Flashback Friday

Today we are re-visiting this week in 2012.

I was loving rolling around in the tree debris...

Oh yeah, good scratchy stuff!

And there were butterflies...

Flutterby Viewing Tour

AYLA: 

My turn ta show the gardens an I choose ta interupt the regular Garden Tour to show Flutterbys today.  There havent been many and a bunch showed up today, so I decided it was special. 

You may look but NOT WHAP...

We don't have enough of them lately ta whap...

 But we know ya want to.

 WE are holdin it in too.  And yeah, there are some bees an TBT says we gotta leave them alone, too.

 Are they bootiful?

They seem to love the torch plant...  An there are a bunch of really small ones called Painted Ladies but they move around fast.

And here is the annual bed FINALLY planted.

 It doesn't look like much now cuz the poor plants are just getting started.  But they allus start out bad, so give them a month.

I know from 'sperience they will grow fast this time of year...

Now, with keepin our paws off the flutterbys, I think we need some special treats.  That's Iza's job this time, lets hope she didnt eat them all herself.

Oh Bast she did.

HEY TBT, GET US SOME SNACKS!  FAST!

Ah, quick response.  He is well-trained.    We seem to have bits of ham, bits of poached chickie, um, some fresh Nip leafs, and CREAM?  Neat.

Garden Tour Thursday

MARLEY:  Im doin the Garden Tour today, cuz Iza wants ta nap in.  She was up playin all night (we think there was Nip involved).

Plus, I think she dint know how ta describe stuff this week cuz its mostly like last week.  Well, she missed some stuff!  The Coneflowers are beginnin ta look a little damaged by storms and bugs, but they are still open.

There are butterflies on their butterfly bushes.  We havent seen as many this year though.

There is this one small shrub with bloo flowers that are open now.  I dont know the name of it.

The Crocosmia are still bloomin with the Black Eye Susans.   Theyre pretty together.

A couple of the new-planted Impatiens are bloomin already, with more having buds on them.

And the new-planted Coleus are sendin out larger leafs, so that should be a lot purpler soon!

But Iza REALLY forgot about the Hostas.  This one is our favrit, called Paul's Glory.

 An we like this one a lot too, called June.

Lime green really stands out!

An there are big ferns around the hostas, too.

The smelly  fragrant Lily is down to the last few petals of the last flower fer the year.  We'll miss it.

The bigger patch of all-volunteer Black-Eye Susans is lovely.  They are doin better than the ones TBT planted deliberately, so we guess they know best where they want ta grow.

We're not sure just what THIS one is.  It might be a type of perennial sunflower TBT planted some years ago.  If so, its been hiding for a while.  Or it might just be a relatively nice weed.  It does look kinna like a wild Daisey.

An finally, the 1st of the Asters has bloomed.  There will be lots more of they in a couple weeks.

Now, lets go get snacks up on the deck!  I wonder what TBT is bringin out today?  Um, OOH, chunks of roast chick-hen, some cheese-flavor chewy treats, some Meowgaritas, and (sniff, sniff) Shrimp Broth!  Lets get right at it!

Thanks so much fer comin on the garden tour this week...

Not Tummy Tuesday (or yes)

IZA:  We found this gorgeous flutterby in the garden today an I decided we could pass up my usual Tuesday Tummy shot to show it.

It was on the Autumn Joy Sedums.  An (amazingly) TBT was holdin the camera just in his hands.  Sometimes he gets lucky.

I can pass up my weekly tummy shot for THAT.

But heres an older tummy shot of Ayla with her Plague Rat so I hope that will hold you til next week.

You sure dont see HER tummy often...  Can she BEND or WHAT?