It's the first of September and fall is looming closer and closer every day. Ok... I'm in denial. It's practically on top of us.
I love fall... but summer is my favorite.
So, in honor of summer, here's some of my favorite pictures from my garden this year.
My mom is a gardening freak perennial gardener.
(She's intense -- I mean this woman will stop in the mall parking lot and weed their landscaping)
I grew up in the garden. To this day my sisters and I have to take "garden tours" around her yard while she quizzes us about the names of each plant. We always complain about the mandatory "tours", but I think each of us has inherited a little bit of my mom's love of flowers.
My middle sister works on a lawn/landscaping crew during the summer when she's home from college. She has now inherited my mom's embarrasing habit of weeding in public places (heaven help me).
My youngest sister is a graphic design student. She loves to take pictures... especially of my mom's gardens. She always has. I remember her being in middle school and running out to the garden with my dad's camera. Her skills have greatly improved since then... a few examples for you...
And then there's me. I like all flowers. But when you grow up in the garden, like my sisters and me, you quickly develop favorites. So, when I moved away from home, my mom gave me cuts of all my favorites. And eventually they became the beautiful flowers you saw from my garden (up there at the top). I think that's pretty cool.
Hyacinths, lilacs, lilies, hydrangea, and sweet pea. These are my favorites. What are yours?
