Patience and Waiting

I am working on my 2010 family scrapbook finally and I came across this image again while reviewing my blog.  I took this photo 2 years ago. It's on the front page of my scrapbook now.  I turned the wide version of it into something to cover my second computer screen. I love the quote and have it thanks to my friend Mandee.

It applies to so  many lessons in life and I can't help but think of my garden.  It's a lot of work.  We wait for the right weather.  We wait for the seeds to sprout.  We wait for the plants to grow.  We wait for the fruit to ripen.  We work hard to make all that possible. 

So I thought I would share three of my favorite garden photos from 2011 - because if I showed them all it would take a very long time to look through them.  

And by the way, I did plant onions seeds a few days ago.

Daisies and Pin cushions

Shasta Daisy - these are looking quite nice.  I'm sure next week I will need to take the scissors to them. Want to take better flower photos then make sure you take photos from many angles.  Of course it helps to have an f-stop of 4 or less.

Pin cushion flower just getting ready to open.

And this one is open.  I love how they look like little straight pins in the center.  And the wild flower look is really fitting around our home.

My flowers

So, I really have a lot of work to do in my yard, but it's not going to stop me from enjoying and sharing what's already there.  I took these photos on Wednesday evening.  Can you believe I still have tulips and most of my flox is still in bloom? Late spring for sure.

We've been clearing out the grass and making the edges look better.  Soon we'll be laying down weed mat (thanks to the morning glory - grrr) and rocks.  We tried mulch out front but the 60 mph gusts we had that weekend blew a lot of it away.  whoops!  I think we are looking at rounded river rock with the cools and warms mixed together.

Love these- no idea what the name is.  Transplanted some last year from this bundle and it's going pretty well.  

Mmmm, post cancer check up therapy.  I bought this rose columbine.  I should have purchased the red lilies I wanted too but wanted to stay on budget more.  

My first Day Lily bloom of the year.

No idea what this is but my neighbor gave it to me.  Gorgeous!!!