Japanese Iris are in full bloom
The flowers that are surrounding the entrance are a bright orange
We have had a railing put on the steps by the car port - also the pampus grass is growing
Cats are all happy - the two females, on the left, still fight with each other regularly
I have planted these mornng glories around the gazebo - they are perenials - the others that were a darker purple were annuals and so they had to be replaced regularly - I like this color better
We decided to add a new flower bed to the lower garden - we have been working on this for a whole week - this one section of the garden is as big as our whole backyard was in Denver
This garden will have a lot of different flowers
Mike in the foreground is overseeing the operation, however this past couple of days he has worked as hard as the workers - he says he has a new appreciation for how much effort it took to build the garden
Beautiful black dirt - now the fun part starts - the flowers
I decided to go down to the lower garden to take pictures of the coffee blooming - Mike's banana trees are really growing
I planted some light green hosta type plants around the base of the orange tree
Here are the coffee blossoms
Coming back up the garden Sissy spies something in the hedge row across the garden - she is actually pointing in the picture - when I looked over I see a squirrel jumping around and then while I'm looking at the squirrel I see a huge snake make a strike for the squirrel - if you're afraid of snakes don't review the next pictures
If you look closely you can see the snake head and it's body is in the foreground just at the edge of the grass - I'm not sure what kind of snake it is I'll ask the gardener tomorrow
In the picture the snake is at the edge of the grass and it's head is just visible - it has yellow under it's jaw
The body of the snake was about 3 inches wide
When I got closer the snake turned and looked at me - I took this with a telephoto lens - I didn't want to get too close and I was holding Sissy
In this picture you can see the snake and if you look close right next to the flower is the head and front head of the squirrel - evidently the snake was after the baby squirrels that the pair of squirrels had in the hedge - the snake kept striking at the squirrels and they would jump back - I saw about three strike attempts before the snake took off - I went to the house and Mike came down - the snake was back and in the hedge - Mike saw it for a few moments before the snake took off again - Wow was this fun!
