Showing posts with label blood lily. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blood lily. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

Meanderin' Among the May Memories

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I didn't put down the camera during that missing month of May.  Yep, there are hundreds of photos buried on that memory card from May.  I really don't like diggin' back through all the mess.  It's much easier just to manage it day by day.  However, I know there are a few captures I MUST plug into this blog at some point.  Here are some jewels I dug up this morning:

Friday, July 2, 2010

Starbursts and Fireworks!

In celebration of the Fourth of July, I have searched out my garden for festive explosions.  Here's what I found:

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Gifts from Mom's "Yard"

I can't wait to share two blooms that have just unraveled in my garden.  Both of these plants were given to me by my mom...my mom who doesn't have a garden.  The other day, I asked her how her garden was doing, and she quickly retorted, "I don't have a garden."  It reminded me of Noelle's discussion on the Yard vs. Garden, because really, in the South, most people consider a garden those carefully cultivated rows of vegetables or a planned out formal space dripping in flowers. 

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