June blooms

Here is everything in my yard that was in bloom on June 28th:

Calais lily (a potted plant gift I planted last year)

Dark pink astilbe

Pink hydrangea bush (before the deer ate the blooms)

Pink hydrangea bushes

Sweetshrub (the deer didn't eat this year)

Blue hydrangea

Yuk--what's left of the hellebore blooms

White echinacea (not exactly deer-proof)

Cosmos (grown from seed in my basement)

Marigolds (purchased in bloom)

The persistent pansy (all that are left)

An easy way to make watercolor pictures of your garden

I don't normally review apps or profess to know that much about them, but I recently discovered the Waterlogue app and have been using it to make watercolor-ed versions of flowers in my garden.

I spent part of an hour turning photos of my garden into "watercolors," all while watching something on PBS. This may be my new hobby, at least from time to time.

Here are some samples (this includes flowers from earlier in the season and from last summer):