Thursday, July 10, 2008

Sun-thing Wonderful


It's a beautiful Thursday -- sunny, clear, with a delicious, cooling breeze and clouds like floating cobwebs that have stuck to the cobalt ceiling. 

On my deck where I write, the herbs are snug in their new pots and the heirloom tomato plant I got from my neighbors looks like it's trying to escape its confines. Is it being lured by the fluffy astilbes, spiky cleomes and feathery ferns surrounding the thistle feeder on the other side of the deck? 

Planted alongside the tomatoes are begonias and a New Guinea impatiens so fiery in their scarlet splendor that they make the coleus beside them tremble. 

I love a July garden. My favorite flower -- the daylily -- is in bloom with dozens of other painted perennials and the gaudy annuals are reaching a size where their incessant blooming becomes hypnotic.

How does your garden grow this lazy July day?

6 comments:

Kathryn Costa said...

I love your collages. They are fresh, colorful, and oh so fun.

michelle ward said...

pssst. come on over to the street team. oh, and send me your address when you can. *wink*

Anonymous said...

Hooray!!! Congratulations, Jeri-Ann!!

Kathryn Costa said...

Way to go! I love your work.

Kathryn Costa said...

Thanks for the Block Island tip. I'll have to venture down that way. I think I may have been there as a kid.

I just celebrated my birthday on Sunday with a SoulCollage tea party. Your collages remind me of SoulCollage. I just posted some photos and thought you might enjoy checking it out. Take care, k

Sue McGettigan said...

I'm working on some sunflowers :) Roses are in full bloom too! Love your collage, super-cool.