The night before the frost...

I snapped this photo of the front flower garden the night before our first real freeze. My goal this spring was to have the prettiest flower garden on the block. I succeeded, but probably only because I was the only person on the block who planted annual flowers. I think with the economy crunch, spending money on flowers was not high on everybody else's priority list. However, I subscribe to Catherine Doherty's (founder of Madonna House) philosophy...she wrote, "Flowers are not a luxury, they are a necessity."


















"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul." -Luther Burbank, horticulturalist

Zinnias on a Garden Bench

The last of the zinnias from the front flower garden.

Defying Winter

Cold days are coming I know. At some point I am going to have to light a fire in our soapstone woodstove. However, I'm hoping that using the stove as place to diplay a chinese tea set and pink zinnias will ward off cold days a little longer!

Tomato Boy

Finn (Terry's grandson) enjoying a tomato fresh from the garden. When he is in the garden, tomatoes watch out! Big, little, ripe or not, he loves tomatoes!