More from the Garden

We've got a lot of flowers in the garden beyond yesterday's Crocosmia.  In fact when I look around at other gardens I end up concluding that we have more interesting types of plants than anyone else.  That's not to say that there aren't other very nice gardens, but Mrs. F.G.'s knowledge of plants has brought us a lot of interesting flowers and a very diverse, eclectic garden!

Our Nasturtiums are finally in bloom, and this one, right beside my morning coffee spot, just glows in the morning sun.  I sit in the shade of the house though; I don't need to glow in the sun!

We have a nice pot of Lavender which I love.  While in England once we came over a hill in the Cotswolds and there in front of us was an entire field of Lavender in full bloom!  One of my favourite photographic memories,

Valerian was one of the best flowers for flies, bees and butterflies in our previous garden, and it's also beautifully fragrant.  Every summer I could count on some good pictures when the Valerian was in bloom.

An example from five years ago, one of the Hairstreak butterflies.

Even our tiny Lemon Thyme is currently in bloom.

The unusual flowers of one of our succulents.

Two of our tall Allium flowerheads are still standing, drying out and forming seeds.

This last series of the three photos below is courtesy of the budding photographer, Mrs. F.G.  She claims it was just the camera, my iphone, but I think these are spectacular.

Which of the three do you prefer?

The sun is shining brightly outside the window now, but we've had two brief thunderstorms in the past couple of hours.  These are just pop-up storms arising out if our excessive heat over the past week.  The rain is VERY welcome!

Hope those of you who go south to avoid our refreshing winters are enjoying this heat!!