Come with me!

 Grab your coffee ... and let's walk!  Come on  .... let's explore my gardens!

 I love to share what's happening! Listen  ... they're all chattering!

Look at me!  Look at my color ... my texture .... get "up close and personal"!

Is your head swimming  in our colors? 

Come on ... get lost in my folds .... it's like a maze .... which way is out.

Keep following your nose ... from one unbelievable fragrance to the next. Breathing deeply ....

And then  let your eyes drift ... up, up. Our fingers are reaching for the sky!

 

Don't forget us! We are tiny but we pack a colorful punch!

 

 

Look at us, we are playing garden sea-horse. How are we doing?

For us, we love to be simple ....

.... and fancy.

 Our name is Rose ... every one of us ... but, some of us are bushes, some climbers ... personalities galore!

Hey ... look at us.  Our little faces are talking to you!

 I think we better reply! What's that?  Oh ... thank you for wishing us a happy day.  Same to you my new little friends!

And so, we have come to the last of the flowers of today's garden tour. There was great excitement in the gardens when I told everyone that I would be bringing all of you by. They promised to be buffed and puffed to show you their finery!

I loved walking with you today.  It makes my heart happy to share my garden friends. I love to give them a chance to shine!

 

I hope you don't mind that your shoes got to wet walking in the morning dew.  It's just glorious ... don't you think ?!

Driftimg ....

Highland Park, Rochester, New York

 Alice In Wonderland comes to mind as I venture into a small part of Highland Park. Alice had, all those poppies .... I have, all those tulips!

Yesterday was an early morning rise.  Coffee in hand, car nice and warm ... camera riding shotgun.

With the goal of being the first one at the garden store ... so I could have the place and the staff  all to myself ( God only knows I have a list of things and questions to ask).  I thought ... where to go ...?

 It's a little early for the blooms in  Highland Park ... but what about their tulips.

As I rounded the corner, I knew I made the right decision.

 My thoughts .... I would love to sit .. but this is just the first part of my morning mission!

But ...

I will return next weekend, as my heart tells me, it's all just beginning.

Goin Fishin .....

Scottsville, NY

 Some photos tell a story.  One shot and it all unfolds.

A statue, placed along a rambling brook and my mind wanders off to a place deep within me  ... fishing.

Cape May, New Jersey

If I can't be the one fishing, then I love watching the sport through different eyes.

Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska

I'm in wonderment of nature....

Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska

That little black dot is a salmon swimming against the raging waters ....going to spawn. 

Ketchacan, Alaska

...and, how it's all connected in the cycle of life.  If you look closely, you can see the bear, sitting in the brush, savoring these salmon!

Webster Par, Webster, NY

And .... what about those quiet places that say ... throw in your line ... doesn't matter if you catch anything ... its really about the beauty around you.

Wilmington, New York

Upper Saranac, NY

So my memories trail off. I'm with my Dad, it's after supper. We wander down to the dock and start up the engine that will take us up the lake for and hour of fishing and just being together.  These are the views we shared. We sometime sat in silence.  Then we would talk ... but I don't remember about what.

Honeymoon Isalnd, Saranac Lake, NY

Miller Pond, Saranac Lake NY

Miller Pond, Saranac Lake, NY

However, the memory stirs my soul.

Without realizing it, I keep those memories around me ... for comfort.  This is my Dad's fish basket, hanging on the back of one of my doors. It's filled with the first flowers my grand-daughter gave me.

 This whole journey started with this picture this morning ... which hangs near the fish basket. 

My heart is happy today.

Complete Denial!

Webster ,NY

 I REFUSE to acknowledge or post a picture of what is happening outside right now. 

The beauty of the freshly fallen snow is lost on me today.

I prefer to post pictures of what my garden will look like in 6 weeks!

Enjoy the photos from my garden last spring.

 I'm feeling much better now!  :)