August 2006

 

 

"I believe that gardens themselves are very healing. To be surrounded by the exquisite beauty of nature is to experience a healing of the soul. "

---author unknown

 

 

 

Black Magic ivy geranium with Mahogany and Salmon Queen in background

August 11, 2006

 

 

"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."
------ Franz Kafka

 

Freestyle Lilac ivy geranium

August 11, 2006

 

"Whoever loves and understands a garden will find contentment within."
----Chinese Proverb

 

Colorcade®Red ivy geranium

August 11, 2006

 

"When gardeners garden, it is not just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves."
-    Ken Druse

 

Royal Dark Blue ivy geranium

August 11, 2006

 

 

"Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense."
    

 - Phyllis McGinley

 

 

Alstromeria with Anna's Hummingbird

August 3, 2006

Photo by BT

 

 

Anna's Hummer skimming in over the Iceberg

Roses, hovers contently

As he nears his afternoon meal.

----BT

 

 

A Swallowtail at an Agapanthus

August 7, 2006

 

"Flowers of nature..................the butterfly."

----BT

 

The Swallowtail

August 7, 2006

 

"Butterflies lend an elegance to nature and our lives."

----BT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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