Purple Lupines

 Hi everyone. 

It's time for Rain's Thursday Art Date, and this week her theme for  Colorful June is purple. 

In my town there is a  group that maintains the snowmobile trails that crisscross town. (In fact you could snowmobile from my town and connect to trails that go all the way in Northern New Hampshire, Northern Maine, Vermont or even Quebec.) At a couple of spots where the trail crosses the state road, there were these gorgeous fields of lupines that I think are on state property. Many are purple, but I'm loving the other shades too. I stopped at one a couple of weeks ago  when these flowers were at their peak and snapped a few photos.

Lupines always remind me of this children's book.

Here's the little write up about it on Amazon if you aren't familiar with the story:

"Barbara Cooney's story is about Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, lived in a house by the sea, and wanted to do something to make the world more beautiful. This story has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went. Miss Rumphius received the American Book Award in the year of publication."

 It is a lovely story.  Real lupines are beautiful. I actually didn't know about this book until one of my English teacher friends introduced it to me on a camping trip we took in Acadia National Park several years ago after school let out for the summer. I loved the story, and  I had to buy a copy for myself.

One of my other friends has been editing her gardens and invited me over to see if I wanted any of the plants she needed to remove. She said she couldn't dig them out to just let them die, but if someone wanted them that would help her out.  She had oodles of purple lupines. Of course I'd be happy to take a few, even if I needed to figure out where to plant them. But my problems could be a lot worse!!! 

 I actually made space for them in and around the new bee garden I am still setting up. The lupines worked perfect in there as I don't want anything that looks too formal. I hope they seed into the space so next year I have some pretty flowers. 

My friend was also taking out some day lilies, and I said I'd take a couple.

Ha ha. "I really don't want any of these." She said as she kept digging them out. Now I have about 15 new lilies, which I planted here and there around my yard. Hopefully they will all take, but lilies are pretty tough plants.

Enough said. That's it for me today. I hope your week is going well. And thanks so much for stopping by my blog.