My camera and I went walking on Water Road again yesterday to see the progress of the opening Mountain Laurel flowers.
A few more florets have opened, and I caught a baby fern in this shot. The buds are pretty pink and the flowers open to the faded pink with those neat markings.
Here is one section of the road I have been walking on. This is the view one would see driving along.... Not super impressive until you get out and up close.
A baby Maple tree with it's reddish new leaves that turn greener as they mature. I wish the weather would cooperate so I could start sunprinting with some of the Maple and other leaves- too humid, rainy and windy...
Ever felt like this poor flower cluster??? I think this shows just how I feel when my fibro decides to flare- Smashed down by a tree (or branch in this case). The flowers are still opening dispite being nearly buried.
Something more to keep my eye on.... Not sure what these little plants are. They are growing on a clump of moss on a pile of rocks. Looks like it might be a vine-like grower.
Ferns are unfurling everywhere, now. This group looked so soft and feathery.
A baby fern hiding among the other plants and dead branches and leaves.
How's this for overcoming obstacles!! This little guy is growing in a crack in the rock, and some days I think it is hard living where I do....
Final fern photo of today.... Not sure of the variety, different from the lacy wood ferns. Check out the upper left of this photo- a leaf from the Anemonella I found blooming earlier.
The tiny flowered wild roses can become very invasive, but this plant has pretty pink flowers instead of the usual white. I like the pink much better.. OK, I love the color pink..
Back home..... Here is a Daylily we bought in Georgia- I had not seen this variety up here in PA. It is very different from any others I already have and they are super hardy and easy to grow.
Baby cobweb chicks I got on our way home... I had been looking for these for quite a while- mine all died in a weed infested rock garden.
This pretty flower is another on a plant we picked up at one of the garden centers we stopped at. I hadn't seen the lavender available here- just the blue. This plant is now in it's new home in my biggest flower bed.
So far not much going on in the studio still.... today is a bit rainy and dreary, so a good time to hibernate in there while I can't "play" in the gardens. I am getting a lot of great photos to play with for when my creativity returns....
