Like a firework…

The red is first thing I noticed. But there is lime green & yellow in it’s center. Fine white fur, like a peach, stands on the green stem. Gerber Daisies remind me of fireworks~they are stunning & they were not made to last. I always ooh & ah (awe?) at a firework’s explosion, while I…

Wild Hydrangea

Although, we can buy it in our nurseries. I bought two for our front yard. I love them.

Bloom for me

This blossom looks like it should be under water.

Joseph’s Coat Rose

This is my very first rose, it is very small, but is stunning in color.  I planted the roses this spring.  The “vase” is about 3″ tall, it was a sample of Vermont Maple Syrup.

Yellow Dahlias

my friend delivered these from her own garden.  She had always delivered flowers in vases, but everyone was wishing to return the vases.  She no delivers flowers in a can, covered in fabric & with a rubber band or a ribbon, so there is now reason to return anything…except the can to be recycled.  I…

Baggett’s Chapel Community cotton

A friend, Helen, came by to visit me & bring me wonderful gifts, comfort food for my family, Dahlias from her yard & cotton from Brewton, Alabama.  Brewton is very far South of Birmingham.  Helen’s grandmother’s house is rented to a farmer who grows cotton on the land.  The house is located in an isolated…