Saturday, February 2, 2019

At Home in the Summer. Part 3


Decorative ceramic garden wall in Paducah, KY

Inspired by such things as the photo above; encouraged by my neighbor, who invited me to create a garden stepping stone from her materials, I had the company of her and her extended family--each making a pretty stepping stone of broken china, etc.  Below is the one I made.


I sometimes tell my neighbor: if it were not for her, I would have few nice things at all. She once gifted me a designer daylily called "Chicago Fire", on condition I share the plant with her once it was large enough to split. Now both yards have one of these flaming red daylily plants, which bloom very well.



I have learned to hybridize the daylilies--which is easy but takes patience to see the results. The one above is an example of one of my better ones.



Two photos above are other "titled" purchased daylilies, I think. (especially the gold and orange).

To Remember Dad's 103rd Birth Anniversary, Something Different

 My Grandparents on my Dad's side were both "bonus babies", kids who were born to much older parents, long after they expected...