More rain this morning… more colors & textures from my back porch!

Raindrops sitting on some colorful begonias blooming
on my back porch on this grey, dreary & rainy day!

Vibrant red flowers in a “scrolly” green square vase. Rich gerbera daisies, ruffled ranunculus flowers & seeded eucalyptus add texture & drama. Perfect for another Floral Friday!

Some fun flowers blooming in the front garden currently.
My friends call the “Bears Breeches.” Not sure if that’s correct…
but they’re very cool nonetheless!!!

Celebrating another Mugshot Monday all the way from Nova Scotia… with some LEGO flowers in a stamped & soda-fired mug. Once again showing that not every mug needs to be filled with coffee or tea! Thanks for sharing Shannon!!!

Wildflowers at Montrose Harbor while waiting for the sunrise.

Another great day at Summer Camp… today was handbuilding with my 8-10 year old campers. The project was flowerpots with dimensional flowers on the sides… seemed obvious to me! We all had a great time making flowers & leaves to grace our textured flowerpots! Well done kiddos!!!! And tomorrow they add colors…

After such an incredibly hot & sweaty weekend at the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR… I’m kinda surprised that my booth flowers are still looking so fresh?! So I re-cut the ends, gave ‘em some clean water & an oval vase to hang out in… and they’re still looking very happy! And so am I…

For those who have “followed“ for years… you’ll know about my never-ending quest grow my favorite Black-Eyed Susan’s in my garden. Everyone claims that they are the easiest flower to grow & they take over quickly. However… I’ve tried several times in different places… new plants, seeds, divisions from friends, over & over again… but to avail. Until now… so excited that these cuties are now blooming in my garden… and they survived the winter & came back this year!!! Not to gloat… but perhaps the “curse” has been broken???

Huge thanks to everyone who came out today for Day One of the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR. It was a sunny, hot, cloudy, steamy, breezy, sprinkley & hot asphalty kind of day… not ideal. So extra special thanks to those who “survived” it with us!

And a reminder… tomorrow is Day Two from 11:00am-5:00pm… and the weather forecast is looking better!Just hoping the wildfire smoke cloud doesn’t come back!!! Fingers crossed…