Flutter-By and Vice-Versa

Garden Overtones

Gay visitors invade the bordered path;
Some rest on ageratum's downy blue
Some tap the, honeyed dew
Deep in Dresden cups;
A few

Float lazily through shafts of summer sun.
Yellow ones, brown ones,, bronze and midnight blue
Silver stippled, gold edged, In rainbow rendezvous.
One golden day The Artist
Gathered grace and luster and light,
And made in:endless surprise,
Unbelievable
Butterflies.

-THEODOSIA E. Fenner

My Mom spent several hours chasing a butterfly around my garden in between picking crops. I thought this was appropriate.

Paradise Found

Things are absolutely beautiful here in Paradise! I love my garden this year and I have plenty of produce to prove it. I would like to point out the arbour over the front gate (big white thingy). I planted a hardy arctic kiwi in the hopes of having my own kiwi's to eat next year! I can't wait! This thing grows like a weed!! Since I planted this thing in May it has grown from about 1 foot to about 7 foot tall. This is amazing.