A little snack

oh...how sweet. She's smelling the flowers.

Or is she?

 

Fresh Flowers

My garden veggies are largely a bust. It would seem the soil needs some amending before next spring. 

But those flowers! They are making my dream of always having fresh flowers in the house come true!

The Canterbury Bells magically emerged two years after I planted them!

Dad's roses are gorgeous and dreamy 

Fun little Bachelor Buttons

A lovely little mix!

These purple dahlias have been a surprise stand out. This is one of the small ones!

I mean....come on. That's bounty of zinnias!

I love these little vases! They are so fun to arrange.

My orange dahlias that were supposed to be pink so I got my money back but secretly love them even more....

Soon we'll have oodles and caboodles of sunflowers. Maybe a few snapdragons? 

You never can tell!

A bit of gardening

 It might not seem like it, but I am gardening. 

I'm doing some different tomatoes. My personal favorite is the "Mortgage Lifter" variety.

HUGE!

I'm geeking out over these cascading cherry tomatoes. I love their adorable organized ripening. Taking turns...what lovely manners!

Besides that, I'm really trying to get some perennials started. I'd love to have a good portion of the garden come up on it's own every year. Then I can just fill in with the veggies I want. 

I've got some dahlias. In fact I order lots of different bulbs from Tulip World and not a single one turned out to be what I ordered. But these orange dahlias are gorgeous. A happy accident!

I planted these campanulas 2 years ago...they finally came up! "Oh, Campanula!" (Were-Rabbit reference)

Bachelor buttons! 

Two varieties of cosmos. (I wish their bushiness wouldn't take over the whole bed and surrounding walkways.)

Zinnias! I'm hatching a plan to go FULL ON ZINNIA next year. It's gonna be cool!

This is my favorite part, starting to bring in a few goodies and giving away some cabbages. Because who can it this many cabbages??

The Golden Ratio

One more thing....aren't these Mojave Whites the coolest?

It's like art and math and nature showing off all at once.