Hummingbird in one of our Jacaranda Trees
Spring is my favorite time of year and Signs of Spring are everywhere in our garden. I’m a flower nut fan and if I had my way (and unlimited amounts of money), our entire 8-acre property would be planted in nothing but flowering plants and trees.
What about bees, you’re thinking? I’m not afraid of no stinkin’ bees! Even those gigantic wood-boring bees flying around our property lately that look like fat black Hindenburg blimps with their distorted bodies overloading their wings’. At first, I thought they were killer bees from African (or Mars) or something (they’re so big!); until my husband, Charlie, set me straight. They’re Carpenter Bees. Geez – another pest to worry about? First gophers, then swallows and now Carpenter bees?
Anyway, I don’t garden. I have a garden, but I don’t do anything to it. I used to garden almost every weekend until the fire. Now, no time in my “toot sweet” life to do anything with or for my garden except walk around it and take pictures of it. But, somehow, my garden manages to bring me joy with me giving nothing in return. Mother Nature taking over where Auntie Carole has left off. The Universe and Mother Earth aligning to bring me peace, solitude and happiness when life overwhelms. I’m grateful (even to the stinkin’ bees – cuz without them, I wouldn’t have these flowers!).
Enjoy the show!
Pink Geranium from my mother
Bird of Paradise by our front gate
Bougainvillea on our back patio – this one is called Purple Queen
Hibiscus in our back yard
Clivia on our back patio
Osteospermums AKA the Freeway Daisy along our driveway
More Freeway Daisies (Osteospermum) in our driveway
Another Geranium – this one near our back door
One of our five Flowering Plum Trees
Yellow Daisy in our driveway
A lovely Peach and White Double Daffodil in my bulb garden
Plumbago along my driveway
Cape Honeysuckle along my driveway
Jonquils in my bulb garden
Princess Flower growing near our back yard fence
Another amazingly beautiful daffodil
A gorgeous double Geranium near my back door
Another amazing Double Daffodil in my bulb garden
A sea of Lavender in our back yard
An English Daisy alongside our driveway
Another picture of the Geranium my mother gave me
Another lovely Double Daffodil in my bulb garden
The very first Kangaroo Paw to bloom – this one is in our back yard
Sage along our driveway – I just love sage; the flowers are so soft, like a bunny rabbit’s fur!
Here’s a pinnable collage:
So, that’s today’s show! All of these photos were taken with my new fancy, dancy Nikon DSLR 3200 camera that I got for Christmas! I still don’t know what I’m doing with this camera, so the fact that it captured these amazing photos is strictly a credit to this great camera!
Tootles,
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