It seems to have taken an awfully long time this year, but there are finally some spots of color on the hill.
I keep a log book of the bloom each year and so far this season we are about 10 days to two weeks behind last year. And now, everything seems to be getting ready to bloom at once and all out of normal sequence. oh well...it beats six more weeks of winter!
Trouble, my shadow doing his daily inspection. He is 18 this year and is slowing down a little.
A clump shot of Outspoken from the front garden.
And Bluebeard's Ghost
Game on
Blackcurrant I thought I had lost this one, but it has slowly come back over the last two years
Some of the first to make an appearance on the hill were
Sheer excitement
My Lady Awaits This one is a very strange color.
and
Mean Sharon Normal and chimera
The newest addition to the herd