Pansies in February

Pansies in February

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I wanted a chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting. Or perhaps sea salt caramel frosting.

I'd been wanting one for days, thinking about it off and on whenever I either drove by a cupcake shop or was breathing.  Just one cupcake. It would be a treat. One.

Then I saw on Facebook that a local garden center had pansies for sale. On February 17th. This is unusual enough for our gardening zone

The Smiles of Sunflowers

The Smiles of Sunflowers

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I don't believe it is possible to look at a sunflower without smiling.  I've tried to do so since mine began blooming and have determined it is just not possble.

As I stand on the ground and look up at the sunflowers, now nearly ten feet tall, I automatically smile. I don't know if it is because I have to look up so far to see them, or if there is some other force making me smile, I just know

Turning Facebook Into Flowerbook One Pic at a Time

Turning Facebook Into Flowerbook One Pic at a Time

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I seem to have become known for zinnias this summer, at least amongst my friends on Facebook.  I've posted a lot of pictures of zinnias since they began blooming and started tagging them with #TurnFacebookIntoFlowerbook.

In turn, a few friends, maybe three or four, have posted pictures of their zinnias and tagged me.  I'm tickled zinnia pink when they do so.

After all, we need more flowers

The Summer of Zinnias

The Summer of Zinnias

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This zinnia got the ball rolling,

Every year, it seems like a particular flower, maybe one I've grown for decades, captures my imagination.

In my gardening past, there was the summer of daylilies, when I acquired all kinds of daylilies.

There was the summer of sunflowers when I sowed seeds for every sunflower variety I could find.

And then there was a summer decades ago when I tried to