In Season / June Blooms

A few nights ago, while Michael was away in the countryside celebrating a friend’s birthday, I took myself on a flower photo walk. It’s one of those things I like to do when I have a few hours and I need a brain break. It makes me feel like I’m giving myself a little treat, moseying around the neighborhood scoping out what’s blooming in the little front gardens.

I try not to look like a weirdo when I’m carrying my camera around the neighborhood, but on this particular night I failed miserably. My rule is that I always stay on the sidewalk and I try to make it obvious that I’m taking photos of flowers, not houses or people. As I write this, I realize this totally makes me sound like a total weirdo. Anyhow, about ten minutes around the corner, I spotted a few amazing peonies and was crouching on the sidewalk, earphones in my ears listening to a fascinating Fresh Air episode about the Colorado River, oblivious to the world, when I realized the owner of said peonies was standing on her step asking me what the heck I was doing! She even said she thought I was some kind of private investigator, which gave me reason to make a new rule. Never wear a dark baseball hat when out on photo walks. Oops!

Luckily for you, but maybe not so lucky for my neighbors, I wasn’t deterred. And seriously, these poppies are worth looking like a weirdo!

This bush was full of both pink and yellow blooms. How do they do that?  This yellow rose is so soft I turned it into my desktop wallpaper. You’re welcome to as well, just click this link and save the photo to your computer. Then right click on it to select it as your desktop wallpaper. I’m sure there’s an easier way to do that, but that’s how I manage to make it work! I think these little guys are technically weeds, but I love the way they grow from cracks in the sidewalk. And there’s the amazing peony that aroused the suspicion of the neighbor. Totally worth it, isn’t it incredible?

You can see what else was in bloom around my neighborhood in February, March, May, August, September and October. If I manage to capture the rest of the months, I might just make an Irish blooms calendar. Would anyone be interested?