calendar garden

While in Indiana we took a quick spin around the calendar garden. The circular walkway has the date of each day of the year stamped on the brick. The plants are planted to show their best side during the date they are planted near.

name that bloom

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While water the garden yesterday I noticed how many different flowers are showing off their petals. I thought it would be fun to photograph them. Some are very tiny. Some are volunteers. Some remain nameless in my mind. 

How many can you identify?
 

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Hint 2, 3 and 11 have been making regular appearances in my salad bowl.

simply beautiful

'nuf said.

blooming

My garden is full of tomato blooms,

pretty little splashes of

yellow

throughout the

green

jungle.

happy welcome

My "Mexican Daisies" are blooming. They make a happy welcome at our front door. Their bright little faces create a mini-celebration each time I step out the door.

bluish-gray

The gray weather

was making me feel rather blue

until this

rainbow 

showed up on my doorstep 

in the hands of a smiling six year old.

dancing on the rim

 On our way down the mountain Jay stopped so we could hike on the Mogolion Rim. There were some amazing views along with interesting blooms.

(this one is for my mom)

dancing in the yellow

Last week we celebrated Feast of Tabernacles with our fellow Hebrew roots followers. We spent 10 days (it's an eight day celebration but the first and last days are high holy days so days 9 and 10 were setup/tear down/travel days) at a campground just outside Show Low Arizona at about 6,000 feet elevation. Pine, Oak and Cottonwood trees, warm sunny weather, blue skies, puffy white clouds, a small lake and a picturesque stream all added up to a delightful experience and some inspiring nature photos. Many of my photos included this cute little yellow flower that kept drawing my attention begging to be photographed. I tried to pick my favorites but had a difficult time narrowing it down to fewer than these.

mountain flora

Some flower shots from my Dead Horse hike.