gardens galore

Summer is officially here and so are all the beautiful flowers...one of my favorite things to photograph.  This means I've been slacking in the reading area, but I think I will make up for it this week because I'll be traveling up to Massachusetts for my cousin's wedding.  It's nice to pass the 7 hour drive with a book or two.  I started a new book recommended by Oprah (I love her) and it's over 600 pages so I don't think I will finish it, but just in case, I am bringing another one. 
I finished a humorous gardening book which I picked out of the pile just because of its name, "Beds I Have Known."  It might not seem possible to have a book that involves flowers and comic relief, but here it is.  I really enjoyed this one because the author talks about how she is a novice gardener and loves to get tips and watch those who have been gardening for their whole life.  This sounds like me.  I go to Garden Club once a month and hang out with all those gardening fanatics.  I am the youngest person there by at least 25 years but I love it.  As we visit different gardens and go on bus tours I take the pictures.  It's one of those simple pleasures in life.  Admiring the beauty of our world. 
Tonight, I went over to a neighbors garden and had my own photography shoot (see link at bottom of post).  It amazes me to see such a variety of plants together and complimenting each other.  I could never accomplish creating and maintaining a garden like that, but I can still love it and appreciate it in my own way.  You plant and I will photograph.

gardens galore photos