NICE!!

Alright Lynda so far I've gotten the Shasta daisy, Tennessee cone flower and maltese cross in the ground. Just all the rest to go. :)
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Very pretty pictures. I loved looking through
your vacations shots.

Mary

Thanks, some of the trails were a bit much for me and the kids and I had to quit taking pics so I could hold onto my toddler. It's a good thing I had Lynda's to look forward to.
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How wonderful! I'd love to see lgs' place too, it looks so cool. That's great that you two are gardening pals; it's so nice to meet fellow gardeners face-to-face sometimes--especially fellow seed-starters and wintersowers.

We had a great time when Floodie & her family visited. We wandered around the garden with a digging fork and made her a nice take home goodie bag. Hooray, now I have a couple of empty spots in the garden to plant more. :)

Her kids are budding gardeners too. They are great at being careful in the garden, are genuinely interested in plants and are busy seed savers. They had fun harvesting seed off of the Touch Me Nots (balsam impatiens).

Floodie's camera batteries ran low early on, so I've taken some photos of what was in bloom during her visit. The link takes you to a slide show of them.

And true to her name, Floodie even brought us some much needed rain. Not a flood's worth but it was nice to not have to water that day. Fortunately the rain cooperated for the most part.

You've probably seen the photos of her vacation hiking. Well, after that hike we hiked them all up to the top of our hill. Bet everyone slept well that night. :)

Lynda

Here is a link that might be useful: Slide show of what was in bloom

Oh I'm glad you posted that, stunned me all over again. Love the heleniums can't wait to see how they do here. We did sleep well that night, even Jarren has slept through the night every night since our vacation. :)
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Beautiful photos, Lynda!! How do you get such beautiful close shots?! Wish there were labels for some of the flowers I don't recognize, but they are all lovely. Thanks for sharing!

Debby

Debby - that's just using a macro setting and getting close. Decent lighting today helped too.

If you want to see the labels, just go to the page linked below. If you mouse over the label pops up, and if you click on a picture you go to a larger version.

Lynda

Here is a link that might be useful: You can see the labels on this page