The Faces of Summer
How many
do you know
on a first name basis?
Are you sure these are flowers
and not fireworks? (I’ll post the answers at the end of the day.)
"A blog is to a writer what a canvas is to an artist." ~ Colleen Redman
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July 5th, 2006 10:31 am
They’re better than fireworks (and they don’t scare the dogs!)
July 5th, 2006 10:32 am
The leaves on that third one look like a magnolia but the opening flower looks pink. I noticed in Roanoke the other week that the inner parts of the magnolia trees there were red tinged while those here are beige.
And the fourth flower is it a 4 o’clock? We planted twenty or so here this year. They are tall, spindly and loaded with flowers that can’t tell time. These don’t open at 4, more like 9 or 10 when it is dark and you can’t get a good picture. I may have to cover them with a dark plastic to make them think it is night and then try to get a picture.
July 5th, 2006 10:37 am
I think they look much more like fireworks — great captures of some incredible natural beauty.
Visiting from Michele’s this morning and wondering if Dear Abby ever answered your freckle question!!! Happy Monday!
July 5th, 2006 11:11 am
Absolutely gorgeous photos! Beautiful flowers, but I think the only one I know might be a Clematis?
July 5th, 2006 12:24 pm
I’ll post the answers at at the end of the day.
Word nerd, here’s a clip from my webpage (http://silverandgold.swva.net) bio that explains the Dear Abby (as best as I can remember it).
“Dear Abby, How can I get rid of freckles?” was my first attempt at writing for publication. I wasn’t trying to be a published writer, at the age of eleven, when I wrote it; I just wanted an answer to my question. Although I seem to recall an answer—having something to do with a lemon—I can’t be sure because I also know that I had a vivid imagination and I didn’t read the newspaper then. Whether my letter to Abby was published or not doesn’t matter as much as the fact that I understood the power of writing, even at that young age.”
July 5th, 2006 12:37 pm
Well it was obviously a good first experience, because here you are, still writing and still enlightening those of us fortunate enough to happen upon your blog. Great stuff!
July 5th, 2006 12:54 pm
Beautiful flowers… I’m not very good with flower names so I’m not even going to attempt a guess. Just love the pictures!!
July 5th, 2006 3:06 pm
The first is a Tiger Lilly. I don’t know what the second one is…but I know I’ve seen it. Third is a Rodeadendron (can’t spell it, but know it very well!). The fourth looks like a four-o-clock…or…shoot, I can’t think of the name. The last one is beautiful, but I don’t know that one at all. We saw fireworks last night…with my 7 year old clawing at my back trying to get away! I got her settled down for a little while, then the finalie hit and she was hysterical again….and it was a good one! Hope you have a wonderful time at your son’s wedding! I went to my Dad’s last night and he said to let him know when I plan to come up to visit you…he wants to come along with me!
July 5th, 2006 4:47 pm
I wish I could say I knew them all, formally. Alas, I do not. But they’re beautiful. That much I *do* know.
July 5th, 2006 5:15 pm
Lily, allium, rhododendron buds, bellflower, and bee balm?
July 5th, 2006 11:04 pm
Beautiful photos! I havent seen flowers like that around here for a while.
July 5th, 2006 11:13 pm
Colleen, my Holland flower book calls the blue one platycodon grandiflorous, but we florists call it bell flower.
July 6th, 2006 2:36 am
Wonderful pictures! will be back to find out about their names. My TT today includes a bubble wrap link, following your last TT!
July 6th, 2006 8:53 am
If that last one is “bee balm” maybe I need to get rid of it. We have a ton of bees. Actually I lost a big section of that to upsize the deck, I never knew what it was called.
I just knew lily and rhododendron.
I love those little blue flowers that look like they are growing right out of sticks we have in our area. Are they like straw flowers or something? I should brush up on my native plants!
July 6th, 2006 9:54 am
First is an orange lily, 2nd last, morning glory and last fireworks is bees balm?
Lovely all.
July 6th, 2006 4:44 pm
rhodedendron and morning glory are the only ones I THINK I know 🙂