Saturday, April 27, 2013

TODAY'S FLOWERS - Flowers from a bare Garden


After the long, hot summer without water for the garden except
what I saved from the shower and sink,
this is all there is to see

some weeds in the grass we sometimes laughingly
call a lawn


out of 150 bushes, one single, hardy groud-cover rose


this delicate looking but hardy daisy like perennial.
(the name escapes me for the moment)


and lastly, one single geranium flower.

Not much to show for a once showcase, large garden.


I just hope others have more than I.

26 comments:

  1. Oh what a difference of worlds we're in.
    After a long, cold winter, I wish I we could share some of the water we have here.
    Your blooms may be few, but they're still beautiful.

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  2. I hope, trust and believe that when the rains come again more of your garden that you realise will revive.

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  3. Most of the colour in our garden comes from plants most people call weeds! They live a more relaxed life on our path than in some places.

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  4. so delicate and lovely !
    Have a great day !

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  5. Isn't it amazing that some plants still survive without heaps of water. Hopefully the rain comes to your area soon. We have had dribs and drabs, just enough to keep things going.

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  6. All the more beautiful for their scarcity Arija.

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  7. so beautiful Arija. Thank you for your kind words and desire to offer Reiki. I am actually attuned to reiki II so I can give myself reiki and send it to others at a distance... however receiving reiki from others is always a wonderful healing gift.

    xoxo

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  8. oh, i'm so sorry. the drought is a fierce thing to fight - especially on water rationing and the like. thanks for sharing your beauties.

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  9. I love your flowers! And, yes, they are indeed all the more beautiful for their scarcity! Have a wonderful week ahead, Arija!!

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  10. Wenn die Natur zu Singen beginnt, wunderschön liebe Arija...

    Grüsse aus der Schweiz

    Hans-Peter

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  11. The flowers may be few,but that simple Geranium flower is so pretty.Thanks for your kind words left on my blog.I have told Kai about you and she just smiles to think that someone on the other side of the world watches her grow up.

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  12. Sad to hear about your beloved and beautiful garden. I really wish rains your area.
    Thank you for your visit my pages and commenting Arija. Plenty of energy to you!

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  13. After a drought like you've had, it is amazing to have any garden at all.. reminds me of flowers we would see in the deserts of CA and AZ when we spent time there...I always admire these hearty survivors..and yours definitely qualify.

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  14. Nature can be such a cruel taskmaster. Do not despair too much. Here, it is usually the opposite problem and I begin to have nightmares about growing webs between my toes or keeping scuba gear by the back door ;>/

    That little daisy plant? 'Tis most likely Erigeron karvinskianus. Tough as old boots, doing grand in my garden too, even with all the wet.

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  15. I'm so sorry that your garden lacks the much needed rain. Yet the few colorful blooms you have are spectacular.

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  16. So lovely Arija, pretty flowers and the colors of them, real smile bringers. Thank you my friend and have a great week.

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  17. It's always hard to lose flowers to heat and drought but you found some love ones to photograph. I call weeds that I like volunteers. I know a lot of people fight dandelions but to me they are lovely volunteers. The yellow flowers you shot that are weeds are volunteers in my book.

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  18. It's been a long dry summer Arija .... I love that pretty white ground rose and thankfully our geraniums survive almost anything.

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  19. At least you have some flowers, and maybe other will come with the cooler weather!!! I do like that geranium!!

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  20. Despite the drought there are some nice flowers there.

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  21. But at least you are not completely bare, you still have some lovely ones.

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  22. That is so sad, I hope your garden picks up soon and you get some rain. Very nice shots of your flowers.

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  23. Thanks for sharing those beauties. Hope the rain will come to your place soon.

    Thanks for dropping by :)
    www.womenandperspectives.com

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  24. Great job, we too have those types of plants here in AZ, I think the daisy type is what is referred to as a Fleabane we have those in out yard. In fact the "weeds" are what I mostly let grow in my yard are wildflowers.

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  25. I love your flowers! And, yes, they are indeed all the more beautiful for their scarcity!

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