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<\/a><\/p>\nWe call these Tiger lilies but our son-in-law told us this is Blackberry lily because the seed pods look exactly like blackberries, and they\u00a0do!\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll try to remember to show them to you when they appear.<\/p>\n
From one Hibiscus plant a neighbor gave me years ago\u00a0it has grown to many Hibiscus plants all over the yard.\u00a0 I love plants that plant themselves.<\/p>\n And they come in white, pink and dark pink.<\/p>\n This is phlox, but earlier I could not remember what\u00a0it was called. David and I tried and tried to think of its name, but it just would not come to mind. Then, one night, after the lights were out and David was almost asleep and I was laying there thinking,\u00a0the flower’s name\u00a0just popped into my mind and I turned to David and\u00a0just said, “Phlox.”\u00a0\u00a0 And he knew exactly what I meant. Then I thought to myself, phlox in sox in a box. And now, I never forget it’s name again!<\/p>\n The zinnias are in full bloom.<\/p>\n One of my top five favorite flowers. Easy to grow. Cheap. And you get a big bang for your buck.<\/p>\n And the lilies have just been amazing. I think all the rain we had earlier in the Summer has helped all the flowers.<\/p>\n This makes me think of fireworks.<\/p>\n And these are just gorgeous.\u00a0 I’m taking in all the glorious flowers and will try to remember them when there is a foot of snow on the ground.<\/p>\n I can’t tell you what this is even though I planted it, but only one plant came up and it has all these flowers on it.<\/p>\n When the old porch steps were torn off, I saved them because they turned into the best flower boxes.\u00a0 Here alyssum is growing in one.<\/p>\n David repurposed our old mailbox post into a birdhouse holder.\u00a0 Not much gets thrown away.<\/p>\n I’ve been waiting for the perfect place to put this birdhouse.<\/p>\n And this one we got just last week at an antique store.<\/p>\n Probably won’t have nesting birds in them this year as it’s a little late in the season, but all our other birdhouses have had no vacancies all Spring and Summer.<\/p>\n I have done a little sewing. On the blog Country Threads Chicken Scratch, Mary Etherington had this pattern available.<\/p>\n Uncle Sam. I got him done just in time to put him up for the 4th.<\/p>\n I actually made two, but one of them is not Uncle Sam.<\/p>\n She’s Aunt Samantha. See her pretty earrings?\u00a0 We girls are patriotic too!\u00a0 She looks a little bit like Boy George with her braids\u00a0 alongside her head.<\/p>\n She wears a floral blouse with the American flag emblazoned on the front. She is so proud of our country.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n