Our flower garden has become a magical swirl of color…
from the salmon-colored roses that catch your eye…
to the purple petunias that help a pig take flight…
to the bright pink roses that keep the bees buzzing…
to a hand-painted pot of orange zinnias that add some love.
In other words, our garden today looks nothing like it did on a cold February day six months ago. *brrr* The transformation is amazing.
THE SPECTACLED BEAN 
How did August get here so quickly? I’m trying like crazy to remember June…. Pretty, pretty flowers!
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nance, I know! Me too. I must have been on earth during June, but it seems so hazy to me now.
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I like your summer pictures so much better! It’s not that snow isn’t pretty. It just brings back unwanted memories of a brutal winter.
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kate, I agree. I enjoyed what I could during winter, but seeing it alongside these colorful flower photos, well– I’m liking the August ones better.
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A nice contrast to winter.
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Andra, thank you. So easy to forget how things were, until you see the images together. Then it’s, oh my!
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I love your new camera. It takes the best pictures (well I mean YOU take the best pictures!)
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Beth, thank you. [So many people don’t get that it’s the person taking the photo who makes the image happen… but a good camera helps.]
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I like the flying pig! I’ve been kind of longing for autumn lately but it really doesn’t seem that it’s just around the corner. And snow. Snow will be coming.
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Zazzy, I adore autumn so I know what you mean. But in the meantime I thought that I’d adopt a positive attitude about summer beauty. I mean, like you said, snow will be coming soon enough.
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Love the pix!
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Thanks Becky! [You even like the one of winter? Your most hated season? I’m smiling here.]
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My flowers are very colorful too, but it’s a lot of work keeping them alive in this 90 degree heat. I’m hoping for a break today since it’s overcast and cool this morning. 🙂 Love your zinnias. (mine are scraggly)
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Margaret, we’ve had some hot days, but we’ve also had enough rain to keep all the flowers growing. The zinnias were a gift from my niece which is why I believe they are still growing. On my own, I usually kill zinnias.
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Such pretty pictures of your flowers! After the hellish winter you had, I’m sure the warmth and color of summer are a welcome relief.
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J, they are a relief, indeed. While I tried not to complain during that ridiculous winter, I’m sure that I did. So as recompense for such whiney behavior, I’m focusing on these colorful flowers. 🙂
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Bottom picture: All is calm
Flower pictures: All is bright!
Great juxtaposition, Ally Bean.
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nrhatch, BRILLIANT! You get a gold star! And no lump of coal in your Christmas stocking this year. 🙂
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Yay! I like CHOCOLATE in my stocking!
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Got it. I’ll let Santa know.
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I love your colorful flowers. But that winter photo is to a transplanted Yankee in Florida just idyllic.
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Judy, I can understand why you’d like looking at that photo, knowing that snow like that would never be your problem again. I’ll even admit that when I snapped that photo I was grooving on the winter prettiness. But eventually winter overstayed its welcome here & my attitude toward it turned surly.
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I remember that feeling as well, Ally, when I was commuting 55 miles one way to work for 7 years. 😉
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That’s a long drive. No wonder you’re contented to gaze upon snow from afar.
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I have to admit I got sucker punched into loving snow after every new dusting of snow. Note: I said ‘dusting,’ not ‘feet.’ 😉
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The difference six months can make. Stunning pictures, Madame Bean.
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Why thank you, Sir Zen-Den-a-Lot!
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Beautiful! Our own yard doesn’t have too many flowers these days, and certainly not the color to compete with yours! (On the other hand, I would venture that my living room floor tends to have more color than yours. Legos bloom year-round in my home.)
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alejna, made me smile with that one. At least with Legos you have color around you all the time. With our flowers, they insist on blooming only in the summer. So fussy.
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