Great shot of the sunflower with its butterfly friend. My favorite daylily today is ROYAL JESTER. Its already on my must get list because of the lovely pictures posted by both you and Nancy. I honestly don't know why I don't already have it.

Great pics. Royal Jester is looking good, but I really like Bella Sera, that's a long blooming time. The butterfly pic is really nice. Debra, thanks for commenting on my blog :)
cindy

WONDERFUL PICS Debra! BEG finished up here a couple weeks ago, if I had watered more I would prolly have more rebloom than I'm getting now. Bella Sera bloomed a really long time here this season too....what a beauty! I LOVE your Sunflower pic with the butterfly! You always bring such awesome pics to the forum!
Nancy

As always, very pretty pictures. I especially like Royal Jester, but Bella Sera is a lovely one, and that is outstanding bloom! Love the sunflower/butterfly picture.
kay

So where are the kitty pics? What have those babies been up to?

I've been checking out BELLA SERA.;-). Nice to still have bloom.

Julia

Julia - Between me being back to teaching and the oppressive heat here, there haven't been many cat photos taken during the past week. I did have two revelations this week. Columbus and Midnight are both females! That means Zuzu is the only male. Cowgirl is our little sweetheart. She comes when called and purrs loudly when petted. Cowgirl is comfortable interacting with my husband, too. Zuzu lets me pet him now, even when he's not eating. His paws are as large as Mama Tuxie's now. I think he's going to be enormous like his Big Daddy. Zuzu will also come to me when called. Columbus went through a week when she would not let me pet her (in retaliation for me picking her up again). Midnight/Samantha is still afraid of me.

My husband took this photo of Cowgirl and Tuxie on the front porch, but his lens was a bit fogged from all the humidity.

The Striper Siblings - Columbus on the lower step and Zuzu on the porch

Debra

Love the pics Debra. They are growing so fast.
I'm glad the humidity left us here and the temps are more comfortable and today we got more rain.
Are schools reopened already?

Julia

They are so adorable. Kittens will fool you. I had a kitten named Duchess once who soon turned out to be male not femalew so we changed his to Dutch.
kay

Rita - Royal Jester has always impressed me because it blooms later than anything else. But I was so pleased with those rebloom scapes. It's never rebloomed before this year. I guess it didn't get enough sun where it used to be.

Cindy - Bella Sera had instant rebloom and then took about a 5-6 day break before the third set of scapes started. I really like your Blog! Everyone should check it out. (She posts a lot of photos there we don't see here.)

Nancy - Blue Eyes Glance had never rebloomed before, so I was grateful for the late scape.

Julia - School started here this week. Teachers reported back last Monday and the students arrived on Thursday. I wish I could get some of your cooler temps and rain.

Kay - I could have sworn Columbus was a boy. But now that SHE has matured a bit, it's obvious she is female. What a little scrapper she is! I have to stop her sometimes when she wrestles with Zuzu because she bites him so hard in vital areas.

Debra

Love all the pictures--especially the kitties. The butterfly picture is great too.
Really like Royal Jester, but Bella Sera is my favorite.
School starts earlier there. Doesn't start til September here--some schools before Labor Day and some not until after.
Val

I immediately liked BLUE EYES GLANCE and when I looked up the height, I liked it even more. I am really into the taller ones 30" or higher, and this one is supposed to be 34". Love the color!

The kittens are so cuuute! When my camera lens fogs up, I use it as an opportunity to take some dramatic pictures as it it clearing up. Sometimes it looks kind of ethereal and definitely not like my garden:) With your cats, it gives them a soft look and I like it.

Vickie

I agree the fogged up lens gives it a very artsey feel. Glad to see the kitten pictures back. I love the kitten pictures. But you sure are gonna have to figgure out how to get all those kitties to the vet for spaying or you soon will be overrun with cats. Of course the kitties are adorable but it's possible to have too much of a good thing LOL!

Great Pictures, Debra. and wheres the "Blog"? I just love ROYAL JESTER,Its so pretty, and I love all the pictures of the kittens.,RITA is right about getting them to a vet for spaying or you will have kittens every where.They will normally have their first litter at 6 months of age...
Love that picture of the sunflower and Butterfly.

Jean

Vickie - You might want to hold off on Blue Eyes Glance. I understand it's tender in the north and does not overwinter that well. It's pretty finicky here and has only bloomed every other year since I got it.

Jean and Rita - Mama Tux is going to be spayed within the week. The vets around here won't spay/neuter kittens until they are 16 weeks old. I kept trying to get a group deal, but no vet will give me one. I should be able to get all the girls to the vet except Midnight/Samantha. I am getting a Havaheart trap for her.

Debra