bouquet put together by my mom with random flowers from her yard

Photoshopoppies!

wild phlox - blooming everywhere in fields & ditches right now - have a lovely, sweet delicate fragrance

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later in the day...


(backlight is the sun setting)

the first poppy blossomed this morning!

I love this little garden, I could sit here all day at this time of year - lucky me, it's right outside the door

try this method next opportunity! (found on a Scandinavian blog site - click to enlarge)

2009 Rochester Lilac Festival

of all the many varieties in bloom, these were my favorite on this day:

pansy garden at the Rochester Lilac Festival

(encore presentation)

daffodils & grape hyacinth

{pastel by Harriet Torpey}

spring firsts

first crocus blossoms!

first laundry drying outdoors this year...

(okay, so it doesn't show up too well.. it's the tiny specks of color visible beyond the barn..)

red & green

I no longer have my poinsettias (accidentally left them outdoors in cold temperatures - oops, bad Kim ):
but my geraniums are doing a lovely job of contributing Christmas colors instead (while snow begins outside)

flowers that survive fall temps

one of my last little zinnias, struggling to assert itself

hardy mums

dahlias in Tim's mom's garden


Tim's mom's garden
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autumn fireworks

insomnia at 3am
(dahlias from Tim's mom's garden)