Rebirth

This year, I had several "rebirths" in my garden.  This year's freebies are sunflowers, alysum, snapdragons, and stock.  Talk about getting your money's worth. 

Once again, I was compelled to snap photos of the sunflowers.  It truly amazes me to see a mandala in nature such as the one inside this sunflower.  I find myself staring and tracing the pattern.

Click to enlarge the picture below.  You can see hundreds of tiny flowers opening.

From my perspective, I can understand how mandala's were used as religious symbols throughout civilzation. 

Nature's Art

This is a new plant to the garden.  Sadly I can't remember the name of the plant, but it is a type of Iris and it likes a lot of water. 

The payoff is this beautiful flower.  The flower only lasts one day, but the shoot (stem) has produced 3 blooms so far.  I am hoping this plant will establish itself and produce more of these beauties.

Happiness is...

More pictures from the garden.  As we are about to get another round of winter storms this weekend, I snapped these pics in the last of the afternoon sun today.

Afterwards I sat in the glider and soaked up the sun, hung with the dogs and read in my book.

A wonderful way to end a week of work.

Garden Shots

The plants are coming along...

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”

Henry Matisse

Plants, Plants and More Plants

What did I do over my 4 day weekend?  Aside from errands, and attending to personal stuff, I spent about 10 hours over the last 3 days in the garden.  It was a lot of work, I am stiff and sore, but my planter and pots are done. 

 

At long last I have blooming plants throughout my backyard and can look forward to more flowers over the next few months.