Pre-storm harvesting
Despite nearly 90-degree weather yesterday, it’s raining and about 25-degrees colder today. Before the turn in weather could affect our garden, I did a quick harvesting of these beautiful flowers, […]
Picking Zinnias with Benny
After yesterday’s treatment, I needed a pick-me-up so I ventured into our garden with Benny just before dark. We walked around looking at everything growing and breathing in the fresh, […]
Making the good in the day
This evening I realized that today had passed in a blur of stress and pain and that I had nothing good in the day to share. I turned to mama […]
So many morning glories
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was discovering dozens of beautiful Morning Glories blooming in our garden! I couldn’t fit them all in the photos, but the hummingbirds were loving them! What […]
Why I garden
Besides the purpose of growing food and herbs, I garden for my mental health. But mostly I garden for Mama. Early in my caregiving role, a friend told me about […]
Homegrown bouquet
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was how vibrant and beautiful she looks in this photo with a bouquet of our homegrown zinnias! What was your #OneGoodThing today? Please share in the […]
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 […]
