Walking Iten's Acres: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh June 5, 2014

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. It's hermit time.A cool, wet walk to start the morning. I need to mow the back, but it's way too wet for that today. We got even more rain yesterday than I imagined. The flower of the hour in the wild area is the daisy. Not a lot of them so far. They always give away the paths I let grow back into wildness. White stripes in a sea of green And there was one miniscule patch of dianthus. Deep red or I wouldn't have even noticed them. The lilies have started--an orange Asian one in the bed by the house, and a small yellow one in the rock garden out back. Buds are appearing on others. Buds on the roses. A few German iris hanging on. Lots of Japanese and Siberian iris. And the blue flag iris have just started to bloom; their yellow cousins are still around as well. The bog of all places is the most colorful here in early June--lots of deep dark yellow, a few purples, some pale yellow with white flags, soft lilacs, yellow mountain bells. (I hope the mosquitoes appreciate the decorations.) A couple peonies have started to bloom, and pink in The Acres is provided by the sweet pea on the edge of the bog and the plethora of pink columbine in several of the beds. If I could view The Acres from the sky, I think it would look like an artist's palate with his or her dabs of paint ready for the completion of the masterpiece. The planters by the house and around the pond and in the trees would only add to the vast variety of paint colors to choose from.
I do have "work" to do. The Feeding the Swallows that I already alluded to, wild flowers to plant, Lots of weeding to do. I don't really "weed" anymore--hands won't allow it--but I do try to "trim" some of them back. Takes a lot of time!!! But I enjoy being outside. I will miss Bonnie's help and supervision this year. School work to do as well this summer; it will be nice, though, to have my own class so to speak. To have the time to prepare and to teach the literature I enjoy the most. Anyway, hermit time is officially here. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.