Today marks the day in which I personally reckon the arrival of summer: the first tiger lily to bloom. This year the first flowers of
Hemerocallis fulva (also known as "ditch lily" to more scornful gardeners, for whom the tiger lily is considered invasive) opened on June 22. This is the latest date I have recorded for the annual event, with the earliest opening being June 9 in my backyard. I suspect that the lengthy winter is entirely to blame for the late blossoming, which seems to have put many of my perennial flowers a week or so behind schedule in 2013.
I doubt that the owners of this restaurant intentionally manipulated their neon sign, but I am reluctant to assume that it was just mere ch...
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I came across the purple violet in the image while beginning the spring cleanup of my yard. I transplanted this flower last year, and it wa...
My wife has owned the pair of leather boots pictured on the left for over 20 years, and the boots have always been one of her favorites. Th...