Lovely Windy Rainy Day - child mentioned

Here are some piccies for your viewing pleasure, taken this morning.  First, the wild growing porn:

Jack-In-The-Pulpit

White Violets - what you can't really see are the pale violet streaks on the petals.  Stunning.

These violets look blue, but they're  actually the loveliest shade of violet.  I've got purple violets too, but I didn't take a pic.

Daffodil that was planted years and years and years ago.  Either that, or someone's been doing mystery gardening!  This is the first time they've bloomed in three years, at least.

A surprise guest!  Surprised the hell out of me, anyway.  Notice how much he just looks like an old leaf.

And now for the plants I just spent money on. Besides the below, I bought 3 different Buddleia, butterfly flower, Calla lilies, Casa Blanca lilies, Gladiola bulbs, Pacific Giant Delphiniums, Crocosmia (I planted 45 bulbs this morning), and, um, some other things.  Some I bought way back in February when there was a sale on at Dutch Gardens. Hey, I could either pay down a credit card with my tax return or enjoy beauty for the summer (assuming they survive any frosts that might pop up this week):

Lobelia, and it does sorta smell like vanilla.  The purple is very intense, much darker than what you see here.

Pansies.

Scabiosa?  And, er, the pink one?

Have i mentioned I live on a busy dirt road?  A dirt road that's just been graded?  So, to keep Mr Man from crawling into the road, I filled a flower pot with stones (since throwing and tasting them is his new thing when we're outdoors) and figured he could take them out, put them in, take them out, put them in, etc.  Here's he's distracted by an approaching car.  I have no idea how the pic came out so freakin' gorgeously, all soft and stuff.  One of my all-time favorites.

Hmm, rocks in hand, water container in front of me...what to do, what to do...

Hee! 

By the by, all the locals who drove by when we were about 2 feet from the road?  LOVED IT.  They stopped for a chat, smiled and waved, laughed and made comments about my little future gardener.  I certainly hope that's the case, but really, it'll help once I get some veggies planted.

And now, I need lunch before he wakes from his nap. 

Oro, very pleased with herself for entertaining Mr Man while planting those bulbs plus  two lavender and uncovering three more stones from the stone walkway that everyone forgot about over the course of the past 30+ years.

Comments

[Calliope]

oh my word!! These photos are the awesome. And how effing cute is Mr. Man!!?!

[Lut C.]

:-) Linnea loves to water the plants too.

[Cricket]

These pictures of him are absolutely gorgeous! Lucky mom, you are.