A few days after the first rainstorms drench the parched August earth, the rain lilies begin showing up. Northerners may look for the first crocus in the snow but here it is these little flowers that signify the return of life. Soon the garden will bloom with flowers again.
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Though we may get a little rain at this time of year, we’re not due for our “spring” until December or January.
Well the lily’s should be pokin’ their heads up in West Texas after today. We got 3+ inches in about 7 hours. A deluge that flooded much of Midland. Nothing serious but the streets are our drainage system so traffic was nil. Except for the fire trucks that were about rescuing those people who don’t know what flooded streets look like.
What! No pictures? “learn that digital camera” What’s good for the goose should be good for the gander.
I planned to illustrate this with a photo, but when I looked at what I had taken I just did not like any of them. I was going to go back out with the camera but it was raining Sunday afternoon again. I’ll see if I can get one later.
no pictures! We just got 2 inches of rain in Tarrant County, more than all since June 1st. I have not seen hide nor hare (hair) of my rain lilies. However, I will now look for them; later on my school-house lilies ought to be coming up and out as well. My baloon flower and hardy hibiscus are both blooming a second time this summer, and an esparanza that over-wintered started blooming this week for the first time; a mandevillia that also over-wintered has not yet bloomed.
Rain lilies are hard to get good photos of for some reason, like they are so small and the foliage is non-descript grass, so to speak.
thelrd in TEXAS
ps– yes I am still reading your weblog, but dealing with remodeling and “ancestral” homes is a little hard on my psyche; too much work, unlike watching and photographing flowers.
I’ll try to stick to the agenda in the future, larry.
Dear Bill,
Thought you might enjoy this wonderful series of photos
http://community.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM
of a hummingbird from egg to flight.
Just keep clicking at bottom to “next page.”
All good wishes,
Julie