The garden knows its schedule. It does not need a nudge to blossom. This time of year, I am thankful for the gardeners who tilled this earth before me. Their blooming legacy is a continual wonder of color and joy.
I weed and I water these perennials. The rewards are great, since they enthusiastically bloom each year. Gardening is very rewarding. The weeds win each year, still, the flowers win my heart.
¡Olé! –Rebecca
This post is part of Cee’s Flower of the Day.
#FOTD
Fake Flamenco 
Do you have the sticky, climbing square stemmed weed we often call ‘cleavers’ cos it sticks to everything? That’s the weed I love to hate. But the flowers win anyway?
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Thanks, Margaret. I believe I do. Little round burrs the size of a pin head that stick tenaciously to everything! The bane of my existence is bishop’s weed, however. 🙂
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I don’t know about Bishop’s weed. Oh yes, I do! I’ve just looked it up! Ground elder. It can be a pain, but luckily, not in this garden.
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Yes, you are fortunate 🙂
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Very pretty flowers
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Thank you, Sadje! How are you settling into your new place?
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You’re welcome! I’m good and the place is now great.
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Good to hear you’ve settled in quickly and well!
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Thanks Rebecca.
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That’s great actually.
Right now, we don’t have any rose nor lilies.
It’s too hot. So basically, everyone including me in india is waiting for the monsoon. Rain will make everything green again.
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For us too hot is 35 C and humid, is it that hot in India right now? When is monsoon season? For your sake, hope it is soon.
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Monsoon basically starts in July (mid). Highest temperature we had was 48 ° C.
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Three weeks to go! Oh, my 48 is an astonishing temperature. I’ll stop complaining about our 35C!
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Each one is lovely!
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Thank you, Janet! I appreciate your comment.
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What incredible natural joy, Rebecca!
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Thank you, Neal. Very nice comment.
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What a gorgeous post with some beautiful flowers 😀 😀
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Thank you, Cee. You’re a great challenge host.
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Flowers sure do win the heart!
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Thanks, Rosaliene. They do, and they bring a smile to my face.
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Beautiful flowers and great photography!
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Thanks, Wynne. I like learning about photography from Cee and friends. 🙂
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I am sure they smell as lovely as they look. Your work is our visual reward. 💐
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Thanks, Michele for your kind comments!
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You are welcome! Thank you for the pretty flowers.
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Good to see you bouncing back from the editing process. 🙂
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Sill in it, for a few more days. Moving on to beta readers next week. Thank you, Rebecca!
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Excellent! Hope you get really great feedback from the Beta readers.
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Thank you so much, Rebecca. I really appreciate your encouragement. 🙏🏻
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Hi, Rebecca – Your flowers are gorgeous. I agree that the rewards of your green thumb and hard work are excellent!!
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Thanks so much for your comments. I enjoy the gardening.
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Gardening is very rewarding, Rebecca! I finally covered 75% of the flower beds with bark chips with plastic lining underneath so the weed has to fight it’s way out. Otherwise, I’d spend most of my time weeding! I love all your flowers.
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Thanks, Miriam. You sound very organized. I bet your garden is beautiful.
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Thank you, Rebecca! I took new photos of the flowers the last few weeks. I may post some soon!!
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Wonderful, I’d love to see them!
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I’ll do it soon, Rebecca!
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Such joy! I agree gardening is very rewarding. I hope we get good sunshine in coming weeks. I am still waiting for the buds to open since our June this year is more like November.
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Wow.. Beautiful and colorful as ever. I’m glad something is appreciating this weather.
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Yes, Sheri. It’s a bit warm. But still 16 degrees cooler than a friend reported in India!
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We’re at 100+ temperatures and it’s been miserable. But we’re still luckier than a lot of places right now.
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Wow, quite hot. Hope you’ve got good AC!
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Oh yes.. QuIte. And unfortunately.. We don’t. 😳😅
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Good fans? I survived 3 Texas summers with an oscillating fan to keep me cool at night.
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Lol, then you know how it is! Thank heavens we’ll have the AC people here tomorrow.
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Oh, thank goodness! My partner and I used to joke how in Texas we would go from one air conditioned box to another…
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Oh, that’s a great way to put it.. all of the southern, east coast states are almost intolerable in summer. You can chew on the air it’s so thick.
That children’s game, ‘the floor is lava,’ it has nothing on ‘stay in the shade.’ 🤣
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So true, the classic fry an egg on the sidewalk scenario!
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I don’t know if you’re joking but, sadly, I have actually seen that done.
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Wow, more than just a figure of speech!
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Lol. Unfortunately.
I don’t think life will ever be done with it’s surprises.
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Happy-making pictures!
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Thank you for your kind comment!
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I love flowers. They are so beautiful and it amazes me every time I see one blooming in my small garden.
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Thanks for your comments, Lisaury. They are beautiful and clever how they get us to take care of them!
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Amazing, Rebecca! You really do love your garden!
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Yes, especially the flowering bits. : )
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