Another Day in the Garden

Funny Face

Sometimes even in beauty there is humor.

Wordless Wednesday

My Mystery Flower

I am hoping someone can help me out here. The picture above was taken in my backyard but i have never noticed this flower before. So i am wondering if it's not a weed. If it is a weed it is one of the prettiest weeds i have ever seen. There were two more like it close by.

What caught my eye was the detail and the color. It is such an interesting flower. It seems to radiate and as you can see, i was not the only one who was drawn in. The bee lit on the flower while i was taking the pictures.

I am thinking i might sketch this and paint it in watercolor.

Until i know more about it i will call it my "mystery flower". If anyone can help me i would greatly appreciate it.

Hummingbird Update

Three weeks ago i was blaming the rain for the absence of hummingbirds. Now it seems the "culprit" may not be excess of percipitation but the abundance of blooms in the area.

After voicing my concerns about missing hummingbirds to my husband, he talked with Mrs. Mary, who runs the little store down the street. Every year Mrs. Mary has several little feeders around the store. If anyone knows where the hummingbirds are it would be her.

Mrs. Mary told Jeremy that with all the flowers blooming at this time the tiny birds are feeding off of them instead of feeders. It is when the heat dries out these flowers and the nectar is gone that they will return to the feeders. Hmm...maybe the rain isn't completely free of blame after all.

Earlier this week i did spot two hummingbirds darting about the tree beside the house, so i know they are out there. This has been an encouragement as i await their return. As i wait i will continue to keep the feeders filled and make sure my camera is close at all times.

Love Never Fails

"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails." 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 When i found this flower in my Mother-in-law's yard i couldn't resist its beautiful color and its intersting heart shape. It just fits perfectly with these verses about love from 1 Corintians, don't you think?