Away from my desk

I’ve been chained to my desk lately. Learning a new job, keeping up [not!] with submissions to DessertStalking, and the working at the new job have conspired to give me little spare time this last month or so. By the end of the day, I have no creative spark left in me. I’m tired of thinking, and tired of doing and just plain tired. So we sit out on the porch and watch night fall. A pretty awesome way to end a day, if you ask me. [straight out of the camera shot]The job, while not difficult, does include a lot of little details, but it is getting easier every day. Yesterday morning, the garden looked too inviting to pass up, so I ran out there in my jammies and grabbed a few shots before beginning the rest of my day. The dry weather we had in May is really showing up in the daylilies now. Even though we have a well, and a very abundant water supply, I have this thing about watering established plants, and feeling like I am babying them too much. I think you should plant what is going to prosper wherever you live, without having to drag out the hose to keep them from falling over dead if we go a few weeks with no rain. But…… right now I am feeling a little remorse, because things could be blooming a little better. It’s all relative though.
H. ‘Quilt Patch’Because once they all start blooming, it is difficult to believe they could be any more beautiful than they are.
H. ‘Night Beacon’ If watching the sun go down is the best way to end the day, I can think of no better way to begin one, than to wander around out here for awhile.
H. ‘Bountiful Valley’And it’s not just daylilies around here – this is growing in a pot, along with some rosemary. I like to keep some herbs growing close to the house, in easy reach when I need them. I love brushing past the rosemary while I’m working out there, releasing the frangrance and getting me thinking about what veggies in the garden might be happy to share a plate with some rosemary at dinner tonight. The plant with the little yellow flowers is called Biden’s Ferulifolia, ‘Peter’s Gold Carpet’, and I got it for a buck at an end of season sale. It looks happy that I brought it home with me, doesn’t it?Now that things are calming down for me a bit, I will have a little more time to cook, and to take more photos and no doubt to come here jabber about this and that. Hope you have a great day – now, it’s back to work for me.