A little excitement in the garden

Several exciting little things happened in the garden today, starting with the sighting of a hummingbird at the raspberry bushes as I was making my bed this morning.  I stopped and just watched it through my bedroom window. I have always enjoyed visits by the hummies. The boys and I used to stop in the middle of our homeschooling to watch the hummies that came to visit out the dining room window. 

The next excitement was seeing a passionflower bud that was obviously beginning to open this morning.  Other buds had changed recently but then they just ended up shriveling up and leaving me disappointed. This one showed promise of actually opening and producing a flower.  So of course I was elated when I got home from work and found it fully bloomed. This is the first bloom ever for the plant.  I blogged about this plant here last month when I first noticed the buds. 

 

Another highlight of the day was the blooming of the calla lily in the front yard.  The photo shows them in the early stage of opening but by a few hours later they were fully opened.  Beautiful!  I really must plant more calla lilies and I need to find a more ideal place for them where they will thrive and multiply. 

Later in the afternoon I started cleaning up an area that I'm going to develop into a new garden bed.  In recent years it has ended up being a dumping area for any extra supplies that I have lying around.  I have occasionally gotten it cleaned up only to end up storing stuff there yet again.  I am excited to finally get a new idea of how I want to use the space and I look forward to getting it planted up.

While I was in the process of working in that area I heard a strange fluttery noise and looked up to see a bird bathing in one of my bird baths with another bird standing by waiting his turn!  I had just recently wished that birds would actually use the baths so I was really pleased to get to witness it. 

Lastly, as I left to go on a walk this evening I noticed that another iris in the front yard had its first bloom of the year.

You might claim I am easily excited. Maybe you don't see what's so exciting about these little things. I. don't. care. It was an exciting day to be a gardener.  It's these things that keep me interested in being outdoors in my garden noting the changes and seeing any critters that want to share the space.

05-20-2015 update: It was short-lived. The flower, not my excitement. I'm still excited about all that is happening in the garden. The first passionflower has already closed up, but luckily two more opened up this afternoon.  I had no idea they bloomed for such a short time.  Thank goodness the vine is covered with buds, it will hopefully put on a show for quite awhile. 

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