In the garden out and about



Poppies in a neighborhood garden.

They are growing all wildly-nilly along an old split rail fence.

The harbour is just across the old and narrow street.



Just a few houses up hydrangea is getting ready to blossom.

I think the bright blues and pinks are very pretty but they are just a little too ostentatious for my taste.

I’m partial to the old fashioned type myself. 



Phlox maybe? With grey/purple cat-mint interspersed. 

It’s a lovely mix.



Lilacs bend over fences and wisteria hangs over courtyards.


Gentle breezes wafting the scents of so many flowers

And the smell of the Atlantic


I walk the crooked streets toward home.


In my own garden

There are a few strawberries coming along



And the Columbine


Here and there a Cosmos blossoming from between the perennials.



How is your garden growing?

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Comments

  1. R's Rue28 May 2020 at 10:21

    Beautiful

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  2. Tamar SB28 May 2020 at 13:42

    Nature has put on a show this year!

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  3. Meditations in Motion28 May 2020 at 14:52

    You live in a beautiful place! I love the poppies. We used to have some salmon-colored ones but, sadly, they don't come up anymore.

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  4. Cynthia29 May 2020 at 11:45

    Loved the little glimpses of your town. It looks so pretty there. Your flowers are lovely. I don't have that much time to garden, but I love looking at other people's. My mom grows absolutely beautiful flowers!

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