Peach Daylily

Peach Daylily
Originally uploaded by Carolynchip

I spent a good part of May busy in my garden. In fact nearly every Facebook status update I posted was "Carolyn is working in the garden."
I planted annuals and perennials, shade lovers and sunworshippers, vegetables and herbs.

Well, we had a pretty blah spring around these parts, cool and clammy and cloudy, and my garden shows it. Because it looks blah too. By this time last year my garden was a riot of color, with flowers so abundant the bees and hummingbirds were loving life!

But this year, well, not so good. With a few exceptions, like this daylily. Last year I found a patch of daylilies in a small wooded area behind my house. It's actually on my neighbors property... a neglected place that is overgrown with tree saplings, wild raspberries and thorns. The growth overhead was so dense they couldn't get any sunlight, and probably hadn't bloomed for years. So I sneakily dug them up and placed then in a sunnier spot nearby on my property. And this morning I was greeted by this little pretty. She is surrounded by the rest of the rescued lilies, at this moment laden with buds just waiting to blossom.
... and all she needed was a little attention and a little sunshine.

Could something or someone in your life use a little attention and sunshine? Maybe it's YOU.

I hope to find a little sunshine in your day today!