Sunday morning - Greene County, Virginia 

Even though the Summer solstice is a couple of weeks away, summer is in full swing in central Virginia. After two nearly perfect June days, with plenty of sunshine, dry air and pleasant temperatures, yesterday morning was overcast. The light was pretty good though, and there was no wind, so I though it a good morning to walk around and see what's flowering. 

 This blue flower is a perennial hybrid geranium called  Rozanne

 The oak leaf hydrangea that we planted several years ago is full of lovely white blooms. Hydrangeas are a somewhat old-fashioned plant. My grandmother had them in front of her porch; we called them snow-ball bushes.

This is a pink honeysuckle, with a Japanese maple in the background. Wild honeysuckle is abundant in this area and smells wonderful this time of year. We planted this pink honeysuckle, and it is threatening to take over.