Photos On An Afternoon Stroll

Afternoons are nice times for strolls.  Tricia and I have started a new habit of walking in the afternoon.  I'll talk more about it next week, perhaps.  There's always lots to look at.  Sometimes from a new perspective.  Afternoons are usually slow and less fast-paced than earlier in the day.  I walked through the garden and caught the sunset against the healthy sweet corn.  I expect the corn to begin tasseling in the next couple of weeks.

The green onions are all flowering now.  The honeybees are absolutely LOVING them.  They were flying all over the place.  Try to count how many are on the flowers.  They were buzzing loudly and flying this way and that.  We let them get after it.

Here is a close-up of two honeybees knee deep in onion flowers.  Onion flavored honey, anyone?

I have two stragglers that still need to be transplanted into the garden.  The first is a couple of sweet basil plants.  The next that will be transplanted is tomatillo plants.  My first plants died due to some issue with our grow lights.  I replanted them and about 5 plants are shown below.  It is our first attempt at growing them.  We want to grow our own to make homemade tomatillo salsa.  We had a post on it a couple of years ago.  You can read it here: Blog Post on Tomatillos  I can't say enough how delicious this is hot out of the oven!

Our final stop is on the back patio.  Tricia had an idea of splitting off some of our Louisiana Iris that grows in the ditch and planting some near the patio.  She did and they are very happy here.  It has been dry so the leaves are yellow, but the flowers are breathtaking.

Here is a zoom-in of the Louisiana Iris.  The colors are so brilliant, they make your eyes hurt!

I wish everyone a very good weekend.  Hug your mommas for Mother's Day!