honour

i love our country and am so thankful for the men and women who lay their lives down daily to provide us with such great freedom & liberty. we honour you today especially but everyday we are indebted to eternally.

last year

(my entry in the gardening gone wild photo contest for may)

in the summer of 2010 i had the priviledge of going to

buffalo and joining the garden bloggers in the buffalo garden walk.

there were so many beautiful vignettes it was hard to know

where to point and shoot. i love close~ups but i had

to take lots of long shots to help jog my memory once i

was back home in my own garden.

i never really got around to blogging about this wonderful

time i spent in buffalo....last summer was back to back traveling

all summer long.

my time there immediately resonated in my mind when

i saw the gardening gone wild photo contest for may 2011.

i thought of all the beautiful varieties of flowers showcased

in the lovely small gardens of the buffalo garden walk.

so here is just a fraction of what i got to look at,

photograph, and enjoy the pleasure of last year.

it rained on us several times but i love rain drenched flowers.

the colour seems so saturated and glowy with drops of water on

the petals.

i love the way the light bounces back at you in the rain.

there were over 60 garden bloggers that attended and

we had a marvelous time rain or shine.

if you have a chance to visit buffalo during the garden walks

i would highly recommend it. they pack their gardens out

like nobodies business. the homes are beautiful and history

in buffalo is evident in the buildings and houses.

happy may. gardens in may are beautiful. but these photos were in

the summer, in buffalo, in the most lovely gardens.

new blog on the block

my two older daughters, rachel and esther and i have started a blog together.

we hope to inspire women and to build relationships.

hopefully to keep better in touch with each other too...we especially miss our

esther not living near us.

check it out if you want. it is called raw beauty.

http://rawbeauties.blogspot.com/