Garden Blooms

They say pictures are worth a thousand words so I am going to let them speak for themselves. Any questions leave a comment - I will respond!

Bluebonnets Fill Yard

As you can see bluebonnets are up and filling our yard with beauty. I can't think of any time that our yard is more fun. The most interesting thing about the bluebonnets is that they cover the walking paths and the flower beds are pretty empty. I'm hoping that this year when they spread their seed it will fly into the flower beds and next year our walks will be open for walking once again.

I sat outside today and just absorbed God's creation. There really isn't anything like wildflowers and I'm learning to call weeds wildflowers! I've decided that I can pull, I can cut, I can fight them constantly and they will still come up and it's better to just enjoy their little flowers. A long time ago I ask a landscaper whether something was a weed - his response was do you like it and when I said yes, I do , he said it's not a weed. A weed is something growing in your yard that you don't like - even if others call it a rose! This was a very wise man.

Anyway, some of the pictures Iobviously aren't bluebonnets - some are my poinsettia which is smaller than the ones from the nursery, but I love it and the butterfly on it makes a beautiful picture. Anyway, I'm not going to label the pictures ( except for the ones following my thoughts) other than to say that they're all in my back yard and I wish each of you could come and sit for awhile. If you have a question please email me or leave a comment, otherwise, just enjoy. Now for these last two photos. We have since we moved into this house had what we call a summer cat! We have an outside cat that has been with us for 16 years, but she almost always shares the yard with a cat that just sees to stumble in and chooses to spend a season with us. This cute as a button yellow cat is this years cat. I have named him Buddy and he won't let us pet him yet, but he has definitely made our yard home. He's so cute I hope he will be with us longer than just the summer.Now for this crazy laying down tree! It is a papaya tree that came up on it's own last summer, along with about 50 other seedlings. I still have this one that blew over during Hurricane Ike and refused to stand back up. It's still growing beautifully and the fruit continues to get larger. Still not any ripe fruit, but surely sometime soon. I left two or three more trees stay and one is about 10 feet tall and covered with blooms so hopefully we will get some fruit. This one makes for an interesting picture and conversation piece whether we ever get edible fruit or not! Enjoy! I'll be back soon with more shots from the yard.