Volunteer zinnias
After struggling to grow zinnias from seeds and starters this season, I was happily surprised when these pink zinnias popped up on the edge of a little pot of purple […]
Our Dahlia collection
The Dahlias in our garden are some of our most successful flowers! These beauties bring a lot of color and joy to our backyard! Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was our […]
Begonia time
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was this beautiful begonia blooming in our garden! I love growing begonias because they remind me of going to The Capitola Begonia Festival when I was […]
Wild, wacky flower
This crazy bulb started blooming again and we are loving it! Though we enjoy this flower’s brief appearance in our garden each summer, we can never remember what it is […]
Fixing up the front
Our hanging basket of front-door flowers never seems to make it through winter. Today I finally took down the sad, dead plant and replaced it with this lovely basket of […]
A pale volunteer
We’ve grown Morning Glory flowers over an arch in our garden for the last several years. Since the tiny starters I recently grew from seeds all died when we went […]
Following the peony’s progress
Our stunning peony has bloomed once again! Hallelujah! The collage of photos shows the progression over the last week; though the last three photos of the actual blooming all happened […]
Beautiful irises on a walk
Our Santa Rosa neighborhood is bursting with gorgeous flowers and today I spotted these beautiful irises while on a walk. They remind me of the lovely irises that used to […]
An abundance of Clematis
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was our Clematis exploding with NINE beautiful blooms! What was your #OneGoodThing today? Please share in the comments! And remember, kindness is everything! Day 102 of […]
Picking out plants
Though we were nervous, we ventured into the world—and our first store in more than a year today. Mama and I went to an outdoor local nursery/farm in Sebastopol to […]
