Hi Lily, Hi Lily, Hi Lo






A song of love is a sad song,
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
A song of love is a song of woe
Don't ask me how I know
A song of love is a sad song
For I have loved and it's so
I sit at the window and watch the rain, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Tomorrow I'll probably love again, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo.
(1953 From the musical LILI, sung by Leslie Caron. Later performed by Shelly Fabares in the sixties.)

These are the gorgeous tropical lilies blooming this week in our pond. Unfortunately, fall is pushing the thermometer down into the forties the next few nights. One morning very soon they will say goodbye.

Bye Lily, Bye Lily, Bye low........

Comments

Anonymous said…
You have an amazing pond. Great photos!
10:35 PM, September 19, 2007
Anonymous said…
Do you just lose the blooms or the whole plant? We used to have lilies in our fish pond but they lasted all year round.
11:31 PM, September 19, 2007
Anonymous said…
Those are gorgeous. We don't have many lily ponds here in the desert. Do you have water mocassins?
12:05 AM, September 20, 2007
theotherbear said…
, they are just gorgeous!
2:09 AM, September 20, 2007
Anonymous said…
Ah, Pammy, you took a picture--it'll last longer!!

Such beauty exists right under your feet; I know it comes with much TLC :).
4:00 AM, September 20, 2007
Anonymous said…
What gorgeous pictures. Dang that chilly weather.
6:05 AM, September 20, 2007
Pamela said…
Mark: Thank you. It's WORK.
WT: They all die... or rather would. Hubby takes the hardier ones-cuts them completely back and puts them on the bottom of the pond. The tropical ones died last year. This year we are taking the bulbs and storing them in sacks of sand in 50 degrees.
Swampy Maybe on our feet (:
otherbear we think they are beautiful creations
Robin we took soooo many pictures. these I just shot two days ago
nikki I'm hoping we have more snow this year. Last year was disappointing
7:29 AM, September 20, 2007
Susie said…
Your lilys are so colorful. Mine are a very waxy white with just a hint of yellow.
It's rainy and cold here this morning. Fall is arriving..
xo
8:40 AM, September 20, 2007
Anonymous said…
Lilies. My favorite flower.
9:29 AM, September 20, 2007
DesLily said…
ohhhh how pretty!

I like fall..but i hate to see the flowers die and the leaves fall.. ah well.. happens every year! lol
10:04 AM, September 20, 2007
Mary said…
Beautiful! I have always loved lilies of any sort.
11:37 AM, September 20, 2007
Carole Burant said…
I love water lilies and they've always held a special place in my heart because when I was little and we'd go camping, my dad would always get some water lilies for my hair when he'd gone fishing:-) xox
12:12 PM, September 20, 2007
Anonymous said…
You are just TOO quick. "Water Mocassins on your feet." Ha.
12:46 PM, September 20, 2007
Anonymous said…
Buttercup says: "They're cute."
12:54 PM, September 20, 2007
Anonymous said…
Beautiful flowers!

Is it getting that cold already?
4:50 PM, September 20, 2007
Masago said…
Good things sometimes come to the end. :-(
5:15 PM, September 20, 2007
Whippersnapper said…
Yes, our flowers are not long for this world either. You'd think it would be the chilly weather that is taking them down, but actually they're disappearing because people are coming into our yard, digging them up and taking them away.

