Rain Lilies

This picture of my Rain Lily is especially appropriate for today. We had a thunderstorm roll through around lunchtime and it poured. Since it was raining I parked next to the building that I worked in which has crepe myrtles around it. By the time I left to go home the truck looked like a parade float from all of the flowers that had fallen on it. I got this plant from Bennett's Nursery last year. It didn't bloom last year but has several times this year. The blooms are very short-lived so I was lucky to get a shot of it.

Guests

When I got home from work today, Quickbeam and I went outside with our camera to see what we could find. We took some pictures of a new mushroom that looked like a doppler radar tower that appeared in the backyard.



We snapped a couple of pictures of my rain lily that *finally* started blooming.

We also got a picture of the Betty Corning clematis that is blooming.

Then I decided to go over to the crepe myrtle tree and get a picture of its new blooms.

When I got close to it, this is what I found:

There was a bird there that took off as soon as I got close. I didn't see any eggs inside, so I'm hoping I didn't scare it off. It makes me happy to know that it has made a home in our tree. I'll be keeping an eye out for it.