You Had Me At Hello

Summer...

You had me at hello

You swept me up in your intensity

And the crazy-hatted party goers

you brought to my garden

You arrived dressed in eye-popping colours

Against a backdrop of glorious greens

With the summer comes the sun

And with the sun comes the heat

June, July and August whizzed by

in a colourful, shimmering mirage

Trumpets blared sweet summer's song

filling my senses with their heady perfume

While the fish grew fat and happy

in the pond

So many moments to enjoy

So much beauty to drink in

Some scenes almost too beautiful to believe

That this is reality and not just a dream

In my garden, summer has been gentle,

Fluttery

Feminine

Fringed

Filled with colourful hues,

Stately colour shapes

And bold colour wows!

Autumn is on its way

and when I look back

This will have been a Summer

I will never forget!

Singing The Blues

There's something special about the colour blue.

In my garden it's a fairly rare colour

so when I see it, I can't help but stop and stare.

The flowers in the first photo, a type of forget-me-not,

were given to me by my youngest son

when he was eight-years-old.

Twelve years later they continue to reseed themselves.

Every time I see their cheerful blue petals

I think of my son

and how sweet it was of him to think of me.

This blue cornflower isn't more than one inch in diameter

but its magnetic shade of blue

can catch my eye from across the yard.

My favourite shade of delphinium,

aptly named Sky Blue.

And the best shade of blue?

Nothing beats a blue sky on a hot summer's day.