Gardening with Soule

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 We had a wonderful soaking rain last weekend.
It really helped perk things up around here.Â
I have cleared out some of the spent plants and flowers so it seems a bit sparse in some areas,
 but in others there is plenty of fullness.Â
 I have seen monarchs drifting by now and then which always makes me happy. 

In [...]

 I have a thing for metal chairs. I think they are so practical~  able to be left out in the weather, they give an air of times gone by, and they look good red.Â
What else could you ask for? Â
Two weeks ago I showed some metal chairs on VTT that we had found on the curb.  Three [...]

Look who stopped by for a visit yesterday. Â
He very slowly dawdled between flowers in my garden while I snapped his picture many many times. I swear he was posing for me. I suppose if I possessed that kind of beauty, I would like people admiring me too.
I felt like he was  a rare flower with wings that I had [...]

   Every gardener knows that lady bugs are friends of the garden.  Even children love ladybugs and aren’t afraid of them like they are of other bugs.  One of the stories of how they came to be called ladybugs is from a time in Europe during the mddle ages, crops were being eaten by insects so badly [...]

Although many of my plants are giving a wonderful dose of color to the garden,
 I can’t help but enjoy a few of my pots that are bursting with color also. Â
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I have had a few casualties due to the heat this summer, but most have not only survived, but also thrived in the heat.Â
Container gardening can be very rewarding [...]

We had a rainy afternoon,
but I was able to get out there and snap a few shots of my flowers before it started.

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 I love seeing them so close up.Â
 The intricate patterns are amazing.Â
 Mother Nature is quite an artist.
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~”Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.”~Albert Einstein

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 Visit Lisa’s chaos for Macro Monday.
 

 I wanted to take some photos of an old oak mirror I was going to sell on Ebay so I brought it onto our deck, in the sunlight.  My dog, Thunder was mesmerized by it.Â
I am not sure what he was thinking but I think he liked what he saw. Can you blame him?
 

 I would rather [...]

 

  After a couple of well needed rainy days, the weather has been wonderful.
These past two days, it’s hot but with low humidity so you can actually enjoy being outdoors.Â
 I was finally able to catch up on my yard work and see what is going on out there.Â
I have plenty of blooms putting on their [...]

 I bought this chair several years ago at a garage sale. 

I refinished it back then and covered the old springs with new foam and fabric.  It has held up very well.Â
It has been on our front porch during the nicer weather, the past three years,and it was finally showing the wear and tear of the [...]

 Here are a few of the blooms happening today in my garden. 

They just happen to all be

RED!:)Â
Have I mentioned that’s my favorite color?
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 ~” ‘Tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes!”~William Wordsworth