Another New Lily

Or two. First is the really new one. It's a medium yellow with a rust red throat. I don't remember planting it but I must have because who else planted lilies over there on the lot line? Only me.

 

Next to it is the pale yellow day lily. I sort of remember planting that one. What I have to do is weed that flower bed and clear out around the lilies so they can thrive but I'm not much of a weeder. Maybe if I do a bit at a time. Once it's shady over there.

 

Up on the retaining wall the old-fashioned orange day lilies have started blooming. There's weeds mixed in with them too. Some I can reach, others I can't. Ah well, I choose to just look at the flowers.

 

And the red day lily with the yellow throat opened another flower today. I wish it would lean over more so I can take a picture of it head-on but it's standing up taller so I kind of get its profile.

 

A Downy Woodpecker came to visit the suet cakes feeder this afternoon. I haven't seen a woodpecker in a long time. I was glad to see it. It might be one of this year's crop of babies because it's feathers aren't bright white like the adults are. I figure it's just a kid.

 

And the rabbit visited the patio door again today. I looked up from drawing and there it was. I can't decide whether it's looking at itself or looking at me.

 

Funnily enough when I saw the rabbit I was drawing today's prompt which was Windows & Doors. So I drew the living room windows and the patio door. Not very exciting but they fit the bill.

 

There's one old story that's been nagging at me. When I was trolling for stories to put on Substack I ran across it and was very disappointed that it wasn't finished so I moved on. But I can't stop thinking about it so I looked at it again this afternoon and found that I had a background document. See, once in a old writing group we did an exercise where we joined stars in a new constellation and then wrote the legend of the constellation. I can't stop thinking of mine. I sat down and added some more to the story this afternoon and printed off the legend pages with story ideas appended at the end for inspiration. Just what I need, another writing project.

 

Oh, I almost forgot. I drew a gratitude journal page for yesterday this morning so you get to see it. Just because I can.

 

This morning I had a critique Zoom with cda and she didn't have too many changes to suggest for the 3rd and 4th chapters of Christmas at Seaview. That made me have a little more confidence that it might be publishable by the end of summer. Fingers crossed.

--Barbara