Day Lily

 

This is one of the coolest flowers we have in the yard. I love it! It takes very little work, in fact we really haven't done anything to it since it was planted. (note the use of we...I really don't do any planting, the only yard work I can claim is cutting the grass and trimming.) Anyway, it is absolutely gorgeous, and they keep going for several weeks. The flowers are enormous too, and with the two stalks we have, there are two or three blooming constantly. Hope you enjoy the pic, wish you could smell them, because that is a whole other level of experience...

J

A Favorite Song

This is one of my favorite tunes right now. Its a Scottish band, the Old Blind Dogs, and a tune called "The Wisest Fool". It is a wee bit hard to understand, but the tune more than makes up for any stumbles in the lyrics. The brogue is especially thick on this tune, but it is an incredibly pretty melody. My wife and I both thought this one was a keeper when we first heard the tune start...

Smallest Shell in the World?

Okay, so I don't really think its the smallest shell in the world, but it is pretty darn small. I found this shell in Ireland, in 1983, while I was visiting with my parents. My Mom is from Trafrask, County Cork, Ireland, and we were walking on the coast, collecting shells. I found this one inside another small shell, and couldn't really believe I even saw it. I put it in a ziploc bag, and haven't opened it since. In fact I had forgotten about it completely until my wife found the bag in our document safe, and asked me about it. As soon as I saw my 13 year old chicken scratch on the makeshift masking tape label, the whole trip came back in vivid detail. My wife couldn't stop laughing at my proclamation on the label: "The SMALLEST Periwinkle shell in the world!!!" I actually used the caps and my exclamation points got progressively bigger. I was so sure I had a treasure when I found it. Little did I know the treasure would be the memories that would come flooding back when I found my little shell...

J