catching up... for now

so, i got bit by a cleaning bug (still in the midst of it, actually) and have been deep cleaning and purging stuff from my house....  which means this project has gotten shoved to the backburner a bit.
i'm still taking photos (although not daily), and will hopefully get back on track in the next couple of weeks after tackling the office/junkroom and laundry room.

until then, here are some of the shots i took through the rest of may:

136: dragon breath

blooming Dragon's Blood Sedum, S. spurium

135: mo' money

another plant that reminds me of my grammie~ she had these growing next to her porch, and i always loved the silvery dry seed pods.  i discovered this one growing at random in the woods near our house.  we may try to transplant it, or propagate some of the seeds...

Chinese Money Plant, Lunaria annua

134: icelandish

Iceland Poppy, Papaver nudicaule

133: dinnertime

American Robins, Turdus migratorius, nesting in Silver Maple, Acer saccharinum

132: puff

probable Canada Thistle, Cirsium arvense

131: turn about

Turnip, Brassica rapa subsp. rapa

129/130+: heather's

visited my friend, heather, today and enjoyed some of the beauty she has in her yard...  i couldn't choose which one i liked best, so i decided to post them all...  

Purple Shamrock, Oxalis regnellii

French or Spanish Lavender, Lavandula stoechas

[need to ask what this one is again]

Tall Bearded Iris sp.

Clematis sp.

(she is also the one who gave us the variegated periwinkle that has shown up a time or two.)

128: love thy neighbor

our neighbors' Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis

127: thyming

Creeping Thyme, Thymus serpyllum