A COUPLE OF OUR GARDEN FLOWERS

 

I was a bit worried about the flowers out front. We have had a lot of heavy rain lately and early this afternoon (7-1-25), a very loud thunderstorm. At the first opportunity I checked them out and am happy to say that, for the most part, they are hanging in there. There were no perfect petals, many had fallen off and only two of the plants have blooms right now, the Coneflower and the Ditch lily.

I am hoping to plant more of them as time goes on.

In the photo above you can see a hosta in the top right corner. I don't know what color of flower it will produce yet. 

"Happiness is to hold a flower in both hands."

~Japanese Proverb~

The above photos are mine. Hopefully with a few sunny days and lots of tender loving care, the others will be blooming soon. 

Great minds think alike as the old saying goes. Our son just sent me the rest of today’s photos on his walk, before I had finished my post. I told him I was just about to add my coneflower pictures from the garden. 

Whenever he and our daughter-in-law are out on a walk, they will often send photos. We are a photo-loving family and often send what we have taken. Photography is a favorite hobby we all share. If there is anything they know his dad would like, they send those too. Today he was on his own and saw the flowers which he knew I would love, as well as the little lending library, and what came with it. I love the fact that some dear person had put an umbrella over the box. A talented person also painted the word ‘peace’ on its pole. There are several who have added to the story garden, which brings a smile to most. I recognize Alice in Wonderland, the White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter. Our son and daughter-in-law have taken their own books to that little library. On our recent tidying up of things and opening of boxes, I found several old children's books I used to read to him when he was little. I have asked him to add them the next time they go that way. They are still in very good shape, almost like new.

These photos cheered me. It is an important reminder that there are still many kind people out there.

I asked him if I could share and he said absolutely. Thank you son!

And thank you for stopping by everyone.

I wish you all a great day!

FINISHING OUR WALK ON GREEN SPRING GARDENS ON 6-3-23 - CHILDREN'S GARDEN

This is a very peaceful little garden, and though it is especially meant for children, we have always arrived when there are no little ones around.  You can put your child in one of their gardening classes.  I'm sure it will get very busy when school is out for the summer.  

On our last visit there was no Little Lending Library and we were delighted to find one...

especially as it was accompanied by...

a dragon who apparently loves tacos.

Just for fun and if you have any young ones who would be interested, I found a link to a children's page that tells you all about dragons.  You can find it here.

This interesting sign intrigued me and on checking with Google Translate, in Sudanese for instance, 'pamaca' means 'reader', in Welsh 'darllenydd' means 'a reader', in Icelandic 'lesandi' means 'reader', in Germany 'ein leser' means 'a reader', in Zulu 'umfundi' translated as 'student', in 

Spanish 'una lectura' translated as 'a reading'.  It was fun to learn the different words in each language.

Not only humans have benches dedicated to them.  We sat on the one under the language sign for a while.  Another in a different part of the garden.

There were several bird boxes nearby and this one was occupied.

You can see a little bird on a branch lower left in the photo below...

and slightly more clearly after cropping.  All the photos were taken with my cell phone.  The path led underneath and I think this is a wren, but not sure.  I didn't hang around as she was a busy mom going back and forth feeding her babies.

This photo is taken from where we sat on the bench.

The rain barrel is full of gardening tools for children, more like toys really.

Very prettily decorated by a talented artist, as you can see.

There are photos left for one more post, but it's getting late and I will share them another time.

I hope you have enjoyed your tour around the children's garden.  

 

LITTLE LENDING LIBRARY AND TAKING THE REST OF THE WEEK OFF

 Our son and daughter-in-law came to my rescue today for an easy, fast but very cute post.  This photo is theirs.  They were adding books to the Little Lending Library on their walk, and the sweetie at the bottom of the photo popped through the bushes, to wag his tail and say hello.  Sweetie’s human also said hello nearby.  Their garden is right next to the walking path, and he came over to retrieve his darling pup.  He is the person who built the library and supplied it with books.  His little dog is called Cowboy.  Applauding them both for their community spirit and kindness, which includes our son and daughter-in-law for the same, plus a big thank for letting me share their photo today.

I am still not quite there for putting a longer post together, or visiting you all.  Soon I hope!  Thank you from both of us for your well-wishes here, texting and emails.  I will answer soon.  Plodding along we are and heading in the right direction, but still feel the need to take the rest of the week off.