your shoulder blade, your spine were shorelines in the moonlight

[lostinapapercup]

The previous owners of our townhouse had some great things planted in the garden. I was kind of thrilled to discover all the mint and the tiny strawberries that spread like wildfire, and we were both surprised by what turned out to be a clematis growing on the tree on our front yard. It bloomed in a rich deep purple a lot like this person's. We've bought a few plants -- chives, tomato and basil in the summer, one euonymous for the front and one for the back -- but we're not the greenest of thumbs over here. We feel comfortable with stuff that is fairly hardy and self-sufficient.

But my favorite thing we've bought was kind of an impulse buy last summer: our Asiatic lily.



I took these with my faithful little DSi. I wish I could've captured how amazingly vivid the colors are.

Comments

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Those are gorgeous. One of my favorite things about lilies are the stalks, believe it or not. We had a surplus of tiger lilies, but I doubt they'll make an appearance this year. We have a lot of replanting to do.

This makes me want to take pictures of our Icelandic poppies. They're mixed in with a bunch of other wildflowers and they just take my breath away.

[lostinapapercup.livejournal.com]

The stalks have a lot of personality. I like them. But the bloooooms. They make me want to roll around and do crazy flips like a cat with catnip.

Those poppies are beautiful!