GREEN GROWING THINGS

 BLUE WATER POND
COLORFUL FLOWERBEDS

AND

  GOLDFISH SWIMMING AMONG THE LILIES

Summertime:

Sprinklers to run through,

picnic table for 4th of July bar-b-que...

where is the red and white tablecloth

and watermelon?

A swing, a white chair overlooking the pond and

sunshine!

I love summer.

Bright red poppies hugging the rail fence,
and a path that goes nowhere but
round and round and round.

Even chipmunks need a little shade

after a drink from the pond

and playing hide and seek

with Perro.

A double rainbow stretches across the valley
after a refreshing summer shower.

Sweet William and Bachelor Buttons, Daisies

and a strawberry patch. What more does a garden need?

How could I forget the cherry tree and rasberries, and

tomatoes in large black buckets,

fruit trees

and an automatic sprinkler system

to keep the garden green.

Is anything prettier than an old wheelbarrow

overflowing with  Petunias and Pansies ...

hi cute faced Pansies!

A cozy corner for geraniums to grow,

and a place for me to pray and remember ..... mmmm,

and watch the goldfish in the pond swim lazy circles through the

waterlilies,

beneath a net,

safeguarding their home

from a hungry giant blue heron

who occassionally stops by.

Elizabeth Ann (Byrne) Kaemerer
1918 - 2005
She loved to bring in produce from our garden.

And Eldon .... usually scraping, hauling, digging and playing
 on his tractor,
occasionally tidied flower beds with a rake or shovel

Me and my shadow are a good team!

My neighbor's horses ... Teaser and Little Man,

a few years ago,

very efficient "lawn mowers".

My neighbor's current stable:
Teaser, Dee Dee, Jumpin' Jack Flash.
"Tres Caballos" Landscaping specialists!
July 9, 2012
Their other specialty is the production and distribution of
fertilizer!
Manufacturing some now ......

My favorite garden picture!
Soon after the photo was taken
my neighbor's horses had the sunflowers for lunch!
They've never grown back like this again.

 "White Eyes"

She was one of 18 fish we put into our pond in 2004. She was about as long as my ring finger.

She is now the

Old Lady Of the Pond.

The Alpha fish.

Thank you for strolling through 

 my beautiful Lakeview Oregon gardens with me.

Some years they were lovelier than others.

My gardens are smaller this year ...

way more labor than I can do by myself.

I keep my grounds around the house and barn

neat and tidy with my newly purchased electric weed wacker.

I can count on my family being here to help when

it takes more muscles than I have

for heavy duty landscaping,

repairs, tractor work (don't have to ask twice to

get someone to "play" with my tractor).

And I look forward to family visits...

the kids can feed the fish and

sit on my neighbors horse, Teaser,

and the rest of us can just sit under the

giant Juniper, sip ice tea
 and take turns

on the swing!

And when winter comes

I rest ......