As I said before, I pulled out all the Gaillardia from my flower beds and am intending to replace them with the following lilies . . . that is if I can find them on the Lily Auction site.

    Coyote Moon           Chicago Cherry      Brookwood Early On     Bright Sunset

     Bonanza          Art Gallery Fringe          Desperado Love          Edith Sliger

      Fooled Me            Ponca Brave            Wild Horses

Now, if I can't find the above lilies on the auction site, here are pictures of the "Plan B" list of lilies.   I might substitute some of these for any of the above flowers I can't find. They are all available on the Lily Auction.

  Aztec Headdress    Barbarian Princess     Black Eyed Stella     Broadway Raves

Country Cavalier    Crepe Eyed Ruffles    Destined To See   Diamond In The Rough

     Fancy Face            HillBilly Heart                 IF                      Judith

  Just Kiss Me       Lee Bea Orange Crush      Lil Red Wagon    Open My Eyes

     Pat Garrity        Persian Adventure      Pixie Pagentry       Rainbow Candy

     Real Deal               Roses In Snow          Royal Jester         Something Bold

Space Coast Sharp Tooth     Strawberry Fields Forever      Through The Looking Glass     Traditional Treasure

Tropical Heatwave     Unending Melody       Velvet Eyes       Violet Explosion

   Webster Lupton       Wedding Band       Wild Adornment

Do you see a problem looming on the horizon? How to choose which ones to pick and which ones not to pick.

And to think that last year I swore I wouldn't plant another thing. I've gone and ordered these two lilies. They won't be delivered until the fall so maybe I'll be in the mood to plant again. I'm watching for 11 other ones on "The Lily Auction" that I want to fill in the spots that were left when I pulled up all the Gaillardia. I do hope I find the other 11, but if not I found 46 other beauties that are ever bit as pretty as the 11 I'm searching for, so it won't be a problem filling the slots.  The problem will be (if it comes to that) of deciding which of the 46 to choose and which to leave unchosen.

Alice warned me this might happen if the "Lily Bug" bit me. . . and I believe I have been well and truely bitten by said bug.

This is another of the "Digital Nuts" pictures from this week. Each Wednesday we're given seven new digital pictures and we all try our hand at enhancing it and then list the different tools that we used in creating the end result. I really liked this one.

I pulled out all of the gaillardia from my flower beds. It took me two days and I'm really glad I did it. They were really looking ratty. Last year they looked great all spring and summer long, but this year they looked good for about a month and then their appearance really went down hill. . . fast.   Not only were they all seedy, but they were so heavy that they were laying down. They were either dragging down the other plants around them, or they were completely shading out or hiding other plants.  So, out they went. The yard looks so much neater and tidier now.  I think I'll get some lilies to fill those spots.

For the most part I'm thrilled with my garden. I love going out in the morning to see what new flowers are waiting for me. I even enjoy deadheading . . . removing the spent blossoms. But I don't really enjoy the weeding very much, however that's only because with my back it's painful leaning over, and with my knee it's still a little painful when I get down on my knees. Right now I'm using a padded kneeler with extra padding . . . a beach towel wrapped around three layers of bubble wrap.  So I do some leaning over and some weeding on my knees.

Below is a quick stroll through my garden today . .  well maybe not so quick. Honestly, these were ALL blooming in my yard today.  I took every picture this morning. . . and my yard is definately not as large as the impression this many flowers might give. Just a normal sized lot CROWDED with lots of flowers.  

We got almost 3 inches of rain over night last night and when I went out into the yard this morning all the blooms were rather water logged and I wouldn't have given a plug nickle for any of them turning out OK, but most of them had "dried out" and were beautiful by late this afternoon. We can sure use the rain, so that's a really good thing.

I planted the plants that I bought at our Garden Club plant sale this past week end, and it was easy because the soil was soaked. Later this week I think I'll dig up all the Gaillardia that are looking so sickly in my yard. Who knows why they do, but they do, so as far as I'm concerned . . . they're outta here. Alice is so right about gardening . . . it's all trial and error.