In the Spotlight....

May 29, 2010

My Peonies have always taken the centre stage in my garden, but this is just ridiculous......I loved the way the afternoon sun cascaded down on this big bloom as if it were a spotlight......

Mags.

Brazen Bloom

MAY 23, 2010

It was a beautiful warm and sunny day---perfect for gardening. I spent the day tolling away in my postage-sized garden weeding, turning the soil and dragging out the ornaments and furniture. I stopped to take a break and noticed the first bloom of the season....a perfect bloom from my pink peony tree. After I took a few photos of the brazen beauty (ok, more like 50 or 60 shots), I continued on with the back breaking labour in hopes that all of my hard work will provide me with more floral treasures throughout the season.

Mags.

Shoo, Fly! Don't Bother Me!

May 21, 2010

Was out in the garden taking some shots of my prized Peony's prior to them blooming when I was being pestered by this baby fly. As I was "shoo-ing" it away, it landed on one of the large buds and started sucking on the juicy nectar. I started singing a song that my grandmother would sing to me when we'd be out in her garden, being pesterd by flies. I think it went something like :

"Shoo, fly, don't bother me.

Shoo, fly, don't bother me.

Shoo, fly, don't bother me

For I belong to somebody".

A dumb song perhaps but as I started to sing it, the fly flew away....and the neighborhood cats started howling, the dogs started barking and hubby bolted into the house....guess I'm not the next American Idol.....

Mags.