My Guy

MY GUY

Hostas flower stalks spring up in the month of July;

soon trumpet flowers will be visited by my guy.

Just who is my guy?

My guy is quite shy.

                        My guy is seen nigh.

His two wings are dyed.

With others he vies

for nectar sweet as pie

from hosta flowers high

above where green leaves lie.

He comes to say hi

then quickly waves bye-bye.

Just why?

He’s shy.

My

guy.

He flies with his wings dyed.

“Who is he?," you reply.

Here’s the answer. It's a tie

between hummers and butterflies.

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Have you ever thought

or wondered about

butterflies that

flutter then float,

hummingbirds that

dip,

sip,

zip

quick.

Did God create them for more than our enjoyment?

So we would consider what the Creator meant?

Monarchs who journey from Mexico

then return when the weather turns cold.

With a butterfly brain so small

yet responds to the Creator’s call.

Created with intelligence

and also graceful elegance.

Hummers, the smallest of birds,

who don’t sing, yet can be heard.

Who dines on gnats and bugs so small

and pollinates red flowers – all.

Created with a purpose and plan

and can be seen across this great land.

If only we used our God-given intelligence

for the plan and purpose it was intended, hence

great things would be accomplished.

Those in need would not just wish.

Their needs would now be met

and there would be no debt.

God tells us to take care of the fatherless,

the widows, the poor, the weak, and oppressed.

Is that what our God, the Creator, meant

when He designed small-headed creatures we’ve met:

to teach us to use our minds

and to everyone be kind?

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless;

maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Rescue the weak and needy.

Psalm 82:3-4

Hummers in the bee balm, monarchs in the cone flowers, and swallowtails in the lilies this afternoon.

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Garden Tour 7/25/18

Rainy week.  Reported 11 1/2 inches as of this noon.  Ventured out between showers this afternoon.

The first marigold.

Thank you, Jeanne, for the seeds.

 

Toes!

Thank you, Ruby, for the prickly pear.

Lilies are loving the rain. 

 

Brown-eyed susans beginning to open.

Look what the deer and crows left.

I did see two crows picking hostas last week.

Was it dessert?

Sum and Substance hosta bloom.

The two largest zinnias:

Love the flower within the flower:

First cosmos blossom.  Happy bees!

These lady bells love the rain.

Were looking parched last week.

This coneflower is pinker and has shorter petals than others.

There was a hummer in the scarlet runner beans.

Hummers love anything red.

 

Romas, perhaps.

A volunteer from last year.

Isn't dill pretty!

Last year black swallowtails laid their eggs here.

Haven't noticed any cats around this year.

Have noticed a monarch laying eggs elsewhere. 

Lupine has hundreds and hundreds of seeds to share when dry.

 

Most of these hydrangeas are rain soaked and on the ground.

The Lord will guide you always:  Protector.

he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land:  Provider.

and will strengthen your frame:  Preserver.

You will be like a well-watered garden:  Productive.

like a spring whose waters never fail:  Promise.

Isaiah 58:11

Garden Guests

After "stealing" from the vegetable garden, he took a bath.

I saw him wash his face then shake his hands.

After fetching the camera he didn't shake his hands again.

Did take a video of his bath.

It's on my personal facebook page.

Haven't seen hummers in awhile.

Surprised to see this one this breezy day.

A lesson in patience to try to get a photo.

After dining she took a respite on the vegetable garden fence,

then flew into the crabapple tree.

Perhaps her nest is there.

Surprised at their strength this breezy day.

Don't know if true, but it seems when just born they are drying their wings

and easy to take a photo.

All creatures great and small,

the Lord God made them all!

What's Blooming 7/20/18

When manicuring the yard this week, the orange turkscap lilies, that form bulbettes in the leaflets, reminded me of Andre Crouch's hymn:  My Tribute.  I'm not going to remember the words perfectly but thought I'd share:

How can I say thanks
for the things you have done for me.
Things so undeserved
yet you did to prove your love to me.
The voices of a million angels
can not express my gratitude.
All that I am and ever hope to be,
I owe it all to Thee.
To God be the glory.
To God be the glory.
To God be the glory
for the things He has done.
By His love he has saved me.
By His power he has raised me.
To God be the glory
for the things He has done.
Just let me live my life.
Let it be pleasing Lord to Thee.
And any praise that I should gain,
let it go to Calvary.
To God be the glory.
To God be the glory.
To God be the glory
for the things He has done.

More pumpkin and squash blossoms every morning here at Rainbow's End.
Can't wait to go out early to hear the bee symphony.
Have learned to wait until it's warmer and sunnier for the bees to be active.

First yellow lily in bloom.

Have fought red lily beetles for the past 3 seasons.

Any suggestions?

Whenever I see "close friends" blooms,

I am reminded we get along with a little help from our friends.

That quote certainly applies to me.  Thank you, friends.

We call this lily Grampa's lily in my family.

It has bulbettes forming in each leaflet

falling to the ground, proprogating readily.

Terrible red lily beetle damage.

Purple cone flowers are beginning to bloom,

attracting the swallowtails!  Yeah!

Blazing stars also beginning to bloom.

What I call my Lollipop Patch

where butterflies lick each one. 

The perseverance viola

which selfseeded from last year

and growing in the crack.

These next two flowers are planted in the same bed.
Yellow and orange are complimentary.
Ligularia Rocket in the background.
These orange daylilies in the foreground.