I was still feeling crappy yesterday thanks to yet another Crohn’s flare, but in the late afternoon I decided I wanted to go outside and at least take some photos of my Rose of Sharon tree.
You see, it just started blooming about a week ago – huge lavender Hibiscus like flowers – lovely. In fact, yesterday, while gazing at the tree I could see more flowers than green leaves. Yes, it was blooming like crazy!
While I was outside with my camera I must have had a surge of energy because suddenly I didn’t feel as bad as I had an hour or so before. I noticed that some of my plants were flopping over and that some of the roses had some dead branches and the next thing I knew I was busy tidying up my garden!
Meanwhile … my husband was in the front yard watering and as he made his way to the back I put him to work helping me tidy up some of the garden beds too.
All in all I think we were outside from about 5:30 pm until 10 pm! By that time I was in pain … my poor back was aching and my stomach was screaming in pain. So I guess I’d better be careful the next time I want to go out and take some “pictures”.
I didn’t upload the photos from my camera that I took of the Rose of Sharon tree and my other plants yesterday, but I’ll do that soon. I’ll probably post them on my gardening blog when I do! In the meantime … here’s a couple of photos of some of the other plants that are blooming in my garden right now.
Of course there are plenty of other plants blooming, growing and or producing fruit and veggies … this is just a sampling!
We also picked raspberries yesterday evening and plan to have them for dessert this evening. Yummy!
Do you garden? If so, what’s blooming or growing in your garden this week?
You have a green thumb! Your flowers are just gorgeous. How I wish I had a green thumb like you. Unfortunately, anything I place my hands on wilts. lol 😀
Sorry you are not feeling well. Loved the photos, beautiful blooms.
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What a beautiful garden!! Those flowers are just so absolutely lovely!
In my yard, I have some very rich and red cherry tomatoes growing and mmm mmm are they so yummmy! I also had red current blooming, but birds were quite hungry and ate all of it up, leaving none for me and my fam 🙁
You’re a very good photographer! Definitely upload the photos of the Rose of Sharon!
They are all so pretty but I really like the climbing westerland rose!
Great looking garden!!! I love the color of the Lavender!
Great post and you have obviously been working hard! I love the Climbing Iceberg Rose, it looks great in the sunshine.
Thanks Jenny. Our garden looks great. It’s loving this extra hot summer we’re having here in Toronto this year. I just have to keep up with the watering!
Man oh man, how I love fresh Raspberries. I have been wanting to grow a nice patch here in Colorado for years, but I have just never gotten around to it. Life can be a real pain in the neck when it comes to gardening as much as I’d like. Great post and great looking plants!
Those flowers are just lovely. Have you ever tried using coffee grounds on them?