I haven’t posted many garden pics this summer because I’m not doing much gardening–Jeremy is! I love my gardening man. He created a new stepping stone walkway in the former mud-bogged backyard after distributing yards and yards of new dirt. He planted the grass, kept it watered all summer long, picked and planted our annuals and some perennials, too, and keeps up with it all. He also composts, which satisfies the green homemaker within my soul. I may be a rare wife to admit this, but I even like the sweaty yard smell he wears after a few hours outdoors. [smile]
The following photos show my zinnias (a perfect flower for Nebraska summers), and Before and After shots of our backyard.
4 Comments
Erin Aug 16, 2007 8:49 PM
What beautiful flowers! I love gardens too but don’t have much of a green thumb.
Mrs. U Aug 16, 2007 9:19 PM
LOVELY flowers!! No matter what I do, I simply cannot get zinnias to grow here. I hear everyone say how easy they are to grow, but they will not grow for me! How sad!!
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adam Aug 17, 2007 8:21 AM
Great picture of flowers! Very nice composition and very pretty.
RE: I may be a rare wife to admit this, but I even like the sweaty yard smell he wears after a few hours outdoors. [smile]
It’s the rare wife who admits it to others, but we all have our own scent memories that are reminders of things we love.
Here’s a link to a short review that mentions some of these: http://shenandoah.wlu.edu/Nezhukumatathil-Small%20Murders.html. Very powerful, indeed.
Personally, I’m caught reminiscing whenever I smell tar or diesel and traffic sounds, or fresh cut grass and children playing. Both have lengthy explanations, I’m sure, but they’re wonderful. The latter can put me to sleep in just a few minutes. Better than silence any day. Like a hot, humid evening with cicada throbbinb all around accompanied by night jasmine on the wind. [inhales deeply and sighs]
Bryonie Aug 17, 2007 9:09 AM
Gorgeous! Well done, Jeremy!