Returning to Flowers

Well, I got back from the wilds of Central Illinois, but only after changing my flight to accommodate the summer nor’easter that blew through the mid-Atlantic states Friday and Saturday. It gave us about 7 inches of rain, which on top of other rain this month shoots us to more than a foot for the month of July.

The flowers in my garden are full of bees and butterflies and goldfinches. It’s a wonder. I need to pull some out, though as they are shading vegetables.

Things are back in order again here at home with clothes unpacked and put away, the fridge restocked, and the garden visited. I am going to have to rip out flowers, there’s nothing more for it. At least around certain plants that they’re shading.

I picked some cool colors and some hot colors. In the hot bouquet, I cooled things down with blossoming mint and artemisia ludoviciana or “silver king.”

In the meantime, I’m enjoying the bouquets. I made two large ones, one of which I gave to a neighbor, and two smaller ones. I was able to put flowers in the living room, at the workspace and in the bedroom.

I may take this bouquet in to work tomorrow…

So my home is full of garden flowers, just the way I like it!

The living room bouquet smells of mint and rosemary, which is a nice addition.