Sweet Swirlin' Crinum Blooms! (and other surprises)

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Have you ever noticed that you can never step into the same garden twice? 

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Every day, I walk into my garden and never know quite what to expect.  There might be a cloudy, misty aura in the garden, or it might be blindingly bright.  On any given day, I will find plants that are growing larger...and a few plants that are shrinking away...plants bursting into bloom...and a few blooms that are fading.  Some days, I find a garden filled with birds and butterflies and a gentle breeze.  Other days, the garden is still and quiet...almost unearthly.  The one truth is that the garden is never quite the same place as it was the day before. 

Serenity of a Summer Shower

We're having a great summer rain today.  This summer has been fairly wet here in my neck of the woods, though I'm not sure that was the case everywhere in Florida.  And the wonderful thing about a summer shower is the cooling of temperatures.  Yesterday, the temperatures hovered around 80 degrees here all day, which is pretty cool.  Even when the rain wasn't falling, we had the benefit of complete cloud cover.  :  )   So I took my camera out and photographed my rain-soaked, cloud-shaded garden...just the way I like it!