A Hydrangea question...

This beautiful hydrangea is just starting to bloom in my yard and I was wondering if any of my blog friends might know the variety or even have a good guess??? 

Hydrangeas and Where Have I Been?

I can't believe it has been over 2 weeks since I last updated!  Where is the time going???  As is our norm, when May arrives it seems my family kicks into over drive in the busyness department.  Between baseball, Spring football practices, end of the year school programs, The Taste of the Symphony (which I will share more about in another post!) and all the yard work that we find ourselves doing it seems to be our busiest time of the year...yes, even busier than November & December! 

So, for a quick post I wanted to show you my hydrangeas! 

They are putting on quite a show this year.

I am enjoying them in the yard and filling vases inside as well. 

Last week my Garden Club celebrated the end of our year with our Annual Garden Hat Luncheon.  As is tradition, we all create a hat or corsage using fresh flowers to wear.  This is a peek at mine (yes, it was quite difficult to take a photo of my hat, while wearing it by myself!!!)

I used peonies (my favorite!)

What is Blooming in Your Yard?

This morning I took some photos of the pretties that are making an appearance in my yard right now.  Here is just one of the beautiful blooms off one of the Hydrangea Bushes

Next, can you tell what is growing right next to the Crepe Myrtle?

That would be a gorgeous Eucalyptus Tree.  I have always wanted one!

One of my biggest concerns when I found out I was going to be moving was that I had a great love for our 4 large Natches variety Crepe Myrtle trees. They adorned our front yard in the last house and I loved them very much.  Well, I was thrilled to find out that we have several (in multiple varieties) at the new house and they have put on quite a show for us.

We also have a couple of rose bushes that are working hard to make us smile.  Both of them appear to be climbers that have been neglected and have gotten lost under other bushes.  How can you not love something that has that much desire to live and does it with such beauty?

Here is a close up of the only gardening I have done so far.  Since we moved right before the 4th of July I was inspired to do a red, white and blue (yes, there are tiny blue flowers on the trailing plants) planting.

I won't be doing much gardening until fall arrives with some cooler air and fewer critters in the bushes, but I have been enjoying the show that was already here!