Tuesday, May 7, 2013

May is Busting Out All Over

Many thanks the Stitching Angel who provided me with the info I needed to continue stitching... 

The garden theme continues on as it is time for the Tuesday Garden Party.   

Parvati is my Pest Control Manager.  She did not know what to make of this big old Leopard Slug.

My Crested Iris have begun to bloom.

I think I have the Front Porch ready for the Growing Season.

This Clematis stands guard near the front door. 

A new Bleeding Heart with crimson stems.

Another Bleeding Heart in day glow foliage!

Here's a close up.

My Jack-in-the Pulpit is blooming!

Padma-Cat is another of my Garden Helpers.

I have a Salvia blooming already! 
It's Salvia africana-lutea 'Brown Sage'.

A gardener's work is never done!

13 comments:

Ann at Beadlework. said...

Your garden helpers are never far away. I'm not so sure I would like the slug visiting - our dog would most likely eat it and then be unwell. At least cats are a bit fussier. (Having said that our last little lady once ate a small snail - she was promptly sick but had great trouble ejecting the shell).

Patty C. said...

Beautiful photos ;)

Samplings from Spring Creek said...

Ahh yes, a gardeners work is never done! Your clemetis is beautiful! That slug is scary.

Hope 2013 is going to be a great gardening year

cucki said...

Sweet stitching and photos x

Vickie said...

Pretty, pretty! That slug is horrid though.

Margaret said...

Lovely lovely garden! Love your helpers too!

Carol said...

So glad you found help with getting the color key for the piece, Beth! It is too pretty to not finish it :)

Oh, my, that slug is GIANT!! We only have teeny ones here and they are bad enough!! Your front porch looks so pretty... Is the fencing to keep out the deer?

Pam in IL said...

It's a good thing Parvati is there to take care of that slug cuz I sure wouldn't know what to do with it! I'm pretty sure I've never found anything like that around here.

Your stitching is beautiful and all the flowers are lovely. My Bleeding Heart is in bloom right now too. One day it was just foliage and the next hundreds of blooms are hanging off the stems.

Melanie said...

Love your garden helpers. :)

Melissa said...

Gorgeous photos but I especially love that one of Parvati and the slug! O my! You've captured that intense focus those hunting kitties can have!

Cricket-bug Corner said...

WOW I've never seen a slug that size!! holy cow!!

Barb said...

May is lovly at your home, as the cats seem to realize.

Athena at Minervas Garden said...

Okay, that is the slug that ate Miami, and I would have the same expression Parvati has on her face if I came across one so big! Your containers are looking beautiful--I am hardening off my flower starts now, and hope to start planting containers and baskets this weekend--looking forward to it! Good plant sales the next two weekends here, so I'll see what new treasures I'll discover there. I know I want a salvia guaranitica, which I've had before but it died out, to go with my Fujimusume clematis, and I want something pretty to go in the containers on top of the blue columns. Other than that, I'm open to ideas!