I am a person who opposes the death penalty, but scenarios like these are making me seriously reconsider my position on this issue.
6:44 PM, September 20, 2007
bichonpawz said…
Really Pretty Water Lilies...we used to have alot of them...til the jetskis took over!!
7:43 PM, September 20, 2007
Kila said…
Beautiful photos! Love 'em!
9:37 PM, September 20, 2007
Jodi said…
The first photo looks like a postcard... absolutely beautiful!
5:16 AM, September 21, 2007
Debs said…
Beautiful pond and beautiful lilies. :)
5:34 AM, September 21, 2007
Walker said…
I sure admire your pond and the lillies!
7:02 AM, September 21, 2007
Anonymous said…
What a charming post. Love the lillies. Do you have a bench near your pond so that you can sit and enjoy?
7:17 AM, September 21, 2007
Bibi said…
Very clever ... and beautiful lilies. That's the worst of fall, watching everything die off. Which brings to mind another song... Seasons...
12:51 PM, September 21, 2007
Debs said…
I have an award for you at my place. :)
1:17 PM, September 21, 2007
Hayden said…
absolutely beautiful, and somehow more precious on the verge of winter...
12:11 AM, September 22, 2007
BarnGoddess said…
wow! those are lovely lilys
12:43 PM, September 22, 2007
Tammy said…
So beautiful!
(And I know that song...and I remember seeing the movie on TV growing up!)
6:15 PM, September 22, 2007
Gattina said…
Beautiful pictures ! I am back from Italy in a "normal" world at least concerning internet connection ! I have never had that since I am blogging ! Not even from Egypt or Turkey. From 1 h Internet I could use maybe 45 min at the beginning and then 15 the last 3 days ! It was awful. We arrived home at 1.30 pm made the trip in two shots of course. Now I have to catch up on all news in blogworld ! So I have a lot to read, lol ! Sorry that I couldn't comment !
9:12 AM, September 23, 2007
Anonymous said…
I really love lillypads. The song is sadly sweet too.
7:42 PM, September 23, 2007
Molly said…
I remember that song. Your water lilies are lovely.
8:03 PM, September 23, 2007
AfKaP said…
Beautiful Lilies - and I just love that film! It is so melancholy and Ferrer has such sad sad eyes.
8:17 AM, September 25, 2007
Anonymous said…
awww now that was just plain beatiful
12:17 PM, September 26, 2007
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

An Old Cold Spot

Image
My brother Mike emailed me this photo last night.  He said this was a goodbye salute that he snapped today in his garage where this old freezer has been chugging away since 1988.  That was the year our mama decided she was tired of bending over and digging through it.  Besides, she no longer needed the capacity and hadn't for several years. Mike and my sister-in-law  spent the next 25 years "digging" through this old freezer.  My sis-in-law was very good at keeping it and the cupboards stocked.  The two of them kept promising each other that "It is going to die soon, so we will just keep it until that day." Twenty-five years may seem like a very long life for a freezer.  It is MUCH older than that. Sears only sold Coldspot through 1976.  I thought that my parent's purchased this freezer in the sixties.  My brother said he put the serial number 'on-line' and it matched a 1953 manufacturing date.   Here is a close up of the make and model that
Read more

Apparitions in my Garden

Image
Karmyn is the host of Fun Monday this week with a subject that is near and dear to her heart. Not to mention her knees and fingers. But I mentioned them anyway. The subject? --- What's Growing In Your Garden. As soon as I signed up I grabbed my camera and headed out the back door. Alyssum, lady's mantle, gaillardia, Jupiter beard, and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember is blooming in this photo. We didn't put as many annuals in this year so I miss all the yellows and reds that we often enjoy. But, something else showed up in that surprised me. Can it be that my yard is haunted? Cheeky little ghost! A shot from the deck near the hammock shows off some ornamental grass, petunias, pond plants ... and that bold apparitio
Read more

Bird Voyeur

Image
The sweet little digital camera that the hubby purchased (after I dropped our old one) has encouraged me to do a little more walking. Last week I took it with me when I walked up the "creek" path, which doubles for joggers and bikers as well. I've seen beavers, mink, deer, birds, birds, birds, and once the tail end of a bear run running away through the brush. Of course, without a camera. Now I carry it often. This time I was watching the Belted King Fisher performing an acrobatic display and chattering at the ducks and geese in his fishing territory. I was zooming in on him in a tree across the water when I spotted what I thought was a huge wasp or hornet nest very high in the tree. (Thanks to Susan for bringing up bee's today.) The heavy binoculars were at home, so I continued to try to see it through my camera. Then, a weird movement caught my eye. What I thought was a giant paper wasp nest was really a Great Blue Heron sleeping on one leg with his head ben
Read more