Thursday, July 21, 2011

LILIES OF THE FIELD…………….

Jack and I bought and moved into our Ohio home in the month of December.  We all know there were no lilies blooming then!  The first spring I didn’t know to protect the lilies from the deer so we had no blooms.  This spring, a frequent spray of a product that smells like rotten eggs kept the deer away and now we are reaping the benefits of my daily, early morning sprays.  I counted!!  There are 19 different varieties!  There is a fresh vase of cut lilies on my kitchen island every day!

Pale yellows

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Pinks

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Orange with deep orange and yellow centers

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Love that lime green center!

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Tigers

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Mauve with a lime green center!

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Ditch lilies in my ravine

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Orange and yellow

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Peach and yellow

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Double orange

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Red with lime green

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Purple with lime green

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Peach

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Red with yellow

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Big yellow

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Big white – this is the only one I planted – last year, after Easter!

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Ruffled peach

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Upside down tigers! 

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The colors of summer……………………………

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’

 

A last minute decision took us on a long weekend to California for a gathering of friends and family.  Pass-riding went smoothly, carmaggeddon fizzled and we had a blast!  A huge thank you to Kristen, Jack’s beautiful sister for master-minding this event and hosting us in her condo in Port Hueneme.  Cocktails at the Channel Islands Yacht Club started off our first evening and we were joined by other family members from Ventura….then dinner, dancing….  Saturday was a huge beach barbecue at Sycamore Beach – warm, white sand and aqua water made us almost think we were in Florida!  But the cool ocean breeze convinced us it was California!  We saw family that we hadn’t seen in so long and even met new family members!  We played baseball on the beach with our grandson and toasted each other with cold Pacificas and a little rum here and there!  Thanks to everyone who came – and we are looking forward to next May when we are planning a Connelly family reunion in Cabo San Lucas! 

 

Jack and Kristen on the beach at Port Hueneme – oh, Kie’s pomeranian is in the picture, too! – Romeo!

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Port Hueneme Beach with Anacapa in the background.  The Californians call that “haze”.  I call it smog! 

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Sycamore Beach

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Kristen, Jim and Jack putting out the spread!

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Christine and family

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Matthew and Scott

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Welcome to the family, Breanne!

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Tina and Lauren

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Tommy

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Kristen – great job, Kie!  Love you!

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Jack, Christopher and Scott

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Anna

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Beach baseball – that’s Chris pitching, Finn batting and Jack catching!

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Swing, batter, swing!

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Mathew and Breanne

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Kristen, Pam, Scott and Jim

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Romeo on his blanket after a long day at the beach!

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SEE EVERYONE IN CABO!!!