Wednesday, August 28, 2013

July Showers Bring August Flowers

I returned from a month on the West Coast to find Kansas lush and green....in August!!!

Which means my flowers and plants are, well, blossoming.

Somehow we have extremely tall sunflowers towering over our backyard, my perennial vine is blooming, my cannas are sky high and growing, our sidewalk is no longer visible thanks to the basil, marjoram, sage, oregano and mint that decided to take over, my front flower bed is a tangle of multi-colored zinnias, and my rose bush is budding out more than it did this spring!

I needed a little pick-me-up this afternoon, so I convinced the above to pose for some photos and voila...