Front meadow

I really wish I had a decent camera at the moment - the iPad 2 is pretty minimal (awful, actually). I miss my trusty Nikon D100 left at home in the Piedmont through forgetfulness and a hurried exit!

But I enjoyed the front meadow this evening, and even these sub-par photos reflect the scene. (As an addendum, I used the PhotoGene app on the iPad to "improve" these marginal photos.) It seems to be a useful app, and well worth $2.99.

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Interesting daylilies

I'm not really a daylily person, much preferring plants that are covered over with pollinators and flower visitors of various sorts. But a daylily farm, in a valley outside of Weaverville, NC was quite the site this morning.  I was tagging along with a friend who's writing an article about the farm for a regional gardening magazine, but was totally impressed by the scope of the daylilies -- they were all shades of peach, orange, red, and yellow.


And as a display, quite extraordinary in their diversity.

Just a tiny view of the spectacular display

And there were other interesting perennial beds, too.

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