Morning Stroll 8/12/17

Happy to see the sunshine this morning.  Absent all day yesterday.

Here's two of the three phlox.  The pink one was looking like it needed a drink.

Rain is needed.  Love how the sunlight is shining through this one. 

Too early for visitors at the butterfly bush but expect

butterflies, hummingbirds, hummingbird moths, and bees to visit today.

Shasta daises are winding down.  Montawk daisies will bloom soon. 

Bees and butterflies are enjoying the cone flowers.

 Non-stop blooms right up until frost.

Just a couple more buds and then the daylilies will be finished for the season,

which came and went much too soon.

 Have enjoyed hollyhocks this year.  Will have lots of seeds to share.

 Lots of gold in the garden at this time of the year.

 Globe thistle in bloom. 

 Rose of Sharon in white and pink.

 Sum and Substance Hosta under the red crabapple.
 
 

Need to cover with netting if expect a sampling.

 Thank you, Kelly, for these German Marigolds.  Taller than I am this year.

 Two plants to attract monarchs:  milkweed and zinnias.

Many of this year's zinnias are two toned.

Breakfast for the bees:

Breakfast for the birds:

Sunflowers are so amazing in design.  To think that one small seed produces a towering plant and thousands of seeds, as promised in Genesis 1:11-12.  The garden is filled with miracles! 

 Hydrangeas ready for drying.  Bouquets and wreaths were designed yesterday.

Chinese Lanterns.  A sure sign autumn is soon approaching.

Love my morning "Pots of Gold" here at Rainbow's End:

Daily harvesting zucs, cucs, tomatoes, summer squash, snow peas, pole beans.

Daily sharing bounty.  Tempted to pull a beet.

This plant has more than 15 peppers!

Fed Epsom salts from time to time,

as are the tomatoes.

One of my favorite vegetables.

Thank you, Andre, for the red pole bean seeds.

Angel trumpet filled with buds.

Watered daily with the bucket of dehumidifier water.

A partial tour around my backyard.  Always a joy to see what's blooming, to harvest, to listen to the bee symphony, to learn from the birds.  I find when I sit outside to read I'm distracted by all the activity taking place.  Last week spent a lot of time chasing butterflies.  There's a couple of videos on my Life Is a Garden Party facebook page. 

Vol III of Life Is a Garden Party is now available via CreateSpace or Amazon.  Here's the cover: