Ten Gables Cottage

Ten Gables Cottage
Ten Gables Cottage

Friday, June 28, 2013

Beautiful Summer Blooms


Hello Everyone and hope you are having a happy week end! It is so lovely here in sunny Florida today. I walked around looking for blooms and there are many! I have a pretty bromeliad on the porch that looks gorgeous.

I was so excited to find my first Sunflower bloom! It is so pretty and a fairly delicate one on a plant only about 3 feet tall. I have no idea the name, as I just took a handful of mixed seeds out side and scattered them and lightly covered them ....POT LUCK!! I now have a garden full of zinnias, cosmos and sunflowers!
Here are some of the zinnias and you can barely see the cosmos in the back of them.


The crape myrtles are in bloom and are so gorgeous! They are trees that look so bare and ugly in winter, but come Spring they are just glorious!

Breathtaking Blooms against a blue, blue sky!
Do you remember my little pond the grandchildren built for me by sinking a plastic tote into the ground. It is really cute now with plants and blooms around it. I painted the rock turtle and the pond has been a little water feature that I have enjoyed all Spring. It looks so cool and refreshing and quite "real".
Have a lovely weekend and enjoy Nature wherever you are!

4 comments:

  1. Creeping myrtle-- perhaps that's what I saw all through the Texas hill country, beautiful flower laden trees. Scattering a handful of us flower seeds is the best way to enjoy them!

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  2. Yes, some really hot-coloured blooms there, Egretta. I love the turtle. Have you given him a name?

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  3. Wow, Egretta! Gorgeous blooms!

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  4. Everything is looking very summery and cheerful! The crape myrtles are very pretty, wonder if they would keep in a vase for a week or so.

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