Pictures from Week of 5/16/21

The first couple of weeks in May our temps were running 15-20 below normal and the pellet stove was keeping the house warm. For the last 10 days or so it's been very hot here for this time of year - running 15-20 over the normal temp. The last two days have been in the 90's and prior to that it was the mid to high 80's. I set up the portable A/C in the living room Thursday morning before starting work - a reaction to it getting up to 80* in the house the night before. With the morning only getting down to the high 60's, that A/C has been running pretty much full time.

But, the flowers are loving the temps. Unless otherwise indicated, pictures taken yesterday.

Pincushion flowers that I planted a couple of weeks ago. The ones I planted last year are just starting to put out some greenery.

Azalea behind the mailbox. Weird how the bottom portion is blooming while the buds on the top haven't even started to open yet.

Crown Jewel Iris - one of the new ones I planted a couple of weeks ago

Flowering almond - taken 5/16. This was already here when I moved in. Behind it is the red Rhodie that is pictured later. In this pic, it hasn't even started to bloom yet.

The last pic of the crabapple tree. Taken on 5/16 - the next day all the blooms had dropped.

Red Rhodie flower. I had to mess with this picture to get it close to the correct color. 

The red Rhodie bush is sparse, but it is always like that. I did not have to mess with the picture

I didn't post these pics of the cats. On 5/9, I was reading on the couch and all three cats snuggled up to me. Rita is the white cat, Rainey on the left and Spot on the right.

The next day, 5/10, I don't remember what I was doing, but Rainey woke up from sleeping on the hammock to investigate what was interrupting her snooze

 

Comments

[Cop Car]

I get a giggle out of the hammock, never having seen a cat hammock, before you started posting photos of yours. Cute kitties, as always.

You bought some striking irises, this year. Very pretty.

Reds seem to give recording/playback systems a hard time. Most TVs that I've seen show red as orange, to my eyes. You did manage to get the doctored photo color to match the un-doctored photo color quite well.

Interesting on the azalea bloom pattern.

Do the almond blossoms smell spicy?

[bogie]

The flowering almond blossoms smell sweet. Take that with a grain of salt, the pinks (dianthus) I planted last week are supposed to have a spicy smell, but they smell sweet to me too.

[Cop Car]

Thanks, Bogie. Our senses all differ, I guess.