In the Garden this morning

These sweet little pink tulips are almost in full bloom! The next picture is of the multiple tulips which I am anxious to see bloom too.

This morning I've decided to only plant the unusual tulips for next spring. So at the end of spring I'm deleting all the apeldorn's. The main reason is the apeldorns leaves are too big which stunts the muscari growth but also because they are a dime a dozen.

The Asiatic lilies really like this bed and have a nice long bloom period. That rotting old cross tie border is not long for our garden. Hopefully only a couple more months. Another Asiatic lily picture.

I love this shiny red tulip. I generally like the jewel tone color plants the best.

This morning I saw the first blooms coming in on the Lily of the Valley. I'm happy to see this plant spreading.

The azaleas are coming along nicely. Usually this plant is full bloom around Derby time.

I do not know why I like Solomon Seal but I do. It seems to be establishing itself well on the hosta slope.

What is this plant? It can't be some squirrel transplant because it is coming in in 3 strategic spots. Also it can't be caladium but that is the only other plant I remember planting in this bed. I hope it is not resurrection lily as that and the daylilies are becoming somewhat invasive. The daylilies are multiplying so fast they bloom less because they need to be thinned so often. Last weekend I build a limestone border to keep them out of the perennial bed.

New daffodil for Spring 2010 in the Black Eyed Susan bed.

This candy tuft has been a good border ground cover for the patio area. We have had many trial and failures in this area.

Yesterday Botanics Joe stopped by with patio paver samples. Here is what we choose. Tumbled brick in red and grey tones. There will also be varying sizes. We still have not finalized the pattern that will be laid.

Also yesterday I ran to Home Depot to get sponges for the Butterfly feeders @ Krohn after my mammogram appt. While I was there I checked out the patio furniture department for ideas. Hopefully we will find something at a good price at the end of the season ... and just in time for a referral party!

This pergola at Home Depot, although it has an unattractive cover, is close to the garden room idea I would love to have in the patio. Not a bad price either.

But we will probably go with a huge offset umbrella similar to this one.

Butterfly Show 2010 Japan

Update Friday June 18,2010: I had to be at work early to receive a big order, 860 units, of cacti and succulents. Fortunately the 18 wheeler delivering this product arrived before we opened.

I was also lucky Mark was working Friday as he is the only employee who can operate the fork lift. Pretty good workout and I also got sunburnt. I spent the rest of the day checking in and pricing this order on the back dock. But before this delivery I finally added my wish to the shinto wish wall. Next picture is an explanation of the wish wall.

I attached my wish (2nd row from left, top) so I'd know where it was located.

The Krohn Conservatory 15th annual Butterfly Show 2010 opens tomorrow. This first picture is this year's poster on my desk. New this year are: new entrance, 3 show changes and beetles from Japan.

This next picture shows one of the many butterfly sculptures scattered in the park. The Park Board started this last year and I think it is great.

This year Japanese lantern entrance. Next picture Japanese water garden accessory along the entrance path that goes through the tent and around the side of the building to the newly installed pergola. This year visitors will enter through the desert room.

The tea house in the show room.

The Japanese Lantern. The sign next to this explains :"The earliest lanterns came to Japan from China via Korea along with Buddhism in the 6th Century. Stone lanterns were used as votive lights at temples and shrines."

This flower is Clivia and many people inquire about it. Unfortunately it takes forever to bloom and is as far as I can tell impossible to find for re-sell in the gift shop.

One of the glass butterfly feeders made by Neusole artists that we sell in the Gift Shop for $10.00. Last year we sold 600 units. I hope we can beat that number this year.

The horticulturists and volunteers started releasing butterflies this past Thursday.

This is a picture of the showroom while in progress. The hort staff only had 2 weeks to convert from early spring show to B-fly.

The Good Wishes railing. Visitors are invited to write their good wishes or prayers on a paper, fold it twice lengthwise , place it in the box to be added to this Good Wishes Railing.

The lobby and exit from the show.

MAYC

Last night we went to Teak for dinner. Since we have had our windows open for the last couple of weeks and yesterday was a very warm day, in the 80's so we decided to take advantage of other people's a/c. We did our usual which was split an appetizer and an entree which last night was chicken satay and yellow chicken curry.

So after dinner we decided to stop by the Wine Cellar to see who was around and what is going on. The Wine Cellar is sorta everybody's living room and the source for neighborhood happenings. There are some regulars that even seem out of place if they aren't seating in the usual seats. Same is true with church. Anyhow when we walked in last night we saw a few people wearing leis. Seemed sorta festive but not terribly out of place. Then more people poured in wearing luau outfits and leis. First we saw Rob and Mindy who were trying to convince us to come to Sunday night Karaoke (fundraiser for Pilgrim). Then Chuck and Kim came in, followed by Paula and then Richard. Well soon the topic changed to Key West (where we had last seen Chuck and Kim) and then the topic of why we are not members of the Yacht Club. They were all coming from Monk's Cove next door and this month MAYC Luau event.

A little background on this neighborhood social club from their website: http://www.mtadamsyachtclub.com/.

About Us - from the beginning

When 3 guys sit around, have a drink and shoot the breeze, one never knows what may happen. Why, even a yacht club may come about! That's what happened in the winter of'01-'02 when Richard Boyd, Chuck Curran and Cliff Wahl (the three stars in the burgee) started talking about how cool it would be if Mt. Adams could have a yacht club for the few boat owners who live there. They made Chuck go out and buy a boat. Then they realized we didn't have any water or piers in Mt Adams (except for the fountain on the corner of Pavilion and St. Gregory) and that's where the slogan "Pierless in our Own Time" was conceived. So the Mt. Adams Yacht Club idea grew, was incorporated in the State of Ohio, and in June of '03, and organizational meeting was held....

Papers were almost immediately filed with The Yachting Club of America, a yacht club association. Our "home port" would be The Wine Cellar and Mike Ferguson joined immediately. Thanks to Lee Robinson, we now have a ship's bell by the front door Members supply burgees from reciprocal yachting ventures and these burgees can be seen hanging from the walls of the home port, aka, the Wine Cellar in Mt Adams.

The red, white and blue burgee, 2nd visible one from was the one John and I exchanged with the Venice Yacht Club several years ago. We were not the least bit surprised when the Venice manager said he had never heard of MAYC. No comment either about the picture of a ship over a hill on the burgee either.

Yet we never joined. Our reasons were we aren't joiners, don't need another social excuse, are going to be parents soon, etc. But that changed last night when our friends filled out the form and we mailed our signed application (the commodore, his first mate and a founder) today. Does not really make sense but there you go.