let the mind blowing begin

We went over to my dad’s house to chop down a shrub that had decided it really wanted to be four, ten-inch diameter 30-foot tall trees. On the way we swung by our friends’ house to borrow their chainsaw. One thing led to another and hanging out commenced. P & J have the beginnings of some excellent plantings going on. Normally I restrict my photographs to Our Wild Flower Friends, but I couldn’t resist.
As they say in Wyoming, “hold my beer and watch this shit”.
First up, some kind of Mexican something something. I forget what these are called.


Like the black-eyed susans, the flowers open up from the outside and work their way to the center.

See?


Take a breath, we’re going to do some day lilies next.






Let’s take a breath and have some delphinium:




And now, a Random Lawn Weed I thought was self-heal, until I looked at the flower. Now I’m not so sure.


Ready for some pansies?

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And now for some hallucinogenic echinacea:

this first one’s blurry, but the colors so thrill me that I have to share it…


Damn, Universe, Nice Work!
Let’s go back to day lilies for a moment:



This beetle was eating the petal. Not sure what that is on its back.


Preacher, looking far more noble than he probably deserves. He is a sweet soul.
Our time with the chainsaw was profitable. The goal was to free up the view of the Green Mountains from the living room window, as the shrub tree had grown so quickly over the past couple of years that it about completely obscured the view. But there were some added benefits: