Face To Face

taken:
day eighty
09.08.2014

Who doesn't love coming face to face with a beautiful monarch butterfly. They are amazing creatures. Did you know that the monarchs that are born in September and October migrate all the way to California and Mexico? It seems impossible but it is truly astonishing that they can fly that far and still have enough energy to carry on and create the next monarch generation. Which will be the generation that will migrate back north in the spring and start the whole cycle all over again.

Getting Along Together

taken:
day seventy nine
09.07.2014

Morning glories can make their home just about anywhere as long as the have something to wind around. This morning glory vine decided to pair up with this pretty pink zinnia. It seems they are getting along together just perfectly.

A Match Made In Heaven

taken:
day seventy two
08.31.2014

A match made in heaven, a bee and a zinnia.

Delightful

taken:
day seventy
08.29.2014

I'm always thrilled when I see a hummingbird in my garden but I rarely have time to snap photos of them before they zip away. Luckily when I spotted this one I was standing close to a tall sunflower and I think I blended in with it enough so the hummingbird wasn't startled by me. I stood as still as I could, gradually raised my camera and was able to take many photos. In fact this guy flew so close to me a couple of times that I got a bit freaked out and was worried that he was going to fly right into me. It was so delightful!

Pretty Pink Profile

taken:
day sixty two
08.21.2014

The profile of a pretty pink zinnia.

Peachy Pink

taken:
day thirty six
07.26.2014

A peachy pink zinnia in the hot July sun.

May Summer Live On In Your Heart

taken:
day ninety three
09.21.2013

Well here it is, the last official day of summer. As always, it went by fast! 

On this, the last day of summer, my boys and I went for a visit to my parents house. No visit is complete without a walk through their yard and a peek at my mom's flowers. The last couple of years my mom has grown the most amazingly beautiful zinnias. They are GORGEOUS! They are tall, bright and perfection. I love them and am filled with envy since my zinnias never look that awesome. I'll keep trying though!

I'm sad to see summer go, but with vibrant memories of zinnias, cosmos, marigolds and sunflowers I can enter autumn feeling fulfilled with happiness and smiling because it happened. :)

For those of you who are summer lovers like me, may summer live on in your heart all year long, warming you on the dreary and cold days ahead!

Uncurling

taken:
day eight five
09.13.2013

I'm so happy that the zinnias didn't get the memo that summer is nearing it's end.

They're still uncurling with lovely color.

Brand new blooms with layers of petals screaming "look at me!"

I hear you, zinnias, and I'm looking.

Keep the beauty blooming.

Radiate And Glow

taken:
day sixty three
08.22.2013

Warm late morning sun beamed down on this zinnia, allowing it's petals to radiate and glow.

Transformed

taken:
day sixty
08.19.2013

I'm seeing a trend in the garden lately, lots of pink! 

It's bursting everywhere. 

Here's the 'queen red lime' zinnia again. 

It's now transformed into a billowing bloom of exploding petals.