upon a time I was a lifegaurd which has left me with an aversion to being cold and wet). Today, after the first 30 minutes, it actually cleared out and it was actually pretty decent swimming.... and I swam 42 laps - 1.05 km and while I think I'm going to have some unusual muscles sore tomorrow, it was a nice switch from aerobics. On my way to the pool, I zipped into Sears to pick up a obusform pillow on sale - and just happened to stop to check out their dress sale - for the most part nothing I could afford really called to me, until on the last rack I found it... the perfect little black dress - on super sale and in my size! So, what the heck - I don't have anything coming up before I move to the land of parkas and insulated rubber boots to wear it to - but there are some things that you just don't walk away from even if you have no immediate use for them... and someone has got to get married eventually and now I will have a proper dress and I won't have to race out shopping for it.... Of course, when I told my friend... she wanted to know what evil being had kidnapped Jenn and replaced her with an imposter... but hey... I hate shopping for clothes - so when something finds me... really... best I get it over with.

But really, what made today an absolute treat was a feeling of sucess after so many days of frustration with this software. I'm getting sleepy, so I'm going to have to obey rule #2 - but hopefully if the last part phase 2 goes well, I should be well into phase 3 by the end of tomorrow - leaving me the last phase for the next couple of days because its a bit more fiddly. But once that is done, I just have to finish writing it up an then its all about editting, fixing, and I may even get to go to Algonquin, paddle a canoe, hike my favourite trails, swim in the Lake of Two Rivers..... and there you go - an incentive that can't be beaten.

Good night,

Jennith.

Dawn of the Daylillies

Here is the first flower, from the third plant to flower. I can't wait for the who bed to erupt in daylillies even though they could still benefit from increased sunlight.

The Day the Lilies Bloomed

So, far only the 2 yellow daylillies on the back corners of the bed have bloomed. I'm sure they are getting a bit more shade than they'd like owing to the crab apple tree's ongoing expansion - however, most of the other plants are finally starting to send up flowering shoots... so hopefully pictures of red, salmon, peach and orange daylilies to follow soon. In the meantime, this one plant is making up for the rest of the bed. Today, I also found the first nasturium flower - orange and yellow hiding under a mop of wobbly foliage and curly stems. The beebalm is slowly unfurling and the next mystery plant has flowers buds - but no flowers yet. I did assume that it was a returning blanket flower, but in fact I now believe it is the dwarf brown-eyed susan. Hopefully, I'll find out soon. In the wildflower section, the seeds have produced a mass of greenery and now a few flower buds. I have no idea what to expect - but some guesses include: buttercup, poppy, asters, chickweed and willowherb - but really - I'll have to wait for the flowers. I'm also still waiting for one last overwintered geranium to flower - because I'm hoping it is one of my favoriteones with white petals and pink edges - the buds show promise that this is indeed true. Also there is finally (several months later than last year) a single flower bud growing on my african violet.

Otherwise, nothing new to report. I'm going to procure a can of colt 45 for the slugs and earwigs and I'll have to do something about the powdery mildew on the columbine. Its another day of bright sun and warm temperatures today and that can bring quick changes.

A lily a day makes bees say Hooray!

Note the hosta in the background.