saturday in the garden

Today was a long, fruitful day. First I slept in (ahhhh...) and then made an omelette breakfast with a nice latte. After the dishes were done, my son and I worked in the yard for several hours and really got a lot done. I was inspired when I looked out the window this morning because the hydrangea was blooming and I wanted to weed around it and get it mulched to show it off. Here it is...



Later, I set myself up to draw that hydrangea as shown here:



A second hydrangea, that isn't blooming yet, branches out over a sweet mosaic frog house. I moved over on to the ground for the cool, under-the-shrub view...



Meanwhile, my son's friend stopped by for a long-overdue visit and I joined them on the front porch for just a bit. It did my heart good.



This was such a nice day from start to finish. The weather was mild so it was easy to stay outside all day. The ground was moist and the weeds just popped out with a little encouragement. And everything looked so garden-magazine when the work was done. All I had to do was sit and enjoy! (I'll ignore that blister in the palm of my right hand...)