I don’t know what happened. It was just summer a couple of days ago.Now, that same happy baby looks like this:

Anyway, some stuff to look at in the rain:

Some asparagus are starting to emerge. Maybe we can eat a few this year?

Lots of trillum coming up in the shade garden and next to the driveway. I need to mark their location.

One of the big problems wildlife face in an urban setting is nowhere they can find shelter without someone walking through or digging the spot up. So, I made this little area under the cedar and near our pond an off-limits “wild” area with some piled up stuff to create nooks and crannies. It was only a week or two later that we heard our first frog out there. Mikio’s named him Frittle.

A couple of the grape vines are showing signs of life.

This camellia is almost at the end of its bloom already. This is Mikio’s favorite climbing tree, and the one from which, I’m sure, he’ll fall and break his arm.

Another under-rated plant, I think, is epimedium. I’ve got loads of it on the edge of the shade area, and it puts on quite a show– both flower and foliage.

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