This is one of the best years for peonies I have known here. I do love the rain so long it doesn’t pour endlessly, and this morning it was but a brief spell. I love the freshness and invigoration it brings to the garden, so I couldn’t resist popping out with my camera when the rain had stopped.
The flowers were heavy with the raindrops, looking almost as if they were bowing. I have a special place for Peonies. My parents grew them back home, and they remind me of my younger years growing up, and so enjoying those warm sunny spring days.
May 2019, rear garden, Staffordshire, England. © Pete Hillman.
Nature Journeys 
Great, dear Pete 🙂
Thanks for sharing.
How are you, dear friend?
All the best
Didi
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Dear Didi 🙂 I am well thank you, and I hope you are too.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, thanks Pete 🙂 – all is fine here 🙂
Have a great time
Didi
LikeLiked by 1 person
I am very pleased to hear that Didi 🙂 Best wishes Pete
LikeLiked by 1 person
Such a striking photo! Thank you for sharing 💗
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Very beautiful!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you Aniki!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful pictures
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you Rabirius 🙂
LikeLike
Beautiful, especially with the raindrops! Peonies are just beginning to grow here in Alaska – there are two peony farms on our road, and the plants are about 5 or 6 inches tall.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you Marilyn. I am glad you have them growing there too.
LikeLike
Lovely shots, Pete. Peonies not only look beautiful, but smell divine!
LikeLiked by 2 people
They sure do Sandy! Thank you! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s appropriate that you posted these flowers this weekend. When I was growing up, peonies were traditional graveyard flowers, and Memorial Day was the time that we’d go to tend to them. Beyond that, both my mother and grandmother grew them, beautifully. I miss them. They can be grown in Texas, but in my area it’s really an iffy proposition because of the heat, the nature of the soil, and so on. Like lilac and forsythia, they’re just happier a bit more north.
LikeLiked by 2 people
That is very interesting what you say about the peonies there. They always appear to come and go very quickly here. Already the petals are falling from those I shot today.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow! Stunning!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you!
LikeLike
I love peonies but have only seen them in florist shops here. This one you have shared is a particularly stunning colour which I haven’t seen before.
Raindrops on petals make for wonderful images.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you Vicki. They are a very deep, rich colour, more so in the rain.
LikeLike
Lovely!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow what a startling pink and so beautiful covered in raindrops.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you Jill. They are quite beautiful, and the rain so enlivens them.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love peonies but sadly have no room for any.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful pink smothered in raindrops … 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you Julie 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow beautiful photos!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Antonia 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful flower and capture! A flower that I have not yet attempted to grow. Enjoy looking at yours!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I am pleased you like it so! Thank you very much 🙂
LikeLike
Beautiful.
Peonies are my favourite flower. I’m so happy I found your website. Me and my 8 year old daughter are sitting here enjoying your amazing photos.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Cheyne, I am pleased you are enjoying my site 🙂
LikeLike