Flowers from my Garden

Well, I promised a look at the flowers I've been growing this summer...

I'm not sure of the name of this one,
but I think it's a pink peace lily.

This is a New Guinea Impatience that my daughters got for my birthday.
The flowers are so brilliantly pink!

I love the purple cone flower.

For the shady spot under my peach tree,
it's hard to beat regular impatience.

This spider wort keeps sneaking in among my daisies.

This is actually celery stalks going to seed!

I think this is a pumpkin of some sort.
I grew it from seeds collected from our harvest display last fall.

Blossoms from my Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans!

Daisies...

Why did I put this one in?!!!
Because I've been having a fight with the moles this year.
I've tried many ways of getting rid of them,
even flooding their tunnels with the water hose!
Do you have any suggestions?
If so, please leave me a comment!

This is one of my favorites...
the "Star Gazer" lily...
The fragrance it gives off is so beautifully strong
that it is almost overwhelming!

I thought this lily was a star-gazer,
it smelled just like one,
but I didn't remember planting bulbs that matched this description.
When I looked it up, I found it was called a
"Snow Princess Stargazer".

I think King Solomon must have liked lilies,

When he decorated the temple, he had lilies engraved into the pillars.

Also in the Song of Solomon, he compares his beloved to a 

lily among the thorns and speaks frequently about gardens.

It seems that much of his wisdom had to do with plants and gardening!

(1 Kings chapter 4)

God also must like gardens,

because that's where He first "planted" man!

Genesis 2:8

To me, gardening is relaxing,

and makes me feel close to God

as I work with Him in getting plants to grow and enjoy their beauty.

I put together a little "Lily Album" on my FaceBook page.

Click HERE if you'd like to see it.  

Just click on each photo to move through the album.

Thanks for dropping by!

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Broken Mockingbird Eggs

A few days ago I found this broken mockingbird egg
on the ground near my little garden spot.

I looked around trying to find where the nest was.

I didn't find the nest, but I found the parents.
They didn't seem overly concerned about anything,
and were busily doing their daily grooming ritual.

"Awhhhh! that feels good," she seemed to be
saying as she scratched behind her ear.

And as she looked down at me from her perch in my mulberry tree,
I could imagine her thinking,
"Really? Do you find me that interesting?"

And the answer to that is,

"Yes, Mrs. Mockingbird.  I do find you that interesting!"

King Solomon was a man who found nature interesting.

Considered to be the wisest man who ever lived,

he authored most of the book of Proverbs

 and also the book of  Ecclesiastes.

Sometimes I wonder if the way he became wise

was by learning from his many mistakes!

Maybe wisdom often comes with a price?

...A willingness to risk making a mistake,

but even more importantly,

a willing mind to learn from it?

What do you think?

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check out Stewart's blog hop!

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