Peonies fo' Me

Don't be jeally, but this is what we have in our (the building's) front garden:


That's a bush full of bustin' out peonies:


I had to ask my landlord (she was in the garden yesterday) what kind of flower it was. She said Pfingstrose, which literally translates to Pentecostal rose. In English...a peony. I always think of peonies as light pink, a bit more closed up and all one color. Not these rebels...

And that is my hand holding the stem underneath. Yes, I have sort of weirdly small hands, but that's still a big mama bloom.

And so I walked a little further and found some more Blumen. There's a place around the corner from us where you can rent little garden spaces..complete with huts, soil for crops and plenty of kitschy gnomes.


It's quite nice. There were some quite nice lovelies there too.




{note bikini babe}



this might be my favey shot (below). that's some great bokeh. thanks Dtwo-hundey.



And, around the corner, just on a sorta regular street...



even the little weed flowers are cute


So, I grabbed a friend to keep me company while I spend years trying to figure out an Austrian tax form (yes, of course in German).