She's about to...Summer is just around the corner!

New room everyone. Post pictures of your beautiful blooms!

I saw these at the post office the other day. Some sort of cacti.

Very pretty blooms LK.
Debra your yard and garden looks lovely. I haven't got my garden planted yet. We were supposed to get it tilled this evening but it rained. So maybe we can get it done sometime this week.

cool cactus there LK.
Annette, Joe has almost all my pots plus his garden full of yukon gold potatoes.. they look pretty good in a tub on the patio..Joe and Joanna got me a new rose to go with the ones I already have..I havn't decided where to plant it, all the roses on the south side of the yard are going gang busters..2. south side patio w/yukon gold pot 3. my side of the yard..4. his area 5. north fence , part of it any way..

Beautiful rose and gardens Debra!

Had to share my first morning glory that opened today, as well as my pride of Barbados bloom. It usually doesn't bloom till June or July.

LOVELY!!!!!! YOU ARE WAY AHEAD OF ME WITH A MG BLOOM. LOVE THE PRIDE , TOO

Loving the flower pics all. I can not wait to see my clematis this year. It is loaded with buds. Getting so big. I got my iris in the mail from hallsons. My bulbs i ordered too. They are lilium shocking. Beautiful.

Well I did figure out how to get my pics off my new phone and onto the computer. So here goes....

Desert Rose, Dracaena Spike(first one I have had to bloom)Blue Lights Clematis, Rose Barlow Columbine

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Oh my. Those are beautiful.

Thank You LK! I hope you are beginning to dry out a little. I think some of your rain is supposed to be here this weekend. We could use a little rain, but not 5 inches all at once!

It is still raining.

it is scorching hot here already

That is a beautiful clematis, have never seen that one before. The Dracaena here at the store are huge and bloom twice a year, i was very pleasantly surprised the first time I saw that.
My desert rose is just now getting leaves again after being burned off by full sun exposure too soon.. I hope our rain has stopped a bit, we got a small tad of water ion the basement from a totally different area than before.. it is however, under control. :) ( that is why we save our newspapers, we use them as a dam)and we will not get the 40K worth of repair to the foundation done as long as we are living here, that much I know. It hasn't had water come in for a long time, which means we got some good rain this time. Still trying to talk Joe into building inside retaining wall planters to plant stuff into and let the water come in as it wants..

My Desert Rose is still in the greenhouse I have a lot of things that need to be moved out in the next few weeks, before it gets too hot. My son in law tilled my garden last night, and of course it is supposed to rain for the next 4 days. Hopefully I can get it planted in between the rain.

Nanny your clematis is so beautiful. My are going to be amazing this year too. I have several. They all are looking full of buds. The flowers on clematis are so elegant looking.
Hey i have been noticing some self seeds of clematis all over my yard is this possible. Do not ever remember seeing this before. It really could get way out of hand.
raining here again this morning. Has anyoneever heard of Pokey Lafarge? There musicis kinda dixieland not really bluegrass. Kind of a mix. But went and seen him last night in a dive of a place. Lol. But fun high energy.

I had to look them up. Looks like they are doing good for themselves, touring all over.

http://www.pokeylafarge.net/

AmandaEsq has the 2015 Mug Swap OPEN.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1394508/

Thank you all for the kind words about my Clematis. Of the three I have, that is my favorite. I can't remember where I bought it. Krogers I think. I have never had mine self-seed that I know of. But maybe it does for some people.

I got a clematis bloom! My son and I went and bought flats and plants for pots yesterday. Then he helped me plant them!! I had such a good time with him. He did a great job too. I even put together a little fairy place. 2 nd picture. 3rd is some of our front yard.

Love the Fairy garden, Ronna! Everything looks beautiful. It is so exciting when the color starts popping in the garden, isn't it? Almost like Christmas for gardeners. lol

Glad to hear you have help with your gardening.

My roses are starting to bloom!

Oh marti i am sure you are so excited! I have one clematis bloom open. Oh so happy. Yes i had a great time with my son potting the flowers. Started raining but did not care. Lol.
yes nannie i love all the bright greens of spring. Everything is so fresh.

LK, Was that motorcycle gang fight anywhere near you?

It is in Waco, which is about 5 hours NE of here. It was a pretty bad gang fight.


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/18/police-report-multiple-fatalities-after-shooting-in-texas/

glad it didn't affect you

good grief! really? I thought all that was only in the movies LOL Glad u are okay Linda, I'd be crazy if anything happened to you, or anyone else here, for that matter.

Only in Texas. The place where it started, Twin peaks bar, may have their license revoked. As they knew this fight was coming, but did nothing to stop it. It is a very popular place for the bikers to hang out, for drinks and drug sales. 170 were arrested, 9 of them were killed. Many innocent people were injured as well.

Trying this from my phone...wish me luck!

A mother Robin has decided that my hanging basket is a good place to raise her babies. You can see the nest in the first pic left side of the basket, which is the same side the kitchen door is on. This should be interesting.

Love your garden, and those robin eggs are really special.

all those pots lined up down the path are Cannas. and that isn't all of them

oh Annette, your gardens are stunning! Mine are not LOL I like a lot of native stuff, and by the time I am done, I will not be buying any annuals..I have learned how to propagate, that is enough for me.. Great Aunt Effie's "Orchid Iris" decided to bloom this year, they don't bloom every year, they are so very old, when they do bloom, I feel like her and Grandma are smiling at me, I only wish I could smell again..

Oh Debra, my garden is a work in progress! I just took a picture from the good side, lol.You should have seen it before we weeded. Yours are lovely, especially the lavender rose. Is that Angel Face? I had one years ago.Lavender roses are my favorite. And that Orchid Iris, is gorgeous. I love heirloom flowers. Some of my Iris came from my Grandma and great Aunt, too. And they make me smile.

Debra, your gardens are beautiful!

Went with DGS& DGD to take Amelia to the butterfly & bug house. High point for me was finally seeing a Brug in person. It was soooo lovely.
I did enjoy all the butterflies too. They kept landing on us, DGD had 10 at one time, she must have looked extra sweet. These are bright blue on the other side of their wings.
The bug part....Ehhhh OK. Bee hive was interesting though.

Oh Karen how fun, I remember doing that with my daughters. Good memories.

I have always wanted to go to a butterfly house. I think once i did in machinaw. I know thats not spelt correct. But any way it was fun. They have a huge on in Grand Rapids not to far from us. I will take my granddaughter there some day for sure. They have a great conservitory too.

I went to the one in Grand Rapids a few years ago, and it was awesome!

The Detroit Zoo has a very nice Butterfly House too. I'll have to check out Grand Rapids next time I'm down that way.