lilac days

It must have been all the rain we've had recently ...

our lilac has bloomed it seems

overnight :-D

found end of season while strolling through the garden center

sitting in the corner for under $2.00

she looked like she had sat there for a while poor thing

needing a good pruning and watering & a spot to put down roots.

that was 27 years ago and she has never disappointed

her branches hang over our kitchen window, and have created a lovely little archway as we step off our deck into the garden ...

there is always a bird (or two or more) resting on her thick sturdy branches,

the squirrels love to climb on one in particular and look into our kitchen :-D

and now, in bloom, our entire garden will be filled with the intoxicating aroma of her blooms.

I will clip some here and there to bring inside.

a tiny first of the season sprig xo

garden bliss

In my garden

there is a large place

for sentiment.

My garden of flowers

is also my garden

of thoughts

and dreams.

The thoughts grow

as freely as the flowers

and the dreams

are as beautiful.

~Abram L Urban~