Chores in the garden with daylilies !

My favorite time of day is around 7:00 am when I go outside and walk around with my phone/camera and my cup of coffee.  

I search for the new blooms.  Sure, there are new blooms on every daylily every day but I'm looking for that very first bloom on each plant.  I still have 3 plants that are slow/shy this year and it's already July 24th. These three are not new to my yard but I cannot remember what they look like so it will be a surprise. 

Tangerine!

Every morning, I also snap off the soggy, spent blooms from the day before. It doesn't take long and I just drop them on the ground around the flowerbeds... they soon disappear lol, 

Since not a single new bloom had appeared today,  I decided to grab a small bucket and collect and COUNT the spent blooms. The bucket, surprisingly, was only filled approximately 4 inches.  The count was shocking-- 117 spent blooms!!! and yet it only took me about 10 minutes! 

My mush salad - haha

The yard still is full of daylily color even after that.