Rejoice in the Lord always. Philippians 4:4a
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"The Lord be with you! The Lord bless you! ..." ~ Ruth 2:4 NIV
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"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." ~ A. A. Milne
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"Never place a period where God has placed a comma." Gracie Allen
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” –e.e. cummings

Don't let the noise of the world keep you from hearing the voice of the Lord.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Hardy Hibiscus

This garden of tropical looking hibiscus is about 20 miles east of Fort Collins. To see the blossoms better, you may click and enlarge the photos.
Spread your hand out and you'll be able to tell the size of the flowers.
It was bright and sunny during the afternoon, but was told they look better in the morning. Like most of us, I'm sure. ;D
They like this warm wall of brick.
Whispering white- "Look at me!"
This is their second year in this spot.
Thanks to the team for letting me join in!
Hope you enjoyed your visit this week.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Lovin' the Heat

Not me! Some of my flowers though,
~ Moss rose ~
Another color:
I'll have lots of seeds from the plants.
These have been the best looking petunias this summer. They haven't stopped blooming even though we've have over 44 days above 90-100 degrees. Not a record, but it sure seems like one.
This is a dark variety of the sweet potato vine family. It has lavender bell shaped flowers!
And after taking the picture, I realized the individual leaves are my favorite shape. I must always look at the whole mass of dark leaves instead of each small heart.
Reminds me of a song we sing in church--"Open my Eyes". It also makes me think of our relationship with our God. ♥ to ♥

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Trick or Quake

What happened here? Tremors from the southern Colorado quake OR...
has someone been playing with my pictures? I really think I would have tried to fix them if I had noticed them last night before bed. They looked askew before school this morning and made me wonder if the wind whistled down the hall last night (it really did blow hard for about three minutes) or the tremors traveled farther north than anyone knows.

Whatever...at least I stayed awake long enough to wonder and post. This heat makes me weary as I get up early to water for two hours before I leave for school. Water...more precious than gold.