Mysterious morning mist moves in to envelop the gardens.
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Misty Mountain Laurel
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Thalictrum aquilegifolium calls out through the mist to serpentine Black Cherry.
Here an earlier portrait not so disheveled with Beauty bush in the background.
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Rosa Rugosa dripping wet . . . still blooming before soggy Peonies and Thalictrum.
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Peonies earlier on . . .
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now shamelessly blown full open!
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Lupines looking over toward Foxgloves.
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A new addition to the garden Weigela Ghost.
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Peonies in lower garden.
Oriental Poppy petals playing angel with a beard.
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A Ruby-throated Hummingbird is enjoying Salvias that are waiting to be planted in their containers!
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A Red-spotted Purple Butterfly on Garden Heliotrope with Lupines nearby.
Fading Beauty Bush leads into Japanese Tree Lilac
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Tiger Swallowtail swimming in Japanese Tree Lilac's fluffy blossoms.
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Mock Orange sweetens the air.
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A simple single Peony unfolds revealing it's golden center.
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It is nearly Midsummer and it seems as in a mist . . . a fog of mind and time . . . days have just fallen by. . . petals unfurl and fade in heat waves or watery showers . . . fledglings fly while one dreams of changing skies . . . the peelings of moments and hours combine . . . to entwine a life with that of a garden.
For now . . . it is Bloom Day and here is my offering a day early. Visit our hostess Carol's
May Dreams Gardens to see more blooms from near and far.