More tulips today 😀
I did go to someone’s house today for our monthly garden club meeting. Â I have total house envy. Â It is newly built in the Adirondacks on a lake. Â I am soooo jealous! Â I would have taken pictures, but I didn’t want to do that and plaster them on the internet LOL. Â She had mostly just stonescaping done as the house is less than a year old, but so pretty.
Instead, I just have photos of my garden today. Â Small as it is, I do love it so.
The Passionale have opened up:
I love the deep color of these.
The Shirley tulip. Â These are the ones that start out white and the purple gets darker the older the bloom is.
I planted more of those last fall.
The Golden Parade are on their last legs, but I wanted to show you how giant the blooms are on these tulips. Â Compared to my hand:
The Queen of the Night have also just started to open up.
These will get even darker. Â The white tulips with them are not quite open yet. Â They still look a little green. Â Next week they will be purty!
Our area has just gotten the wave of Red Admirals coming through. Â There are tons and tons of them! Â They are all over the lilacs and even just landing on our house.
I have never seen this many butterflies in one place outside of a butterfly conservatory.
And yes, I was all up in their grills 😀  Macro!
This weekend is going to be good weather wise, so we will be ride, ride riding!
Question: Â Are you experiencing the Red Admiral wave?
No….red admirals here. In Tx we had waves of Monarchs. I have noticed alot of hummingbirds here though…….
Love the tulips!!!
Not sure if we’re having the admirals, but we are having lots of birdies chirping all day and I love it.
Have a good ride!
Oh Lori, GOR-GEOUS!!!! Can’t wait to see how dark the Queen of the Night gets!!! Hope you and John have a great weekend.
The tulips are just lovely. We have a beautiful tulip festival here…not sure if we will get there this weekend, but I hope to try.
The Red Admirals are all over here! I didn’t know what they were called, so thanks for the info. Last night we hiked in a local arboretum and they were everywhere! I love how they play tag in pairs. So romantic.
Enjoy the riding! I think I see a cupcake in your future.
And just to let you know…today I bought raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries. Haven’t had any yet, but soon. 😉
Beautiful tulips!! I can’t believe that I had my first Pinks (dianthus) blooming this week already!
🙂 Marion
My favorite line in this post is, “next week they will be purty,” and you know exactly why….please hold to some of these tulips in your area till I get there ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! No yard here but no green thumb either! 😉 Hope you enjoyed your riding & nice weather! 🙂
Your flowers are gorgeous – I have a black thumb, nothing grows when I touch it! Have fun riding your bike!!
We’re Monarch territory, and some blue butterfly that likes to hitch a ride on my shoulder while I’m walking. 🙂
Your tulips are so pretty! I don’t really like tulips at my house. Maybe it is too warm?? They just open up and flop all over the place.
Your tulips are beautiful. We have butterflies in the garden sometimes. I love them, they are so pretty.