He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.... In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. ~John Burroughs, "The Snow-Walkers," 1866

Hello All.  Oakville Daylily Farm is still up and running.  Please stop by and see the daylilies that we currently have for purchase.
As you may have noticed, my blogging skills have fallen off.  Waaaay off.  Hope to begin blogging once again....daylilies, quotes, music, creatures, daylilies, quotes, music, creatures.  Oh yeah, have already said that!!  :)
Appears that Blogging has changed a bit since last here.  May take a while to get used to.  
Hope everyone has a good Saturday.  Until next time, Happy Gardening. 

Yes, winter is quickly approaching, however, as those wonderful winter seed/plant catalogs begin to show up in your mailbox, think spring/blossoms/warmth/Mother Nature and most of all...Daylilies. 

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

So how are you today?  Hope well.

Rain showers have become less frequent.  Yeah!!!!  Floods still in the area, folks displaced, roads closed and rescues occurring.  Grass uncut, plants drowning, ants finding higher ground.  Oh My!!!!!  However good news is on the horizon .... forecast for next few days is less rain, more sunshine, more heat.

OFW, here you can see the weather stats at Oakville Farm.

And the daylilies are thriving.  Oh yes, thriving.  

Here is wishing you a good day.  And until next time, Happy Gardening.

I've noticed something about gardening. You set out to do one thing and pretty soon, you're doing something else, which leads to some other thing, and so on. By the end of the day, you look at the shovel stuck in the half dug daylily bed and wonder what on earth you've been doing.  ~Author Unknown

This was sent to me.  Thanks!  Really like it.

Like yesterday ..... began pulling weeds in one flower bed, then picked the tomatoes, fed the goats, fed kitty, walked along the fence in pasture, drove around yard in Gator, rain inside to avoid rain, ate sandwich, watched one episode of Young and Restless, weeding in another area, transplant several houseplants, talked on the cell phone to family,  ran away from goundhog hiding in high grass, then back to original weed patch.  How did I get soooooo side tracked?  And not ONE thing accomplished!  Had lots of fun flitting from one to another, though.  :)


Around 630 AM had  .6" of rain. Everything is nice and soggy.  And so beautiful.  I always like the look after a rain.  Outdoors has such a clean/bright/alive appearance.

So will begin again today.  Not in the original weed patch, that was the mistake yesterday!  New area, with camera in hand.  Not weeding yet either, too wet!!!!  So will photograph a while.  That should keep me more focused.  Love that camera!!!!!

Hope you have a good day.  And until next time, Happy Gardening.

                                                                Nicholas Leigh daylily

Enjoy.  :)

 Smile .... make a beautiful face.  :)

Love y'all.  :)

Hope you all have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

Then followed that beautiful season...  
Summer....
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Hope you enjoy this first full day of summer.  Third weekend in June, already!!!  Where has this 2013 year gone???  Am gonna get a glass of sweet tea, walkabout in the daylilies and take in this beautiful summer day.

Hope you have a good one and until next time, Happy Gardening.
 

And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer   ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

 

Yes, it official, summer began this morning at 1:04.  And the weather here is absolutely gorgeous.  Lows in 50's, low humidity, bright sun, cloudless sky ... perfect for late June.  I'll take any day of the week!!!

So how are those daylilies growing in your yard/garden?  Here at Oakville Farm .... Oh my!  Blossoms are everywhere.  With the great amounts of rain this spring ... daylilies, weeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, yes just everything is looking good.

Hope you have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

 Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War.  It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant.  It means justice.  It means liberty.  It means happiness.... Every color means liberty.  Every thread means liberty.  Every star and stripe means liberty.  ~Henry Ward Beecher

Happy Flag Day to one and all.  

From the middle of May until the last of July, I display flags, red/white/blue banners, bunting, Uncle Sam items ... a very patriotic time for us all.  Yes?

Had more rain yesterday afternoon, about 1/4".  And with that storm blowing thru, it brought, cooler, drier, bright blue skies and an awesome sunshine.  77 degrees day.  So fantastic.  

All for this time.  Hope everyone has had a good day.  The weekend is upon us ... please drive safely.  And until next time, Happy Gardening.