Father's Day with new blooms!

This weekend, the house finally started looking floral. Our peonies took their sweet time to come out, but when they did, it was worth the wait! They are a beautiful light blush color, which I hadn't expected (my parents have bright pink ones that I've always loved) but these blush are so pretty. And, since it had been so rainy and miserable the last couple weeks, other peonies had turned brown and ruined. So ours turned out to be at a great time.



It was weirdly great being able to bike over a Father's Day treat to my father in-law:

It's also just great having this hog...

Ronnie came over with young sunflowers, and I was in the process of weeding the front garden so we thought they'd be a nice replacement in the previously weed-infested space:

I can't wait to see how they do--hopefully they'll all be fine and we'll have bright yellow sunflowers to distract from the awful ferns we have yet to dig up.

Jesse has been gone to Costa Rica since the beginning of June, and has missed lots of great flowers blooming. I sent him a picture of these irises (he loves them too) and am so happy we have these pretty flowers all over that we happen to love! It makes me feel less guilty about the lack of gardening we've done. There's always next summer...?