Happy Flag Day!

cardinal nest inside butterfly bush, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

She’s almost at eye level in her nest in my butterfly bush. When she is alarmed, she flies to the back and up and out. I was a bit nervous when taking this (and three other shots) as the flash was going off and I didn’t want her to put my eye out.
We tried to get some tomatoes in the big garden yesterday(about 10 so far)-between showers that is. The new top soil seems to be helping a lot! The ground looks almost like ground coffee! The weather looks more promising today. I’m going to add a few mounds of fingerling potatoes to the other part of the garden too.
And I repotted this lovely orange Gerbera daisy and it presented me with a flower yesterday.

I found the neat basket for $3 at the Goodwill.

My ‘lilies of the field’ are starting to bloom. They are indeed near the long part of our yard! I think I saw a ruffled yellow one too. This is a Asiatic lily:

There is a Daddy Longlegs on the one blossom there.
And last but not least, a small part of my fairy garden:

Some of my little figurines have lost a wing or look a bit worn, but they still look cute when the flowers and plants grown larger and they are hiding beneath them!