We interrupt your regularly scheduled post about Spain for another post with summer flowers and plants photos that I hope you will enjoy. Oh, who am I kidding? There’s nothing scheduled. I had hoped to publish my Spain posts once a week but that has not happened. I’ve got three more posts about Spain and hopefully I’ll post the next in the series next week. In the meantime, please enjoy this selection of my favorite summer blooms photos.
Most of these are from my garden and my neighborhood but I snuck in a couple of showy lady’s slippers photos from Itasca State Park since they also bloom in the summer. And one additional photo of a geranium blossom at the cabin.
First up, a gallery of photos from my garden. Click on any photo in a gallery to see a larger image and to read captions.
Next, a gallery of photos from around the neighborhood. I have two walking routes that I alternate so these are from my walks to Willow Pond and Central Park with a few of my neighbor’s flowers thrown in for good measure. The photos of showy lady’s slippers are from Itasca State Park and there is one photo from the cabin.
Please come back for more Spain posts, coming soon to a blog near you! To finish up, here’s a sunflower with bee in my neighbor’s garden. I’m updating to add this to the collection of Lens-Artists Challenge “what’s in a garden?” I haven’t participated in a while but just saw this week’s theme and thought I’d add that tag.
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So happy you decided to join us Toby – your flowers are magnificent! What a beautiful spot you and your neighbors must live in!
Thanks for looking! A new friend picked me up recently for a walk in the park and I saw her drive past my house. When she came back she commented on how lovely the neighborhood is as it’s full of flowers. It’s definitely a nice spot 🤗
Toby, what an amazing gallery you shared. Beautiful photos!
Oh my, this comment ended up in spam for some reason. Sorry for the delay in responding! I recently discovered a new way to view my admin page and now I wonder how many other comments I’ve missed. Darn it. BUT, thank you so much for looking. Glad you enjoyed 🤗
Not a problem, Toby. That happens from time to time with me, too. I have made it now a habit to look at my admin page for spam every week.
Things were different when I switched to a Mac, then of course they change things periodically. Some things are bound to get missed 🤷🏻♀️
I noticed that, too. The Reader seems to change its interface every so often.
Glorious photos. Glorious gardens!
Glad you enjoyed them. Thanks for looking 🤗
Beautiful flowers and great pictures of them. You capture the color wonderfully!
Thanks!
great interruption to see such lovely blooms and nature
Thanks so much.
🙂
A wonderful gallery, Tobyo! You’ve included many of my favorites, especially those lilies.
I love those lilies too! Glad you enjoyed 🤗
Spring has sprung…what beautiful florals from your garden as well as your neighbours’.
Thanks!
So glad you decided to join this week – lovely flower gallery from your garden and neighbourhood! You have some of my favourites here too – Lady’s slippers (spectacular colours, we only have the yellow ones.) Penstemon is also a favourite – and sunflowers of course. Thank you again for a bright gallery!
Thanks for looking! Glad you enjoyed the photos 🤗
Some cool flowers I’ve never seen before and they are all so beautifully photographed.
Thanks so much!
Beautiful! I love that deer photo too. 👏👏
Thanks! I thought others might appreciate that deer 🤗 They show up from time to time in our yard.