The flower garden in the back yard is a cluttered mess, thanks to the mixed flower packets I tossed out there last spring. Bright color abounds, however, and especially so in noonday sunshine like we had yesterday.
Zinnias and marigolds are commonplace flowers. My mom would plant a row of them in her garden every spring and I’ve often done the same. (Yikes, we girls eventually become our mothers!) For most of my life, though, I considered marigolds and zinnias ho-hum flowers……nothing special, old hat, hardly worth noticing. Just something that’s there every year. Ho-hum.
Honestly, its been blogging and a digital camera which finally broke through the blindness, opening my eyes to beauty right in my own back yard. Modern technology has its good points, I guess, and, heck, it keeps me from spending too much (or any) time doing dumb old boring housework.
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Have a super great day yourselves, please. I hope you’ll have time to notice the beauty around you.
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[P.S. – Forgot to acknowledge today’s date of 9/11. Will take time to remember those who lost their lives on this day.]
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8 comments:
What you said is so true! It's through blogging and my digital camera that I look at things so differently. I love for the beauty in my everyday life. And you know what? It's not hard to find.
Thanks for acknowledging the beauty all around us.
Oops..I meant to say..."I look for the beauty in everyday life..."
Freudian slip?? :)
Yep - blogging and posting pictures really gets you thinking about what is going on in the world around you. You see things that you never normally would have noticed! Your flowers are lovely.
marigolds are one of my most very favorite flowers and i am so thrilled to have been along for the ride of your camera experiences ;)
Leave out messy and you have it right. Beautiful. Mom and Dad always planted marigolds to help keep the bugs out.
Marigolds remind me of the Fair when I was a kid. You walked in the Gymnasium where the flowers were in vases & the Marigold fragrance was so hearty,,I love them too. I really enjoy your beautiful pictures. What kind of camera do you use? Thanks1
Hi, Deb, Trisha, Laura, Gail, Carolina,
Thank you for visiting and commenting! I recall my mother, also, saying that the row of marigolds was for pest prevention, due to the strong odor of marigold plants.
These photos were taken with a Canon PowerShot SX100.
Gladys Taber, author of "Country Chronicle (1974)and "Stillmeadow Farm" wrote..."Autumn writes her signature in the Zinnias."
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